#53 Eight Ball Champ - The Classic Pinball Podcast

“I think for people who really jolted for a Fathom and can't find one, they're going to probably punt and get this. I'd still, from what I see, I'd still rather have my original, you know, that I have versus getting this thing.”

“He said that he bought his Fathom three years ago for $2,000. Thought it was a great price to begin with... and then poured another $7,000 to $8,000 into the restoration of his game. So he came in pretty close to what a brand new one would be.”

“This game was kind of going on that thing. They changed the architecture of this game... Instead of going an MPU, a driver, and a lamp driver, this did the computer, the lamp driver, and the sauna driver all on one board.”

“You know, he sounds a little bit like the loafers. So a little soprano? A little soprano and a little too flowery. He's not like the nice deep voice 8-ball deluxe. I'm going to interject. So I changed him. I gave him some balls.”

“The first thing that sticks out is they mounted the transformer to the back box. And the reason they did that is because they don't have enough depth in the cabinet to put it where it normally would be in one of the corners of the back box. God, they got cheap.”

“I kind of, you know, had some wear in the game. Maureen touched that all up. I put a playful protector down on it. I put LEDs all throughout the GI.”

“I don't think I've ever played this before, so it'll be a first. We'll see if we can have a little competition here. I have to say, I'm getting sick of playing alone.”

“So the suggestion is disable the rollover and make the game more competitive. I'm guessing if after you had it for a while, it's probably not a bad idea. Or you could change the value of that rollover.”

“You know I'm close to you right now, right? Right. Are you being nice or are you being mean? No, I'm being nice. Okay. Okay. Let's close the back box up.”

“I think it's because of Buddy Cianci who was the mayor of Providence. It is also an Ed Cianci pinball collector.”