Initially we set the playfield angle steeper than recommended. From the factory the side posts were set to the center hole. Ball drains to side more often than desired.ĭiagnosis: This could be by design or other factors. Solution: Downloaded and installed latest version (1.04)Ĥ. However, the game was set at a slope more than recommended and after correcting this to the angle recommended in the manual, more hits are recorded still inconsistent. Slimmer does not register hits consistently.ĭiagnosis: Incomplete as of this posting. Solution: Using a razor blade the bulge was trimmed off flush with the loop wall.Ģ. Ball drains down center when coming from the left loop (spinner).ĭiagnosis: The rubber cushion between the loop wall and the eject hole up kick bracket was pinched causing it to bugle outward just enough to deflect the ball. So.let's start with a few issues we've seen.ġ. However, we have found a few issues and I am creating this post for tracking problems specific to the Ghostbusters pinball machine (any level) and fixes or work around options for them. With a release perfectly timed to coincide with the heightened nostalgia and new excitement from the upcoming female-led Ghostbusters film this Summer, Stern has released a machine people have been dying to get their hands on for a long time.Since The Game Preserve purchased our Ghostbusters we have been having excellent success in game play and patron enjoyment. Priced at $5995 MSRP, the Pro model offers the most value, but the $8795-priced “Slimer Green” LE model is clearly the star. While most folks will be happy just to play a Ghostbusters pinball after all these years, collectors and operators will have a tough decision to make. In what has become a standard marketing strategy by Stern, the new table is available in Pro, Premium, and Limited Edition (LE) models. Hit theme song “Ghostbusters” by Ray Parker Jr. Custom speech and narration by Ghostbusters actor Ernie Hudson a.k.a.“Public library” and “Stacked books” Newton ball features.Motorized animated interactive Slimer toy.Color-changing Stay Puft Marshmallow Man toy.In addition to the pinball-standard flippers, ramps, and pop bumpers, the new Ghostbusters machine features the following: Expectations have never been higher for such an iconic theme for a pinball machine and Packer knocked the visuals out of the park! It seems every square inch of the machine’s surface was utilized to showcase iconic Ghostbusters imagery – everything from Slimer and Ecto-1 to the firehouse and, yes, even a Twinkie. While theme, layout, and rules are always important aspects in a pinball design, the scene stealer here has to be pinball newcomer Jeremy Packer, artist at Zombie Yeti Studios. For those folks who have been waiting the thirty-two years since the 1984 feature film’s release, the first images of the new Ghostbusters pinball machine prove it was worth the wait.ĭesigned by legendary pinball designer John Trudeau ( Creature From the Black Lagoon, Wrestlemania) and software designer Dwight Sullivan ( Star Trek: The Next Generation, The Simpsons Pinball Party), it seems as though the new table will be an instant classic. In an industry that produced a pinball machine for such underwhelming movies as Congo, Barb Wire, and Johnny Mnemonic, it’s almost criminal that a Ghostbusters pinball machine was never produced…until now. Yes, after months and years of speculation, Stern Pinball dropped an ectoplasmic bomb on the world by announcing a ghostly trinity of arcade-quality Ghostbusters pinball machines. Don’t cross the streams! The long-awaited ‘Ghostbusters’ pinball has arrived.
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