Unboxing brand new 25 year old Jurassic Park pinball machine

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  • Опубликовано: 4 окт 2024
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    Here is a detailed unboxing of a brand new Data East Jurassic Park pinball machine stored away since 1993!!
    Link to the history of this machine!
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  • @DustyCustard
    @DustyCustard 5 лет назад +193

    Given that this machine was so immaculately preserved in that box for 25 years, would it not be possible to extract its DNA and make perfect clones?

  • @koobbbiiii
    @koobbbiiii 5 лет назад +898

    Am i the only one who feels like 1993 was 10 years ago?

    • @derwandelndekloth7775
      @derwandelndekloth7775 5 лет назад +22

      Shut up,you make us all look old. 😁👍🏻

    • @prezidenttrump5171
      @prezidenttrump5171 5 лет назад +22

      1993 was only a few years ago, not 10 you fuckin' moron.

    • @TheRobsterUK
      @TheRobsterUK 5 лет назад +15

      It's not 1993 anymore??? :-/

    • @EQOAnostalgia
      @EQOAnostalgia 5 лет назад +6

      Doesn't feel that fresh to me. Shit i was only 11 lol. Feels like about 20ish. The real headtrip is when you try to wrap your head around things like Walking Dead being 9 f'ing years old already. Now that shit is alarming. For more than one reason
      XD

    • @ARWMusic
      @ARWMusic 5 лет назад +3

      Feels, man

  • @mrpink3630
    @mrpink3630 5 лет назад +81

    high quality machine....the manufacturers spared no expense!

  • @UselessDuckCompany
    @UselessDuckCompany 5 лет назад +218

    The music from that machine is awesome

    • @Objectorbit
      @Objectorbit 5 лет назад

      Yeah these are some good fuckin' chiptunes(or stuff that sounds similar)!

    • @tommatthews9126
      @tommatthews9126 5 лет назад

      Being it sounds this good going through an open mic then I can imagine how robust it would be hearing it there in person!

    • @76NightProwler
      @76NightProwler 5 лет назад

      Yeah, fuck yeah it is!

    • @DespaceMan
      @DespaceMan 5 лет назад +1

      That's because it aren't no remix, to days music are all just remixes snipped up & regurgitated crap then they call it original lol

    • @tiCajfy
      @tiCajfy 5 лет назад

      And they just keep on getting better and better holy shit :D

  • @tntamusements
    @tntamusements 5 лет назад +502

    This is just so INCREDIBLE!! Works right out of the box 26 years later!

    • @vpcabspinball886
      @vpcabspinball886  5 лет назад +21

      TNT Amusements Inc thanks Todd!!

    • @ForkLiftCertified
      @ForkLiftCertified 5 лет назад +15

      What’s more INCREDIBLE is Todd’s good looks :)

    • @utubepunk
      @utubepunk 5 лет назад +6

      @@ForkLiftCertified Take your meds, Scott! 😁😄

    • @bikerdel8837
      @bikerdel8837 5 лет назад +7

      Did you pay 1993 prices!

    • @KarlBaron
      @KarlBaron 5 лет назад +8

      But the included movie poster was ROLLED and not FOLDED...

  • @slapthekillswitch
    @slapthekillswitch 5 лет назад +105

    Amazing. This belongs in a museum or my house.

  • @jackblackwhole
    @jackblackwhole 5 лет назад +19

    What a machine, and what a story! 25 years in storage and works like a champ. This also shows that things used to built to last, nowadays things are built to be replaced...

    • @drxym
      @drxym 2 года назад +4

      Stick any new, unused pinball machine, boxed in a warehouse for 20+ years and it'll probably work. Might need a new CMOS battery or whatnot (just like this machine's batteries were replaced) but that's about it. Biggest risk is probably the capacitors popping.

    • @bigguy7353
      @bigguy7353 2 года назад +1

      @@drxym Nah, humidity, temperature, sunlight, radiant heat, amount of salt in the air and barometric pressure are all factors that can destroy that machine in less than a year. Very specific conditions are needed.

    • @drxym
      @drxym 2 года назад +2

      @@bigguy7353 I said in a warehouse. Not a hard thing to understand.

    • @csl110
      @csl110 2 года назад

      @@drxym Ahh yes. All warehouses are humidity controlled.

  • @OverSoft
    @OverSoft 5 лет назад +41

    Man, i love that old Data East / SEGA vibe, especially in the sound design. It's so recognizable coming from any other DE cabinet of that time.

