1981 Bally CENTAUR Pinball Machine

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  • Опубликовано: 21 янв 2015
  • Just got it home from my trip to Arcade Expo in Banning California. After about 4 hours working on it this is my first test game. I've had this machine in my top 5 for 14 years and can't believe I finally found one.

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  • @emirvrazlic6709
    @emirvrazlic6709 6 лет назад +29

    centaur is the Best pinball of all ages

  • @mrdoofa9357
    @mrdoofa9357 4 года назад +18

    Easily one of the best pinball tables of all time, the sound effects alone are just spectacular!!!

  • @racegrooves
    @racegrooves 6 лет назад +19

    Ah, back in the day, the sound effects of this machine were awesome!

    • @mrgiskard
      @mrgiskard 3 года назад

      Anyone know what sound chip they used?

    • @baldguywithbeard
      @baldguywithbeard 2 года назад +1

      @@mrgiskard I did some searching around and found out that it's a Texas Instruments "TMS5200NL Speech Synthesizer chip". Apparently Bally used it in all of it's 4th generation games that had speech in them. How the synthesis is done I can't really say, but I'm sure it's documented somewhere.

    • @mrgiskard
      @mrgiskard 2 года назад +1

      @@baldguywithbeard Thanks!

    • @douro20
      @douro20 2 года назад

      @@baldguywithbeard There is also an AY-3-8910 which generates the sound effects, and a digital delay for the echo (quite an expensive thing in 1981).

  • @253jacksonrhoads1
    @253jacksonrhoads1 4 года назад +14

    This is my A #1 pinball machine.
    I am purchasing one that’s been fully restored next month and I like a kid waiting for Christmas. 🙂🙂

    • @GreenTeaViewer
      @GreenTeaViewer Год назад +2

      how's it been holding up?

    • @253jacksonrhoads1
      @253jacksonrhoads1 6 месяцев назад +1

      Still as stunning as when I first picked it up.
      I recently did a Squak and Talk board upgrade. With an added reverb board. It’s sinister. 🤘

    • @maslacak9487
      @maslacak9487 6 месяцев назад

      @@253jacksonrhoads1
      Please make a video with that upgrade. It could interest lots of us.

  • @mike9147
    @mike9147 8 лет назад +19

    Sounds and lights way ahead of it's time!!!

  • @LorenHelgeson
    @LorenHelgeson 4 года назад +10

    Easily the most unforgiving pinball machine I've ever played. But it has such a unique rule set, and if you can get into the rhythm of its unusual difficulty conditions, it's so much fun to play.

  • @garyarkle9175
    @garyarkle9175 2 года назад +6

    Remember playing this as a kid and was the best pinball machine ever made,after watching this I really need to get one

    • @andrewdonohue1853
      @andrewdonohue1853 9 месяцев назад

      it's impossible to label the "best table ever" there are so many great games. no question centuar is a great game.

  • @Xhadp
    @Xhadp 2 месяца назад +1

    Wow people weren't kidding about that Multi-ball. 5 balls is insane especially with such an open lower playfield and blocked off upper field.

  • @danieltiemeyer1711
    @danieltiemeyer1711 7 лет назад +4

    I have owned 2 Centaur machines. I bought the last one in 2001, and kept it about 5 years. At the time I bought it, I also bought a Gottlieb/Premier Rock, and 16 years later, I still have it and won't sell it.

  • @nin615
    @nin615 3 года назад +2

    Wow I remember being a child just staring and listening to this pinball machine ,enchanted

  • @JJ-wi2uw
    @JJ-wi2uw 3 года назад +5

    I played this pinball regularly in the early to mid 80's while in High School. (Melbourne, Australia)

  • @FarFromZero
    @FarFromZero 7 лет назад +7

    I loved this one. Unique sound and arts, a lot of multiball chances and so much fun to play it. For sure a member of the Hall of Fame of Pinball Machines.

  • @philsurtees
    @philsurtees 7 лет назад +17

    GREATEST. PINBALL. EVER!

  • @marciliomenezes891
    @marciliomenezes891 7 лет назад +21

    Destroy Centaur.
    Best sound. Best voice.

  • @LordBadenRulez
    @LordBadenRulez 3 года назад +2

    The art and sounds in this game is so disturbing. I love it.

  • @froodogga7053
    @froodogga7053 Год назад +1

    omg...take me back to when i was 15 yrs old...this machine is the #1 machine i ever played...orgasm !

  • @Centaur81
    @Centaur81 2 года назад +1

    I loved that machine so much! One hell of awesome gameplay.

