The Artwork Of Bally's Awesome MEDUSA Pinball Machine - Final Video of The Series
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For those wondering: The Extra Ball on this game is very challenging. The display in the playfield, the middle two numbers, one is scrolling up, the other is scrolling down. Getting the left targets in order stops the left number. Dropping all the targets on the right stops the right number. You need to time the last target (bottom left standup, or last drop on the right) to stop on the same number. So 3 3 would give you an extra ball. I think I've done it ONCE! Also the time your shot on the plunge. The plunger lane star rollovers light in sequence after the ready aim fire lights. You need to roll over the stars as they are lit. It's not quite a full plunge (because that will take you through the left orbit and nearly drain). The more you light, the higher the spinner will be worth. I think the spinner is worth 100 points. Every Gorgon that you get is 500, with up to 2500 per spin. Big points! If you don't use the Shield of the Gods, you get points for them at the end of the game (don't tilt ball 3 or 5). Great game. Thanks for saving this one and sharing the process.
Interesting information, thanks! I was wondering about that.
Thank you Pez!
You mentioned Centurions. Now I have that old Spin Doctors song "Cleopatra's Cat" stuck in my head. Thanks Ron 😂
I haven't heard that one lately :)
I think that the sound is clearer on the new board, so awesome seeing this fully restored after seeing the condition it was in when it arrived.
I think this is the best series you've ever done!
Thank you D A, i'm glad you enjoyed it!!!
Just a super duper job Ron! Lots to fix and you cruised through it all. You the MAN!
What a great series this was. The way you go through every part of the machine is fantastic. It is what’s required to get every machine back to playing great and looking great. It’s often demanding and time consuming work. You make it so much fun. Thanks for teaching us all Ronnie. …You have the best pinball videos on RUclips, bar none!
Hey Ron...
Thank you for a great 10 episode series ❤️
The art, engineering and love that has gone into this games makes the modern stern pinballs look like they were banged up in a couple of days
I had to look up what a gorgon was... lol
Traditionally, two of the Gorgons, Stheno and Euryale, were immortal, but their sister Medusa was not and was slain by the demigod and hero Perseus.
Bally's crafty way of teaching you while playing pinball. What an awesome machine. In today's money this machine would cost $12,600!!! 😬 ($3,850 in '81)
It's loaded. Just all the coils is pretty wild, and the zipper flippers, the special light bar, think of the money they spent on design...
Excellent work, I played Medusa and I can say it is one of the better pinballs.
Love all the art on these, sad to think they're going to be a lost art
Thanks Ron. Killer machine
the guy on the playfield above the right kicker is Mercury. messenger of the Gods.
this is a cool machine. worth the effort
This game, Fathom and Centaur all came out in 1981 and had some of the most elaborate artwork of any Bally pinball machine.
look at that Butte thx for restoring it back to its formal glory
Man it sure was a shocker...
Such a beautiful machine now:)
Nice restoration guys...
The female warrior in Olympus is Athena / Minerva. She is often depicted as a warrior female, It COULD be Diana/ Artemis (Goddess of the hunt) but doubtful as she's wearing heavy armor, so I feel confident that is Athena. The other female is probably Aphrodite / Venus. Perseus needed assistance from the pantheon of the Gods to defeat Medusa. Its cool how this top section of the board thematically represents you 'In Olympia'. The winged horse, the Pegasus, Perseus flew up high enough to use the head of Medusa to turn the kraken to stone. The guy with wings on his helmet and his is Mercury or also known as Hermes. He is the fastest of the Gods because Mercury goes around the sun fastest. The guy with the flute on the bumper is Pan, Also shares lineage with Bacchus.
What makes it confusing is the all have Roman names (Planets and celestial bodies) and Greek names so... Like Jupiter is Zeus. The guy with the Trident is Poseidon or Neptune.
What I find super interesting about that other bumper basically having the Devil on it, is later on Christianity turned Pan / Bacchus into what we know as the modern day Satan. So it's almost like somebody new the history of Bacchus / Pan.
