1980 Gottlieb JAMES BOND 007 pinball machine

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Howdy ho, pinball people. Here for your viewing pleasure is a 1980 Gottlieb James Bond 007 pinball machine in action. This game is a former house house and it was a bit labour intensive to get it back up and running, but get it back up and running it is!
This is one of the more unique (read: disliked) pinball machines out there as it is time-based rather than your standard 3-or-5-ball play. The way it works is that the player is given 50 "time units" to start the game and as soon as one of the 0-0-7 lanes or one of the drop targets is hit the timer starts counting. Completing a drop target bank awards 5 additional time units or hitting one of the lit "add 3 time units" targets when lit will award, you guessed it, three time units. If the player loses a ball, they lose 5 time units and play continues until the timer is zero. When all of the time units are gone, the special target at the lower right of the playfield lights for a free game. When the ball is lost, the game is over. Or, if the ball is lost with less than 5 time units remaining, the game is also over.
Let me just say that the timed aspect of this game sucks total ass. Add to the fact that the ball can be lost between the scissor flippers and you're left with a machine that has very short average game times. Completing the drop banks is not easy to do in a short period of time and racing against the clock is anxiety inducing.
I did not play the game with the updated roms that allow for standard (non-timed) play, but I suspect it would be better.
This game was designed by Allen Edwall with art by Doug Watson (of Quicksilver fame).
For more info on this game see here: www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=1286

[@Thalamus4]

This could have been a great game, with different rules. Agree with your assessment 100%. Happy though, to see it been given new life. 👍

[@billhaleyrock2471]

Toller Flipper,schöner klang.Klingt zum teil nach Space Invaders.

[@Urko2005]

Great video.

[@electro-gaming4808]

Not too much of a James Bond guy but the machine is awesome

[@PlasticBubbleCosplay]

I agree -- can't fight time :-(

[@DowntownWithBrown]

The gameplay actually sounds kind of fascinating to me, but I'm turned off by how it sounds.

[@liamroberts7556]

I actually like the sounds, has a very Atari 2600 kind of vibe to it.

[@xyrzmxyzptlk1186]

It sounds a lot like an old dial up modem. ☎️

[@Urko2005]

This is back in the days of great pinball, yeah the technology wasnt as much as today, but the gameplay was there. My favs are actually 60s and 70s machines but sadly i only have a virtual machine, but still fun.