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- Опубліковано 4 лют 2025
- Todd Tuckey shows you a 1979 Meteor Pinball Machine, based on the feature film of the same title.. This neat 3 flipper game was made from TWO machines---with no broken plastics and a beautiful cabinet, its new owner is sure to be pleased! Look at how nice the LED lighting looks!
I loved meteor it was great back in the day
I loved the flippers, the targets, the spinners everything about that game was stellar
You could really get it humming and the points through the roof 😀😀😀😀
Thats my all time favorite as a kid Meteor had it all imo everything was perfect. Sound, play field, and lighting it really was magic
Meteor was another classic pinball game I loved playing, I particularly loved the sound effects the game made.
It was the first Stern game to use their new sound board system!
Stern's eighties machines are absolutely gorgeous. Gameplay, playfield design, sound, graphics, backglasses, truly amazing machines.
Older pins around the second gen like this and the led setup will always be the best.
Thanks Todd for another great pinball video.
Wow - what a great game. Such good memories. Friday after school in 1979 - race down to the arcade by the beach. Just 20c per game too!
I can remember playing this awesome Pinball machine way back when it was brand new 1979 and I was only aged 13, boy how time flys.
Todd.....I've been watching your videos for almost two years now, and I'm going to say you are a diamond..that's an English term for brilliant. I really enjoy getting educated on pinball machines on your channel. And thank you kindly for all the time you guys take to bring us some great entertainment.
Cheers mates
Thank you so much for commenting...all of us try to make the videos fun and also a learning experience for all! We keep hoping the hobby will continue to expand and these videos ,I think, help that effort!
Ok, this is my first time watching one of you videos. You've got great content, but that ending of the video was superb! Bravo!
We had this machine in my dads convenient store it was ahead of its time, and what a great game it is.Wow I miss those days what fun we had playing pinball all the time that's all I ever did now I own 5 pinball's I need more.
Hi guys. Really enjoyed your Meteor video. I have mine in my dining room and I am in the process of a total restoration; caps, bumpers and LED's..... I did learn quite a bit form you, especially about the cap replacement in the sound board and the custom placement of the LED's behind the glass and play field. You Rock. Again, Thanks!
Bill Brice Hi Bill..Glad it helped out and you could learn so much! Everyone around the world is helping out their pinball machines after watching our videos it seems!
Just finishing up a full resto of my Meteor. My dad bought it brand new and its been sitting in storage the last 10 years. Super happy with it. I have all new coils,plastics etc.. Super fun pin! Didn't do any led's though.
ASo neat to have a Meteor in that kind of original condition!
This was my machine of true mastery. I could play it for hours.
Ahhhh..you need to find one again!
My absolute favorite: Meteor
That attack from Mars was awesome!
thanks!
That was my cheat code in 1979. I was in 5th grade when this game was created. Once I figured out how to juice the spinner, I just let it rip to get my score really high 😂 then I went for the drop targets 1,2,3.
Harlem Globetrotters On Tour was the same as well. Hit all 4 drop targets, 2000 points spinner rip. Easy was to boost your score. Ball control is important playing pinball. Patience is key when playing pinball.
man I'd LOVE to play that machine!!!
you are awesome brother ty for the fun video
:-) Thanks for commenting!!
my #1 favorite em of all time!!!! gets the adrenaline cranking!!!
TNT rocks. Love your vids.
Ary M Thanks!! Glad you like them!
Everything looks great! Meteor is one of the games my wife and I compete on. Too bad you are so far away, Todd. The Texas pinball festival is coming up next week!
Ah, yes! But remember in October is the 30th Pinball Expo...I will be a speaker there!
i think you guys do a fantastic job trying to bring these machines back...im am very serious on a price. on the machine
John Quillan Thank you John!
thanks Todd keep up with the vids always looking to watch more iam putting colored leds in my harlem globetrotters I have the new led lite driver board
+MrSilverballmania Thanks!! Glad you are taking my tips and putting them into practice!!!