  • @DuggleBogey
    @DuggleBogey 5 лет назад +177

    Looks like the machine was encased in Amber!😀

    • @Ajaxaxxess
      @Ajaxaxxess 5 лет назад +4

      I see what ya did there..

    • @applemacHATER
      @applemacHATER 5 лет назад +1

      @@Ajaxaxxess hes giving a reference to the movie Assault on Precient 13.

    • @KopetePanda
      @KopetePanda 5 лет назад +1

      fringe ?

    • @stefanavic6630
      @stefanavic6630 5 лет назад +1

      I've seen a movie called "Encased in Amber 3" but it did not have any dinosaurs in it. There was a mammoth or two to be seen though.

    • @Jerome-C
      @Jerome-C 5 лет назад

      @@stefanavic6630 Moskitos in amber give somme ADN to make the dinos in Jurasic Arks movie ...

  • @MrShinta786
    @MrShinta786 5 лет назад +6

    Let me tell you what is funny. We are looking back at old tech and admiring it for how amazing and reliable products were made by our parents in stead of how low tech and horrible they were back then compared to now. The reality is, we have lost our touch for quality in the rat race for money

  • @haggy38
    @haggy38 5 лет назад +161

    What a privilege to unbox a 25 years old pinball machine, congrats!!

  • @zhardoum
    @zhardoum 5 лет назад +84

    If only i could find a working boxed & unopened Adams Family.. my life would be complete... so happy for you guys.. such a find...

    • @vpcabspinball886
      @vpcabspinball886  5 лет назад +9

      I can’t even imagine what that would cost. $20k at least.

    • @zhardoum
      @zhardoum 5 лет назад +9

      VPcabs Inc. i think for some, money would be secondary... in (scratches chin) 1992 era i was around 24...so finding a working ‘New’ boxed Adams Family is a hell of a lot cheaper... than a red convertible... and a heck of a lot easier to get the wife to agree to..

    • @brettv8
      @brettv8 5 лет назад +2

      Slap some Addams Family decals on a JP, hey presto!! NIB TAF!!! Same play field, nearly.

    • @stevenspilsbury9801
      @stevenspilsbury9801 5 лет назад +4

      That's the spirit thing..land a hand...My favourite all time pinball machine

    • @Ozspanman
      @Ozspanman 5 лет назад +2

      Just download Pinball Arcade and you can play Addams Family (+79 more tables) til your heart's content.

  • @stevensims3342
    @stevensims3342 5 лет назад +13

    So glad that people are preserving pinball. Most I ever had for the tiny arcade back in the 90s was like 10 quarters. We used to just play the video cabinets because the pinball machines could devour those 10 quarters at any time.

    • @metalhead691
      @metalhead691 2 года назад +1

      This is a super late reply but there’s a beer place where you can pay like 10 buck near me that has maybe 30-40 pinball machines ranging in age from antique to new that you can play for that fee. And drink beer lol

    • @Roadsurfer2k11
      @Roadsurfer2k11 2 года назад

      I'm restoring an '84 pin and researched/understood a lot in a couple. I currently have the playfield stripped for repaint and already repaired the board with bad caps and broken traces. 18 years background in mechatronics repairing million dollar robotics, tried a year ago to help out a pinball location but they flat out said they didn't want their boards fried lol. Told them good luck in finding the retired guy from 1980s, cause there is no my pinball college anymore

    • @geektar420
      @geektar420 2 года назад

      @@metalhead691 is the place you're talking about by chance called Beercade? And is it in Nashville TN?

    • @metalhead691
      @metalhead691 2 года назад +1

      @@geektar420 negative. It’s called vertigo pinball in blue ridge Georgia

    • @geektar420
      @geektar420 2 года назад

      @@metalhead691 That's awesome man sounds fun the one I was talkin about has a bottom floor with a beer bar and a bunch of old arcade games that are free to play and then upstairs there was a whiskey bar with the NHL style foosball table donkey kong Mario and of course some pinball machines.

  • @limerent72
    @limerent72 5 лет назад +1

    Brings me back to when I was a kid in the early 80s, when pinball machines were hot. Pinball machine designers sure had a cool job making these!

  • @missionpassed4584
    @missionpassed4584 5 лет назад +11

    Great job guys, you really made it feel like you were seeing and experiencing Tutankhamun's tomb opening for the first time, I was really on edge when you pulled the glass free and then letting that 25 year old air out, hope there's no curse!

  • @DavinciWhite
    @DavinciWhite 5 лет назад +1

    RUclips should not allow this kind of awesome techornography. 40 min of pure love.