  • @ForrestAguirre
    @ForrestAguirre 6 лет назад +2

    Probably my favorite pinball deck of all time.

  • @bobbyberetta4206
    @bobbyberetta4206 9 лет назад +7

    Beautiful! This is number one on my list to get.

  • @Sparkledash1
    @Sparkledash1 7 месяцев назад +1

    This Table has such an incredible design. It's like Sin City meets Mad Max.

    • @jjlmnop5226
      @jjlmnop5226 2 месяца назад

      except it predates both

  • @alfamiki
    @alfamiki 3 года назад +3

    my favorite pinball machine. I fixed it many times.

  • @nr330fe
    @nr330fe 7 лет назад +6

    Wow ... Memories of my youth ..... I played in the same machine and filled with credits ... great evenings. ....

  • @Ricksta66
    @Ricksta66 Год назад

    I remember playing this awesome Bally Pinball Machine down at Southend, way back in the year of 1981. Awesome table

  • @Fender94
    @Fender94 8 лет назад +5

    Fine work on one of the greatest machines made.

  • @luc6309
    @luc6309 4 года назад +1

    Nice controlled play You have, flipper bounce is the key for a high score, love playing it sometimes on the pinball arcade, great soundtrack and cool black and white artwork. A real Bally classic, that's for sure.

  • @Seemsayin
    @Seemsayin Год назад

    Wow. Never saw anyone beat up on a machine like that before. I'd bet my paycheck that wasn't the first time you played it. Good lord.

  • @alfamiki
    @alfamiki 3 года назад +1

    very good pin ball machines, I used to fix them many years ago

  • @JovialEclipse
    @JovialEclipse 7 лет назад +4

    This game is quite intimidating in appearance and difficulty, I like it.

  • @TheUnclestein
    @TheUnclestein 2 года назад +1

    This was the best Bally pin of the time!

  • @ssweeps
    @ssweeps 5 лет назад +3

    Amazing play!

  • @DementedDistraction
    @DementedDistraction 7 лет назад +3

    This pin is so amazing - one of my favorites for sure.
    I hope to own one someday, but it seems like finding one for sale in good working order is tough.

  • @RaZcal911
    @RaZcal911 6 лет назад

    Nicely done. Classic pinball.

  • @pincoin1964
    @pincoin1964 5 лет назад

    The absolute best game from 1981 !

  • @buzzert1
    @buzzert1 6 лет назад +1

    Impressive accuracy at those orb targets!

  • @wwltd3036
    @wwltd3036 17 дней назад

    Bought one for $125 from an M.C. with $18 still in the till. Sound and one flipper doesn't work, but everything else did until I touched a frayed wire to metal on accident and blew some fuses or something. Been sitting in storage for a decade now. Something to tinker with in my old age I guess.

  • @jesse7373
    @jesse7373 5 лет назад +6

    6:48 "bad move human"

  • @TLM250
    @TLM250 4 года назад +1

    Epic ball one sir!

  • @zaphod77
    @zaphod77 4 месяца назад

    Finally, one with a cranked echo. :)

  • @truhunk1
    @truhunk1 7 лет назад +2

    Good player. You should be in a competition.

  • @SuperToastytoast
    @SuperToastytoast 5 лет назад +1

    Damn you got the tilt down perfectly

  • @visionlightlab6094
    @visionlightlab6094 3 года назад +1

    I Had one too, great game! Spookiest table ever made!

  • @GuntPulp
    @GuntPulp 7 лет назад +1

    Man you killed it nice game

  • @real_life4735
    @real_life4735 2 года назад

    Had this in my garage as a kid along with robotron

  • @yesgood1357
    @yesgood1357 6 лет назад +2

    Mesmerizing

  • @M-E-G-A
    @M-E-G-A 2 года назад +1

    For some that didn’t catch the phrase it said: “Challenge the ORB feature, sequence feature, chamber feature,
    guardian feature, bonus feature"
    I googled it.

