Playing Bally's 1979 KISS Pinball Machine - Fully Serviced with Rebuilt Flippers! A-6

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[@jhp110]

love watching these old machines come back to life I was a ten year old when these machines were around at my local bowling alley. I think gorgar was my favorite. Great job fixing these machines keep it going!!!

[@xcrockery8080]

I played that machine more than any other. Loved it.

[@LyonsArcade]

I always heard it wasn't very good but the first time I played it I figured out it's very fun. Thanks for watching X Crockery!

[@xcrockery8080]

@@LyonsArcade They had that one at the Uni Bar and I played it just about every day for a couple of years.

[@MD-wk3gj]

Thumbs up if you’ve played this game! (Bonus points if you played it in the 70s & early 80s.) I used to walk from school to a pizza place, about 3 miles away, to play after school ‘79-‘80. I remember asking older people for a quarter so I could call my mom for a ride home and using the quarters for the games. (Calls were a dime then so I don’t know how they didn’t bust me for fibbing!) 🤣

[@LyonsArcade]

haha that's awesome! Thank you for sharing Mark....

[@goldenrod8861]

32:13, I played KISS at Aladdin's Castle (a Bally owned arcade) in the Granite Run Mall, Media Pennsylvania. I also bought a Tempest machine from them and my brother still has it at his place. It still works great.

[@LyonsArcade]

Very cool, we have a TEMPEST video going up tomorrow, ironically!

[@mikesummers4712]

Whoa Yeah,, so proud to own 1 of these, game play/ layout never it's strongest suit. But,,, it's KISS and I Am still in the ARMY!!!, To me All Pinball Machines Are works of Art. Well done again!!!

[@chrisstory563]

that pinball machine is a gem. I played one of those machine when I was a kid. that pin and the newer Kiss Pins by Stern that been around for the past few years. are stuff Major Kiss Collectors go nuts for. I love the look of music theme Pinball machines like Kiss, AC/DC, and many other for example of the past few years.

[@LyonsArcade]

They have been making a ton of music games lately, they must know they will sell very well! Thank you for watching Chris!

[@jumpingjack2605]

"1979 when KISS was at the peak of their KISSNESS" ...YEAH BABY!

[@LyonsArcade]

They had KISS dripping off of them in 1979!

[@saskia6750]

played this in late 70s at Hanover bahnhof in Germany and also in England many places in the 80s,very popular machine x :)

[@markjackson1444]

Outstanding work Ronnie. Great old classic brought back, so it will rock for many years. Customer should be very happy with his machine. Thanks for teaching us all Ron.

[@greenlantern1123]

Awesome 😎 job... that is a true classic. Rock on 🤘🏻

[@LyonsArcade]

Rock on Greenlantern!

[@vogmar1]

I like the alternating lights on the bumpers. Especially when the ball goes through the spinner!

[@LyonsArcade]

It's pretty crazy when there's 4 of them! Cool design with the lights....

[@PaulGibbons]

In the mid-80's, my best and I would drive to the Fun-O-Rama on the beach in York, ME just to play this game. We'd have KISS cranked in his Chevy Vega the whole way there. These videos have made me curious if the machine is even still there (and/or if the arcade is still there)! Have not been to that beach in years. Nice work on this! Cool to see the saga come to an end!

[@LyonsArcade]

That's so cool man, glad you enjoyed the videos!

[@ocsrc]

So much work, and it all pays off. Excellent job, as always The owner will be very happy. I think of the show Pawn Stars, and you would see them send out things like this to be repaired and they would come back with what the price was but they never showed you what all they had to do and the price seemed high but when you look at how many hours you put in and how much skill it takes to be able to do the work you see the value for your money.

[@Jeroen_a]

Nice repair! :) 4 free floating pop bumpers..... so satisfying to watch :) Quality TV 4 the win! :)

[@LyonsArcade]

Yeah I don't know how many Solid State games had 4 bumpers, I think I've seen it on old EM's though! Thanks for watching Jeroen!

[@briansmith5921]

I have really enjoyed when you have released decent length individual videos over several days of repairing a single machine. I understand why you can't use nudging and death saves, but I would like to see you use dead flipper bounce passes more. In fact I would like to see you talk more about basic pinball skills and table specific strategy during your playthrough videos. Pinball games can last much longer once you master a few basic skills and strategy. Thanks for for the videos and keeping pinball machines alive!

