One of the best pins ever. I need one! It's just a shame that they didn't use the iconic Borg cube. They instead chose to use Lore's rogue Borg ship that was only used in one episode. Yeah, I'm a Trekkie that loves pinball.
Captain's Log: Stardate 44316.2 Bally and Williams get Together to create the "Star Trek: The Next Generation" Pinball Game. Your Mission is to Help the Enterprise Protect the Universe while Battling Klingons, Ferengis, Romulans, and Cardassians.
Getting the Final Frontier with all artifacts was insane and near impossible. I still remember getting into the Continuum Scoreboard with 16.5 billion points... never did figure out the different scoreboard meanings. The center hole has to be one of the biggest pains in the ass on any table I've played.
I own this machine. It is, by far, the best pinball on the market! HOWEVER, it is also one of the most troublesome to keep in working order. Current sells for $3500 - $4000.
I remember playing this game hardcore while in summer day camp... the only mission I can recall is when you have to evac the Enterprise and they got the computer's voice! It was very authentic.
can anybody remember 80's/90's radio using synth? used it for most of there jingles like i remember them using on kiis. those whooshing sounds, the drums and more! also the games were bomb!
There are a few arcades out there with a lot of pins, but not many. It's really hard when there is only one pinball maker left and most of their games are lackluster. They haven't even upgraded the dot-matrix displays to color which is sad.
Id make a comment about it all being gold because it has star trek on it BUUUUT this was made before some of the other movies came out so ill give the promo video from 1993 some slack.
If I may add: Home consoles (PS2, PS3, Xbox 360 etc.) got MORE powerful than their arcade counterparts, which decreased income at the arcades (why pay 50 cents to play a game when you can buy it for $40 and play it endlessly) Maintenance also became an issue as pinballs got more complex. Much like a car with more moving parts: requires more maintenance. Videos only had joysticks and buttons. Moving on, maintenance costs surpassed earnings, which leaves us here today :-(
hey does anyone know where the clip of the enterprise firing like 5 torpedoes simultaneously at a ship and some asteroids is from? I was surprised since i couldn't remember which episode it was from (something tells me it was one of the ones where i switched since the first 20 mins didn't grab me! a.d.d. youths we are)thanks cool clip.
The thing is that it's what you really want in life. The Wii system alone costs $250 right now. Maybe, when it came out, it was more money. You get one controller, no Wii Plus, maybe only one game. If you have 10 games, that a lot of money. They aren't cheap. Could it be a $1000 or more? Granted this machine could be $4000, but yet after buying the Wii, are those people also buying Playstation, and Xbox too?
Instead of spending money on shoes at let's say Carnival Shoe Store, Macy's, or even Kohl's, you might buy them at Kmart, Wal-Mart, or Target. Instead of going to the movies at night when it's like $9.50, how about going during the day on Sat or Sun, or before noon at some places, they have it for $5.00. Are you drinking a lot of expensive liquor, do you have a Lexus, are you always buying a new car, and are you always going to the arcade? I don't have a pinball machine, but...
I think normal non-rich people could afford a pinball machine if they wanted to. I don't have a pinball machine because I would probably get bored with it after awhile only having one. Back to what I was saying, you can eat at Red Lobster during lunch time, or you can pay a lot more money at nighttime. I personally would never buy $60 shoes at Kohl's. That's ridiculous.
^^ it's possiblt from "Booby Trap" though I haven't watched this clip yet..but am a real Trek geek and think I recall. Here's a question...in this game , you'd put in a quarter and it would say "More Please!" with a funny voice...what was up with that?
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ha, does anyone ever actually make it to the end on one quarter and how many people who ever played this game actually knew there were "missions" to do. lol. there was only one pinball machine i have ever defeated on multiple quarters and that was the 25th one. spent 4 bucks making it the only one i have ever beaten.
Yeah, the '80's were totally better. Extreme overuse of synthesizers, the high-water mark of sexism, some of the most ridiculous fashions in history, the most lackluster sports cars ever made, outright materialism, social class polarization, Punky Brewster, nosedive of consumer goods quality, the epitome of pressure to be "cool" in youth culture, drug excess and AIDS. AWESOME. (Amadeus, the Nintendo and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were good though)
Just played this last weekend at the pacific pinball expo. Great machine, wish I could afford one!
One of the best pins ever. I need one! It's just a shame that they didn't use the iconic Borg cube. They instead chose to use Lore's rogue Borg ship that was only used in one episode. Yeah, I'm a Trekkie that loves pinball.
Steve Ritchie's best Williams pin!!!
Captain's Log: Stardate 44316.2
Bally and Williams get Together to create the "Star Trek: The Next Generation" Pinball Game. Your Mission is to Help the Enterprise Protect the Universe while Battling Klingons, Ferengis, Romulans, and Cardassians.
FarSight Studios managed to raise the money needed for licenses to digitize this table for The Pinball Arcade. I cannot wait!
Getting the Final Frontier with all artifacts was insane and near impossible. I still remember getting into the Continuum Scoreboard with 16.5 billion points... never did figure out the different scoreboard meanings. The center hole has to be one of the biggest pains in the ass on any table I've played.
definitely one of Williams Electronics' top 3 games!
Me want! Loved playing this game as a kid.
