Williams Flash (1979) - Live Pinball Machine Tutorial

A basic live tutorial of the 1979 Williams pinball machine, Flash.
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[@jimdep6542]

That was a great machine. I remember when my band was on the road 79 or 1980, somewhere in Ohio, we played played this machine at the hotel where we were staying. We all agreed that the girl's face in the middle of the play field looked just like our chick singer named Patti. I was actually pretty good at Flash......Gorgar too and the John Lennon Wizard machine. Solid state machines were taking over. When we finally returned back to the SF Bay Area, after being away for a long time, I saw that my favorite EM pinball machines were gone from my favorite pool halls and bowling alleys. I missed them. The new SS machines just didn't have the same personalities.

[@Zanctum]

Wow, it's been a while since the last time I saw that pinball machine, I think I was like 11 years old.

[@JimHawkwind03411]

There’s a setting in the game’s BIOS where you can turn the background sound on or off; it was probably off by default. You have to check the game’s manual for the setting; depending on what software revision Flash has, it will vary.

[@luc6309]

Cool pin, and the 1000 points pops are really nice to activate in these kind of games. What I like about these older Williams or Bally's for example is that when you get 2 million or maybe more, you have a great score. It's not like the big 100 millions or billions in the later games ( also fun, no dislike) It just feels more challenging.

[@AKMPinballVideos]

Yeah, the 1,000 pops really feel like they are worth something with this era of Williams games, especially this particular machine where there's a lot of action up there constantly.

[@Riz2336]

Didn’t they make almost as many of these as adams family? Looks cool for an early solid state

[@AKMPinballVideos]

Yep! It was one of the highest manufactured machines ever.

[@expfighter5112]

@@AKMPinballVideos they made 19,505 Flash machines, and stopping because they wanted to leave the people wanting more, their words not mine. Addams Family had over 20 thousand machines made

[@AKMPinballVideos]

@@expfighter5112 Yes, indeed.

[@jimdep6542]

I thought Flash made some kind of high pitched tone that kept getting higher and higher the longer you kept the ball in play and were racking up points. It really added intensity to the action but I'm sure some players thought it was annoying. My memory going back decades tells me that it was the Flash machine, but maybe I'm confusing Flash with another machine .....?

[@AKMPinballVideos]

Pretty sure it does, but it wasn't working on this machine.

[@AKMPinballVideos]

@@expfighter5112 This one had the updated Green ROMs in it and so the settings don't line up to what's in the manual. I recall having a hell of a time just getting the difficulty settings to my liking, as documentation on them was limited. But yeah, it's possible I just didn't have it set right. The sound in general though could be flaky so I assumed it was just that.

[@expfighter5112]

@@AKMPinballVideos actually there is a switch on the sound card where you can switch the sound to these sounds instead of the synthetic sounds, plus on audit setting 33 you can turn on the progressive sound that builds as you play.

[@AKMPinballVideos]

@@expfighter5112 Good to know, thanks. I no longer have this game but if I run across one in the future I'll be sure to check that.