  • @spikester
    @spikester 5 лет назад +54

    Love how they had the forethought to use "heavy duty" dry zinc carbon cells for the SRAM backup, they're probably still good too. If they were alkaline they would have spewed their guts all over that PCB a decade ago.

    • @dfbess
      @dfbess 5 лет назад +2

      most machines used those back then for that exact reason..alkaline are to risky ..they pop way to easy.

  • @TheGorillafoot
    @TheGorillafoot 5 лет назад

    That's one cool machine in amazing shape. Fired right up out of the box like a champ.

  • @The_Black_Knight
    @The_Black_Knight 5 лет назад +19

    "A pinball machine that has been 25 years in the making." Bravo. This game is roughly "mid production" during the construction run of this title as identified by the S/N and date. Brings back memories of the two JPs I helped set up NIB in 1993 at State College, PA. "Ball search" problems are to be expected, if the game has not been burned in tested or on legs.

    • @bradballard4588
      @bradballard4588 Год назад

      1993 State College PA- first year at PSU, spent many hours at the arcade…

  • @lincoln3x7
    @lincoln3x7 5 лет назад +1

    When this came out I was working at a big arcade in St. Louis called Exhilarama (Crestwood Mall). We had 4 or 5 of these JP pins new when they came out. Was great fun back in the day.

  • @Andrew-tl9gk
    @Andrew-tl9gk 5 лет назад +180

    This assistant not allowed to touch anything on his own or even talk...

    • @lizard944
      @lizard944 5 лет назад +3

      Haha. I thought the same thing.

    • @VisionThing
      @VisionThing 5 лет назад +3

      Max Mustermann Yeah he was directed like a little kid.

    • @kdizzy07
      @kdizzy07 5 лет назад +9

      well yea, this machine wasn't cheap and is 25 years old so he might not know where you need to be extra delicate.
      I'm sure he'll get his own spin off movie eventually since you guys care about him so much :)

    • @marcelOberauer
      @marcelOberauer 5 лет назад +2

      I noticed that too. Apparently the cameraman was also forbidden to make any kind of comment... strange.

    • @thedevilwithin6336
      @thedevilwithin6336 5 лет назад +8

      Lol, you guys are reading too much into it. They probably discussed beforehand who would talk and who would do what.

  • @commonsenseprevails
    @commonsenseprevails Год назад +1

    Every pinball enthusiasts dream what you guys have just done. WHAT a find and what a joy. You're unboxing rare history of finding something so old that's still NEW. I could feel how you felt and I'm sure everyone watching could also

  • @FonsoMaroni
    @FonsoMaroni 5 лет назад +20

    This is one of the coolest unboxings I have ever seen!

  • @The90sGamingGuy
    @The90sGamingGuy 5 лет назад

    Wow this is amazing to see a JP pinball machine that was never used until this year. I am a huge Jurassic Park fan and love the first three films as well as JW. The first movie will always be special to me and its my favorite in the franchise

  • @chrissikora8228
    @chrissikora8228 5 лет назад +4

    ive only seen one in my life that was back when i was 8. Such a beautiful pinball machine. Nice to see one completely new and never have any issues.

  • @rollover36
    @rollover36 5 лет назад +1

    These machine are one of the reasons I got interested in electronics at an early age, I wanted to be an Electronics Engineer; I'm in IT, never finished High School ;)

  • @MrENT18
    @MrENT18 5 лет назад +4

    When the machine powered on I fell in love.

  • @WhosHorrify
    @WhosHorrify 2 года назад

    My grandfather bought me one of these at a yard sale brand new in box sometime in the early 2000's.. I still have it in the box and it's never been opened.
    Thanks for reminding me of him and this machine.

  • @seagramrip187
    @seagramrip187 5 лет назад +83

    Man I remember playing this back in the old days at the arcades after watching the movie 🍿 best days ever no bills no worries 😉

    • @Anth230
      @Anth230 5 лет назад +7

      Funny how life works that way....the older we get the less fun and more worries...😣

    • @Pingaheimer
      @Pingaheimer 5 лет назад +1

      lol yeah

    • @kevinbaird7277
      @kevinbaird7277 5 лет назад +8

      Incredible, i bet all you thought about was changing the life you had then, i want a wife, i want children, i want a house, i want a good job, no you didn't want those things, that is what society wanted you to have, you wanted to date, have sex, play pinball, hang out in your friends garage whilst his mom was at work, cycle everywhere, no car man, no bills, no 03:10am diaper changes, no mortgage payment, we spend years complaining to our parents and hating what they stand for and within a short period of time become them, what is wrong with us.