That creature at the bottom of the glass is probably just a guy that has been turned to stone but the light bleeding through looks like cracks which is kind of cool.
What an absolutely beautiful machine for a rescue really good job!!! (Edited for clarity).
www.romecitytour.it/blog/who-were-the-main-roman-gods/
One of my favorite pinball machines of all time.
They really went over the top!
great job ron
on that movie that featured medusa
there were a couple movies revolving around her but one of the first ones i remember having her in it was "clash of the titans'.
i could of sworn that 'the 7th voyage of sinbad' or possibly 'the golden voyages of sinbad' or even 'jason and the argonauts' may have also featured a scene with medusa in them too.
but i think 'clash of the titans' was the one i was thinking about originally.
Cool game. I like the Joust sounds on the kickers.
Zamfir 😂😂😂😂😂 Monster of the pan flute
I've got one of his cd's here with me we got in a box of stuff, lol
Another' kick ass video there are some special games and that's one of them..
I have one of these. I've restored a Paragon, even to the point of clear coating the playfield and it turned out better than I could have imagined. This has inspired me to restore the Medusa machine. Its a challenging pin.
Not many machines have this color scheme, so it's a real stand out in a room. Thanks for the series!
I don't know if it is just me, but the new sound board sounds a bit like it needs a sustain setting adjusted, or maybe the merge switch or something. I mean, the sound doesn't quite reverberate the same. I don't mean that as a criticism, and could be a setting, or maybe just capacitors. I'm impressed that this board exists, and as you said, that might be the only choice.
I'd have been interested in maybe another video. Like maybe one dealing with the lights in the back, the drop targets, and maybe the side art. But, as they say, all great things must come to an end, and I appreciate all of your effort in bringing this to us. Thank you very much!
Hmmmm.... I did videos on the lights in the back and the drop targets you might have missed them though. We have a playlist with all 9 videos we did on it.... thanks for watching as always PlumGurly!
@@LyonsArcade I saw them all, but it seemed that you still had problems with the light bar, and it still looked like the drop targets had other problems, or maybe I misinterpreted something. I mean, you got the worst of the drop target issue with that tape on it, and still had an issue with the flickering light on the back (and the doubled light at the end of the bar) after changing the parts you had. I might have misunderstood the involved videos. I was left with the impression that more work might be needed on both.
Anyway, I really appreciate these videos, and I'm anxiously waiting every other weekday to watch them. Thank you for all that you do. Like you say, you and your brother don't have to do these, and I am so grateful that you do. So I don't take these for granted. I appreciate you sharing your wisdom and trying to keep these old machines alive, and help "pass the torch."
@@PlumGurly the double light at the end of the bar is normal. Strange, but it is programed as is. I do not see problems with the drop targets. But light problems still exists...
@@vinylmania -- Yeah, the phantom LED in the left 1/3.
Such gorgeous history that you've saved. Thank you for filming all of it!
Brilliant artwork. Have others something to look at while someone else played it 👍
Wow, look how this has turned out, considering how you found it. A lot of hard work but well worth it, Thanks Ron for sharing.
Yes, it's Pan, the god of music.
1:50 Chariots weren't used much in Greek combat. They would use them if terrain permitted to drive warriors to the front and sometimes waited until the battle finished. Sometimes the chariot would drive around and harass the enemy with spears and darts.
4:25 Hoplite is the word you're looking for.
6:00 My eyes are up here! - Medusa
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Medusa would be the perfect person for wearing a "My eyes are up here/|\" shirt
"Yes, but your tits are down there... and won't turn me to stone." 🤣
This was a hard repair.
Really amazing how skilled you are
Not many people are smart enough to do what you do
The warrior on Pegasus is Perseus. Pegasus was a gift to him from the gods of Olympus.
