"Fish Tales" - Pt. 4: My Pinball Collection (Williams 1992)

Here is PART 4 of My Pinball Collection featuring the Williams fishin'-classic from 1992, Fish Tales.
Many of you have asked to see more pinball videos. So, here is a quick "close-up" of one particular machine in my collection. I hope you enjoy it and look for future installments coming soon.
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For information on my current collection (as well as past-games) check out:
www.buccisarcade.com
*It's an OLD website I created, very basic....but, it has a lot of information in it.*

[@jonhalverson6434]

God I played this pinball machine every day when I was stationed in Howard AFB Panama I loved it we all did. God would love to own one.

[@henriquedearruda8902]

He said that there is not a whole lot of speech I don’t know what he means but I think there is plenty of speech like ITS A FEEDING FRENZY and ROCK THE BOAT, WHOA YOU GOT ONE UNDER IN GREAT JOB GET THE NET UP TO THE TOP FOR JACKPOT WELCOME TO THE FISHING TOUNAMENT AND MORE.

[@ChipHazard007]

I played this machine at the movie theater when i saw Grown Ups 2 this summer

[@loubilly]

I love this pinball collection series. I have probably watched each video 3 times

[@kevenquinlan]

One of the first games I mastered. Fish Tales is a lot of fun and the ball play and ramp angles and story were all a blast. Weird you'd have getaway next to it= which is probably my favorite game ever. I'd get a few billion on it regularly.

[@henriquedearruda8902]

This has to be my favorite pinball machine.

[@svicciarelli]

i'm learning a lot about pinball and pinball collecting. thanks for sharing.

[@dogmd7]

Wow, incredible job refurbishing and combining those units!

[@BlueCrayon77]

I've been watching your videos for a while now, but haven't commented until now. Just wanted to say that I love the reviews of your pinball collection. Really look forward to each new video. Love the camera shots you get of the table, and it's fascinating to hear about the history of the machines. Keep up the great work, there's so many people that appreciate the effort!

[@henriquedearruda8902]

Did he say there is not a lot of speech what does he mean is it comen with a lot of pinball games?

[@ChrisMolyneaux93]

This game gives me some great memories of fishing at my friend's cottage over in Peterborough, where we used Fruit Loops as bait! Hahahahaha!

[@jboypacman]

Hey Chris great video as always and that Fish Tales is a very unique pinball machine in your collection of pins you have shown us so far.

[@nihilistbr]

Once more, an amazing collection.

[@Vayr0n]

Its always great to see a new pinball review from your collection, thanks :)

[@modbradshaw]

As expected, another great pinball review Chris. How wierd is it that while Fish Tales wasn't too popular during its release, is a machine that gets the most play at the pinball shows. Was ahead of its time I guess.

[@delfmeek]

Chris, I always enjoy watching your videos. Excellent review. Look forwad to your next video.

[@LionheartRacingSeries]

Loved all of his reviews.

[@lukethegreat29]

COOL! and the whole fact you might have a prototype makes it even cooler!

[@starsoldier1]

Fish Tales Woowoohoo! Man, this table looks very unique.

[@rhallnapa]

My best game was on this machine. PAPA (professional and amateur pinball association) qualifying tournament, Dec. 1993, pier 39 in S.F. 1 game, 2 hours and 15 minutes. It was a lot of fun. P.S. Your videos are very cool.

[@deanshaw6588]

also australia had the same as what you got i remember when i use to visit the arcades playing it lol

[@lithium1911]

Nice review. Fish tales is also one of my favourites. It's maybe an easy pinball but still delivers great fun. I'm always attracted by the nice music :)

[@VinnieBlackLodge]

oh yeah love seeing these machines ! great job !

[@spida1a]

@BlueCrayon77 Thanks so much BlueCrayon. I am glad you enjoy them. To be honest....I wish I didn't have to "shoot" them so quickly. I shot all of the segments in October 2009 before storing the games away (and still didn't get to two of them). They were all done over two days (notice some with hat and some without, ha ha). So I had to quickly get the shots and wish I could have lit it better or done a little more. But...thanks so much. I am glad you enjoy them!