    • @kylemendoza8860
      @kylemendoza8860 5 лет назад

      Now they don't have arcades lol

    • @resresres1
      @resresres1 5 лет назад

      I remember playing this Jurassic Pinball back in the 90's MANY times, it was and still is one of the best pinball machines even today.

  • @martinrodriguez5081
    @martinrodriguez5081 5 лет назад +1

    Hey guys !!!! you are amazing, please don't stop keep playing and teaching us... i mean pinball lovers all you want. Keep playing please!!!!!

  • @SonNguyen-mk2wq
    @SonNguyen-mk2wq 5 лет назад +4

    So very cool! F-14 Tomcat will always be my favorite pinball game and the one to begin my love for these machines.

  • @davidrice5495
    @davidrice5495 5 лет назад +2

    Almost teared up a couple times at viewing this. It's one of those things in life that is REAL magic. Incredible!

  • @rodneyking4183
    @rodneyking4183 5 лет назад +4

    Road Trip!!!!!! I will have to come up there and see that for myself. Time capsule from 1993. Amazing!

  • @TheNortherner88
    @TheNortherner88 5 лет назад +1

    I just had surgery and I have been couch bound watching youtube for a week. This is, by far, the coolest video I've seen yet. I was 5 when that machine was made, and I remember renting Jurassic Park. Thank you for recording this and posting it!

    • @TheNortherner88
      @TheNortherner88 5 лет назад +1

      Also either your camera has amazing stabilization or your camera man has incredibly steady hands.

    • @vpcabspinball886
      @vpcabspinball886  5 лет назад

      We have a gimble but it was acting up so that was actually my sons steady hand!

  • @Solitaire1
    @Solitaire1 5 лет назад +7

    I was salivating watching that. JP is one of my favorite machines of that era. And one of the ones that I was best at. Sure brought back some memories of me in my job at a movie theater (while Jurassic Park was playing) and that pinball was in the lobby. There were a few times that I came close to being late to clock in because I was tearing it up on that machine. Usually with a few kids watching who I would eventually turn my game and won credits over to when I had to give it up. Good times. Very nice find and I'm frankly envious.

    • @DespaceMan
      @DespaceMan 5 лет назад +1

      Let me guess the absolute favorite had to be Terminator 2 am I right?

  • @adrianfundescu5407
    @adrianfundescu5407 5 лет назад +1

    Priceless.I love pinballs,you must be really happy in the middle of that collection.

  • @bluelouboyle6701
    @bluelouboyle6701 5 лет назад +3

    I guess people were hard of hearing in '93! What a treasure, great find!

    • @TheTrutherFiles
      @TheTrutherFiles 5 лет назад +1

      not hard of hearing back in 93 the louder the better! Just like that song "Turn up the raido!"... i miss them days we are so lame now

  • @devviem
    @devviem 5 лет назад

    The strings holding and connecting the batteries was under stress for the past 26 years and the still go "poing!", that is amazing!

  • @EricFBG
    @EricFBG 5 лет назад +3

    When I see the Data East logo, the music from Side Pocket automatically starts to play in my mind.
    Great times, great games.

    • @uacho
      @uacho 5 лет назад +1

      You are not the only one, brother

  • @filipevieira3343
    @filipevieira3343 5 лет назад

    This was the best pinball machine I've ever played. I remember when I was younger doing 10 miles just to play it, it was so entertaining... When that place closed I was so sad. Nowadays I can't play these machines in my country, they just don't exist almost anywhere. Thanks for the share, one of these days I'll get one for sure... When I have the money.

  • @dave1135
    @dave1135 5 лет назад +3

    The artwork on that is fantastic, but the real Jem is the electronics, what a work of art! There is one of these at a arcade/bowling alley in a town 75 miles from me I used to live in in the early eighties. I got a stack of quarters and spent a while playing it. Was a little rusty, but I got several thousand points, a bunch of credits, and #4 in the initial ranking. Was a lot of fun

  • @Graybeard_
    @Graybeard_ 2 года назад

    I was way into pinball when I was a kid. Each summer my family would camp our way from California back east to visit relatives (1968-1972). Every campground that had a small concession/snack bar usually had a couple of pinball machines, so I would play them all the way across the U.S. and back each summer. Back then they were very basic. It was a dime for a single game and a quarter for three games. There was a mechanical plunger you pushed in to load the next ball and another spring loaded one you pulled to shoot the ball. Many hours of pure fun.

