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Re: Now this looks cool
« Reply #1 on: March 28, 2014, 11:58:10 AM »
I have a minty flyer for this machine in one of my flyer collections books. Looks basic but alot of fun.
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Re: Now this looks cool
« Reply #2 on: March 29, 2014, 12:17:27 AM »
This title is on my wishlist.  I am determined to find a nice circus themed machine.  The Brides Grandmother was a world renowned trapeze artist in her day and was an awesome lady to boot.  One book actually has her rated in top 10 of all time.
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« Reply #3 on: March 29, 2014, 12:32:40 AM »
Extra wide body.. its a play off of available room in a collection and game play.. looks nice as its a great package and PF looks interesting, but many many wide bodies just play too slow and being 3" wider?.. Game will need to be tuned nicely to get a good speed up on the game play... not sure about this one, low production numbers normally indicate it wasn't a hit on site. Its nice to have the rarer games but all too often rare means crap to play

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« Reply #4 on: March 29, 2014, 04:49:59 AM »
Got one. It's pretty ordinary to play and the sounds irritate me...but great to look at. 

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Re: Now this looks cool
« Reply #5 on: March 29, 2014, 09:44:37 AM »


Definitely one of the less playable System 80 games.
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Re: Now this looks cool
« Reply #6 on: March 29, 2014, 11:23:19 AM »
Artwork is amazing on this title. It is a bit of a plodder as a player.
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Re: Now this looks cool
« Reply #7 on: March 29, 2014, 02:08:51 PM »
Extra wide body.. its a play off of available room in a collection and game play.. looks nice as its a great package and PF looks interesting, but many many wide bodies just play too slow and being 3" wider?.. Game will need to be tuned nicely to get a good speed up on the game play... not sure about this one, low production numbers normally indicate it wasn't a hit on site. Its nice to have the rarer games but all too often rare means crap to play

What about the other SYS80 Widebodies, what are they like to play?
Spiderman is one I can think of

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« Reply #8 on: March 29, 2014, 02:12:56 PM »
Ive got Spiderman and love it.. im not a fan of the double flipper on RHS, but its a good game to play and mine is pretty fast. I do have a CC'd PF though which might make a difference

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Re: Now this looks cool
« Reply #9 on: March 30, 2014, 09:07:38 AM »

What about the other SYS80 Widebodies, what are they like to play?
Spiderman is one I can think of


The two most obvious ones are Black Hole and Haunted House. There were heaps though (if you include 80, 80A & B) - just about all of their games in the early 80's were widebodies.

Q*Bert's Quest
Punk!
Striker
Spirit
Rocky
Caveman
Devil's Dare
Haunted House
Volcano
Pink Panther
Mars God of War
Force II
Time Line
Star Race
James Bond
Counterforce
Panthera
Circus
Amazing Spider-Man

Some are great (Black Hole, Spirit, a lot like Haunted House although I sold mine as a bit boring).

Spiderman is pretty good, I like Devil's Dare and Mars, the rest are average to me, but like all games, will have their fans.
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Re: Now this looks cool
« Reply #10 on: March 30, 2014, 11:02:56 AM »
Extra wide body.. its a play off of available room in a collection and game play.. looks nice as its a great package and PF looks interesting, but many many wide bodies just play too slow and being 3" wider?.. Game will need to be tuned nicely to get a good speed up on the game play... not sure about this one, low production numbers normally indicate it wasn't a hit on site. Its nice to have the rarer games but all too often rare means crap to play

What about the other SYS80 Widebodies, what are they like to play?
Spiderman is one I can think of

In order of preference ;

Spirit
Black Hole
Haunted House
Rocky
Devil's Dare

Then any order for the rest !

Star Race is impossible to find, and I've heard it is a good player.
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