Whats rare game do you have in your collection?

[Marty Machine]

As some of you know, i have a Bally "BMX" - 406 units(confirmed).

It took me 6 years to get one, which amazingly enough (for some of you) came from Gene Cunninghams private stash. - "double rare" i guess 

MM

[Strangeways]

Recently I added some rare games I've always wanted ;

Williams "Winner"
Bally "Six Sticks"
Bally "Fireball"
Bally "Embryon"

Still looking for "Zodiac", "Olympic Hockey", "Super Score" and "Rocket Ship"

[pinsanity]

Big Bang Bar - but given the rumours not sure how long it will be able to hold rare status.

[Retropin]

Can add the Add A Ball version of Gottlieb's1957 WORLD CHAMP to this list.. has a different backglass and credit wheel to the replay version. Not sure just how rare it is as I cant find its production listed anywhere. My guess is that it never made it to production.

[ktm450]

Stern Cosmic Princess 336 made
Alvin G Soccerball 500 made
Hankin Shark 350? made

All need restoration, only the A.G. Soccerball is working at the moment, need more hours in the day 

[Mr Pinbologist]

Stern Cosmic Princess 336 made

I have two CPs at the moment; One's a keeper, the other a project i bought to restore and sell and is on the 'to do one day' list which just keeps getting longer 

[ddstoys]

I'd call my
1934 rebound
1934 golden gate
1941 genco captain Kidd

Rare

   Just to have survived all these years

[pinball god]

My tz is quite rare for being a 100% working for any extended period of time

The only game I think could be classed as rare in my collection is the embryon.

[pinsanity]

Speaking of TZ, I turned a standard production TZ into a prototype version by drilling a hole through the playfield and adding a working 3rd magnet.  

A few others have done it now with the prototype playfields being remade, but only a handful had been "pinsane" enough to go through with it as a home made proto version.

Rare, maybe not. Unique, for sure.

[Pinlinds]

Bally Embryon. I have only ever played on before and that would have been in the mid 80's.
Haven't seen one since until I bought one a couple of months ago!

I have two William's Blackouts, nice game from early 80's too. Not very rare overseas but there don't seem to be too many in Aus.

[Dluth]

Do you think it's worth it in terms of what it does to gameplay (ie during multiball I think??)

Speaking of TZ, I turned a standard production TZ into a prototype version by drilling a hole through the playfield and adding a working 3rd magnet. 

A few others have done it now with the prototype playfields being remade, but only a handful had been "pinsane" enough to go through with it as a home made proto version.

Rare, maybe not. Unique, for sure.

[pinsanity]

It only really has any effect two times during gameplay.

Once during the spiral mode, where you have to pass all three locks (or more accurately the optos for each lock) to achieve spiral breakthrough.

Second as you mentioned is during the multiball sequence. The machine launches all three balls for multiball and locks one on each magnet before releasing them simultaneously. The catch is that for it to work the pinball machine must know that the powerball is in the gumball machine - in other words during the same game you must have locked the gumball in the gumball machine first and then achieve multiball. Not always the easiest to do on a standard 3 ball game.

It is good to see how the machine software was originally intended to handle the extra magnet before the decision was made to remove it at BW, but it is a lot of effort and unless you were planning to do a full shopout/restore (as I did) involving a total playfield strip (on the topside at least) probably wouldn't do it again.

Here is a vid of me forcing a multiball sequence by hand as described above. Sorry about the vid quality.

[jennystack]

I used to have Chrono Trigger and Ogre Battle on SNES, complete with box and manuals. I also had Shadowrun, Final Fantasy III, and the first ActRaiser. But I hardly ever touched them, so I sold them to fund the PS4.

I've still got sealed copies of Ico and SMT: Nocture (the first press, with the soundtrack).

[Dluth]

Thanks for the info. Sounds like a project for a rainy day...

It only really has any effect two times during gameplay.

Once during the spiral mode, where you have to pass all three locks (or more accurately the optos for each lock) to achieve spiral breakthrough.

[4_amusement_only]

I'd call my

1941 genco captain Kidd

Rare

   Just to have survived all these years

I wondered where that machine went..would be in my garage if It was cheaper than 2k as Is. Hope you got a better deal than me!