  • @Oklahoma-qe9os
    @Oklahoma-qe9os 5 лет назад +3

    Is the Best

  • @richardbain8746
    @richardbain8746 8 лет назад +7

    My Top 15 Pinball Machines
    15. Doctor Who
    14. The Simpsons Party Pinball
    13. Eight Ball Deluxe
    12. Galaxy
    11. Space Invaders
    10. Black Knight
    9. Fish Tales
    8. The Wizard Of Oz
    7. Austin Powers
    6. Avengers
    5. Batman The Dark Knight
    4. Silver Ball Mania
    3. Centaur
    2. Jurassic Park
    1. Gorgar

    • @GuntPulp
      @GuntPulp 6 лет назад +1

      I like seeing the Ballys on that list but Eight Ball Deluxe is a top 5 ALL DAY

  • @alanford1601
    @alanford1601 4 года назад +2

    amazing!!one of the best multyball i ever see in my life.i have got at least 25-26years of expiriens
    stay good and enjoj.OLD SCHOOL PLAY very good for wachyng
    p.s.sory for my bad english

    • @BiggestLittleArcadeReno
      @BiggestLittleArcadeReno  3 года назад

      Thank you very much. I think I'm better now! I have a new Centaur with new playfield and new everything. I love working/playing on pinball.

  • @tdickensheets
    @tdickensheets 7 лет назад +4

    Play this on my Xbox One. The Pinball Arcade.

  • @basshunter2007
    @basshunter2007 3 года назад

    Love this table

  • @carloslopez-gs2gk
    @carloslopez-gs2gk 5 лет назад +2

    BEST PAC,PAC,PAC,PAC,PAC¡¡¡,MASTER¡¡

  • @ssweeps
    @ssweeps 3 года назад +2

    Wow!

  • @jim8230
    @jim8230 6 лет назад +1

    That playfield must take a beating.

  • @33ronin
    @33ronin 7 лет назад +2

    Awesome.

  • @sampickett3705
    @sampickett3705 8 лет назад +2

    I would love to know how many times you rolled the score on that first ball.

  • @TheGhouliegirl
    @TheGhouliegirl 3 года назад

    they have one on display at the Alameda Pinball Museum on free play

  • @weggmbh1
    @weggmbh1 Год назад

    Geiler Sound , das wäre mein Gerät gewesen !

  • @billhaleyrock2471
    @billhaleyrock2471 Год назад

    Ein klasse flipper,echt schön.

  • @chato555
    @chato555 3 года назад

    Game of my youth!!! I was one of the best player in the caffe bar :))))
    Dammn those beautiful memories!
    You need to be little more agressive ;))) Dont TILT it :-DDD

  • @ryanmarciano
    @ryanmarciano 2 года назад

    I'm looking for one now.

  • @Polaf3456
    @Polaf3456 11 месяцев назад

    Centaur is the dark souls of pinball.

  • @PinBallReviewerRepairs
    @PinBallReviewerRepairs 9 лет назад +3

    I would like this table at some point.
    Though I think my next pin I want to get is a DMD type as I already have a Alpha-Numeric display type of pin.
    I am trying to collect at least one of each type of pin.
    From pre-war lighted up backbox on up to the present day display pins.
    I am more of the non-licenesed cheaper pins I like those the most so mainly 80s and 90s era pins.

    • @ChipHazard007
      @ChipHazard007 9 лет назад +2

      Most of the machines I want are mainly manufactured by Bally and William's but I wouldn't mind a couple Gottlieb or Data East ones

    • @PinBallReviewerRepairs
      @PinBallReviewerRepairs 9 лет назад +1

      ChipHazard007
      Samer here. I would like Gottliebs Victory! I like the race theme and having to get the check points on various parts of the playfield.

    • @ChipHazard007
      @ChipHazard007 9 лет назад +2

      Gottlieb ones I'd like would be both Black Hole and Haunted House Williams machines No Fear, Gorgar, Fish Tales and T2 Bally machines Elvira and the party monsters, Centaur, Twilight Zone and The Addams Family and Hook by Data East

  • @mahmut0815
    @mahmut0815 2 года назад

    well played

  • @jwenneberg
    @jwenneberg 7 лет назад +1

    Nice played and beautiful machine!
    It looks soo easy bouncing the balls back into play from the outlanes... like 9 out of 10 times.
    I have a 1981 Centaur too, but it seems like 9 out of 10 times, the ball just run direct out without hitting the white rubberbands on the red cones, like if the balls were too small or the lanes too wide!?!
    What is the trick? Timing of course... but do you push the machine forward or from side to side?
    Thanks

    • @BiggestLittleArcadeReno
      @BiggestLittleArcadeReno  7 лет назад

      jwenneberg Forward shake. The posts should stick out into the outlane. There are fatter post rubbers in the world too.

    • @jwenneberg
      @jwenneberg 7 лет назад

      Thanks. I believe the posts are placed where they ought to be (center of posts are placed in line of the inside of the black sideguard). Fatter post rubbers? Your doesn't look much fatter than mine. Aren't they Centaur rubbers yours?

