Top 10 Low Maintenance Wms/Bally Games

[cpiel]

What classic machines have you found over the years to be the lowest
maintenance? Which ones seem to hardly ever go down, or if they do,
are easy to bring back up?

[Mrhide]

The ones in my basement :)

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[cody chunn]

Stern's Monopoly has done well. Oh, wait, WMS/Bally...

Fish Tales
Hurricane (not counting backbox motor/tranny)
Flintstones
Getaway

Generally, games without subways and feature motors (I know FT and H have
motors) tend to outlast those that do, in my experience.

I don't think you name 10 DMD pins _without_ finding a problem child....:)

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[Otto]

My most reliable game has been Cftbl.

Otto

CARGPB11

My web page: http://home.bellsouth.net/p/PWP-Ottoslanding

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[Kevin Ramsey]

Every one I've got requires occasional tweaks to keep it playing 100%.
Mainly switches getting tired/bent and not registering.
As for operation. When I seperated some of them onto circuits (only 2 DMD's
per cicuit and 3 pins max per circuit) they have been real reliable and
eliminated any reset action. Can have all my games playing at once this way.
Need a couple more hands, though.
--
Kevin in MD.

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[cody chunn]

Creech is solid. Of course, you can't repair a faded hologram. The right
upkicker will eventually pop it's top, requiring repair. The kiss lane gate
will probably eventually break as well. Both are easy, cheap fixes. No
trough optos!

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[a...@txpinball.com]

The ones with not too many moving parts, no extra boards for coils,
flashers, motors etc, not many optos in the games. So, in your "category"
T2, Fish Tales, CFTBL, The Getaway will do quite nicely, provided they were
shopped and checked thoroughly before they got to you. Certain amount of
maintenance and smaller problems is inevitable on any machine.
Adi
www.txpinball.com

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[BrianAce]

Which Williams games are low maintenance? Robotron 2084. Maybe
Bubbles. Seriously, though, you used "low maintenance" and "pinball"
in the same sentence.
Brian

[abc123...@iquest.net]

CFTBL without a doubt (at least in my collection...)

Jeff Giesting

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[Otto]

Can't repair it but you can replace it.

Go Kerry Stair!!!!!!!!!!!!

Otto

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[VUKsys3]

Police Force

BjS
VUKsys3

[Ken In Texas]

HSII

cpiel wrote:

--
Ken In Texas
http://www.pinballrebel.com
Custom Pinball Cards, Jukeboxes, Drive In's

"Never ask a man if he's from Texas.
If he is, he'll tell you on his own.
If he ain't, no need to embarrass him."

[Eric Schmitt]

> HSII

Never had issues with mine.

--Eric

[Eric Schmitt]

The one you don't play.

--Eric

[Lloyd Olson]

Plug it in once and see what happens. LTG :)

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[Otto]

My HSII plays best when played often.

When it sits for extended periods the timing seems to lag and causes
problems.

I think the diverter tends to get a bit sluggish.

When played frequently, it plays great.

Cftbl never hiccups.

Of course now that I have torn it apart completely, it will probably never
work right.

Otto

CARGPB11

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[Eric Schmitt]

> Plug it in once and see what happens. LTG :)

Thunk....click.click.click.click.click.click.click.click.click..........

"Testing....."

(Cool, it lights up)

Ding!

Credits: 0
Insert Coin

Da Da Da dink...

Credits 1/2

vvvviiiipp

Credits: 1
Press Start

rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr da da da duh da da da da..........

Rumour spreadin' a-'round in that texas town
'bout that shack outside la grange
And you know what I'm talkin' about.
Just let me know if you wanna go
To that home out on the range.
They gotta lotta nice girls. ah!

da da da da dahhh dah da, da da da da da...............

Well, I hear it's fine if you got the time
And the ten to get yourself in.
A hmm, hmm.
And I hear it's tight most ev'ry night,
But now I might be mistaken.

dewwwwwww dew do do dod dodod dddooooooooduuuuuuuudod do dod od...........

da da......*thunk* de ded de vvvvvvvvvvvvv

shung (bonus held)

...............80...................................80........*WHACK*

Up against the car buddy, you have the right to remain silent anything you
say will be used against you in a court of law you have the

--Eric

[Lloyd Olson]

Sound cuts out. Too bad. Sorry Eric. LTG :)

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>
> > Plug it in once and see what happens. LTG :)
>
> Thunk....click.click.click.click.click.click.click.click.click..........
>
> "Testing....."
>
> (Cool, it lights up)

[Fred Kemper]

None, really, but I'd have to say TAF is the winner
for "hardly ever go down".

They're still out there making good money.

--
Fred
TX
CARGPB#8
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