#39 Understanding Pinball - Bally's CENTAUR II - Learn How It Plays! - TNT Amusements

[@valeriacaissa4552]

I love this pin, one of the most creepy designed not only regarding the art but also sound. It doesn't matter that it doesn't have a dot matrix display with fancy animations or wild ramps or moving gimmicks, the atmosphere and purity makes it so special. Should I ever earn a larger amount of money, I am definitly buying me this gem!

[@tntamusements]

+Valeria “Livia” Caissa It has going WAY up in pinball players lists of great games in recent years...thats for sure!

[@GFkilla17]

might be the best table art ever

[@tntamusements]

GFkilla17 You may be right!

[@emirvrazlic6709]

centaur is the Best pinball of all ages

[@tntamusements]

A beautiful work of art!

[@reloadersjournal]

Todd,
This was a really good idea for a series about pinball machines. It wasn't until recently that I had an appreciation for pinball so when I used to play years ago it all was for me was flipping the flippers. Knowing the rules makes it more fun.

[@skywarp727]

That bonus ball launcher is very clever. This is a great machine. It still impresses me how ingeniuos the designers and engineers were/are

[@philsurtees]

Best pinball machine of all time...

[@tntamusements]

:-)

[@Souldiver66]

Nice video again - thanks a lot!
BTW: You just forgot to mention one small, but neat feature which I like a lot: If the captive ball at the left is hit directly, the drops award just the lit value (CENTAUR taunting you: "Only single value!"). But passing the "tunnel" with the two star rollovers first (as you did in the video) - and which is much harder to do - these values are doubled; seperating the Amateurs from the Pro's! ;-)

[@presidentsnow7315]

This table, along with Diner and Terminator II are probably my all-time favorite pinball tables!

[@tntamusements]

:-)

[@skycow2]

Stunning machine. The black & white graphics, the crazy echo-voice, great stuff. I wish I could play one for real.

[@wozzer2727]

The odd thing about the artwork on Centaur was the strange S & M lady in the upper right channel, large bazooms and and a dog leash! She's small and relatively hidden but there she is read for action!

[@wozzer2727]

I mean left channel, Doh!

[@GKcoupe1]

Great game, and I have it too, just need a little restoration!
Greetings from the Croatia!

[@davidjames-ux8lm]

I just bought a centaur II two months ago pain in the but with the minor problems but over all classic and my favorite to play. I also have a Williams flash and gorgar I'm a fan of your channel to.

[@tntamusements]

Glad to have you aboard our channel!! Make sure you have subscribed too!

[@tntamusements]

Hi! When the video was made in 1989, new drop targets were not yet in production...but now you can buy all new ones made by Pinball Resource in New York!

[@motnostaw2813]

Going to a tournament that has this table. Played a bit on virtual arcade but enjoyed your walk through before heading down and playing a real one. Subscribed!

[@tntamusements]

Glad you enjoyed the video!

[@DementedDistraction]

My favorite pinball machine - I hope to own one someday, but finding a Centaur II for sale in good, working order is proving to be a challenge.

[@tntamusements]

They are no longer cheap!

[@stezton]

Wow, what a fascinating ruleset!

[@BobbieBees]

I remember this machine and I also remember Eight Ball Deluxe which as you pointed out had the same cabinet.
And I do remember Fire Power. And I hated it.
But Williams also made their own turkey with a ball-bearing shooter called Hyperball

[@ChipHazard007]

I actually got it running now and have a bunch of games downloaded
and No Fear is my favorite

[@FleshWound42]

Thanks for the reply, that make perfect sense. those middle target graphics sure do get a lot of abuse.

[@emirvrazlic6709]

centaur is the Best

[@tntamusements]

Hard to find now a days!

[@southport97]

Cabinet side art would make an awesome tattoo.

[@Paulywint]

I really liked this game. A tavern had this game, I enjoyed the multi-ball feature, I also enjoyed the sound effects it made. However, the vendor, who owned the game, had the volume turned down, I could not hear the voice talk to well.

[@tomdotcom88]

Great game, I want to get the original Centaur....

