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At the time the console was bundled with Super Mario World AND Super Mario Kart! I would've been crazy to pass that up! ?

Congrats on snagging one, I've been looking for the Route 66 title for the longest time. As long as the lights, sound, electronic scoreboard, spinners and scoring work, you should be good to go. The company would place spare parts inside the machine/cabinet (such as a spare spinner) in the event the ones on the playfield went bad. Saitek released a few more of these machines with other different racing themes (but identical playfields). You can take a look at the video link below which will show you everything that's supposed to be working. This is their 'F1 Super Challenge' game (like I said, identical playfield just different theme art)- F1 Super Challenge Pinball

Bumping this once in the event that anyone who can help hasn't seen this post yet. ?

Hey guys, I have Street Fighter Alpha: Warriors' Dreams for the Sega Saturn (PAL region). I've been looking for Action Replay codes to use with the game, but I'm unable to find any. I've seen NTSC US and JP codes for the title, but none for the PAL version. Any idea where I can find them? Thanks in advance.

If you're still curious about rechargeable AA batteries, the only batteries I ever use in my Atari Lynx are the Energizer recharge universal NimH AA batteries. I've never had any issues with them.

There's also the tabletop electronic game version by Gakken called 'Paint Roller'. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_vekizPmwo

Survival Horror- Deep Fear, Resident Evil Platformer- Astal, Clockwork Knight 2, Burning Rangers Fighting- Last Bronx, Dragon Ball Z Shin Butouden RPG- Panzer Dragoon Saga, Shining Force III (tactical role playing game)

Your kids would definitely be interested in Clocktower (SNES). It's a point and click survival horror game where you play an adopted orphan who moves into a new house that's occupied by supernatural entities and murderers.

I used to own a (Revision 2) Zizzle Marvel machine, but there were so many design flaws with it that I didn't keep it- sold it as quickly as I could. That's how much of a bad impression it made with me. I get far more enjoyment out of the Tomy 'American Pinball' tabletop machine because it's built with more care than what Zizzle attempted. If I were to go with Brunswick my top choice would be 'Circus', followed by 'Alive' and 'Aspen'. I'm also interested in picking up 'Route 66' by Saitek.

Thanks for the link Cammy! I did do some further research on the game and it seems that it's far too easy to accumulate multiple lives, making this a game that's too easy to play. Can you confirm? simbalion never did show us what the 'Battle of the Gods' Coleco machine looked like, but I did come across this- the only image I've ever seen of the pinball machine. I see two flippers on the playfield but due to their placement I can only assume there's 4 in total, with the other two being just above the drain/outhole.

Owned the Jurassic Park LCD game when I was younger. Limited enjoyment with that one. Have to hand it to Tiger, they were very effective in flooding the market with their LCD games and successfully managed to snag a lot of TV and movie licenses. Archive.org's helped me play some of the titles I was curious about. Their 'Back To The Future' game is actually surprisingly enjoyable even in this day and age. What's even more impressive is the diverse range of gaming products Tiger had. Everyone knows about their common LCD games but there was also their R-Zone gaming system (which tried emulating NIntendo's Virtual Boy), their '99x Games' line which had tech similar to their Game.com console, and the 'Midway Arcade Games' which were like mini arcade machines with a flip top (but whose tech was also similar to their Game.com console). I did love what other manufacturers were able to put out. MGA had a lot of interesting LCD handheld games including Mappy, and Konami's Ninja Turtles games are still great. The VFD tabletop machines like Q*Bert, Frisky Tom and Frogger are also a joy to play.

Hey Ninjabba, guess what? Engadget wrote an article/review about your game. https://www.engadget.com/2018/05/21/wyvern-tales-lynx-homebrew-jrpg-irl/

Not sure if this was intentional or a bug- normally, once all monsters are killed in a battle you immediately go to the 'Victory!' screen, but if poisoned during a battle you're still able to cast the antidote spell on yourself or another party member even after all monsters have died and left the playing field. The victory screen is delayed until you do. Another thing I've noticed is that while the Goddess statue and the woman in the bar can fully replenish your HP and MP, ailments can't be cured this way- you'll have to use items or magic for that.

I hear you about the kick out holes. The Tomy tabletop pinball machines (like Astro Shooter and American Pinball) are, in my opinion, some of the closest examples that one can get to a full size pinball machine thanks to them having many of the perks including the reactive bumpers, kick out holes, a left orbit that leads to a cellar hole that shoots out the ball after racking up huge points, etc. I wish Tomy had continued making them with more revisions and new playfields. If there isn't a way to stop the onslaught of extra lives in Star Galaxy, then I imagine it'd take a while for the 2nd player to get a turn, Lol. By any chance do you have, or heard of, the Saitek pinball machines like Route 66? I've been looking for one of those as well.

Mine took a week and a half to reach me in the United States. I chose the regular shipping method so as to avoid getting a crushed box. I agree necrocia, I am very impressed with the packaging. The box, manual and cart are all wonderfully made. A lot of care went into making this a professional release.

Just because it's not as big or as advanced as the current pinball machines on the market doesn't make it any less of a pinball machine. If it's got the core mechanics and is a joy to play, you've got yourself a pinball machine, plain and simple. I've been looking into getting one of these for myself. I was watching a YouTube video and it looks like it's easy to earn extra lives once you get the ball to score on certain parts of the playfield, can you confirm this? And if that's true is there a way to turn off the extra lives features or tone it down so the game doesn't get too easy from making the same shot every time in order to tally up extra balls?

I hope I get an invoice soon!

Guys (and gals), don't forget to check your email junk folder. I received the 1st email back in March in my Inbox, but the 2nd email that mentions the first batch of copies being mailed out this week wound up in my junk folder! It's a good thing I checked.

Midnight Mutants definitely needed a sequel, as did Commando.

Good cause I may want to snag two copies of this when the time is right. I also hope I'm high up enough on the waiting list to get one within the first batch.

Yesssssssss, fantastic news indeed! I can't wait to play this. Very much looking forward to the release and having a copy to play!

I can vouch for the Nyoko 'Super Miniboss' wireless controllers. I bought two as Christmas presents for family and I tested them myself. They work well and feel good/comfortable in the hands. You can either get one on their official website (link below), or try ebay- https://nyko.com/products/super-miniboss-for-snes-classic-edition

Thanks for sharing this video. The sound effects are impressive. Since posting I managed to acquire three of these games - Q-Bert, NFL Blitz 2000 and Ready 2 Rumble Boxing. Would love to see more video footage of game play for Hydro Thunder if you can provide it.

I too would love to see a video (or at least some high quality color photos) of the Coleco War of The Gods machine. Cammy I don't think you want the Star Explorer machine, the gameplay is severely limited due to the fact that the flippers don't work independently. But if you already knew that and want one anyways, never mind my comment. I've been trying to get a Star Galaxy machine but they rarely came up in the United States and the cost of one plus shipping from overseas would be too much. There are some other home pinball machines that caught my eye but they're so rare I almost doubt that anyone can lead me to them.

I had the 'Mach 1' Halex pinball machine. Once the score hits 999,999 the game's voice tells you it was a great game and then it pretty much shuts down. I sold it after that because there was no reason to keep playing if there was no longer any challenge. I'd like to find a Route 66 Saitek machine but here in the US (or at least online in the US) the machines very rarely pop up.