[@MainstreamGamer]

Your pinball collection vids are awesome!

[@GETENT]

Can't wait for the table on Pinball Arcade!

[@tonythepony100]

Dude love your reviews, you got me intrested in pinball and now i play all the time :)

[@vaxick]

Thank you for this video spida1a! I showed it to my father tonight after discovering one listed on CraigsList near me tonight I'm looking into trying to purchase. I've always wanted to own a pinball machine and I loved this one when I was younger. Plus, my father loves fishing and I thought it would be fun to get one I know he'd enjoy just as much as me. Especially since I'll be storing it in his "fishing room" until I have a proper place of my own. Hope he does not try to keep it! LOL!

[@dariodborbon]

great pinball¡¡¡¡ i play a lot as a child. in spain there are fish tales everywhere, i want to buy one but are in a awfull conditions. i have to wait, nice vid chris

[@texaswerewolf]

very cool! I must say that i have never seen this table before but it really looks cool. My thoughts are even if a pinball machine is not very popular, it is still a pinball machine and you will always have a blast playing it.

[@Bluevegas]

Great vid Chris!

[@spida1a]

@MrHitchcockFan You're truly welcome. And many thanks to you for watching and commenting my friend.

[@tomdotcom88]

great video, I just finished fixing my fishtales up I just got...great game :)

[@spida1a]

Sweet. Thanks for watching!

[@treysan257]

sweet..im a big fan of any thing history..you did a really good review on this i loved it !!

[@spida1a]

@misterintellivision It's a lot of fun. Thanks for watching!

[@dinosaucy]

Wow turbo collection and pinball!

[@spida1a]

@texaswerewolf Ha ha. Great thought!! Thanks for watching!

[@spida1a]

@svicciarelli Hey, you're welcome. I'm glad you are enjoying the segments. :)

[@spida1a]

@121BigRed Very cool. Thanks for watching!

[@spida1a]

@SemiBaked Thanks so much. I shot a bunch of these segments so.....bunch more comin'. :)

[@spida1a]

@lithium1911 Totally agree. I love playing it. Thanks for watching!

[@dickcheney6]

I have heard that mylar'd playfields can have problems where the mylar starts to peel or bubble off to the point of affecting the game, and removing the "failing" mylar can damage the paint. I have a meteor stern pinball that unless you look closely doesn't look that worn. We replaced the ball in ours once when it started to look damaged. Even metal balls can and do wear out after many years. Any time you open your machine, check the ball, and if it looks damaged, replace it. It's like $5 tops

[@spida1a]

@Schwob94 Hey, thanks so much. I am glad you enjoy the vid! :) They do sell "decals" that you can stick on the playfield to, sort of, repair the damaged area. You know? I am not sure where you can get them anymore....but they "did" sell them. I would try the rec.games.pinball newsgroup. I'm sure they will know there. As for the music, I capture it using Visual PinMame. :) Thanks again.

[@spida1a]

@Corad4 Yes, they are very difficult to find anymore. It's a different era now. You know? Thanks as always my friend!

[@XRATED1984]

nice greets from germany to all pinball heads

[@spida1a]

@CEdwardson I worked for a decade in the TV / Video production field (mostly as an editor, sometimes writer and producer). On the side I always did some kind of performing (Mostly in theater) and am currently in NYC trying to pursue that part of myself. Blah blah.......enough about me. ha ha! Thanks for watching!

[@VinceLatello]

Top notch like usual

[@spida1a]

@dariodborbon Very cool! Thanks for watching!

[@sinistermoon]

Way awesome man!

[@Hunter33705]

Chris, I'm in the Detroit area. Funny thing is I used to play this when I was about 11-12 years old at all places a Walmart. Back then Walmart was only in a more rural area and my grandparents would drive out there from the metro area to shop and I'd play games by the front of the store. They would typically have two pins and several arcade games. I remember they had this and Addams family and a mortal combat ripoff game called time killers. Those were the days now Wal-Mart is everywhere and no more games for the kids at the front of the store.

