I have played it once, I happened to get the jackpot first go lol. I'm still surprised that I managed to achieve it

i used to rock monster drop at my local dave n busters and ive gotten the monster jackpot dozens of times by only playing if the bonus ball is over 30 because that ups your chances of getting the monster jackpot a ton!!! for a time the monster drop at my local dnb would also double the monster jackpot for some reason and i would get over 4000 tickets...i miss those days!!!

Again, another moment where my local arcades version of a game like Slam a Winner is the GOAT. Since it's only 10 cents, it gets a lot more plays than the usual slam a winner, and the jackpot increases by 3 for each credit, it it's often at a very high number. But at the same time, our play field is full of 0 ticket targets

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slam a winner is always so fun as a cheap game to just try to get lucky if you're not too focused on trying to get tickets. one time on monster jam too, i randomly got the monster jackpot and i was like no way..

You have to be careful when you get the jackpot on this game too, some people misunderstand it. Last time I won I got tackled to the ground by a staff member.

I used to be a menace at the slam a winner. I had the timing DOWN to get jackpots more than 50% of the time. I could feel myself morphing into bubble bass as i farmed away at those tickets

Iirc there was a version of punchy duckd where you're a chameleon sticking its tongue out at crickets on a wheel

I try to avoid that machine when I go to that arcade or at least not over stress it, it's a pain in the ass and gets stuck often, any tips to not get it stuck? Lol

Slam-A-Winner Extreme is definite S tier. The balls were more fair and the ball drop mechanism was consistent. Dave & Buster's ran their Slam Extremes with NO GUARD on the 150 hole (opposite the jackpot.) There were SEVENTEEN other advantage players I had on a text list to keep them updated on conditions (when it broke, when it fixed, if the strike point changed due to repairs) for that one game. The D&B version was above Pop the Lock in S-tier. 100,000 tickets in 2 hours was feasible, 3 hours was not uncommon.

It's crazy that slam a winner isn't a direct predecessor of monster drop. They seem so similar I thought they would've just been two from the same company

0:56 Was gonna say the same thing. It's one of the only drop games that I've ever been able to semi-consistently win.

ooh nice sonic CD music

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pusher games like this have been around since the 80s

do skee ball

those "Paying Double" means you only do this ONCE and keep the extra balls in your lane for FUTURE USE.

Buzzy Buzzy Bee by Bay Tek is one I really like. Not really very good, but I still think it is worth looking into if you can find one.

In machines with cards instead of tokens, a token simply pops out of the return.

one time i won the jackpot on one of these and i distinctly remember the tickets going out the fuckin door from how much i got i traded it for an inflatable bubble with an alien plush in it

The first short ❤

Cover the sega cow you coward

I am so glad KZbin decided to recommend this to me today, I can't wait to back through the rest of your series on arcade games!

Arcade Suggestion : PLINKO PLINKO PLINKO from the fishbowl frenzy plinko drop to the gum drop plinko drop to, wait, they made PLINKO?!?

Suggestion for a quick episode: Gear it Up, is that wheel at the top a game of skill or not?

The arcade suggestion : LET'S BREAK OUT THE PING PONG BALLS WITH ALL THOSE PINGPONG GAMES THE BEER PONG THING, THE FISH BOWL THING THE ONE WITH THE COLORED PLATES....

I love the SpongeBob coin pusher it’s one of my favourite arcade games of all time

These pinball hybrid machines are intesting but shallow in gameplay

So I ran into pop it for gold at my nieces birthday party the other day, S tier ticket farming game I went from 400 total tickets to over 1000 in around 40 minutes thanks to it giving 10 on a double air and up to 50 on a jackpot and it being relatively easy to time

capybarski shorts lets gooooooo love your stuff

7:21 oh hey that's me

You should cover Jumping Jackpot, that game was deceptively easy

i found a prize locker today after rewatching this video! it does appear to be skill based key master, but there are a few things to look out for. prize locker has this little white piece of plastic with a small notch in it, your key has to be absolutely perfectly aligned with this notch to win. if the key hole isnt level, it's likely not possible to even win on that hole due to how tight the tolerance is. i think it is skill based, but just really hard to align using the 3 step button pushes. the key moves at such a speed that makes it really hard to see level with the tiny alignment notch while the key is traveling.

capybarski short! ive literally never seen this game unfortunately ;w;

I've wondered if the arcade could also change difficulty by changing the number of balls

I'd recommend the Price is Right coin pushers to look at. It's very similar to the Monopoly one but comes in several sub flavors.

Yay Capybarski shorts are here!!

Simpsons Pinball Party isn’t the only game this recycles assets from; the ghost animation is from Tales from the Crypt by Data East Pinball (same corporate lineage as Stern)

behold, what 99% of arcade machines in scotland are like... except here even the top row prizes are cheapo junk

This one and Sega SpongeBob were staples at Chuck E Cheese when I was a kid. I remember them being fairly easy since they were just timing based and didn’t take long to get down.