Data East Lethal Weapon 3 Pinball Tutorial

Pinball Short: Learn to play Data East Lethal Weapon 3. This game is running unofficial rom code v.3.01. Originally aired on twitch.tv/SlapDrain

[@alexsugak7708]

Great game! I bought LW3 machine just few weeks ago

[@SlapDrain]

Thank You, Such an underrated game!

[@willierants5880]

Yeah we just picked this up last weekend. Our first. Playfield looks very good. Cab is average for game of this vintage. Fun pin for sure. Tons of video modes that like the vid shows has you take one of your hands off to shoot the Uzi. My top score on it thus far is 98 Mil. Were working on improving that for sure. Our was also missing the topper so we did the Amazon Topper mod, which is super easy and looks close enough to the original.

[@pinballjay9726]

never been able to cope with several songs at the same time...

[@arcadeclawpro2851]

At 14:00 when you shook the machine... Literally, not only the word "DANGER" but the angry dog growling. LMFAO!!! My local laundromat used to have the Lethal Weapon 3 pinball machine years ago and I used to shake the hell out of that pinball machine because I (kinda) find it funny when the angry growling dog with the word "DANGER" pops up. The laundromat owner back then didn't seem to care because he thought it was funny as well.

[@SlapDrain]

Haha Yes! Moving the machine is a big part of the gameplay. The tilt bob in the machine will let you know when you have gone to far... And the animations are always fun to watch. lol

[@SucculentChineseMeal]

Funny as bro, my folks bought this machine for us when we were teenagers and me my mates would always piss ourselves laughing every time we got carried away and accidentally tilted the machine then the dog would come up growling lmao, we nicknamed him "Dang'ers" good times man...good times.

[@arcadeclawpro2851]

@@SucculentChineseMeal I know... Usually, I shake the Lethal Weapon 3 pinball machine just to see the angry dog.

[@willierants5880]

Is this a new playfield or did you simply replace the inserts? Your ROM also appears to be different. Three ramps should light your Extra Ball. One more awards 3 Million. Then 7 Million at 7 ramps, then 14 Million at 15 Ramps. That's as high as I've gotten. Our also displays and says Multiball. I'm looking for other differences.

[@SlapDrain]

Playfield is original but bulbs have been upgraded to LED. This game in running the v.3.01 rom from pinballcode.com. It levels out the ramp scoring and changes a few other things to make the game a little more modern and tournament friendly. It also adds a ball save timer to saucer 1 which is nice.

[@Sprikers]

If you’ve got an original machine, before the updated code it will still say multiball and scores as you described. My machine also runs the original code. I’m not a fan of the 3.0 code because it took a lot of the fun out of LW3. There was a code update from DE back in the day that changed the “multiball” games to “tri-ball” during their lawsuit with Williams. I forget the exact code update versions. It is recommended to change these machines over to LED because a serious design flaw causes the General Illumination (GI) circuitry to overheat after all these years, and catch fire. It has happened in 3 machines I’ve seen personally and repaired, and happened to one of my games that I own.

[@1980martincho]

Would you chosse Party Zone or this one if u have to compare. Thanks

[@SlapDrain]

Thats a great question, They are usually pretty close price wise. I've never actually played party zone in person. From the videos I've seen it seems like a fun game but I would really need some time on one to give you an informed opinion.

[@giuseppinasatulli3216]

is a dog on the tilt

[@Driftin8ez]

Yes there is. Data east had some great animations

[@willierants5880]

There's a growling dog on "Danger", not sure if it's there on Tilt.

[@SucculentChineseMeal]

@@willierants5880 Correct, by memory you got 2 danger warnings and then the machine did a shutdown/reset. The dog was always funny as hell to us!