We restored this Atari Superman Pinball to look and play like the first day it hit the arcade. Will be restoring another one of these for sale in the near future. www.pinballdoctor.com
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@sseltrek1a2b5 жыл бұрын
found one of these about 100 miles from my house, so got to play it yesterday for the first time in over 30 years....so good to play this machine again...the sounds on this machine are amazing, especially for the late seventies...
@joanmelnick17043 жыл бұрын
Sweet looking Superman. 💯🍧
@athosnikodomos43502 жыл бұрын
My favorite at the local bowling alley. Spelling SUPERMAN the first time was awesome
@MookTelevision3 жыл бұрын
My fav. Restoring one right now.
@1silverball2 жыл бұрын
Nothing like an Atari Pinball machine. Love them or hate them, they were gorgeous pieces of art even if gameplay was on the slow side. George Opperman's artwork is pure genius. We have a Space Riders that fun also. Thank you for posting!
@kevinhayes61423 жыл бұрын
Used to ditch school to go play this and Donkey Kong. Got my Ass beat by my Mother when i got home though. What Memories!!
@matthewbarry44645 жыл бұрын
This is my favorite Atari pin. My buddies and I use to spend hours at a pizza place trying to win games on it. The lightshow and sounds when you spell Superman are mesmerizing.
@pinballdoctor5 жыл бұрын
Agreed! Best game Atari put out. They had a Road Runner that was a blast to play as well but only made 2 of them as they ran into copyright issues with Warner Bros.
@arthurmurfitt769810 ай бұрын
I don’t remember this one, but ‘78 was a great year for pinball machines.
@mrtylerlarson5 жыл бұрын
Mulligan! *picks up ball* I love it! This game looks like a blast!
@CreesNostalgiaHut4 жыл бұрын
I remember my local arcade purchased this machine in preparation for the movie, and it got me HYPED! There was also the game on the Atari 2600, which I loved.
@jedsa054 жыл бұрын
Thank you for posting this video, Dr. Dave. It really brought back memories for me--when I was growing up, my Dad worked for a community center which had one single pinball machine tucked away near the second floor stairwell. It didn't require quarters, so I spent many hours playing Superman pinball after school!
@pinballdoctor4 жыл бұрын
Awesome! A pocket full of quarters to go to war on Atari's best pinball machine: SUPERMAN. =) Glad to walk you down memory lane! =)
@marcovendetti33734 жыл бұрын
That's a great game, I played this as a kid.
@legasiguy5518 жыл бұрын
This, Superball, Hook and The Adams Family were my favorites!
@Paulywint12 жыл бұрын
I rememebr playing this game when I was a kid. The game had no tilt so if the ball drains you can lift it up to get the ball back into play.
@tygunn81833 жыл бұрын
I used to play an Atari Middle Earth late 70s / early 80s. It also had no tilt. You could lite the special (I think it was the left outlane) and roll the ball over it back and forth by lifting the front legs racking up free games.
@stezton11 жыл бұрын
That backglass is awesome looking!
@nabilyar4 жыл бұрын
Hi. I'm very late to pinball machines. But I love this Superman one. Would love to buy it. Since 2 months I have been so into them
@pinballdoctor2 жыл бұрын
I have another in the resto queue available.
@ArcadeDude449 жыл бұрын
Awesome restore, I'm loving my Space Riders!:)
@lockemi11 жыл бұрын
That looks AMAZING!! I've been trying to find one of these. Wish you lived closer. Great job!
@ssweeps2 жыл бұрын
Nice
@billcook47685 жыл бұрын
0:36 mind blown
@gbh288210 жыл бұрын
Been looking for a superman and Centaur for awhile now. I dropped alot of coin in SM back in the days thats for sure.
@paulsoto41427 жыл бұрын
Hello I have a superman pinball 1978 Atari all functioning. Plays well u interested?
@pinballdoctor6 жыл бұрын
Where are you located?
@sseltrek1a2b6 жыл бұрын
one of my favs of all time...do you know why you never see any of these atari pinball machines at tournaments/pinball expos?...(are there just not many of them around?...)...
@pinballdoctor5 жыл бұрын
Probably because not many know how to fix them/restore them so if they went down mid tourney, they'd have to address
@SwedishEmpire17008 жыл бұрын
As i said on Pinsaide, someone should make sound/music card for these old ones with like SD and MP3 function so you could plugin the Superman Theme LOL
@robfassi32973 жыл бұрын
I wonder if those flippers can get rebuild
@dr.davespinballrestoration37643 жыл бұрын
Actually just restoring another one of these and the answer is YES! I am now using WPC mechanisms in these Atari pinball machines. They work wonderfully well and way better than the Atari mechs ever were.
@mosesberkowitz32986 жыл бұрын
Great sound effects on this game! And is this a "wide-body" machine? I used to love this back in the late 70s. Thanks for posting!
@XxBishop785 жыл бұрын
Yes,all atari pins are widebody
@harvestkings11 жыл бұрын
Just wondering if you still have this or another one for sale? I just purchased the 79 spiderman and was hoping to add the superman. thanks
@paulsoto41427 жыл бұрын
harvestkings hello I have a 1978 Superman Atari pinball all functioning plays well you interested
@pinballdoctor6 жыл бұрын
I have 2 more of these that are in the restoration queue. Will look and play just like this one once done.
@alejandroalartiz10 жыл бұрын
Why the flippers have so little strength to hit the ball? Not as a modern pinball. Can you fix that?
@pinballdoctor4 жыл бұрын
Actually addressed the short comings of Atari flipper assemblies with subbing in Williams WPC type and using Bally bats. The result is a strong flip that feels like what Atari originally intended but didn't have the where with all to implement back in the day when they were making this pin.
@cesarprates857011 жыл бұрын
the sound is different of the emulator in the visual pinball
@pinballdoctor5 жыл бұрын
That happens all the time. The people emulating want to add some "creative" additions that would be better left as stock.
@swampwiz5 жыл бұрын
So much is this selling for (has sold for)?
@pinballdoctor5 жыл бұрын
I have 3 more of these and in even better this shape this as they all will have touched up and automotive clearcoated playfields installed that look and play better than new with a crystal clear clearcoat. These will sell in the $6K - $7,500 range.
@devonboulden24962 жыл бұрын
Hated this game when it was released. I still hate it. Atari didn't know how to build a machine. They were sturdy as hell, but the metal ramps in front of the flippers made the ball come to a stop so it can be fed to the flippers. Kind of a novice machine.
@pinballdoctor2 жыл бұрын
Have to strongly dissagree with you there. Atari's best game and ahead of others in the 1978 pinball realm for it's time.
@bobgomez94812 жыл бұрын
Dumbest comment of the decade right here...
@sirlordwhitman11 жыл бұрын
HAHA.. cheater! nice pinball machine.
@dr.davespinballrestoration376411 жыл бұрын
Thanks Mike. = ) More Classic Pinball restorations to come....
@dr.davespinballrestoration37649 жыл бұрын
The flipper links for these Atari pins are hard to find so I re-use the lesser stressed links from the drop target assembly(s) and swap them around. The flippers on Superman are notoriously under powered if you can even find one of these to play. The ones I rebuilt here are just as powerful when the game first hit the arcade and feel the same as the Bally and Stern pinball machine flipper bats of their day.
@bobgomez94812 жыл бұрын
Yes, when done correctly, it is no wonder the drop targets are broken all the time. The coils have the power.