Pinball Stories #27: The Earthquaked Earthshaker Lives!!
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- Опубліковано 21 гру 2020
- Original first look video: • Williams Earthshaker -...
Full restoration playlist: • Williams Earthshaker -...
Over the years, probably one of the most asked questions I've gotten from people is, "Whatever happened to that Earthshaker you were working on?"
People are referring to this video series: pinballhelp.com/earthshaker-lo...
I picked up this game nine years ago. Pulled it out of a filthy house where the game had sat for years, no legs, no glass, non-operational, in a house full of cats. The game looks like it has numerous things living in it, and the cabinet became a cat scratching post.
The more I looked at it, the more problems I found. The game had been monkeyed with in more ways than I'd seen with any other machine. Nonetheless, I managed to actually, finally get the game to boot up, but it was so horribly mangled in so many ways, it would take years to acquire the necessary parts at reasonable prices, so I stored the game and would pick up parts here and there over the years, hoping one day to restore the game.
Last year a friend inquired about the game and I realized, I didn't have the time any time soon to tackle this project. I had so much going on I decided to sell it to a friend who I knew would invest the time needed to bring this treasure back. So I gave him all the parts I'd collected, including original cabinet artwork that I got from Gene Cunningham of Illinois Pinball.
The other day, my buddy Josh contacted me to let me know he had finished the restoration and if he could bring the game to the PinChurch to share with others. I jumped at the chance to see what progress had been made with the game, and share with everybody else.
Take a look!
Superb restoration of a great machine!
Nice work! Thank you for sharing your restoration.
Man good restore job
If he is interested in selling I would love to purchase. I have been looking for Earthshaker in good condition but have not found one.
Favorite game
That shade of blue is slightly lighter than the production colour. It was used on the early protos with the sinking earthquake institute.
All Earthshakers have the code to sink the institute but the mech was removed in production. There was someone making the mech so you could reinstate it.
Just finished a restore on an Earthshaker, which was left for dead. I did leds, and understand your choice not to. However why didn't you consider LED OCD and GI OCD?? Having done a STTNG pin, with those led mods, the product is great.
My original Earthshaker was painted as well with the red accents.
Do the shaker motors still work?
I believe they were replaced with new ones.
Your friend could use a mic.
Awesome work 👍
Ikr I thought my phone speaker was dying
Got a price on this?