Scared Stiff - Kickback?

[Wotto]

Hey all - just curious.

Does anyone know if SS was originally planned to have a kickback at the left drain ( where The Spell gets lit )

It would appear the game was ‘ready’ for one, the apron has a hole in it in that spot , and the game would really suit it.

Anyone know if this was planned and then left out?

[Strangeways]

My guess would be "No", as there needs to be a metal ball guide, and the outlane switch has to be closer to the Apron.

I'd say that Williams simply had a surplus of aprons with the hole already present.

[Wotto]

Yeah I knew there was no metal runner - but thought how easy would it have been to put one there in place of The Spell  .
Would have been a good feature to add to a bloody good game 

[FreePlay]

I seem to recall seeing a website where someone readded the kickback on SS ... I may be mistaken though

[Pinprick]

Simple answer is YES. You can see the obvious cut in the apron arch where the plunger was to protrude for the kickback. Williams did a "cost save" and opted for a re-serve from the trough instead when "The Spell is Cast".
This was one of several deletions from this magical game. I think Robert Winter's site goes into detail about all these things and more on SS. Yeah, someone did do a kickback mod but it DOES confuse the software. I can't remeber which site it was on either.

[ajlaird]

Probably this one:

http://home.scarlet.be/~fb054529/kickback/ekickback.htm

[Strangeways]

So when the second ball is served, you have "multiball".

Lose one ball and you have confused the game. So it is not really multiball without the software - which is missing from the final code.

[ajlaird]

Yeah, if you are going to all that trouble then I am sure there would be a way to add to the circuit board some sort of latching circuitry so the software didn't get confused.