  • @FloydMaxwell
    @FloydMaxwell 5 лет назад +4

    One of my all-time favorites for playability. Cool beans.

  • @testikuskitestdrivr6012
    @testikuskitestdrivr6012 5 лет назад +1

    So glad I got to live the arcade era. This video felt warm inside of me.

  • @cooleobrad
    @cooleobrad 5 лет назад +7

    Amazing stuff. Pinball machines are such an underappreciated piece of tech these days.

    • @AJR-zg2py
      @AJR-zg2py 2 года назад

      The main problems are sourcing parts and finding someone in your area who has the knowledge to repair it. Unless you learn to do everything by yourself should something go wrong, it can be very time-consuming and expensive to get the cabinet back up and running.

  • @mongochef1
    @mongochef1 4 года назад

    When Jurassic Park came out, I was managing a movie theater. We had one of these machines. I spent so many hours playing it that I could put in two quarters and pretty much play for an hour.

  • @retroforce6919
    @retroforce6919 5 лет назад +30

    Truly amazing how after 25 years later it still looks factory fresh and it plays! 👍

    • @vpcabspinball886
      @vpcabspinball886  5 лет назад +4

      Could have been so many things wrong but it was absolutely perfect!!

    • @DespaceMan
      @DespaceMan 5 лет назад +1

      That's because 25 years ago they build thing to last.

    • @retroforce6919
      @retroforce6919 5 лет назад

      @@DespaceMan indeed 👍

  • @Lemonade197
    @Lemonade197 5 лет назад +1

    Cool !!! I'm from 1976 i grow in the 80's with Pinball what amazing time ! !! ! !! !

  • @jazzcat123
    @jazzcat123 5 лет назад +84

    This is when you pull it apart and scan all the artwork , for posterity. And Virtual pinball recreation.

    • @jazzcat123
      @jazzcat123 5 лет назад +12

      Scan All the documents too.

    • @mattclawson
      @mattclawson 5 лет назад +14

      @@jazzcat123 Yes!!! VPCabs, please scan the documents if you haven't already.

    • @davidmcgill1000
      @davidmcgill1000 5 лет назад +1

      And dump all the ROMs.

    • @dfbess
      @dfbess 5 лет назад +3

      I agree 100%.. with this one being in MINT condition this is a perfect one to use ..

    • @fawkurface46
      @fawkurface46 5 лет назад

      problem is...why would they..if they make a virtual pinball of this (which I would love) why would anyone buy the original. yes it's a piece of history but would you buy 10 pinball games because you like the artwork or 1 that contains all the artwork plus more. they would be shooting themselves in the foot

  • @jimmymalmqvist
    @jimmymalmqvist 5 лет назад +2

    "Excellence in quality for the 1990s". God bless youtube and you guys!

  • @Abesta83
    @Abesta83 5 лет назад +3

    Man, this game brings back so many memories. Love it!

  • @desperado1265
    @desperado1265 3 месяца назад

    Oh man my childhood just kicked in man I miss them days haha Jurassic park and terminator were my favourite ones

  • @MondoMurderface
    @MondoMurderface 5 лет назад +45

    I dont know jack about pinball machines, but when I see a heatsink that old I desperately want to reapply thermal paste.

    • @biglift1
      @biglift1 5 лет назад +10

      the old school thermal past was WAY better then the junk they use now days .. it will last an other 50 years

  • @hatednyc
    @hatednyc 5 лет назад +1

    “...would’ve looked like?” What it did...what is DOES look like! It’s Brand New! Fantastic Find, guys!

  • @Daehawk
    @Daehawk 5 лет назад +24

    Neat. In 93 I was 24. Arcades were going away. Pinball was not my favorite as a kid but as I aged I enjoyed it more...then they were gone.

    • @MyNextShotWontMiss
      @MyNextShotWontMiss 5 лет назад +1

      I was 17 and I don't remember seeing pinball machines at all in '93. I do miss the arcades in the '80s though.

    • @unique11124
      @unique11124 5 лет назад +1

      Same timeline here. Good news. Pinball is back. Big time.

    • @4_I_M_A_RainDog2
      @4_I_M_A_RainDog2 5 лет назад

      I was 3.....I remeber one arcade that lasted in our local mall until I was about 12 or 13. Luckily a 10 minute drive from where I live now, there is a "retro" arcade. No ticket games, 20-30 pinball tables and over 100 arcade cabinets. Everything 25-75 cents, except the newer pinballs like the new star wars and beetles which I know is over $1 per play

    • @stockloc
      @stockloc 5 лет назад +1

      I wish I could go back in time to give 24 year old you a smartphone to enjoy pinball.

