Hey YOU! Yeah, YOU with the FACE!

[Metal Ball]

So good to see other pinball lovers on this forum. How you guys doin'? My name is Vinnie, been a pinball lover since the 80's . Man, I would love a real table, even if it was down the street, but they are so rare and precious. My childhood favorite was Williams' 'Cyclone'...you know, the one that goes, "HEY YOU! Yeah, YOU with the FACE!" "Hurry, Hurry! Step right UP!" "RiiiIIIDe The Ferris Wheel" LOL Very common table back in it's day.

My all time fave, to this day, is still "The Twilight Zone". What a great table! It doesn't get much better than that one. Hope to own one someday.

Anyhoo, lovin' the Pinball FX2 on my Xbox 360! (Gamer Tag: ShredderVinnie). I own the current 21 tables on it and can't wait for more. Looking foward to Zen's release for 3DS as well. Pinball in my pocket, YES!

I wouldn't say I'm the most proficient uh hum pinballer (is that even a real word?), but I've made top ten percent on some of the easy ones and currently have a superscore of 1706. Although, I triggered a glitch on the BioLab table where, in clone multi-ball, two balls got stuck behind the rototargets as I watched the score climb up for about ten minutes giving me an extra 25 mil. I didn't think it would stop but it finally did, lol. And I guess it counts in the record as if it was supposed to do that. Glitch or Not? *does Twilight Zone music* Do de doo do Do de doo doo.

Thanks Zen, for making the coolest pinball software with some of the most realistic pinball mechanics I've ever seen. I would love to see hundreds more, I feel that it is the only reason why I own an Xbox 360.

Nice to meet you all.
-Vin

P.S. I gotta admit, I picked a cheezy screen name, but it seemed very fitting for this forum, lol.

[shogun00]

So good to see other pinball lovers on this forum. How you guys doin'? My name is Vinnie, been a pinball lover since the 80's . Man, I would love a real table, even if it was down the street, but they are so rare and precious. My childhood favorite was Williams' 'Cyclone'...you know, the one that goes, "HEY YOU! Yeah, YOU with the FACE!" "Hurry, Hurry! Step right UP!" "RiiiIIIDe The Ferris Wheel" LOL Very common table back in it's day.

That line sounded so familiar, but I couldn't remember where it came from. LOL

I live close by to an old trolley park (amusement park) and they have a classic arcade with 5 pinball machines. One of those machines believe it or not is "Cyclone".

[Metal Ball]

You are lucky to have 5 tables in near existence, especially that one. It always made me laugh everytime I walked by it as it would randomly say some of the lines in the game, but I always did the double take on the "HEY YOU". I couldn't resist playing it.

[Crazy Bonus]

That line sounded so familiar, but I couldn't remember where it came from. LOL

I live close by to an old trolley park (amusement park) and they have a classic arcade with 5 pinball machines. One of those machines believe it or not is "Cyclone".

Where is that amusement park and are the machines in good shape ? I live just across the way from you in Canada and I'm in the U.S. quite a bit with work. There is a RollerCoaster Tycoon machine at a bowling alley in North Tonawanda, played it a bit while I should have been working this past summer.

Also if you are ever over here the Skylon Tower (Niagara Falls) Arcade has a couple of machines at there place, I'm planning a trip to The Church Of The Silver Ball in Mississauga Ontario for later this year it has a lot of machines that are very well taken care of.

[Crazy Bonus]

Metal Ball you should check out Visual Pinball a free PC game that you can download from their website, played the table you are talking about on there.

[shogun00]

Where is that amusement park and are the machines in good shape?

It's in the outskirts of Bemus Point, called Midway State Park. It's a little more than an hour away from Buffalo.

The machines are in decent shape. There's no wear marks on the play fields, since they keep them polished. However, they need to replace a few warn out parts in the machines, but they've been reluctant to do so due to the limited budget they get from the state.

I'll list the machines they have and the problems they are experiencing with them.

Cyclone - Score board is a little warn out (hard to read some of the numbers), the spinning wheel on the back glass is out of alignment and there are a few dead light bulbs in the machine.

F-14 Tomcat - Score board is shot, one of the arms that controls one of the muliball locks is dead (can't start up multiball), and more dead bulbs.

High Speed - Score board again is shot, spring on pull rod needs to be replaced, and a few dead bulbs.

Spy Hunter - Top left mini-flipper is shot and several dead bulbs. Surprisingly, the score boards are working properly.

Whirlwind - Lock mechanism is a little weak (hit or miss in locking the balls). Everything else in the machine is working properly and well maintained.

Three of the machines (F-14, HS and SH) are made in the 80s and it's hard to obtain parts for them without breaking their budget. Cyclone and Whirlwind were made in the early 90s and most of the parts can still be obtained from the local electronics store, according to one the maintenance guys.

[Metal Ball]

Metal Ball you should check out Visual Pinball a free PC game that you can download from their website, played the table you are talking about on there.

Oh, I've had Visual Pinball for years now. But I think the Future Pinball version of Cyclone is a little better. Both have their pros and cons. Better graphics and presentation on FB, but slightly better physics on VB.

But neither have the physics of Zen or Farsights material. And I have a hard time having any fun with those emulators. Hopefully they will still be in development and do something with those physics.