Whenever a pinball pops up for sale on craigslist, I always check out www.ipdb.org first to see closeups of artwork and playfield and see if the theme and/or the layout interests me. After that, the next step is to check out youtube to see if there are any videos showing gameplay. Since there are so many pinballs that I don’t even know exist, much less that I have played, seeing a video of them in action is the next best thing.

During my searching of various pinball titles on youtube, I realized that there aren’t many that come up for a game that I own – Strange Science. Therefore, I took the liberty of taking some video of the exciting multiball action. Take a peek at it after the jump… (more…)

I am in need of two playfield rest latches for a Bally Strange Science. For some unknown reason mine came without these and as a result, the playfield sits lower than it should. Right now, I currently have a stack of books keeping the playfield aloft as withouth it, you can’t push the right flipper button. I don’t even know the technical name for this item, so even that may help me in a search. The picture to the right is an example of what I’m looking for, but the one I need is actually a bit taller. This one was given to me by a nice fellow off of the KLOV forums and came off of a Bally Eight Ball Deluxe. I don’t know if other 6803 Bally games used the same sizes, but if you have one, let me know. I would be most grateful! Thanks!

So I wrote a few days ago about the prospect of picking this game up despite the significant playfield wear. Well here she is…

When I got her, only the playfield lights came on. I got no LEDs, no sound, no flashes on the LED…nothing. (more…)

As with any warehouse raid, you have to pick and choose at least a few keepers out of the lot. This Strange Science pinball by Bally from 1986 is just that – a keeper. The above pic is a lights-out pic of my gameroom with the addition of the new pin. I love this game. I think the theme is cool (mad scientist), it has an interesting playfield, up to five multiball play, and possibly the coolest topper EVER! (more…)