Based on the spear, shield, and greaves, the goddess on the right is probably Athena. The one on the left is I'm guessing either Aphrodite or Hera, Zeus' sister-wife (yes, he married his sister). Behind her lurking in the background is Poseidon, Zeus' brother and god of the seas. And the one with the winged helmet and sandals is Hermes.
I would not mind
Owning this
One.
Watch "Clash of the Titans" to see how to defeat Medusa. I wouldn't want to go up against her in real life but I'd love to play this pinball machine! Great job resurrecting it! 😃
The original with Harry Hamlin..that was the best version
@@naytch2003 Wouldn't think of any other version! The cool Ray Harryhausen stop motion animation, the cast, Bubo the owl, and on and on! I watched that movie so many times! 😃
@@meltysquirrel2919 I think burgess meredith who played penguin in the 60s batman series was in it too
I need to watch that
@@naytch2003 Yes he was! I almost specifically mentioned him in my reply 😂 I changed it to "cast" because I remembered some other stars in it like Laurence Olivier, Ursula Andress, Siân Phillips (I Claudius is another favorite she was in), Maggie Smith (Harry Potter plus a bazillion other things), and more! The IMDB list of stars is a good rabbit hole to go down! 😃
For your problem of the light that do not light on the Olympus bar, I would check the colours of the wires on J3 of the auxiliary board : they seem to be reversed ! You should have 27 - blue stripped with orange on J3-14, and 20 - blue on J3-3. It should work better...
I did check them and they were all correct, i'm wondering if maybe they switch at the plug under the playfield or something...
@@LyonsArcade Anyway, I would try to reverse them, I'm sure, it's the problem. Maybe an error on the manual ? I will check on my Medusa...
@@LyonsArcade I've checked on mine, and the manual is correct. There's an inversion somewhere on yours. If you inverse the two wires on J3, you'll find back the light on your Olympus bar, and the light of the 4th gorgon of the spinner.
Thanks for another great video, Ron!
Cool
Well worth 10 videos. I want one!!!
3 to £4000 GBP and you can get one, in the UK at least...quite a few on the market here atm.
Yeah I’d say if you’d already checked the decoders and the logic around that light and everything’s golden, it’s gotta be the firmware.
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Yodelayheehoo
Hello Lil Everette!
Will the wolf survive? 🐺
GTO , he probably has the muscle car.
What I hate about the Medusa videos is that you're bringing attention to the game. And I'm the one to find one of these for a cheap price. That's not going to happen now that everybody knows how great this game is it's going to go through the roof :-) and I know I'm complaining it's first world problems here
There was a guy trying to give one away in the video wednesday :)
The speech sounds clearer
Jason of Jason and the Argonauts cut medusas head off. In the old fable
Medusa's got a super sad story. Devote beautiful Priestess of Athena, turns away her childhood love to become a priestess, forced and defiled by Poseidon in Athena's Temple for revenge, blamed by Athena for the sacrilege. The nutshell version doesn't do this story justice. See U in History does an excellent job on this: ruclips.net/video/-Jues51RNEI/видео.html
Thank you for the link dethaddr, I need to brush up on my mythology!
@@LyonsArcade Truthfully, this AMAZING pinball machine made me remember this sad story I saw a year and change ago, but it's so good I had to share. BTW, this machine is totally cool. With we got to see the artist's full rendition!
82 clash of the titans.
The woman with the shield and spear is Athena The Goddess of Wisdom who's know to be Zeus's daughter and the other woman is probably Hera Zeus's wife
Thank you!
Looks like this could be a prototype backglass…
I believe it is, now that I looked at the other one. They're not truly prototypes, because I think there's a bunch of them, they just match the actual prototype glass, and then they changed it at some time during the run. The clean version although likely less desirable is probably more rare....
The lord mayor of London was entrowned today .
One Mr. Lyons....any relative?... Similar any relation to ,Lyons Corner house tea rooms?
Not enough of a relation that I can call in a favor, why is he throwing you back in the pokey?????!!!!!????? Maybe I could ask Aunt Georgiadianne, i'll let you know.
