1986 Williams High Speed Pinball! Steve Ritchie Classic - Artwork, Gameplay, Design Video

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[@danielnewman3441]

When I was in college I delivered for a pizza place. Every sunday after work we would go to the local bowling alley not to bowl, but to play High Speed. Nice video.

[@legacysearches4481]

My FAVORITE pinball game of ALL TIME! My mom would take my brother and I to the arcade and we would play for HOURS!

[@LyonsArcade]

It’s pretty awesome!

[@rmas32]

The thing I remember most about this game was the sound!

[@LyonsArcade]

Yeah, it was something special!

[@jadedheartsz]

@@LyonsArcade I remember playing this one while on vacation in Wisconsin with my family, back in the 2000s damn near every restaurant up north had at least one pinball table

[@tomthumb0]

Best pinball machine ever in my book. A local 7-11 had this machine and I spent plenty of time and quarters playing this highly addictive pinball machine. I got really good at it too. I would love to have one of these machines if I had the space to do so. Thanks for sharing this. :-)

[@LyonsArcade]

Yeah I think this one is right up there, seems like everybody has good memories of it too!

[@rahelwestermann5940]

Best Pinball machine ever! Love it since back in 1986. Actually have my own High Speed machine given to fully restauration wich will cost a bloody fortune but look forward to the result in a few months.....

[@LyonsArcade]

If there's one 'worth' it, it's this one. It'll probably be pretty sweet when they get done with it :)

[@TampaTec]

My first pinball machine I owned from 2001 because my dad owned High speed pin in 1987.

[@ziggybammurphy1645]

My favorite pinball machine of all time

[@LyonsArcade]

It's really something special, a true masterpiece!

[@bigmacfullerton7870]

My favorite pinball machine ever. They had this at my local arcade and I got pretty damn good on it. Those were the days

[@xcrockery8080]

I loved that game, I recall giving it a good thrashing at my local pub in 1986.

[@LyonsArcade]

Thank you for watching X Crockery!

[@TheMilsapFanBlog]

I used to play this for hours on one quarter when I was 14. I remember not only the sounds it made but also the distinct smell it had.

[@LyonsArcade]

It's a great game! Ronnie Milsap is great too! Thanks for watching Beth!

[@TheMilsapFanBlog]

@@LyonsArcade I wish I could afford one for my very own home.

[@PMuis]

takes me back. This was the first pinball I bought. Really nice. Good looking, great playing machine ;)

[@LyonsArcade]

Absolutely... it's a real classic considering the time...

[@timtimtimmay4654]

This and Big Guns both made great memories and missed school bus rides in my childhood.

[@edholzman]

When I was going to the University of Cincinnati back in the mid-80s, I spend a LOT of time and money at an arcade named Jupiter And Beyond and it was where I first encountered Gauntlet and High Speed. There was a live music venue next door named Bogart's which also got a lot of my money. Glorious days of misspent youth almost 40 years ago.

[@Kingbooger94]

Playing this and it's own game on the NES back in the day (and even today), I've always loved this pinball machine!!

[@LyonsArcade]

Yeah, it's a heck of a design....

[@mikecarter8880]

One of my favorite machines. Use to play it at a bowling alley in the day.

[@moiquiregardevideo]

I own a high speed pinball machine. After visiting Eugene Jarvis and Larry Demar in 1987 to discuss my solution to the Robotron:2084 bug which made the game reset at random, I learned about High speed software feature that Larry implemented ; the first pinball game to modify the game objective when the software knows that some switches are not working, a common occurrence in pinball machines. So, that goal is ignored when it is time to gives the player the benefice of the doubt and assuming that the target have been hit. Eugene showed me the new video game that he was writing for Williams : Narc. The first video game to use the texas instrument TMS34010. Larry challenged me to find the secret text message embedded in the large background drawing chip. A year later, an arcade game owner gave me a contract job. I asked as payment to get two machines: 1-Narc video game from Williams 2-High Speed pinball machine from Williams Very soon after delivery, I had the content of the two EPROMs of High speed saved as files and started the work of reverse engineering using my latest 6809 disassembler which created file that can be given directly to the assembler. An efficient way to identify every memory pointers which invariably appear as invalid microprocessor instructions. Narc was 4 Meg of binary data ... more than 2 EPROMs. I wrote the disassembler for TMS3410 ... and an assembler... and designed a video card that displayed more than one thousand circles per second (at least 10x faster than any PC video card of that time)

[@LyonsArcade]

That's pretty cool Christian, and both are great games!

