[FSPA] Swinging from a vine to Mighty Mikes ...

[Bob K Mertz]

Thanks for the variety! I'm starting to feel like I'm no longer playing at the forgotten branch of the FSPA.  
...... Now if you could only find a machine that everyone is good at except Edan things will be complete :)

On July 10, 2017 1:30:09 AM EDT, Roland Joyal via FSPA <fspa at fspazone.org> wrote:
>... Jungle Lord makes an appearance.  It's after 1 AM and spent the
>last 7 + hours getting the game ready for prime time, including fixing
>several hacks and issues, so hopefully it plays OK for Monday's league
>at Mighty Mikes.  Let Edan/Joe know if not.  Keep in mind it is a 35
>year old game so it is not going to play like a newer SS game. 
>
>
>Jungle Lord is a great early 80's pin with 2 levels/ramps, 4 flippers,
>Magna-Save buttons, TONS of drop targets, 2 ball Multiball, a super
>sexy back glass, and a VERY sophisticated rule sheet (for the time
>period) w/cool strategy and features (as Mr. Blonder will tell you).  
>And just TRY and get the ever-changing background sound to get to it's
>limit!  (I had a super long ball, 10X bonus (but fell just short of the
>default highest score), and as soon as I thought the pitch was as high
>as it can go, it then changes to something lower/different and gets
>more intense.  Gotta luv the 80's technology ;)   I will point out that
>in certain conditions there is a bug in the s/w or design where if
>there is a ball in the right saucer, and there is another ball on the
>play field, the second ball can hang up next to the locked ball, and it
>won't time out and kick the ball out (and no ball search for this era
>game).  
>
>
>So now Mighty Milke's has 7 Pins, and you can't beat the variety of
>games.  The league has a mid 70's EM, an early 80's SS, a late 80's SS,
>a mid 90's WPC, a mid 90's WPC-95, an early 2010 decade Stern and a
>2017' new Stern pin. Don't know how long Jungle Lord will stay, as most
>of the games are for sale, but for now and the foreseeable future, it
>is there.  Things will be arranged differently in the next few weeks in
>the pinball room if or when it gets painted, so JL's final resting
>place may will be different.  
>
>
>-Roland
>   .    

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