    • @firesurfer
      @firesurfer 5 лет назад

      Don't feel bad. In the 70's I thought it was too bad that arcades were going away. In Times Square most of the big arcades already went out of business. There were only two left by the early '80s.

  • @adamr-4343
    @adamr-4343 5 лет назад +1

    So satisfying to watch this

  • @vlad48329reborn
    @vlad48329reborn 5 лет назад +21

    The T-Rex looks so happy when you turn it on for the first time. Just look at it dancing. ^_^
    "Thank you daddy! Let's play a game!"
    36:00

  • @Braz__
    @Braz__ 5 лет назад +1

    Wow - what an amazing machine!!!! I´ve played it by myself 25yrs ago....

  • @jimmihenry
    @jimmihenry 5 лет назад +4

    Thank you for sharing, 40 minutes and 15 seconds magic! What a feeling :)

  • @christophersines8238
    @christophersines8238 2 года назад +1

    First movie I ever saw was Jurassic park, was seven. My grandparents took me and pissed my mom off. Wasn’t”t even heavy enough to hold down the theatre seat. Was epic.

  • @OrangeHarrisonRB3
    @OrangeHarrisonRB3 5 лет назад +8

    Somewhere for a brief period in the 90's a box factory was making small boxes that said "gun inside"

    • @krazykarl0
      @krazykarl0 5 лет назад

      Orange Harrison my guess is that it was stamped onto the box during packaging, not manufacturing

  • @davesflix
    @davesflix 5 лет назад +1

    Great video unboxing. It's nice to see IC machines without leaky batteries. I used to operate and repair electro-mechanical pinball machines and jukeboxes in the early 70s. Not many of us left that fix those.

  • @control_the_pet_population
    @control_the_pet_population 5 лет назад +5

    It's always interesting to discover forgotten stuff that sat in a corner somewhere for decades... My friend's grandmother and her 2nd husband bought a sit down / cocktail Ms.Pac Man machine sometime in the 1981/82 timeframe. I was only over their house once, probably in the summer of '82, and I thought that it was the coolest shit imaginable that somebody's grandparents had an arcade game in their den!!! And you are friggin kidding me... you can play it without having to put in quarters?!?! [my 8 year old mind melted]. Anyways, my friend's grandma gets a divorce from 2nd husband a year or two later and from what my friend was told... that was the end of the Ms.Pac Man machine... apparently step-grandpa took it with him in the divorce.
    Turns out grandma had it moved into the storage / laundry room attached to the back of the garage in preparation to sell it, but eventually that must have fell through. At some point, she threw a sheet over it and had old books and christmas decorations and shit stacked on top of it for over 30 years! My friend was over there countless times and never noticed it.... he sent me a picture of it when he discovered it after grandma passed away. He said it powered up and looked playable on the screen, but the speakers were making an awful noise, so he shut if off until somebody qualified could look at it... this all happened a good five or six years ago by now... and I haven't talk to him much recently... but finding this video has inspired me to social media stalk him and find out what happened to it... can't let it be lost again to a dusty corner! "Hey Old Friend... it's been too long! how's the wife and kids? job treating you well? So.... what ever happened to that Ms.Pac Man machine from Dead Grandma's house?"

    • @brettv8
      @brettv8 5 лет назад

      Do it man!!

    • @rricci
      @rricci 5 лет назад

      I would lay it out on the table (no pun intended...even I don't buy that) "Hi My Favorite Grandson Whose Grandmother Bought A Pac-Man Table. How ya doing" Played Pac Man lately?"
      I have no shame!

  • @cvtt3194
    @cvtt3194 5 лет назад +2

    Never been a huge fan of pinball but I remember playing this when I was a kid because JP was my favorite movie. So nostalgic!

  • @johnnyjj2009
    @johnnyjj2009 5 лет назад +34

    "is it heavy?" Yeah "then it's expensive, put it back!" Haha

  • @wallaguest1
    @wallaguest1 5 лет назад +2

    thats just incredible how complex is its from inside and so on, amazing

  • @ratbert86
    @ratbert86 5 лет назад +26

    I remember unboxing one of these back in '93. Not as exciting back then when the main goal was to get the locks changed and lock bar on it so I could get it out on the route and making money...

    • @raccoon681
      @raccoon681 5 лет назад +2

      did it make a fair amount

  • @MaxiZamac
    @MaxiZamac 5 лет назад +2

    What a nostalgia trip! Amazing to see this brand new machine.