My favorite pinball game of all time
This Game used to be at our Local Bowling Alley, and I want to see it Again Somewhere.
They released the table not to long ago; I have the pro version on my iPad. It kicks ass
I want to play this Game Again!!
This pinball game has a more dramatic story than most RPGs. That's... kinda awesome.
@AaronBruceLadner Our college has it in the Rec. Lounge along Terminator 2 and Indiana Jones pinball games.
I own this machine. It is, by far, the best pinball on the market!
HOWEVER, it is also one of the most troublesome to keep in working order. Current sells for $3500 - $4000.
I remember playing this game hardcore while in summer day camp... the only mission I can recall is when you have to evac the Enterprise and they got the computer's voice! It was very authentic.
That machine the woman was acting for was Create of the Black Lagoon!
can anybody remember 80's/90's radio using synth? used it for most of there jingles like i remember them using on kiis. those whooshing sounds, the drums and more! also the games were bomb!
There are a few arcades out there with a lot of pins, but not many. It's really hard when there is only one pinball maker left and most of their games are lackluster. They haven't even upgraded the dot-matrix displays to color which is sad.
They were like the hangover from the party that was the 80s. The video and computer games were good though.
Everything Star Trek touches turns to gold... except for movies...
Id make a comment about it all being gold because it has star trek on it BUUUUT this was made before some of the other movies came out so ill give the promo video from 1993 some slack.
If I may add:
Home consoles (PS2, PS3, Xbox 360 etc.) got MORE powerful than their arcade counterparts, which decreased income at the arcades (why pay 50 cents to play a game when you can buy it for $40 and play it endlessly)
Maintenance also became an issue as pinballs got more complex. Much like a car with more moving parts: requires more maintenance. Videos only had joysticks and buttons.
Moving on, maintenance costs surpassed earnings, which leaves us here today :-(
hey does anyone know where the clip of the enterprise firing like 5 torpedoes simultaneously at a ship and some asteroids is from? I was surprised since i couldn't remember which episode it was from (something tells me it was one of the ones where i switched since the first 20 mins didn't grab me! a.d.d. youths we are)thanks cool clip.
The thing is that it's what you really want in life. The Wii system alone costs $250 right now. Maybe, when it came out, it was more money. You get one controller, no Wii Plus, maybe only one game. If you have 10 games, that a lot of money. They aren't cheap.
Could it be a $1000 or more? Granted this machine could be $4000, but yet after buying the Wii, are those people also buying Playstation, and Xbox too?
if they had put it like that it'd of been a whole lot better.
Anyone know what the cheapest price to buy this machine would be?
1:59 Enter the confused pinball girl!
Instead of spending money on shoes at let's say Carnival Shoe Store, Macy's, or even Kohl's, you might buy them at Kmart, Wal-Mart, or Target. Instead of going to the movies at night when it's like $9.50, how about going during the day on Sat or Sun, or before noon at some places, they have it for $5.00.
Are you drinking a lot of expensive liquor, do you have a Lexus, are you always buying a new car, and are you always going to the arcade? I don't have a pinball machine, but...
I put a whole lot of money into this machine. :)
I think normal non-rich people could afford a pinball machine if they wanted to. I don't have a pinball machine because I would probably get bored with it after awhile only having one. Back to what I was saying, you can eat at Red Lobster during lunch time, or you can pay a lot more money at nighttime. I personally would never buy $60 shoes at Kohl's. That's ridiculous.
^^ it's possiblt from "Booby Trap" though I haven't watched this clip yet..but am a real Trek geek and think I recall.
Here's a question...in this game , you'd put in a quarter and it would say "More Please!" with a funny voice...what was up with that?
yeah, that ship is from booby trap. i have not ever played this machine before, is it better than the 25th anniversary one? that one was a blast!
ok who was this marketed too? cause I dont think I ever seen this before? did they send these promos to business owners?
i completed everything on the table minus the grand champion score.
Michael Dorn
Todd Haberkorn
But that ships not even Borg!
you dont haooen to have a jurassic park promo or tmnt those are the two machines I own.
roflol at The Naked Now clip! I really love this game, but this video... Ha!
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Honor Roll 0 or 1 Buy-Ins
Officer's Club More than 1 Buy-In
Q Continuum Score of 10 Billion or more (Any Number Of Buy-Ins)
Vic Mignogna
Quite a pair on that ensign.
ha, does anyone ever actually make it to the end on one quarter and how many people who ever played this game actually knew there were "missions" to do. lol. there was only one pinball machine i have ever defeated on multiple quarters and that was the 25th one. spent 4 bucks making it the only one i have ever beaten.
SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!!!
@slayerman89 Especially the one by J.J. Abrams. That one really sucked ass!
SHUT UP "Truth"!!!
Yeah, the '80's were totally better. Extreme overuse of synthesizers, the high-water mark of sexism, some of the most ridiculous fashions in history, the most lackluster sports cars ever made, outright materialism, social class polarization, Punky Brewster, nosedive of consumer goods quality, the epitome of pressure to be "cool" in youth culture, drug excess and AIDS. AWESOME.
(Amadeus, the Nintendo and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were good though)
One of my all-time favorite games of any type but man this was the worst ad I've ever seen.
I gave it a thumbs up for the excellent pinball game, not for this lame ass commercial video.
That is the most awful voice-over dialog I've ever heard.