Space Shuttle is a fun game, I picked mine up about a month ago, Thanks to a posting on the forum. ( thanks EB).
I suppose the novelty hasn't worn off yet, but I love it.
It's got nearly everything that was around back in 1984, 3 Pop bumpers , Slingshots , 2 Kick-out holes , 3-bank drop targets , Timed drop target in front of the ramp which launches Multiball, 7 Standup targets which light shuttle for awards, Rollunder spinner , Multiball (2 ball, 3 ball), Ramps, Right outlane detour gate, Lane change, Up-post between flippers & speech. It also has a bell instead of a knocker , it's fun to watch people having their first game as it usually scares the sh*t out of them when it goes off. Not the sort off sound you expect from a Solid State machine made in 1984.
I agree with Ian , from pics I've seen, alot of playfields are worn to wood around the bonus area ( mine was mylared later on so its not too bad, except for some ballswirl )
The broken shuttle toys & delaminating backglasses ( mine has that ) are common as well.
The Williams Space Shuttle has a place in the history as well, I've read that it's the game that is credited with saving pinball.
At a time when pinball was dying due to the popularity of video games & most manufacturers were only selling 1000 to 2000 games this title sold 7000 & was very popular, probably why its hard to find one thats not worn down to wood.
It was also the first pinball to have a playfield "Toy", now they all seem to have them.
theres a few good links on the net to check out.
http://www.edcheung.com/album/album05/pinball/shuttlepin.htmhttp://www.silverball-magic.com/my-machines-ssh.htmlhttp://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=2260 It rates fairly well on here.
anyway if the one your'e checking out is in good condition I think it would be a good buy.
cheers Steve.