  • @travallen5481
    @travallen5481 5 лет назад +8

    I worked for Data East on that game and every game after that, then they became Sega and left before they became Stern.

  • @tjzambonischwartz
    @tjzambonischwartz 5 лет назад +1

    Oh man, this was a titanic blast of childhood nostalgia for me. I was 10 in 1993, and Jurassic Park was MY THING. I was desperate to see the movie, and my mom said she wouldn't let me see the movie until I read the book first. So I read the book that weekend, LOVED IT, and then saw the movie 7 times in the theater.
    At the mall, right next to the movie theater, was the "Tilt Arcade" and after every screening of Jurassic Park, and many other movies I'd see at the Harkins Tri-City 5 theater in subsequent years, I'd go to the arcade after the movie and play Jurassic Park Pinball.
    1993 is the only single year of my life I'm SUPER nostalgic about, so this insanely cool to see.

  • @theIncredibleMRQUICK
    @theIncredibleMRQUICK 5 лет назад +11

    God this was so fun to watch, like going in a time machine and doing it all over again. Great video, thank you for sharing.

  • @elevate32767
    @elevate32767 5 лет назад +1

    Wow! What a find

  • @wilsvgaddiction4456
    @wilsvgaddiction4456 5 лет назад +6

    This was incredibly cool and interesting. Thanks for sharing.

  • @TherealElliot
    @TherealElliot 5 лет назад

    Wow!
    Seeing it working took me right back to 1993, I was running a small computer games shop called "The Games Room 2" in Sutton south London, just over the road was a lazer tag arena called "The Mega Zone" and they had this Jurassic Park pinball game in the arcade in the lobby, and I used to play it regularly, happy memories :)

  • @FullyGored
    @FullyGored 5 лет назад +7

    The 4 corner cardboard boxes you removed at the start, use them to slide it out of the main box =)
    We used to inport them (Bally/williams) then Data East into New Zealand in the 90's

    • @haku8645
      @haku8645 5 лет назад

      Did they create 230-240V versions of the machines or did you have to use transformers?

  • @cargar62
    @cargar62 5 лет назад

    KILLER FIND!!!! Those sounds take me back

  • @igifford
    @igifford 5 лет назад +3

    Love hearing the train sounds around 6:40-ish

  • @pjousma
    @pjousma 2 года назад

    Ah man, that back panels inside looks so cool, real craftmanship.

  • @STANTHEMANLEED
    @STANTHEMANLEED 5 лет назад +5

    Damn I wish I could have this beauty.
    I feel like you guys should look into scanning the artwork and molding all of the parts that fade and break on these machines so they can be reproduced, especially since this machine is basically perfect.

  • @moefitzgerald4439
    @moefitzgerald4439 5 лет назад

    I was born in 98, so this thing was built a couple of years before I was born but I remember playing on a similar machine in the early 2000's at a local pizza place and I would play the hell out of it!!! It looked the exact same as this one but the only difference I could spot was that the the t-rex on the machine that I played on was painted a dark green. Other than that, watching this video brought back a lot of memories!

  • @ArturoIbarra
    @ArturoIbarra 5 лет назад +3

    Wow! What a trip to my youth man. Really nice video and thanks for sharing.

  • @Redderz
    @Redderz 2 года назад +1

    Absolutely brilliant! What an amazing machine, thank you for sharing this.

  • @vogmar1
    @vogmar1 5 лет назад +25

    It's fitting that it would be a Jurassic Park.

    • @soter305
      @soter305 5 лет назад +1

      vogmar1 good call.

    • @LordBhorak
      @LordBhorak 5 лет назад +1

      In my opinion, it would be even more fitting if it would have been Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark. ;)

  • @OGSontar
    @OGSontar 2 года назад

    Ah, memories, sweet memories! So many hours, so many quarters spent playing various pinball games. I was growing up just as the arcade craze was hitting, and must have spent several fortunes playing the countless games available near my home.
    While I'd love very much to have all that money now, I don't begrudge a single play. Thank you for the walk down memory lane.

  • @skykitchen992
    @skykitchen992 5 лет назад +7

    I recently inherited my Uncles home and in the corner of his basement was a unopened crate with a Dancing Lady pinball machine by Gottlieb inside of it. It was never used, completely wrapped including all hardware and paperwork. Why it was never opened none of us knew, but I do plan to have it put together and hope that it may work. Already received several offers for it, but I plan to keep it. Great video Thanks!

