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#109 Night Rider - The Classic Pinball Podcast

PodcastAnalysis updated yesterday1 hr 56 min listenBy George
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The boys get back to business and do a review of Bally Night Rider. Several listener emails. What’s up doc? Bonus feature: Maltese Brewing. The Houston Arcade and Pinball Expo interview with founder...

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Highlights

  • Night Rider is Bally's bridge game from EM to solid state, with EM version producing 4,155 units and solid state version producing 7,000 units
  • Scott Home's custom ROM software increases max bonus from 15,000 to 19,000 points and makes drop targets worth 500 points instead of 50 when reset
  • Dave spent 60-100 hours on this Night Rider restoration including playfield swap, metal buffing, electronic repairs, and board work
  • Zep Acid Toilet Bowl Cleaner can arrest alkaline corrosion on circuit boards by neutralizing pH levels
  • Leaving pinballs in Evaporust for extended periods (over a week) can pit and destroy the balls
  • George moved from New Hampshire to Virginia within the past month
  • Pinball Resource sells new white spinners that require widening original mounting holes due to thicker arms

Notable quotes

“Night Rider. It's a fuel injection suicide machine. It's a rocker, it's a roller, it's a Night Rider.”
Dave
“I am the Night Rider. I'm a fuel injected suicide machine.”
“PSA number two. That's number one. Don't do that. Number two, don't soak your balls in Zep Acid Toilet Bowl Cleaner.”
Dave
“This game could basically just be a 5-digit game. It's very, on a regular ROM set, it's hard to break 100,000 on this game.”
George
“To each his own. You know, all those similar things, but I don't really agree with it.”
Dave
“When you get a drop target down to work 50 points each. I mean, basically, this game could basically just be a 5-digit game.”
George

Entities

  • Bally· company
  • CPR (Cyber Pinball Repair)· company
  • Pinball Resource· company
  • Houston Arcade and Pinball Expo· event
  • Pintastic· event
  • Night Rider· game
  • Chris Hutchins· person
  • Dave· person
  • George· person
  • Greg Mike· person
  • Jack· person
  • Marco· person
  • Paul Farris· person
  • Scott Home· person
  • Shannon Bosick· person
  • Todd Tucky· person
  • Maltese· venue

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