[@Hunter33705]

That time rippers game was pretty gruesome you could cut limbs off the person you were fighting. lol Walmart would never al allow that nowadays.

[@spida1a]

@Wildcatbeer NOS = "new old stock." So, they're parts created back-in-the-day but never put on a machine. :)

[@spida1a]

@crocodile2linux That's for sure. Dangerous shot. Ha ha. Thanks for watching.

[@spida1a]

@chaosgreyblood Thanks for the compliment. I wasn't sure...that's why I wanted to check before I answered. I thought you were asking if I owned "just the cabinets." Like I said in the vid, I bought two different Fish Tales (which at the time were cheaper and easier to come by than they are now, you know?). And basically did a ton of tear-down and combining work. Ha ha. :) Thanks for wathcing.

[@spida1a]

@VinceLatello Sure. You can find my collection at the buccisarcade website. The list of my current and previous games is there. :)

[@nlafavore]

@spida1a I'm excited for your Getaway review since I'd love to hear your story about it!

[@spida1a]

@SemiBaked Thanks so much SemiBaked! :)

[@spida1a]

@Konuvis He he. They can be a pain depending. Thanks for watching.

[@spida1a]

@MainstreamGamer Thanks Mainstreamgamer. Means a lot! :)

[@VeganBytes]

that machine is awesome !!! it also looks like it'd great fun to play. really great vid my man. by the way, have you ever thought of doing voice overs for ad's, etc ? your voice is really original , i bet if you signed up with a talent agency they'd find you voice-over work , most definately.

[@nlafavore]

So you didn't see Fish Tales for 5 years? Did you go to pinball conventions back then? Of course, there weren't as many conventions as there are today, but if I haven't seen a certain pinball machine for so long, that's where I usually find them.

[@spida1a]

@ikey1555 No Good Gofers? Great to meet someone who likes that game! That one is coming up at some point in these little overviews. ::)

[@spida1a]

@dickcheney6 The mylar playfields can have those problems, yes. Especially older games. They bubble, the inserts underneath tend to "raise up" and push the mylar up. Ugh.....it sucks. Ha ha. :) Good point on the balls. Always replace balls! Always! Those pits in the balls beat the crap out of the playfield. Thanks for watching.

[@spida1a]

@sinistermoon Thanks for watching!

[@spida1a]

@JamesmanXtreme Ha ha. I actually think it's a picture of Mark Ritchie, the designer of the game. But yeah.......I totally can see that. :) Thanks for watching, as always!!!!!

[@Goingpostal1000]

Look at the dudes hands on the side art ;) pinky thumbs. Now you will never be able to un-notice :)

[@spida1a]

@delfmeek Thanks so my delfmeek! Means a lot. 'till next time!

[@spida1a]

@modbradshaw Thanks for watching!!!!!

[@spida1a]

@samo0701 Well...the "individual" overviews are finished. But, there are three more pin-vids planned if I can get to them. :) :)

[@spida1a]

@jkgatling Interesting. Thanks for watching!

[@Schwob94]

Great video! I loved it! I have this one at a youth group clubhouse I belong to and it's a lot of fun! Like you mentioned in the video, ours has a lot of wear on the stringer of fish and the tackle box, and I was wondering if you knew of a way to repair that, as it looks pretty bad, but not too too bad. I was also wondering how you got the digital copies of the game music for your video, that was pretty nice too! :) Thanks!

[@spida1a]

@rhallnapa Thanks for watching!

[@nlafavore]

So Johnny Mnemonic's next? Can't wait for that!

[@spida1a]

@jboypacman Thanks for watching! :)

[@spida1a]

@Macintosh24590 Thanks for watching!

[@spida1a]

@VinceLatello Thanks friend!