    • @vpcabspinball886
      @vpcabspinball886  5 лет назад +1

      Congrats! Have fun

    • @wtfhlostonparadise8278
      @wtfhlostonparadise8278 5 лет назад +2

      But but I’ll give you a million dollars

    • @TheWallace6969
      @TheWallace6969 5 лет назад +1

      congrats! super rare and beautiful pin! please post if you get a chance.

    • @JAMESMANHUNT9
      @JAMESMANHUNT9 5 лет назад

      enjoy the game

    • @Fireship1
      @Fireship1 5 лет назад

      Sky Kitchen it would be awesome if you could make an unboxing and assemble video of it. Gottlieb machines are super awesome!

  • @wideyon5
    @wideyon5 5 лет назад

    So jealous! Jurassic park pinball was one of my absolute favorites as a kid.. so much money and time sunk into this machine. Nice find fellas

  • @reaper15a
    @reaper15a 5 лет назад +3

    I remember dumping so much money into one of these, at Alladin's Castle in Valdosta, GA. Also helped the owner rewire the harness for the Gun cause it had developed a short.
    Brought back some great memories.

  • @zuur303
    @zuur303 5 лет назад +2

    Gotta say I'm also impressed by the packaging job. So many bespoke parts to protect the machine.

  • @OVERKILL_PINBALL
    @OVERKILL_PINBALL 5 лет назад +3

    Amazing, thank you for sharing with the world

  • @wallyman292
    @wallyman292 5 лет назад +1

    pretty cool! Reminds me of unboxing my first telescope. A Meade LX-90. Just had to sit there and stare at it after first opening. A beautiful machine!

  • @MicheIIePucca
    @MicheIIePucca 5 лет назад +18

    One of the most complex arcades... the PCB's... big honkin' transformer... and thick wiring harnesses all tidy n'such... just wow.

    • @balto2455
      @balto2455 5 лет назад

      avatar fan uh?

    • @carlospulpo4205
      @carlospulpo4205 5 лет назад +1

      And dispute the size of the connectors, most the the issues with older pinball and arcade games was over current burnout of the connectors. In fact I rarely seen a pinball backboard without some of the harnesses blackened from burning up. We used to run extra wires to shore up the +5V and +12V power rails.

  • @doktoroptimo
    @doktoroptimo 5 лет назад +1

    such an untouched beauty!

  • @noladol
    @noladol 5 лет назад +23

    Must be nice to be able to "lose track" of a pinball machine. For over 20 years.

    • @noworriesmate8287
      @noworriesmate8287 5 лет назад +3

      noladol
      I lost track of my wife for 20 years. Then UPS delivered her 😞

  • @ninjadad5998
    @ninjadad5998 5 лет назад

    This was my favorite! I used to waste my paycheck as a teen on this one. Thanks guys!

  • @amigi5001
    @amigi5001 5 лет назад +14

    How funny is this, while I am watching this Video my wife changes TV Channel and jurassic Park is Running on TV 😂

    • @izoyt
      @izoyt 5 лет назад +1

      it's not by random ;)

  • @plume...
    @plume... 5 лет назад +1

    Bloody hell! That was amazing! I really didn't think it would power up... BAM!

  • @ivanr3107
    @ivanr3107 5 лет назад +36

    4am and I'm watching a pinball machine unboxing video. WTF brain

    • @JavoCover
      @JavoCover 5 лет назад

      5am here

    • @nickleibert9853
      @nickleibert9853 5 лет назад

      @@JavoCover 1:20am here...I still have a ton of random youtube videos to watch until 5am!

    • @JavoCover
      @JavoCover 5 лет назад

      @@nickleibert9853 2:20am just starting a new anime (ep 3), and coming from 4 hours of this demonic youtube

    • @NikhchansGaming
      @NikhchansGaming 5 лет назад

      2:02 AM lol...Your comment should serve as a reminder to wind up...but knowing my self..

    • @JavoCover
      @JavoCover 5 лет назад +1

      @@NikhchansGaming At least we know we are not doing well.... Kind of.

  • @RF-vg5kv
    @RF-vg5kv 5 лет назад +1

    I grew up near a little corner store that always had one or two pinball games, i remember they did have this game. i spent many of quarters and time at that store with friends seeing who can get the highest scores and tournaments against eachother. Such good memories this brings back, i loved playing pinball machines.

  • @Nostalgianerd
    @Nostalgianerd 5 лет назад +11

    When it starts up.... OH YEAHHH.

  • @LoyalFromATL
    @LoyalFromATL 5 лет назад +1

    That was great, that took me back to my childhood playing that game. That and Terminator 2 pinball were my favorites.