[@LyonsArcade]

umk i'll work harder for you for free Brian

[@Ajaxaxxess]

@@LyonsArcade Yea.. you aren't currently holding your own in the arcade world :) (jokes)

[@simondempsey1]

Brilliant video. I remember playing it in Margate Dreamland in the UK, when i was a lot younger!

[@LyonsArcade]

Very cool Simon, glad you enjoyed it!

[@EsotericArctos]

Just for fun, I'd like to hear one of these boards set to the chime sound one time. :). This one turned out to be another awesome refurbishment. Thanks for bringing us this.

[@LyonsArcade]

I'll do that in a future video, I've done it before but it's different depending on the game....

[@DK640OBrianYT]

It *IS* Quality-TV. Fun, educational and enjoyable every time. Oh yeah.

[@LyonsArcade]

Thank you Brian, that's nice of you to say :)

[@toddament8035]

I'm putting new flipper assemblies in 'Lost World' this evening 10/6. I can't wait to experience the difference!

[@angelpablocostello9971]

The end song Is Shout it out loud.

[@LyonsArcade]

I wonder if that was their big single at the time or something?

[@whataboutrob442]

@@LyonsArcade Shout it out Loud came out a few years before the machine. Shout it out Loud is one of their more popular songs.

[@harrypapas8710]

Sick game.. you guys rock!!!!

[@andymouse]

Fabulous restoration !...cheers.

[@LyonsArcade]

Thanks Andymouse123 we appreciate you watching as always!

[@justmanny9275]

You're Super Cool, Joe!

[@LyonsArcade]

That's very nice of you to say Manny...

[@rkm-amusements2271]

Great machine, I bet the owner will be very happy with this one. Strange idea to know this machine was already 2 years old when I was born. Just Curious how many new Sterns and Jersey Jack's are still around over 40 years from now, guess I have to wait till I turn 79 and hope someone give's me a facelift and a pair of new flippers by then ;-P

[@LyonsArcade]

Yeah it's hard to say... there may be more of them around since most of them have been sold to collectors so maybe they'll take care of them better than the operators did, but I don't think Stern is selling anywhere near as many as Bally did either so who knows....

[@mrkevt542]

To quote Bad Chad. That is cooler than dangit.

[@LyonsArcade]

It's pretty awesome!

[@-abacchus]

Knew you'd get there eventually. Awesome table bud!! :)

[@LyonsArcade]

Thank you A Bacchus :)

[@larslan1975]

Nice, I’ve never had the pleasure to actually see one in working condition,thanks man. Nice work'!

[@danijelcar5184]

Kiss plays nice 😎🤘

[@LyonsArcade]

I enjoyed it for sure!

[@mikekelly9129]

Another awesome job guys, well done!

[@LyonsArcade]

Thanks Mike, we appreciate it!

[@boona_boo]

flippers working GREAT

[@LyonsArcade]

They really slap!

[@camarochild8270]

Party every day!🤟🏼 thx for the flashback 👅💋

[@williamsudbrink4187]

KISSness??? Merry KISSness!

[@LyonsArcade]

I know Gene prob trademarked that by now lol

[@estpst]

An awesome game.

[@LyonsArcade]

It really is!

[@JohnDoe-uq3mx]

i like how people run the hose on the wrong port to the vacuum advance, or even check to see if the vacuum advance even works.

[@evilash570]

Maaannn! Thats a beauty!!!

[@LyonsArcade]

I'ts pretty sweet!

[@philipdecatanzaro1822]

One thing I notice about your playing is that you never rock or hit the machine to get the ball to go where you want it. As a player I test the limitation of the tilt to understand how much persuasion I can use.

[@LyonsArcade]

The camera is in the way, I can't get a good nudge in without hitting the tripod between me and the game :)

[@citsmeh619]

I get it what was said in the video that the client hadn't asked for the playfield to be touched up color-wise. But it still bothered me to see the areas around the bonus multiplier lights left very worn like that. I mean after all, we know that you have Razzle Berry in your paint box! Also, it would have been nice to have seen the motherboard troubleshot before attempting a total replacement... Otherwise, a pretty good job. As for the game itself, the bonus feature is pretty cool. But other than that, not much imagination seems to have gotten into developing the playfield. This game is nice to own for its prettiness, but not quite so for gameplay.