[@spida1a]

@YalkOne Yes, they definitely did. There is nothing like "original" non-licensed concepts. I know that Stern has their reasons for always going with licensed themes, and I love some of their machines. But, I do miss the generic stuff once in a while. I mostly learned repairs from friends, operators and tweaking around myself. I also did a lot of online research.

[@thegamingdragontgd2587]

This ones my favorite

[@spida1a]

@nlafavore Tip for Getaway....just stay on the far left side and dodge only the cars on the left side of the screen. You'll beat it easy. :)

[@spida1a]

@starsoldier1 Tiz fun my friend. Thanks as always!

[@spida1a]

Thanks my friend. Sorry for the late reply. :)

[@L2Ngaming]

I never go wrong buying your favorite pinball tables on PS3s Pinball Arcade. Fish Tales is coming on April 1st. Love the objectives on those tables( ex. funhouse, taxi, whirlwind, no good gofers etc) plus, they make you work to get their wizard mode. Question: Are there tables that you want but don't have in your collections? If there are, can you name at least 3?

[@memyopinionsche6610]

The thing about that fish tails topper.. It would be singing but Billy big mouth bass beat it to the punch.. You know that singing fish mounted to the wall.. A weird side note to historic evidence..

[@spida1a]

@Bluevegas Thanks a lot my friend!!

[@spida1a]

@Segadude3000 Thanks Segadude!

[@spida1a]

@tonythepony100 That's awesome! Anytime I can get folks interest in the game of pin......hell, I'm happy. Ha ha.

[@spida1a]

Thank you for watching!!! :)

[@XRATED1984]

i play that table right now on future pinball,and make a smoking break,with some weed;) first i think what for a creepy music,than i played that table,awesome,the sound effects are great,i love to rock the boat^^ ,awesome table^^

[@spida1a]

@Vayr0n Awesome thanks a lot.

[@ikey1555]

@spida1a ya thats the name I loved it, awesome can't wait to see

[@VinceLatello]

@spida1a Do you have a list of what pinball cabs you have? Just trying to build up anticipation for the next vids.

[@spida1a]

@ijawelijalij Thanks for subscribing! Unless you're playing on an official "pinball" machine setup somewhere and landing a high-score, it really isn't fair to submit anything. Games have so many variables to them from modifications made, possible prototype issues (like having a longer-size flipper bat verses short), plus most games aren't even working 100%. The variables for high scores is just too great to submit anyway, IMHO. :)

[@spida1a]

@pinballdan Thanks my friend.

[@nlafavore]

I mean, I can't think of another game off the top of my head where the cabinet gets faded.

[@spida1a]

@ijawelijalij I haven't picked up a burned ROM for the game since 2001 when I finished the machine. I am pretty sure it is the latest update...but I have no way to check now. :)

[@nlafavore]

Yes, Fish Tales has one of the funnest video modes, but the machine next to it, The Getaway? I always get killed in that video mode right away.

[@YalkOne]

another fantastic video Mr. Bucci Williams had such imaginative concepts for pinball. I would hope for Stern to do something original that is not already copyrighted to a movie. how did you learn about making pinball repairs? you often mention applying mylar. -thanks!

[@CommodoreFan64]

As always awesome video, that game looks really fun, and hope i get to find one to play sometime, also wish i had the money, and space to collect Pinball, and Arcade games, Beat me with a bat if ya want, but i am thinking of building a MAME machine, out of and old PC soon, that is if i can convince my g/f to give me a corner in the house to put in lol.

[@gurriato]

I think this was quite popular in Spain, I remember seeing it a lot.

[@skunkman9815]

Most of the pinball machines you have are from Williams right do you have any pinball machines by Bally or gottleib or even stern

[@spida1a]

@InsaneBreakdown Wohoo! I love my friends on KZbin who love my videos. LOL! :) Thanks a lot. Means a lot to me!

[@spida1a]

@TheLumberjackass It is quite fun. Hey, thanks for the compliment. I would "love" to do voice-overs. Since I am in NYC to pursue an acting / theater career, maybe who knows. I'll invite some VO agents to the next play I am in...ha ha. :) Thanks again!