Meteor still my all time favorite
John Quillan Many people have fond memories of this game
John Quillan. same here, the first pinball machine I played...
I would love a Robo War! It's one of the best Visual Pin titles.
super video.
Thank you!
I have one of these, one of the flippers is bad and 2 of the rollover targets are broken. I would love to bring it to you guys to freshen up.
We are currently only doing overhauls in the shop...we could send a man out to you after the first fo the year to do an in-home repair.
Meteor is only of very few instances when the Game is better than the film! :P
+Matthew Rose They had high hopes for that movie too!
I WANT ONE SO BAD!
Now GET OUT! I love that
It gets the point across!
Turbografx7 over on Twitch told me how Nintendo "customized" the distinctive upper part of the table by putting Nintendo character stickers over the unmistakable pop bumper and drop targets to make the marquee for their arcade game "Vs. Pinball". Anyway, what a cool table!
Black knight 2000 you say great pin one of the best
NICE ROBOWAR!!!
Love it
Thanks for posting this. I'm just curious, were the inserts dangling loose on the two Meteors you had? I've got three playfields and they almost fall out.
draj We have to reglue many of those inserts these days!
Nice example. Hard to find Stern games from this era with colour still in the back glass, or ink in a lot of cases :)
Now if you had a "Why isn't my passive bumper not bumping" phone recording, that would be something special.
Finally, correct me if I am wrong. But didn't Stern rip off the board design from Bally. Bally took them to task and they ended up having to pay Bally x amount from each machine sold?.
I'll watch anything with Natalie Wood in it....and James Bond :)
A bowling alley near me recently put one of these in. I've been loving the sound design, get some of those rockets lit near the top and it really starts to sing! Is a better strategy to prioritize the rocket drop targets or the meteor drop targets?
both score big as you go up...but the rockets max out per ball
does steven use any translucent paint (stained glass paint) or lighting gels to fix lit areas? interview him sometime.
What is the part number or name for the numbered drop targets? Thanks
Just wondering, can you implement the use of solid state capacitors in any of these boards?
We have not as of yet!
Todd what style leds used in playfield G I lighting flat tops or concave or other
+MrSilverballmania we no longer use the concave lens---its too concentrated...the flat top is best!
leds are what were needed
John Quillan It perks it up alot!
I would like to see a refurb video of that original PLAYBOY (1979?) with an explanation about why the starting song is out of whack (pitches are off) on some machines and sounds correct on others.
One of 2 things would cause that. Incorrect sound board, or correct board that needs an overhaul with new capacitors etc.
My Kiss machine did the same thing at one stage. Rock and Roll All Nite sounded like some Egyptian tune. New caps fixed it.
for once a company you can call and complain to!!!!!
The only thing I remember from the movie is when the twin towers get destroyed...
the movie did poorly...but the pinball machine did well!
Meteor was my first pinball machine. I did a few newbie mistakes shopping it(mainly hacked the PS). Now that flipper kits are available, mine could really use one. I replaced all the drops and made decals for them before they were available(2002). Great machine.
It now has a growing base of fans that want one! Demand has gone up!
Cool. Got it at a arcade auction in Mesquite TX for 200$ working. Put 200$ more into it. Machine that I cut my teeth on. I can fix the S out of them now. Classic Bally board set is so easy to work on. Play field is good, was able to upgrade backglass (still 8 of 10), cabinet is rough. I have the apron that say it was used in the tournament. Again I love this machine. Cudos to TNT I think you helped me on a RGP post back in the day. Thanks!
:-)
PS I saw this movie with my parents when I was 12. Freaked me out. Never put 2 and 2 together until(way)after I purchased this machine. Good theme and excellent player. Need to put in divide by 10 roms, my oldest son can roll this machine with astonishing frequency.
Yes...it plays fast and smoothly...and you do have the ability to rake up very highs cores!