[@moiquiregardevideo]

@@LyonsArcade My all time favorite video game happen to be from Williams too. Joust was such a departure from every other games. Instead of using guns to kill, you made a bird fly. Suprising that only mario bros then nintendo used similar concept while the big money makers continued to be car racing and war like killing.

[@Cobrajet1971]

Most Bad Ass Pinball machine on the planet! I fed it regularly back in the day in a darkened arcade, the lights and sound effects are just beautiful and literally pumped your adrenaline with the push of the play button. Great video.

[@LyonsArcade]

Yeah, it's definitely something special. that part with the search light blows my damn mind.

[@Kirkdrive]

This was omnipresent at the local arcade near me while I was growing up. They put a Twister (correct name?) pinball machine next to it with the fan on the back box. What an amazing time……

[@seeburgm100a]

Great game, I just got one and finished shopping it out. However I find that the area in front of the top flipper and the freeway to the left of Santa Monica to be very dark. I added a spotlight with dimmer on the left to shine across this area. It's turned down so not to be obnoxious but it does help. I remember doing this to a high speed I had on the street when I was an operator in the late 80's early 90's.

[@BobbytheBongoPlaya]

My Grandpa Jim owned one of these. Whenever I went over to his house for the holidays and such, I would spend HOURS upon HOURS playing it. When he lost his house, my dad took the old electronic dart game but did not take this. He regrets it to this day. Nonetheless, it was a VERY fun game. I can still have fun playing it on pinball arcade (Xbox One or Microsoft PC via steam) even though it's not really the same. I still remember when we would start up the pinball machine it would sometimes click REALLY loud lol. It would scare the heck outta me and a lot of times I couldn't be in the room when my dad started it.

[@LyonsArcade]

If there's a switch that hasn't been hit in awhile, when you first turn it on it makes a really loud error message like that and on the screen it tells you a switch is stuck, that's probably what it was. Even if you get the actual machine Bobby it still won't be the same without your dad and grandpa playing it :) That's just how it goes unfortunately!

[@GOTTshua]

Classic. Thanks for bringing it all back. Would love to play this one again. Zero to 146mph in 4.5 seconds? Here's to no speed limits.

[@LyonsArcade]

Supposedly he designed the game after running from the police one day!

[@darinloveland6120]

When I was 13 I played this game every day st the bowling ally. This and punch out. Both came out right after the video game crash so they were a spark for sure

[@LyonsArcade]

Two great games!

[@thomasmickle7289]

Had to check this out from 2 years ago! Just picked one up on a trade for a Rescue 911! Great video, thanks.

[@LyonsArcade]

Definitely one of my favorites, I love the light show too.

[@DarienAllen]

This took me back... 😁

[@LyonsArcade]

It's pretty awesome :)

[@davidsine1222]

Spend a small fortune on this game back in the day

[@LyonsArcade]

It was a really high earning game, people loved it!

[@VGMrawk]

So cool! I've been playing high speed pinball on the Nintendo entertainment system since I was a kid. It's so cool seeing the real thing. Thanks for sharing this

[@robbrie]

I loved this game and the other Williams games that used a similar layout: F-14, Space Shuttle,

[@USAIRFORCE621]

Tough to find nowadays (2019) but I'm looking to buy one within a year or so! Uncle used to have one, brings back awesome memories!

[@LyonsArcade]

You'll find one, they made a ton of High Speeds, it sold very well!

[@USAIRFORCE621]

@@LyonsArcade Do you know where I can find them please?

[@USAIRFORCE621]

@@LyonsArcade Having a hard time finding one but definitely not giving up either!

