InTheDriversSeat Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 This is cool. I want a Mustang pinball machine for the mancave: http://www.autoblog.com/2014/02/05/mustang-themed-pinball-game-debuting-in-chicago-w-video/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danglin Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 This is cool. I want a Mustang pinball machine for the mancave: http://www.autoblog.com/2014/02/05/mustang-themed-pinball-game-debuting-in-chicago-w-video/ Awesome :happy feet: I want one too!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Me, too but not for $2800. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerM Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 (edited) $1.00 for 1 ball. Times change I suppose {sigh} Edited February 6, 2014 by RangerM 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark B. Morrow Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 $1.00 for 1 ball. Times change I suppose {sigh} I remember when you got 5 for a quarter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerM Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 I remember when you got 5 for a quarter. And they didn't hike up the rear to increase the slant of the board, either. I grew up with all the console games; Pong, Asteroids, Pac Man, etc. I always preferred the live-action of pinball, even though my Dad could always put me to shame. I swear the Who must have seen my Dad play--although he isn't deaf or blind. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark B. Morrow Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 And they didn't hike up the rear to increase the slant of the board, either. I grew up with all the console games; Pong, Asteroids, Pac Man, etc. I always preferred the live-action of pinball, even though my Dad could always put me to shame. I swear the Who must have seen my Dad play--although he isn't deaf or blind. I remember when Pong was introduced. When I was in college I bought a home Pong game from one of my dorm mates, along with his Peugeot 10 speed so he could buy a drum set.Years later when I got married and moved into my wife's house, her 7 year old found the pong game and insisted that I connect it to his TV. Despite the fact that this kid grew up on complex game consoles like PS and had a Dreamcast, he was fascinated by Pong. I got him a "Classic Package" for his console that had all of the old games like Pac-Man, Centipede, Asteroids and Galaga. Upon finding my box of 45 rpm records, he asked what they were. When I told him they played music, he asked how many songs were on them. When I told him one song on each side he said "that's stupid, why did't they use CDs?" I spent the rest of the day explaining all of the other things he took for granted that I never had when I was his age, like Color TV and cordless phones I even showed him a dial phone. I wonder how our kids will expalin today's wonderous inventions to their kids after they have become obsolete. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerM Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 I wonder how our kids will expalin today's wonderous inventions to their kids after they have become obsolete. It's too bad you didn't have an 8-track handy. Even I found those tiresome--without the advantages of cassettes like rewind and fast forward. My daughter found the console record player fascinating. How you could stack multiple records on top, and it would drop them one-by-one as they finished playing. Even more interesting (to her) is when the sides of a double album are 1-4 and 2-3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Intellivision rocks! That is all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenCaylor Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Sigh, I remember when I first started programming, it was on 80-column IBM cards on an IBM 360. On the DEC in engineering, we worked on teletypes and saved our programs to paper tape. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerM Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 (edited) You had CARDS? You had it easy. /sarc My first experience with programming of any kind was a TRS-80 (I think). Had a PCjr when I was in HS. Bought an AT-clone when I was a sophomore in college; at a smokin' 12 mhz and EGA. (I'm not a programmer. I just use computers as tools and sometimes coding is part of that. I'm entirely self-taught.) Edited February 7, 2014 by RangerM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 My first programming was on a TI-59 programmable calculator. I wrote a program that played 21 pennies (you start with 21 and take turns removing 1, 2 or 3 at a time. Whoever takes the last one loses.) You stored stuff on little magnetic strips. My first experience with programming of any kind was a TRS-80 (I think). Remember the removable media storage device? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerM Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 My first programming was on a TI-59 programmable calculator. I wrote a program that played 21 pennies (you start with 21 and take turns removing 1, 2 or 3 at a time. Whoever takes the last one loses.) You stored stuff on little magnetic strips. Remember the removable media storage device? I think the one I worked with had 5.25" or 8" floppies. (been too long and I can't remember) But a friend had one like that for his Atari 400. It took over an hour to load one game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 The early ones used cassettes and audio. Sounded like a fax machine. Definitely not speedy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickF1011 Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Me, too but not for $2800. Where do you see $2800? Says almost $5000 in the article, but still that's not outrageous. My brothers and I paid around $2000 for a re-furbished Rocky & Bullwinkle pinball machine for my dad back in 2001 or so. Plus we had to drive to north Jersey to pick it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Where do you see $2800? Says almost $5000 in the article, but still that's not outrageous. My brothers and I paid around $2000 for a re-furbished Rocky & Bullwinkle pinball machine for my dad back in 2001 or so. Plus we had to drive to north Jersey to pick it up. Not sure where I saw $2800, but $5K is for the top of the line pro model and there are 2 other presumably cheaper models. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickF1011 Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Not sure where I saw $2800, but $5K is for the top of the line pro model and there are 2 other presumably cheaper models. Actually sounds like the other 2 models will be even more expensive: An upgraded, premium table with added art will be added later for pinball machine collectors. The third model is a signed, special edition with art of the 1965 Mustang and 2015 Mustang on the machine and chrome and Mustang badges on the speaker grilles. Prices for these editions will be announced later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 I can't find the $2800 reference. Maybe that was a different machine that I thought was the mustang pinball. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenCaylor Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Here are pics of the card punch machine and the 360 computer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark B. Morrow Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 My college Stats course at the University of South Florida in '81 or '82 was the last class to use the punch cards. Everyone who got their program to run got an A. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark B. Morrow Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Actually sounds like the other 2 models will be even more expensive: You can buy the Pony and Bars badges for $9.99 on e-bay. Even the '68 grille horse (that will mount on a flat surface) is under $20.00 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickF1011 Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 You can buy the Pony and Bars badges for $9.99 on e-bay. Even the '68 grille horse (that will mount on a flat surface) is under $20.00 Depends what they specifically mean with those. If they are just the production stock then sure. Sounds to me it'd be more like some custom sized/applied stuff to replace paint or decals on the standard "pro" model. Either way, it does look like a pretty quality machine with some good game play and unique features...if you're into pinball. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerM Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Either way, it does look like a pretty quality machine with some good game play and unique features...if you're into pinball. I never wanted to throw a pinball machine through a wall, the way I do with Candy Crush. I refuse to download Flappy Bird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schpark Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Intellivision rocks! That is all. I still have a working one (last time I fired it up was years ago). Astrosmash was the best! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danglin Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 (edited) Maybe I can convince my wife that it is either this Pinball Machine or swapping my 2011 for a 2015 Stang!!! HELL, WHY NOT BOTH Edited February 8, 2014 by danglin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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