by bounceback on Fri Aug 07, 2009 10:37 pm
ripleys still there, didn't play it. they have a sopranos with problems. flippers are weak, but it's playable. major problem is that shots to the spinner cause this glitch: the ball gets stuck on the post before being released into the bumpers-- the game autolaunches a new ball, as though the ball were locked. a 2nd shot to the spinner lane causes BOTH balls to be released, but draining either ends your ball. if you manage to start multiball while those 2 balls are in play, a 3rd ball will be launched (4th if you get bing,) and returning to 2 balls ends your multiball. draining to 1 then ends your ball. this behavior seemed extra weird at times, i.e. you'd think that if you shot the fish with 4 balls on the playfield the add-a-ball would compensate for the extra one out there, but that's not so. very bummer.
had a 60 mil ball one with this behavior going on, during which i started stugots 3 times and bing once and had multiball end prematurely during the entire thing. ONCE i somehow managed to time things so that i went back down to one ball and it didn't automatically end my ball. i don't know what i shot to make the machine catch up w/ the number of balls on the field.
not sure who the operator is here, but they have good sandwiches, i would go but the games are jacked-- this explains why OOO has chosen it as a nice spot to poach some scores they think won't be noticed... ROM, get down there and GC that ripley's, current GC is like 91 mil.