Past Times Pinball History Ep 20: The Atarians

[@brianhall7639]

I love the artwork on those widebody pins.

[@mickjaegerguano4809]

I probably spent $400 in quarters on the couple of Atari pins we had in our mall.. definitely Superman.. I think I played Hercules twice.. the biggest unfortunately isn't always the best.

[@butchs.4239]

I remember playing Hercules once on a trip to New Orleans. I'll admit the novelty of it was interesting but it played like old people f@ck. I mean widebody machines tend to play a bit slower already but Hercules was positively sedate. Cool to see one here though, don't think I've ever seen another on location anywhere.

[@handam0nium803]

I was excited to play these when I visited. The Atarians and Hercules are mentioned in the Atari 50 collection but it's a tease because there's no way to play them.

[@ScottParisi]

1:25 - High Speed entered the chat.

[@pinfarmer]

I've had lots of times where I could get Atari pins cheap. I've always assumed I'd never be able to get any of them running...

[@operationrestore3308]

Mr hale. Nice show!

[@Riz2336]

That's cool the first widebody, I think the only widebody style game I've played was a funhouse a long time ago

[@davidmcclinton895]

To me pinball had lost its way by this stage. Give me Gottliebs bells and chimes any day.

[@brianhall7639]

It would be cool if you guys could get ahold of the Road Runner prototype and complete the collection.

[@pasttimesarcade]

That'll be a tough one. Only 2 made. One is at the Pinball Hall of Fame.

[@rollergoalie16]

@@pasttimesarcade which is a shame because the PHOF sucks.

[@davidcollier6156]

@@pasttimesarcadeand there’s one in California and was at California Extreme this past July. There were also several prototype games as well.

[@BaarBear]

How hard are these to maintain? Heard that Atari pinball machines were not very well made and prone to breakdowns.

[@AnthonyPresley-l8f]

Ataris main problem was that they over engineered every game and they should have had a combination of both wide bodies and normal sized