@@LyonsArcade nice try...don't live in London....
The lyons corner house thing was interesting...they built one of the earliest computers and did work during the ww2
The 'Shield Of The Gods' has me a bit puzzled. On this one it's a flat blade kicker, where on other machines, it has a post with a rubber ring on it. Which is it suppoesed to be, or are there two different versions of the game?
I think somebody changed it on this game. Remember it had two types of flippers too… and the wrong flipper bats.
The god with the wings is Mercury.
Does the orange light above the bottom left bumper need a new bulb? I haven't seen it light up like the one above the right bottom flipper does.
That's the 'same player shoots again' bulb, those never light up during attract mode on most pinball machines.
I wonder if Medusa would turn to stone if she look at herself in the mirror?
Nope it only works on dudes :)
No .that's how she was killed
With fighting her in a reflection because her reflection could not turn people
Perseus used the reflective side of his shield to look at her since her reflection couldn't change him to stone.
Shield of the gods
Great job, Ron. Thanks for doing the videos. Always interesting and entertaining. Is my guess right: Donnie eldest, Joe middle, you the youngest?
I think it's Ronnie eldest then Joey then Donnie
I was born on a wonderful night in September 1978, Donnie was born in February 1980 and Joey was born in September 1987....
@@LyonsArcade Oh well..I got part of it right lol..
@@LyonsArcade I was born on a freezing Thursday 5am June 3rd 1971..one brother was born October 1972, the other October 1975
Wings: Mercury
Thank you David!
There has to be a better way to figure out if it's actually proto or not. It could be an early production run and after a few letters they decided to reduce the nipples on it.
Joe's classic, when would anybody use the score motor service switch because I have never seen you use the score motor service switch when your when you're trying to repair or troubleshoot I thought it was May to turn off the score motor while you're troubleshooting the game and you can manually turn the school mortar slowly by step with your hand i'm defying the bad relay or the contact blades that are not connecting right is that how you're supposed to use the score motor service switch because I'm not sure really how to use it?
Is it for sale??
Talk about Fatal Attraction ...
You got to where sunglasses with her so you don't get to turn to stone
ruclips.net/video/BDhJU_cNCZE/видео.html
Ya know what they say..there ain't no good in an evil hearted woman 😈 😁
Gottlieb released Black Hole after Medusa, then they released Haunted House.
Black Hole, 1981. Haunted House, 1982.
"Same player shoots again" light?
those never light up during attract mode on most pinball machines.
Thank you Joe and Ron for saving another pinball to the plebs. All the basics, and all the usual in electrical engineering.
Just do what you're meant to to. Thanks!
Plase leave a comment on this one Ron.
Thank you Matthias, we appreciate you watching as always buddy.
@@LyonsArcade Thank you man!
Since you've already replaced some parts with newer ones why don't you buy replacement backglass art? There are several sellers who sell Medusa replacements on the web.
That would cost somewhere between $270 and $330, plus tax, shipping, and handling. They'd have to pass that cost onto whoever bought the game. Some people might not want to pay that much... and if they want to replace the artwork, they can do it themselves (or pay Ron to do it). You don't need a college degree to replace a backglass.
The same reason I didn't buy new sideart and new legs and new pop bumper caps and a new solenoid board and a new lamp board, etc. You gotta draw the line somewhere.
Medusa?.. Turning men to stone by looking in her the eye's, Not an effective super power, if that is what she REALLY looked like?. Make no wonder she lost her head...Fantastic art...Great to see it come back from the dead..
The camel toe was completely unintentional, he was simply trying to draw realistic folds in the cloth as they would appear in real life.
I actually don’t like that top playfield. Too much chopping going on. Cool artwork though.
I actually don't like your comment. Too much negativity going on. Cool avatar though.
This has been an epic adventure! I still haven't watched every episode all the way through, but it's been incredibly informative and entertaining from the full episodes I have seen. I enjoyed this as much as your Xenon repair videos. Makes me want to buy some originals!