[@lander77477]

When I was 5 years old in 1988 a friend had one of these in his basement, I think it was pretty unusual for a modern pinball machine to be in the home wasn't it? Not as common as today i think.

[@jadedheartsz]

Some more interesting trivia-this game was such a big hit that many operators actually kept the machines in service for much longer then normal which resulted in some pins getting in such poor condition that the balls literally tore up the playfield, as a result this made finding HS pins in good condition very coveted and commanding quite high prices in later years.

[@snowcatxx7117]

Played with one of these a long time ago loved it !!

[@LyonsArcade]

We just got finished working on one again, new videos of High Speed coming soon :)

[@gorillaau]

It's a fun machine. I may have sank too many dollars into it.

[@XxBishop78]

This just made my wishlist on pinside,what a amazing game,nice playin man

[@LyonsArcade]

Yeah it's pretty awesome. One of my favorites for sure!

[@paulnguyen8910]

I played this back in 1998 in Long Beach, CA during a Grand Prix event at the Convention Centre and for a half-buck investment I made over 10.7 million over three rounds.

[@sharpester7277]

That video was awesome that made me want a high speed pinball machine

[@LyonsArcade]

Yeah that part where the damn 'searchlight' sweeps across the field kills me everytime. What great programming. Fun as hell.

[@1959blantz]

+Joe's Classic Video Games High Speed has always been one of my favorites since I first played it when it first came out. I was lucky enough to find a one about 20 years ago and have had much fun playing it over the years. I have a question that I hope you can answer. The machine has started acting up and I'm almost 100% sure that the trouble is due to a faulty flipper diode. My question is... can a diode be checked while in circuit, or do I have to de solder one leg of each to get an accurate reading. Thanks

[@davidlewis2297]

High Speed was my first love. I have a Getaway. Both are great games to play. I just subscribed Nice video, thanks!

[@LyonsArcade]

I need to get a Getaway in to film one of these days! Thanks for the Subscription, we appreciate it David!

[@ragedesigner]

My favorite pinball game ever. i wasted so much of my dads money on this :D

[@Curt_Sampson]

It's a rare move from 7-segement (or 8-, including the decimal point) to the 14-segment LED displays; and for most purposes LCDs took over quite quickly. (And I guess even with Williams I seem to remember that quickly full dot-matrix LED displays took over shortly after _High Speed._ ) But I'd still love to build stuff today with those 14-segment displays, if they were still available at any reasonable price. Anyway, for me, this game is a classic; I spent so much time on it back in the day. I had no idea at the time that this and _Space Shuttle_ were classics and would become great sellers. So it turns out not be just a quirk of my taste, but that there was some great art in that design.

[@inglwud5625]

I rescued this pinball from the dumpster at cheeses pitsa we were remodeling and they wanted it gone! I took it home still have it! Its worn a bit but has a lot of good parts just the display is going like you said.

[@dylanjl79]

It's a Lamborghini Countach.. not a Porsche

[@LyonsArcade]

Yes, on the game it's a Lamborghini, but there's a famous story by the designer Steve Ritchie, he designed the pinball after getting chased by the cops in his Porshe.... quote "It was based on a true story. I was actually chased by the cops at 146 mph in my 1979 Porsche 928."

[@alzeis4963]

I was thinking this too. I knew that was def not a Porsche

[@douglasquaid4518]

ALL RIGHT BUDDY PULL OVER!

[@thevillagestoophousemusic9189]

I used to rule this game at Faber's in Coney Island. Put in one quarter and keep winning free men, play one game for an hour, lol.

[@LyonsArcade]

They needed to make that one harder for you you must be a great player

[@jonnyg9865]

Remember this one as a kid! I thought the blonde in the passenger seat was waving tauntingly at the cops in the backglass? Mandela Effect, AKA my crappy memory.

[@DavidR-ub2dp]

Awesome game Ron it going to fly out the door it was a good selling game then it still has the same impact today 👍😁

[@LyonsArcade]

It's a fantastic game for sure! Thanks for watching David!

