PAPA 9 WORLD PINBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS

PITTSBURGH, PA 

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I didn't have to go far to find a rare system 80B Gottlieb, "Big House," which I played for the first time ever at PAPA9.

Not much further, I found another somewhat rare Gottlieb System 3, "Vegas."

Designed by Jon Norris, this pin features an electronic roto unit.

Here's another Jon Norris System 3 pin, Car Hop, featuring "nostalgia" or "modern" sounds. In other words, you can choose between EM chime sounds or more modern sounds. This unique pin also has an animted thermometer in the backglass, similar to Williams' 1964, "Heat Wave."

I found two more Addams Family pins.

Here's the third one.

My favorite dot matrix Stern pin is The Simpsons Pinball Party.  

 

 There were two of these at PAPA9.

This Capcom "Breakshot" was one of my other favorites.

Nice art;)

Here's two strange Bally pins side by side, "Strange Science" and "Spy Hunter."  If you consider buying a "Strange Science" pin, make sure the neon topper as seen here is present.  They can be hard to find.

"Killer List of Videogames," (KLOV), says Spy Hunter, the videogame, came out in 1983, then Spy Hunter II in 1987.  Spy Hunter, the pinball machine, was released in 1984. There was also a conversion kit for this pin, released in 1985 by Bell Games of Bologna, Italy titled "Saturn 2." Also, the 1987 Italian Technoplay, "X Force" playfield shows nearly identical faces that were used on the Bally backglass. The playfield itself is a whole different game though.

 

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