PINBALL SUMMER PARTY 2004



The "summer" pinball party: June 5, 2004.

Click on the pic for a closer view and info. Party stats and tournament winners are below.....

**Updated June 9, 2004, added Chet Hogue's pics**

 

 



Tom's Centipede
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Chet Hogue pics

 

 

 

PARTY STATS:

 

The party took place on June 5, 2004. In all, there were 55 people. So, far....the biggest turnout ever. The main-event ran from 4:00p.m. to 2:30a.m. 10 1/2 hours of pinball. 1,146 total number of pinball games played (not to mention tons of non-pin attempts on Donkey Kong and Tom's Centipede). Whew.

Aside from a few ball hang-ups over the evening, everything went very well. I only removed the glass once on Ripley's for a flasher socket that fell off and Road Show to replace the plug which came off of Ted's dozer "eddy" sensor (damn shaker motor.....damn project games!).

We had a great time. In fact, the guests stayed a long time and brought some awesome food. Starting my diet on Sunday......for sure. Thanks to everyone who came and made the party another success. See you all in September!



Here are the various game stats. Keep in mind that my games are set to 5-ball play. Medium-Hard settings. Max 1-EB per ball-in-play.


Here are the stats (in year order):

1. TAXI
Avg. game time: 3.15
Total plays: 99

2. FUNHOUSE
Avg. game time: 5.66
Total plays: 50

3. CACTUS JACK'S
Avg. game time: 3.00
Total plays: 79

4. THE GETAWAY
Avg. game time: 4.73
Total plays: 69

5. THE ADDAMS FAMILY
Avg. game time: 3.83
Total plays: 87

6. FISH TALES
Avg. game time: 4.55
Total plays: 68

7. WHITE WATER
Avg. game time: 3.25
Total plays: 89

8. ROAD SHOW (project game but 95% working)
Avg. game time: 4.06
Total plays: 76

9. JOHNNY MNEMONIC
Avg. game time: 4.90
Total plays: 73

10. SAFE CRACKER
Avg. game time: 3.17
Total plays: 117 (10 tokens awarded)

11. SCARED STIFF
Avg. game time: 5.50
Total plays: 64

12. MEDIEVAL MADNESS
Avg. game time: 5.39
Total plays: 68

13. MONSTER BASH
Avg. game time: 5.21
Total plays: 59

14. TERMINATOR 3
Avg. game time: 5.49
Total plays: 76

15. RIPLEY'S BELIEVE IT OR NOT
Avg. game time: 6.25
Total plays: 72


Once again, Safe Cracker is the winner for total amount of plays. But, once again, SC exhibits almost 1/2 the gametime of most games. So, take that however you would like. Ironically, the second and third place positions were "not" reserved for the tournament games (the ones who usually sneak into that spot). Instead, it went to a couple early Williams favorites Taxi and White Water (with Addams Family close behind).



The tournaments were a lot of fun. It was great seeing people compete. Here were the results (*one win per person):



RIPLEY'S BELIEVE IT OR NOT:
(All winners received a Ripley's Believe it or Not! hardcover book)

1st place: 31,312,890 - JPS (Jeff Steele).

3rd place: 26,572,130 - ROY (Roy Fash).
4th place: 21,200,760 - JRN (Jason N.).



JOHNNY MNEMONIC:
(WINNERS 1 - 3 received a JM CD-ROM game)

1st place: 4,036,504,660 - BEN (Bruce Nightingale).
2nd place: 3,729,152,120 - ZAS (Zach Steele).
3rd place: 2,521,600,720 - WPM (Walt Malinowski)
4th place: 2,458,311,640 - TMD (Thomas Dimperio......won the JM CD movie soundtrack)

 

The Cactus Jack's "one-shot" tournament. About 25+ participants. Winners: Jason (#1), Angela. (#2), and Miranda (#3).

 

 

 

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