Daniel - the top left area is the multiball launch. Three balls are captured and then you drop the targets for multiball. That's from memory - the LAST time I remember playing this was 20 years ago. Yes there is an advnace unit and two kickers that launch multiball - unique to Stern. Same unit used in Freefall.
There are some youtube vids, here is a good one;
I would like to complete the collection of rarer Stern Widebodies - Flight 2000, Freefall, Viper and Split Second. My father operated a Big Game from the old days and I wish he kept it !
I agree Nino, I would love all the Stern widebodies.
F2K was always a favourite of mine. Out of all the places I ever played pinball I only ever came across 1 F2K in a place called ( I think ) Split Second Amusements in Barrack st Perth. From memory they also had Cheetah and Big Game and maybe Meteor. Meteor's were everywhere in Perth, But I only ever recall seeing 1 of each F2K, Big Game, Cheetah and Freefall.
Freefall I think was the most challenging game of the lot because a fair bit of luck more than skill was required to get multiball. I played it about 4 months ago at a guys place that I have bought a few things off over the years and he is selling it but wants around $3k. If it were absolutely Mickey Mouse perfect with new BG and Playfield and cab respray I would say it was worth it but the condition its in realistically its worth only $1300.
But yeah, sad that it will mosty likely never be repro'd but understandable considering the costs involved by CPR to actually do it.
I've only ever seen one Freefall for sale in Australia. I guess that's why the price is so high. Mine has a lot of playfield wear, but I'll get one of the resident playfield gurus to address that !
The story behind the Flight 2000 repro was the ONLY reason it was done is because it is one of Kevin's favorite (if not his favorite) machines. He owns one and wanted to repro everything. Being a Stern, there were no licensing hassles.
I'm glad he chose it. Freefall will never be reproduced - I already asked
