Williams Whirlwind Pinball Review - In-depth Gameplay and Hardware Review - System 11b

[@Johnsarcade]

Hi, Bobby! Thanks for your reply. Truth be known, there was no acid on the board. One of the tabs on the holder corroded and fell off. One of the riveted tabs that makes contact with the battery. So, yeah... my board is SUPER CLEAN! Like you! :)

[@Riz2336]

That's a really cool machine. I like the fan on the top and the spinners.

[@Phaegian]

That's crazy they actually had a AA battery holder mounted to the PCB. I can't imagine any engineer ever thinking that would be a good idea... lol.

[@Johnsarcade]

Super Cellar bonus really makes the game. It's such a cool mode!

[@Johnsarcade]

It is crazy and every pinball machine from the era has one! It's one of the biggest killers of these games if left unchecked.

[@ellispoo44]

this game is super quick and unpredictable in the lower playfield - love it

[@IslamIstheWayforMe]

this game is super quick and unpredictable in the lower playfield to an amatuer. but mastered easily by a God - love it. PWNED

[@DPMaintenance]

Dude I am picking one up at the loading dock 6 AM this morning my first pinball also thanks John you sold me :)

[@Johnsarcade]

David Pemberton Congrats!!! It is a GREAT game worth owning!

[@DPMaintenance]

John's Arcade Game Reviews & Tech Thanks John having coffee and off to pick it up now will have to search videos for a video on pinball set up any key pointers you can give me on setting up a Williams machine?

[@JimmyHacksThings]

John! I'm loving the video. I love my Whirlwind and your first video of WW inspired me to get mine! I'd never played it at the time I picked it up, but I love it! I can't wait for the next video!

[@ZanaGBYT]

Gotta love the FM synth on the machine. i wonder if we could get a clear rip of that music

[@MikeGervasi]

The right lane spinner changes what the next award will be..sort of like spinning the wheel. And you're right my WW is my one keeper as well :)

[@Johnsarcade]

That's awesome! I really am in love with the game, glad you like it too!

[@wiznetwork5236]

I just played this game in Ann Arbor!

[@JoJoRockets52]

Thanks, I'm going to check it out this weekend. Love your videos!

[@MightySquirrel724]

I used to play this table nonstop when I was a kid... 15 years ago. I want to play it again. I want to see if I can get the super cellar bonus again :)

[@flashburn2012]

Love your pin reviews. Any chance you'll be going back over to your friends house to review 24?

[@Johnsarcade]

Yeah, I did get rid of it. I really like the game and do miss it but I decided to sell it to mix things up in the arcade. :)

[@Johnsarcade]

Thanks! I did fix it. It was just a diode! :)

[@Johnsarcade]

That should be a Williams System 6. I am not personally familiar with the hardware but looked it up and it appears to have a battery holder on the MPU board. You really need to remove the backglass and replace those batteries if you haven't!

[@jamilgotcher5456]

This is so cool! I've only played this game on Wii.

[@anthonytheappguy4426]

Was it the Pinball Arcade?

[@jamilgotcher5456]

Anthony the App Guy Yes, The William’s collection, I wanna say. Whirlwind was so fun! 🌪

[@MaxxLegend]

Great vid as always! But Tapper is too loud. Can you switch it off when you roll your videos?

[@anthonytheappguy4426]

I wanted that pinball machine by the way.

[@weirdproq]

You can also start multi ball by shooting the left ramp, I think sometimes.

[@anthonytheappguy4426]

Yep. But hitting the ball under the ramp is the main way to get multiball.

[@anthonytheappguy4426]

(12:40) The best part of the video.

[@wiznetwork5236]

I played this game at pinball Pete’s in Ann Arbor mi

[@RandomLand65]

Do you want to do an RFM revisit or have you already done one?

[@badreality2]

John, In your Stern The Simpson's Pinball Party Review Gameplay Video TSPP video, @ 1:22 , you mention that the Simpson's Pinball Party, is your favorite pinball game in the basement at that time. I don't see that game in your basement now, in this relatively recent review. Did you get rid of it?

[@anthonytheappguy4426]

He did.

[@TheRabidfox11]

Damn Tapper is Loud!!! Love your videos,,thanks,,,.Some day i'll get High Speed and or Black Knight. My 2 favorite pins. Whirlwind looks cool though. If i ever get a chance to play one i will.

[@JoJoRockets52]

I have a Gorgar pinball machine do I have to worry about this?

[@Doggo_Norse]

You should put leds in whirlwind... i miss your pinball videos

[@tigerrocks503chase8]

Whirlwind sadly left the basement not too long ago.

[@Doggo_Norse]

@@tigerrocks503chase8 aww man :(

[@MagicTurtle643]

I subscribed the crap out of this channel.

[@bobbyconover]

Battery holder lost contact, eh! Didn't I tell you to pull the board and clean up the acid / cut off the old holder when you found it leaking 4 years ago? :D

[@skunkman9815]

how did you take the glass off

[@MoreDakka101]

I'm wondering if anybody still puts batteries on their electronics directly. Hmmmmm worth checking me thinks LOL

[@amylynn7551]

Love it

[@SummerFunMan]

But dot-matrix displays _are_ LED displays, I thought.

[@Shilocraft]

Nice! :)

[@Ricks1957chevy]

Hay john whirlwind I am looking for a set of blue cards like you have on your machine pinball instruction cards Can you let me no if you make them I would like a set

[@Andronicus87]

Did you get rid of it or is it at the Hangar? It's not in your basement anymore....

[@tigerrocks503chase8]

He sadly sold it.....he didn’t want t but he wanted room for a new pinball machine.

[@peugteobike]

There were only 7300 copies made of this game

[@RandomLand65]

Respond to this comment if there is a "test report" available in one of your pins.

[@timothydoom]

:(...............Nah i like ghostbusters better.