[@jamzales]

This game was da shit back then. It was the first multi-ball machine I saw. And the first rails.

[@LyonsArcade]

It was pretty amazing! Thank you for watching Jeff!

[@jamzales]

@@LyonsArcade Have you had an 8 ball Deluxe come across your path. Played one quite a bit at the bowling alley on Fort Riley, Kansas back in 1986.

[@jhend1000]

Great video and awesome, awesome pinball machine! High Speed is one of my all time favorites. I wish was as nice looking as this though but mine plays great and that's fine with me. You've got a nice looking store there and I'll have to check it out next time I'm in the area.

[@LyonsArcade]

Swing on by, we'll let you try out whatever we've got in :)

[@chriskalkman3815]

jhend1000 Mine too! however, I've only played it on Future pinball or the Pinball Arcade app.

[@Wesley_C]

Timeless pinball game, cool

[@GOTTshua]

Are there any other machines that ever did that "search light" feature? Forgot that it did that.

[@LyonsArcade]

There may have been, I'd imagine it may have been in the High Speed II game at least....

[@armmargret1970]

Cool flipper - I have one of them.

[@lacepantyhose]

You mentioned about matching; "It doesn't really mean much". It does because you won! The odds on that are against you, take it because matching is a lot like winning the lotto! Especially if your broke and can't play again hence two good reasons for matching.

[@LyonsArcade]

Well of course Eileen, but my point was that this particular game is set on freeplay.... so if I win a free game on a game that's already free... it doesn't really mean much.

[@jacobflinthagen820]

Hi Joe I love your videos and is a big fan. So now you have a subscriber all the way from Denmark in Europe :-) I'm also writing to you ad I have a problem with my High Speed pinball mashine. There is a terrible buzzing noise from the speaker, like it has interference from the light...!? The problem occurred after I had to dismount the top, to be able to fit it in my car for transportation. Is there any way I can send you a video of my pinball problem were you can hear the sound? ...if you have the time to help me, of cause... :-)

[@LyonsArcade]

yes you can send me a video at www.LyonsArcade.com , the buzzing sound is likely because of a ground wire that wasn't reconnected in the top when you put it back on...

[@felicciasc]

This is my life in 9th grade.

[@LyonsArcade]

Nic this may be the exact same one you played!

[@felicciasc]

@@LyonsArcade Did you get it from Philadelpha? Who knows. I would like to think so.

[@doughnut101]

Can be seen briefly in the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film during the Foot warehouse scene behind the pool table.

[@jamesdavis5096]

So who is this Steve Richie guy and can you interview him and show us some the original artwork

[@LyonsArcade]

He's the designer of the game, not the artwork. He's currently the lead designer for Stern Pinball, probably the best pinball designer of all time, there are tons of interviews with him on youtube go check it out!

[@jamesdavis5096]

@@LyonsArcade Thank you I have learned a lot since then now I know who Steve Richie is lol. This machine has a secret hack if you get it up one of those ramps and go left left right left left right left left right with the flippers it gives you free credit

[@TheNeilmink]

I want that!!! Lol amazing

[@PinBallReviewerRepairs]

Was the random hide out kicker kicking a common thing? My High-Speed will do that random firing on my H-S as well. And in that section there is no leaf switch to adjust it is those clicky switches in the hideouts.

[@ViralTuber]

2:03 I guess you know the statistics, but I encountered more Pin-Bot games around than about any other.

[@LyonsArcade]

I just checked the numbers, they made 17,080 High Speeds and made 12,001 Pin-Bots , I think some times though things like this were regional... so you may have had operators in your area that loved Pin-Bot but weren't so high on High Speed, or maybe Pin-Bot made more money for them so they bought more of them and operators in other parts of the country felt the opposite....

[@Foxonian]

This is one of those pins that really should be set at 5 balls per game to have a good chance. I know all the ones we had were 5 balls.

[@LyonsArcade]

You're right, I should have never played it on 3 ball, my bad. I'll delete the video, this sucks

[@jamessmith7822]

So much fun! Just curious why was multiball only 2 balls and not 3?