[@srebrenitarantula9470]

Centaur is the best

[@mdegast]

@robotype
I have no idea. I play the game emulated through VpinMAME 2.3 and Visual Pinball. Emulation of the tms5200 is still broken in the PinMAME core, but the proper chirptables for correct emulation of this chip are already implemented in the MAMEcore (0.137u3 and beyond). I hope they soon rewrite the PinMAME core with it. It would be nice hearing the emulated counterpart sounding just like the one in this video,

[@ChipHazard007]

Thanks for posting this video i used to have the first centaur its a good one

[@luger700]

Just wanted you guys to know about FarSight Studios Kickstarter for The Twilight Zone Pinball and Star Trek: The Next Generation pinball. The goal for TTZ, has been met, but now we're aiming to double it to obtain the licenses for STTNG. Just wanted to point it out since The Pinball Arcade is a great pinball simulator (the best out right now in my opinion) and best of all its available on every platform!

[@Titanic4]

The game will say "No class, Human!" when you tilt it. Also, the game has 2 tilt modes: Apart from the standard one, which will void the current ball in play, the second mode will give a warning once the tilt bob is triggered while making the "Warning" backglass insert lit for entire game. If you trigger the tilt bob for the second time while the "Warning" backglass insert is still lit, the game will end regardless of current ball in play.

[@robotype]

@mdegast exactly! thank you...and has anybody noticed that each different machine has it's own pitch on the voice? you can regulate the delay but not the pitch I wonder howcome every centaur speakes at different speed...could it be some component related to the clock in the squawk & talk pcb?

[@mdegast]

Sorry for the very late reaction. Maybe you know about it already; PinMAME 2.5 is out, with proper TMS5200 emulation. I run it on Windows Home Premium 64 bit with no problem. Run setup.exe with administrator rights though. This is not needed to run PinMAME, PinMAME32 and Visual Pinball as far as I know

[@charlesn898]

That does it....I WANT ONE!!!!

[@ajsingrutinchina]

I have this machine at my home, recently the sound went off, where can I buy new sound board? Also, the playfield is really showing age, where can I buy new playfield? Thanks man :)

[@tntamusements]

Thanks!!

[@HaikuAutomation]

Nice overview! I hope your skill has improved in 21 years :)

[@pudboy3399]

I love Centaur, we played the shit out of it when we were growing up. I've never played Centaur 2. Are the only differences the cabinet profile and the ORBS target pad print? Otherwise them seem identical.

[@tntamusements]

Yes...thats correct...some people do not like the smaller backglass.

[@blackmantis35]

Cool game

[@djargus]

Any idea why they decided to produce "Centaur II", instead of just making more Centaur machines? Because it seems to me that unlike "Fireball II", there are no gameplay changes to the original and only a different back box.

[@Wesley_C]

What a awesome Centaur pinball game, did they sold that Centaur pinball game already?

[@tntamusements]

Wesley C This video was filmed in 1989...so that Centaur was sold back then Wesley...LONG gone!

[@Ascyltos]

WOW. I've only ever played this on The Pinball Arcade. This would go so well in a heavy metal or goth or fetish club. Unfortunately nobody has either Centaur I or II publicly playable in Britain and there's never any for sale.

[@Renulin]

Pinball Arcade brought me here too. Only have the demo version, but I REALLY like the theme of this table.

[@robotype]

sometimes insted of "bad move human" he says another phrase that I can't understand, any idea?

[@blinkstudio]

On my Centaur II, bought from eBay in 2005, the 'Say It Again' board (voice reverb) stoped working after about 10 years of ownership, so I lost the echo. The upside was that I now understood the phrase - "Slow, aren't you?" - when you miss changing the bonus multiplier lane lights. That's probably the phrase you mean, everything else is pretty clear I think. He only says "Bad move . . " when you tilt.

[@Titanic4]

@@blinkstudio Actually, the game says "No class, Human!" if the game is tilted. The "Bad move, Human!" voice is heard when the ball rolls through the top lane that's lit, as demonstrated on 5:53 mark of the video.

[@mdegast]

@robotype
"Slow, aren't you"? Is the other phrase

[@vrazalicemir3479]

Is the best

[@johnmorgan2488]

it was was selling for 400 dollars when I was 9 years old in 1985 at this store

[@tntamusements]

yes...they were cheap back then!

[@ChipHazard007]

How do u fully install VpinMAME?

[@ChipHazard007]

Does VpinMAME 2.3 work on Windows 7?

[@emilezwang]

Destroy Centaur!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@thesocialjusticegamer6505]

I AM SINISTAR!

[@johnmorgan2488]

How much would it cost now todd

[@tntamusements]

Probably 4K

[@MaceBlackmonSexyNerdRecords]

Whoa! Bally was fucking king!!

[@paulsolfelt8452]

destroy centaur!!! all these games are available in pinmame, farsight does a good job but there bussiness practice sucks!!!

[@FleshWound42]

those are the wrong drop targets. takes away from the game appeal