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<blockquote data-quote="msilcommand" data-source="post: 285874" data-attributes="member: 7642"><p>Shady Nook in Brea, CA</p><p>*dive bar</p><p></p><p>Machine: Attack from Mars</p><p>Condition: poor</p><p>Notes: </p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">The bad:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Payfield worn through and uneven in many spots </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">"T" spot target missing, leaving hole</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Left coin slot doesn't register coins and doesn't return them</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Rubber is beat and Jets and Slings are beat</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Stroke of Luck lock lit reward makes a shot on an open saucer register as a ball lock, instead of destroying the saucer</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Ball gets stuck on missing T spot hole, ramp triggers, and the metal flashing behind lock lane</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">The good?:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Machine has a very high tilt threshold, and staff don't care about machine, so if you're that kind of person, you could exploit it</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">No wires behind flippers, so ball can be banged back into play pretty easily</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Skillshot is pretty much automatic on the left rollover, without doing anything, because plunger is not crisp</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">During attack phase, machine sometimes doubles and triples registration of shots to open saucer, so you can open access to destroy the saucer in one hit pretty often</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Flipper motors must have been replaced in the past few years, although they seemed to have skipped the rubber, so catches are easy, but the hot flippers make the ball fly a lot</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Light switch near the machine turns it on/off, so if a ball gets stuck, you can toggle it yourself. Just be weary of credits you put in.</li> </ul></li> </ol><p></p><p></p><p>I feel bad for this machine, and wish someone would save it from that place.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="msilcommand, post: 285874, member: 7642"] Shady Nook in Brea, CA *dive bar Machine: Attack from Mars Condition: poor Notes: [LIST=1] [*]The bad: [LIST=a] [*]Payfield worn through and uneven in many spots [*]"T" spot target missing, leaving hole [*]Left coin slot doesn't register coins and doesn't return them [*]Rubber is beat and Jets and Slings are beat [*]The Stroke of Luck lock lit reward makes a shot on an open saucer register as a ball lock, instead of destroying the saucer [*]Ball gets stuck on missing T spot hole, ramp triggers, and the metal flashing behind lock lane [/LIST] [*]The good?: [LIST=a] [*]Machine has a very high tilt threshold, and staff don't care about machine, so if you're that kind of person, you could exploit it [*]No wires behind flippers, so ball can be banged back into play pretty easily [*]Skillshot is pretty much automatic on the left rollover, without doing anything, because plunger is not crisp [*]During attack phase, machine sometimes doubles and triples registration of shots to open saucer, so you can open access to destroy the saucer in one hit pretty often [*]Flipper motors must have been replaced in the past few years, although they seemed to have skipped the rubber, so catches are easy, but the hot flippers make the ball fly a lot [*]Light switch near the machine turns it on/off, so if a ball gets stuck, you can toggle it yourself. Just be weary of credits you put in. [/LIST] [/LIST] I feel bad for this machine, and wish someone would save it from that place. [/QUOTE]
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