[@firehawk6188]

AWESOME game! Love me most Sys 11 games.

[@jodini5]

Love your videos Joe!

[@LyonsArcade]

Thanks for watching Joe!

[@ShinyBaconPlays]

For running an arcade or just owning lots of awesome arcade games, you should really be any better than you are at pinball.

[@ThePeterVannShow]

The only bummer is the rotating light on top doesn't work

[@markjackson1444]

On the 3 ball - 5 ball thing. ... To me, pinball is always a 5 ball game. In the golden era, machines were designed with several different, and often overlapping ways to win a game. It took working for 5 balls to achieve the Special, points, or score. Many of the early games were ‘jackpot’ games so you could win multiple replays. .... This contrasts greatly with the 70s when most games had just one or two ways to win, and the concept was re-set with each ball. ... So in many ways the games of 1953-1958 are close to the modern games .... ie: several features/modes of winning that take the whole 5 balls to achieve. .... even on free play, winning free games never gets old. ... either does ‘lucky number’ (aka ‘match feature’). .... just my opinion.

[@atrain818]

Joe would u recommend buying this pin? As my 1st pin? Looks like fun and lotta action. I have 5 arcade games. Now wanting to add a pin and found this for sale, in my price range.

[@LyonsArcade]

Yes this would be a great pinball to have. One of my favorites and usually don't break the bank

[@jamesdavis5096]

I still claim these have magnets that suck the ball down

[@LyonsArcade]

Everybody always tells me that!

[@evilbeetlekustomscreations4965]

I can pick one up for $50 I'm trying to get it tomorrow it looks like it needs the rubber bumpers in the glass he says it's complete is that a good deal you know anybody would want it for parts in case I can't get it going

[@LyonsArcade]

Man that's a hell of a deal, you definitely should pick that up.

[@evilbeetlekustomscreations4965]

@@LyonsArcade okay I'm going to be cuz I figure Heck if it's totally toast I can make a badass desk I also have a 1973 got life Wildlife that I'm trying to fix up I'll have to give you a call someday soon

[@yuwish6320]

Every arcade in my area had one of these, and I absolutely would not play it. The bumpers consistently sent the ball right down the side drains. You could easily spend $10 in 15 minutes on this.

[@petetomaszek4273]

I would have loved to hear you say something like "Shake and Bake" or "If you aint first your last" during gameplay. #RickyBobbyOfPinball

[@LyonsArcade]

I've got a really bad memory so while I've seen that movie and it's hilarious I had forgot about those lines, i'll try to work them into another one, lol

[@mab4870]

Is their any for sale

[@LyonsArcade]

Not at the moment I’m out of pinballs for sale.

[@lander77477]

I think thats a ferarri or a corvette on the back glass

[@checkeredflag9039]

Car enthusiast here. The car on the back glass is a Lamborghini Countach.

[@Sammydx1]

I used to think the cops were zombies

[@LyonsArcade]

They do look like Zombies....

[@mab4870]

Want one. Anyone got one for sale

[@brianolson879]

It looks like a Lamborghini.

[@yeksun]

Why did it do that cool search light feature at 21:26 ? Is that random or something you did? just curious it was super cool

[@LyonsArcade]

It does it when the police get after you during the multiball part, or after the ball drains after that I believe. It's one of the most amazing things I've ever seen in a pinball light show, there's no extra lights used to make it do it, they just designed it into the regular lights and it really does look like a searchlight. Pretty amazing.

[@LyonsArcade]

It does it when the police get after you during the multiball part, or after the ball drains after that I believe. It's one of the most amazing things I've ever seen in a pinball light show, there's no extra lights used to make it do it, they just designed it into the regular lights and it really does look like a searchlight. Pretty amazing.

[@danashcroft961]

I watching you fix em more than play em, you need to hire in a pro for these videos...

[@_033Music_]

Best pinball ever!! The worst player ever!! hahaha

[@LyonsArcade]

You sound like you're really good at it, how good are you at fixing them?

[@_033Music_]

@@LyonsArcade Not so good as you my friend