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Re: Illawarra Steelers meet - 17th October
« Reply #180 on: October 14, 2009, 10:28:07 PM »
Well there will no prizes but alot of pride will be placed at stake on this game on Saturday.

Have been working on it for THREE nights to get it working as it had developed some problems.... ^.^

Anyways she is 99% right now...this is a 'pitch and bat' game called TV Baseball made by Chicago Coin in 1966.

Will explain the game play on the next post

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Re: Illawarra Steelers meet - 17th October
« Reply #181 on: October 14, 2009, 10:33:09 PM »
Works just like baseball (greatest of all games  ^^^) were you get to 'pitch' the ball (comes up from centre flap) and you get one swing of the 'bat'

Runs are scored via hitting the stationary targets on top of the playfield as shown in the photo...score of single, double or triple can be scored.

Hitting a single places the animation man on first base, next if you score a double that advances the first man to 3rd base and the 'batter' to 2nd etc

Centre target lights between 1, 3 or 5 runs.

Just like in real baseball you get 3 outs....so if you miss the targets you register one out, do this 3 times and it's game over and then it's the second players turn.

By hitting the C-A-N-C-E-L targets and completing takes one of the outs away
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Re: Illawarra Steelers meet - 17th October
« Reply #182 on: October 14, 2009, 10:37:56 PM »
The big runs are scored by hitting the ball into the bleachers (like a home run out of the park).

This is achieved via the ramps.

Getting the ball into 'left field', 'right field' and 'centre field' scores 20 runs.

This is carried over from player to player.

So if the first player scores centre and left field, that leaves the second player able to steal the 20 runs via hitting the right field bleacher.

Not as easy as it all sounds.

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Re: Illawarra Steelers meet - 17th October
« Reply #183 on: October 14, 2009, 10:40:30 PM »
This shot shows the 'animation unit' lit up on the lower backglass

There is a man on first and third base.

As the men run, so do the lights....so when the man runs between bases there are several lights tracking the running man

Also in this photo can be seen the 'batter up' man at home plate waiting for the pitch

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Re: Illawarra Steelers meet - 17th October
« Reply #184 on: October 14, 2009, 10:53:10 PM »

An interesting machine. I've can't recall playing one of these as I don't think they were ever imported to Australia during their heyday. However, it is great to see them in collections.
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Re: Illawarra Steelers meet - 17th October
« Reply #185 on: October 14, 2009, 10:58:03 PM »
What a unique game Tony,
the backglass looks excellent,  ^^^
should be very popular at your meet.

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Re: Illawarra Steelers meet - 17th October
« Reply #186 on: October 14, 2009, 11:02:33 PM »
Just don't believe Wotto talking himself up when he sees this post  :lol :lol :lol

He is just full of sh*t  :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol

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Re: Illawarra Steelers meet - 17th October
« Reply #187 on: October 14, 2009, 11:05:40 PM »
Just had the Illawarra Mercury contact me, they will be here at 2:30 today for a story for their Weekender part of the paper....this is getting out of hand  :lol

WIN News to follow  :D

Did contact them  && Hoping they could rock up on Saturday.

Mercury just left....they are doing a 2 page, colour spread Saturday week on pinball *%*
What a media scrum  #*# What day is 60 minutes coming ?
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Re: Illawarra Steelers meet - 17th October
« Reply #188 on: October 14, 2009, 11:14:53 PM »
Hey Hey Hey....That baseball machine is reserved....Me and Wotto have a few issues over that machine...I refuse to take another ass whipping on that baseball machine from old mate Wotto again...
Bring On sat night...and you can wear your baseball cap wotto if you think its going to help...
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Re: Illawarra Steelers meet - 17th October
« Reply #189 on: October 14, 2009, 11:31:55 PM »
The big runs are scored by hitting the ball into the bleachers (like a home run out of the park).

This is achieved via the ramps.


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Re: Illawarra Steelers meet - 17th October
« Reply #190 on: October 15, 2009, 09:40:32 AM »
2 sleeps to the big day!
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Re: Illawarra Steelers meet - 17th October
« Reply #191 on: October 15, 2009, 07:00:05 PM »
Please note:

*My PC is not working so I will be off line until it's fixed (sending this from my Dad's)
*Contact can be made via my mobile 0410 680876
*There will be only 10, maybe 11 games working as I have had a few games that were being brought by other collectors being scratched for the day....have been working around the clock to get more going, oh the joys of 50 year old EMs  ^.^
*I'm hoping people will still enjoy themselves, just getting together and talking sh*t like we do
*Please drive safe....see you guys Saturday

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Re: Illawarra Steelers meet - 17th October
« Reply #192 on: October 15, 2009, 11:15:07 PM »
Have fun - any pinball meet is a good pinball meet but this one sounds special!

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Re: Illawarra Steelers meet - 17th October
« Reply #193 on: October 16, 2009, 12:28:19 PM »
Update (last one)

WIN TV will be coming to pay us a visit, got a call this morning...so that should be interesting  :D

There will be 13, maybe 14 games all up and running....had a real late night and some success  ^^^

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Re: Illawarra Steelers meet - 17th October
« Reply #194 on: October 16, 2009, 12:35:14 PM »
Just one more thing....can somebody please bring a camera and take some pix to post here?