[FSPA] LIMITED Ed Cactus Canyon at SiIverball Sanctum

[Austin Mackert]

TL/DR - CC LE is at Lost Rhino. Wheeeeeeee.

(Now I am off to see unicorns and crap out rainbows, because with a magical
wall of text like that, I don’t see how anyone could end up doing
otherwise.)

On Fri, Dec 23, 2022 at 6:37 PM Roland Joyal via FSPA <fspa at fspazone.org>
wrote:

> Well, it must be the "Christmas Miracle" because finally the loooooong
> awaited Limited Edition version of Cactus Canyon Remake was released and
> arrived to Silverball Sanctum @ Lost Rhino Brewery at 7:30 this morning,
> just the 34th one made out of 1,250.  I am sure most everyone knows that
> this was Bally/Williams last title before transitioning to Pinball 2000,
> and the software was not quite finished (it is now).  This is one pin where
> the Limited Edition really stands out.  Yes, it has a thick real wood laser
> engraved and bullet decorated bottom arch, fully formed guns above the
> kickers, and other features.  But most importantly it has perhaps the
> most-interactive topper of all time.  It has a gunslinger with two arms
> that move to several positions, as well as jerking when hit, and is
> choreographed to the playfield action.
>
> As cool as that is, the topper is also a game mode on its own, and the
> background of buildings (like a hotel or saloon) have good & bad guys that
> alternately light up in the windows.  When the mode is activated the player
> is supposed to "shoot" the bad guys while avoiding "shooting" the good
> guys.  One "shoots" the villains in the windows by using flipper buttons to
> aim with a detailed series of LED's below the topper to line up your "shot"
> with the people in the windows.  Not sure if a proper alignment of the LED
> "sight" automatically shoots or not, as I have only seen the mode once very
> quickly.  And as a carry-on by Chicago Gaming regarding the cow "Easter
> eggs" usually placed in pins by the great Bally/Williams in the 90's, they
> gave Bally/Williams a nod by placing a cow taking a shower in the upper
> right window :)
>
> The game is set up and playing great so stop on by Lost Rhino Brewery and
> enjoy some beer, food, and pinball ...IF your car door is not frozen shut
> like one of mine was after setting up the pin and a 20 degree temp drop.
> And if anyone is interested in purchasing one, hit me up OFF LINE and I can
> offer a small discount for either the SE or SE+ versions to FSPA'ers.  Seasons
> Greetings and Merry Christmas!
>
> -Roland
>
> www.SilverballSanctum.com
>
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