[@LyonsArcade]

Step back and look at what you just did. You watched the video, then made a laundry list of everything you didn't like about it, and posted it as a comment. You're spreading negativity and ignoring positive things that you enjoyed about it. You shouldn't do that, you're bringing people down by just bringing up what you don't like.

[@citsmeh619]

I've personally owned many of the games that you are restoring, so I do have knowledge and an opinion about them. I don't think my viewpoints would be any different in character than those you would see, for instance, on IPDB reviewing a pinball machine - in other words, the good and the bad. So don't take it personally. When you post on KZbin, you're placing yourself in the public realm and have to be able to withstand both praise and criticism (keeping in mind that that criticism may be about the pin and not you). I've seen you try to maul other commenters based on just the slightest negative aspect they may have presented, and by doing so you're taking the low road. That said, thank you for your videos and thorough content.

[@clintevans6643]

Great series Ron!!! Keep putting out great content. By the way... Donnie is hilarious!!!

[@LyonsArcade]

He's pretty funny, we're filming some funny stuff right now on his channel but we haven't uploaded it all yet...

[@martywolfman]

Gorgeous machine, and nice work getting it all working. I enjoyed the series as always :) However! I now know your biggest fault when playing! You gave it away when doing your exercises. You only use your middle finger on the flipper buttons! hehe. I actually always use two, index and middle. i have no idea why. I was expecting the spooky music to play when you said 'only a complete idiot could screw this up' :D

[@LyonsArcade]

Sounds like you're doing it all wrong Marty!

[@sturkrazee288]

"This game is rigged!!! Who worked on this game!" Lol

[@LyonsArcade]

They cheat!

[@SpearM3064]

Such an awesome game! I'm of a mixed mind regarding the sound. On the one hand, part of me wishes they had programmed a wider variety of sounds. On the other, I feel nostalgia for the classic sounds. Maybe my ears have been spoiled by "modern" pinball games (e.g. Addams Family, FunHouse, etc.)

[@LyonsArcade]

At the time nothing else was doing any more really so it was considered pretty decent that it could attempt to make a couple of their songs...

[@SpearM3064]

@@LyonsArcade Using just one sound channel to boot, and still being recognizable, at least to those who knew their KISS. (At the time this came out, I would not have recognized the music. I didn't get into KISS until a few years later.) A fairly impressive accomplishment for 1979. Multi-channel music was still uncommon at the time. Because this is a video game channel, I'll use a video game from the same year as an example. _Galaxian_ had three sound channels, but two of those were just noise channels. It had only one pulse channel for music. Even most home computers just had an internal speaker (except for the Atari 400/800, which had 4-channel sound).

[@Dr_Reason]

Like you, I have mad pinball skills. I play... I get mad.

[@LyonsArcade]

haha

[@b.o.353]

These have been great videos! Love this game.

[@LyonsArcade]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@danhillgartner4741]

I want one of these

[@PlasticAssasin8]

I used to totally pound one of machines for ages, to the edge of tilt over and over

[@LyonsArcade]

In NASCAR they used to say "If you ain't rubbin, you ain't racin" LOL

[@danhillgartner4741]

Arcade in Kitchener, Ontario,Canada

[@marceloabreu669]

Magnífico 👏👏👏👏👏

[@LyonsArcade]

Thank you Marcelo!

[@pcachu]

You don't need to boost the back legs to make this machine play faster -- those four central pops guarantee that ball's gon' be flying!

[@LyonsArcade]

Very fast game for sure!

[@andysodyssey8174]

For some reason I’ve never questioned this before . Why do these older machines have 3 coin entry’s on the coin door vs most that have just two coin slots? I would love to know

[@pcachu]

Those usually come from one of the periods when the US mint was trying to make dollar coins a thing. '79 was the same year they started minting (and pushing) the Susan B. Anthony dollar, and the middle slot would be tuned to accept those instead of quarters, typically giving you one bonus credit for your trouble (so 5 instead of the 4 you'd get by feeding in 4 quarters).

