Apollo 13?

[mildflame]

Heyy just wondering who has played an Apollo 13 and how good condition it was in!

I would looooove to play one (13 ball multiball!) who wouldn't!


All opinions welcome! 

[Caveoftreasures]

Apollo 13 is a great looking pinball.

If u want to buy one, check out all the under playfield mechanicals, because they do cop a hammering due to the 13 balls etc.

The game itself is mission orientated, and u have to follow the dotmatrix to get the best out of the machine.

Apollo 13 is like Batman Forever, a medium paced game with a very large dot matrix for a great display. Fun pinball.

I think Mark C has one for sale. Its the only one around for sale i know of.

[dj10555]

It a good game to play, with the balls loading into the rocket for multiball and the moon which revolves. The 13 ball multiball is fun but you can't actually aim for anything, all you can do is keep hitting the flippers as fast as you can. I have one which I am shopping for a customer and will be for sale in the near future if you are interested.

regards Derek

[ajlaird]

Nearly bought one for my second pinball but it didn't work out - too far down the queue.

13 ball multiball is insane and really what you need to do is try to save a few of the balls as the number diminishes so that you can still benefit form it.

Great fun, interesting theme.

I played one at MarkC's and enjoyed it a lot.

[mildflame]

i'm wondering if someone can post some pictures of the ball assembly, I don't understand how you can fit 13 balls in there! or is it somewhere else? 

[pinballheaven]

I can tell you that this is probably the favourite machine I have in my collection. Once you get through your missions and on the way you light up the BLASTOFF letters you are ready for the 13 balls to come at you after countdown. Also along the way you can also get a 3 multiball as well which keeps the interst level up. Overall in my opinion it is not an easy game to play as it has very narrow lanes so the difficulty factor is higher but isn't that part of the overall fun? "Thirteen it's Houston"

[ddstoys]

Never played one but if mark has one I'll have to have a go next time I'm there

[dj10555]

There are 5 balls in the ball trough and another 8 balls lined up ready to release in the top left corner.

[pinballheaven]

A better video that gives you everything!