  • @Jellocheck
    @Jellocheck 8 лет назад +2

    Do you have deactivated your Tilt function? Great Game!

    • @BiggestLittleArcadeReno
      @BiggestLittleArcadeReno  3 года назад

      No. I should have shown proof by getting a warning. 1st Bally with a Tilt warning!

  • @andrewdonohue1853
    @andrewdonohue1853 9 месяцев назад

    i have a 1980 firepower from the same era. id say it's a tie for the best early solid state. williams firepower, bally centaur, or gotlieb black hole.

  • @marc08d86
    @marc08d86 8 месяцев назад +1

    New Gemini 2000!!!

  • @neilkrenos3609
    @neilkrenos3609 Год назад +1

    How do you make those lights flash when you release a ball

  • @cjod33
    @cjod33 2 месяца назад

    Copacabana take away.
    Memories

  • @beesknees1945
    @beesknees1945 3 года назад +1

    This is the creepiest pinball I have ever seen.

  • @jwenneberg
    @jwenneberg 5 лет назад

    6:58 what made the 2nd Power orb add? ...oh I noticed later... there's some bad connections... it was already 'lit'.

    • @BiggestLittleArcadeReno
      @BiggestLittleArcadeReno  3 года назад

      It's a dip switch option. You can choose if it just awards 1 or unlimited per per ball.

  • @kcwhabbit
    @kcwhabbit 6 лет назад

    Only aware of this from the PS4 Ultimate pinball game. But. I want to play this at the circus.

    • @kcwhabbit
      @kcwhabbit 6 лет назад

      I suddnly feel jilted.

  • @Jellocheck
    @Jellocheck 3 года назад

    6:37 How did you aktivate here the release Target? I think there was a loose contact! It is impossible to aktivate a 5 Ball Multiball without hitting the final Target on the Queens Chamber or the Release Target Lane.

    • @endotherm
      @endotherm Год назад +1

      He made the Guardian feature on the right outlane 6:37, getting a single multiball. The Queen's chamber shot was made just after that multiball was released, making it look like it was releasing all 5 multiballs at once.

    • @Jellocheck
      @Jellocheck Год назад

      @@endotherm Jeah, now i realize :-). Thx!

  • @Titanic4
    @Titanic4 9 лет назад +1

    I have heard Facebook notification sound in the background @ 6:11

  • @srebrenitarantula9470
    @srebrenitarantula9470 3 года назад +2

    Is the best

  • @robertomatsuhita2791
    @robertomatsuhita2791 2 года назад

    É a gemini 2000,aqui no Brasil, da Taito!

  • @brennanjarod6086
    @brennanjarod6086 8 лет назад +2

    Did you put this on 5 balls?

    • @Jellocheck
      @Jellocheck 7 лет назад +1

      Yes he did. 13:48

    • @253jacksonrhoads1
      @253jacksonrhoads1 4 года назад

      This game had a 5 ball multi ball feature in its normal gameplay. This is the holy grail of pinball, IMO.

    • @BiggestLittleArcadeReno
      @BiggestLittleArcadeReno  3 года назад

      @@Jellocheck I did mention what my 3 ball score was. I'm surprised I uploaded a 5 ball game. Makes me want to upload a better 3 ball game on my new bitchin' Centaur! I think I will!!!!!

    • @BiggestLittleArcadeReno
      @BiggestLittleArcadeReno  3 года назад

      @@Jellocheck In 4K!

  • @newenglandwolfpinball3326
    @newenglandwolfpinball3326 4 года назад +1

    Pinball Done Quick: First orb in 20 seconds (1:08)

  • @Tz365.
    @Tz365. Год назад

    This. Xenon. Space invader. And pinbot. Thats it.

  • @RobsMemoryLane
    @RobsMemoryLane 7 лет назад

    Did you purchase it at the Arcade Expo?

  • @darrylclaxton2757
    @darrylclaxton2757 2 года назад

    I used to eat this game alive.

  • @ThomasMuller-jb5lh
    @ThomasMuller-jb5lh Год назад

    Thanks for the video but it's the wrong perspective. Please show the game from the front.

  • @michaelcass7929
    @michaelcass7929 6 лет назад +1

    how much are these worth i have one :)

  • @tartgreenapple
    @tartgreenapple 6 лет назад +1

    Only for bad-asses

  • @jamesbomar3903
    @jamesbomar3903 5 лет назад +2

    Bad move, human,....

  • @emirvrazlic6709
    @emirvrazlic6709 6 лет назад +3

    centaur is the Best pinball of all ages