[@andysodyssey8174]

PCachu awesome I was not aware of that! Thanks for the info.

[@andysodyssey8174]

PCachu could you put a golden dollar acceptor on a newer stern ?

[@LyonsArcade]

I believe they did make a kit yes, to put a Sacagawea or whatever they were called on coin op equipment.

[@donmccullen1973]

What is the closing melody? I know it opens with Rock and Roll All Night.

[@PaulGibbons]

Shout It Out Loud

[@bkslsh]

The song is "Shout It Out Loud" btw lol

[@ocsrc]

Here's something weird when I'm looking at the video on my phone from a distance the bottom half of the playfield from where the green row of lights are down it looks like a face it looks like someone's head and their eyes and their nose and their mouth I'm sure it's just an illusion but that's really amazing and I didn't notice it until just now

[@LyonsArcade]

They probably did it on purpose, all these classic rock bands had lots of subliminal stuff going on....

[@KoolKman]

Teddy LOVE vewy much!

[@LyonsArcade]

Good Teddy!

[@patrickvanden8322]

Well one thing is for sure Ronnie is no Pinball Wizard 😁 Your definitely better fixing them.

[@LyonsArcade]

Thank you for the insult did you have to create an account to tell me that?

[@patrickvanden8322]

@@LyonsArcade No I already had one, did not want to insult you. You also make great video content. Real pinball wizards are a dying breed would love to see one in action.

[@craigjones2075]

I didn't watch the entire video, but the right side switch just above the flipper needs a look at as it doesn't always work right.

[@LyonsArcade]

Anything else you'd like to bitch about? Or, hey, here's an idea.. anything positive you'd like to say?

[@craigjones2075]

@@LyonsArcade I apologize if my comments upset you. I have been watching your videos for a while as I appreciate your taking these pinball machines and video games that initially are completely dead and ready for the landfill and by a systematic method you get them up and running like brand new once again. Not many people I would guess have that type of know how and skill to do this and as a pinball player for 45 years, I do appreciate your efforts to restore these old machines. Thank you for your time and effort in showing us by these videos how these pinball machines and video games can be restored back to their former glory.

[@fitts224]

Is there a purpose for the round light on the lower left just above the replay point card? I have seen it on several machines but never understood why it is there.

[@LyonsArcade]

It’s part of the old gambling laws. Basically in some states it was illegal to win a free game on pinball because you were gambling for a free game worth $.10 or whatever. There were laws in some states that you were not allowed to display how many credits were on the machine if you can believe that. So that light is the credit light, if it is lit up there is a credit on the machine.

[@LyonsArcade]

It’s part of the old gambling laws. Basically in some states it was illegal to win a free game on pinball because you were gambling for a free game worth $.10 or whatever. There were laws in some states that you were not allowed to display how many credits were on the machine if you can believe that. So that light is the credit light, if it is lit up there is a credit on the machine.

[@fitts224]

@@LyonsArcade Thanks. That's very interesting.

[@JAMESMANHUNT9]

i hold the record for second highest score on my cousin's data east batman pinball

[@MD-wk3gj]

Please add me to the queue for those who want to own this machine!

[@shmonkles1790]

Kiss' greatest song of all time is Detroit Rock City am i right?

[@LyonsArcade]

I had a KISS fan tell me that just today :)

[@johnchitwood3328]

Can you find me a Super Nintendo case &do you have right special screw driver to replace my Super Nintendo or where to find one I ask 1 question how much we talking

[@LyonsArcade]

I haven't got a case for one right now unfortunately, I'm not sure where to get one but if I find one i'll let you know!

[@bkslsh]

Then it plays "Rock n Roll all Night" when you start play

[@bigrv]

Did anyone in that played pinball machines as I child, or teen, ever leave the bumpers up. The whole time unless the ball was right near it and then let off and back on to get a super shot. With it being so quick it ball would just go nuts. It felt like you were cheating and I guess in a way you were.

[@davidward8682]

one complaint watched this an other videos to ther conclusion. wish you woud not tun the studio lights of when playing them and also show the scoring

[@LyonsArcade]

You'll have to go find somebody else's where they play it better David, sorry.