Here's brief video from Dunkirk Car ferry port from earlier today. I passed through here last year and with exception of the Avatar pin (i think) all other games are the same.
I also forgot how badly maintained they have been.
Time Crisis 3: Didn't play this, as it was bad last year, I don't think the right hand gun would have worked properly as it was pretty much hanging off at the Control panel, the right hand sreen was dimmer than the left and it looked like the Colour Convergence was way off on both rear projectors. Perhaps just dirty optics but something didn't look right, or are these CRT projectors? No € wasted this year.
Sega Rally 2: Had a few plays on the left hand machine, right hand side was working fine but the screen needed attention, as it was very dim. Only played in Automatic mode as i didn't trust the gear shifter it looked a bit battered, the Force feedback on the steering wheel worked fine. 2 € well spent.
Avatar: This had game parts/rubbers from the playfield floating about, stopping the balls/targets from working properly 1 € wasted.
Pirates of the Caribean: The ball launcher was screwed up and only just pushed the top of the ball, after about 10 atempts I got the ball high enough to come on the playfield via the 'you didn't hit it hard enough' escape route (sorry not very up on pinball terms), this totally ruined any flow this game could have had, i gave up after my 2nd ball. Another € wasted.
Spiderman: Last year this game was not working but today it was the best pin with no noticable faults and i had a proper games of pinball. 2 € well spent.
Cheers, Smart.
smarty2012-05-14 20:30:06
I also forgot how badly maintained they have been.
Time Crisis 3: Didn't play this, as it was bad last year, I don't think the right hand gun would have worked properly as it was pretty much hanging off at the Control panel, the right hand sreen was dimmer than the left and it looked like the Colour Convergence was way off on both rear projectors. Perhaps just dirty optics but something didn't look right, or are these CRT projectors? No € wasted this year.
Sega Rally 2: Had a few plays on the left hand machine, right hand side was working fine but the screen needed attention, as it was very dim. Only played in Automatic mode as i didn't trust the gear shifter it looked a bit battered, the Force feedback on the steering wheel worked fine. 2 € well spent.
Avatar: This had game parts/rubbers from the playfield floating about, stopping the balls/targets from working properly 1 € wasted.
Pirates of the Caribean: The ball launcher was screwed up and only just pushed the top of the ball, after about 10 atempts I got the ball high enough to come on the playfield via the 'you didn't hit it hard enough' escape route (sorry not very up on pinball terms), this totally ruined any flow this game could have had, i gave up after my 2nd ball. Another € wasted.
Spiderman: Last year this game was not working but today it was the best pin with no noticable faults and i had a proper games of pinball. 2 € well spent.
Cheers, Smart.
smarty2012-05-14 20:30:06