Baby Pac-Man was my first experience with a pinball game based on an arcade game, and it was also the first hybrid video arcade games/pinball game that I know of or played.
@@Charlesb88 Actually, Gottlieb's "Caveman" was released a few months prior to Baby Pac Man, so technically that makes Baby Pac Man the second video-pinball hybrid.
Caveman was a pinball with a tiny TV in it. It wasn’t really a hybrid in the same sense. Also caveman sucked and doesn’t have a standard monitor like you’d think. Baby Pac starts as an arcade machine and you have to move down to the pinball to earn power ups
The fact I got to play with this machine loads as a kid... BLOWS MY MIND now that I know there was about 500 of them made. Still remember to this day losing countless games over those Warp Pipes, still a fun time though.
I love obscure stuff like this. There's also a Mario-themed slot machine and a very mysterious Kirby arcade machine. Those need covering at some point. And who knows what else is out there?
I remember that particular pinball machine on El Quisco, Chile, near the fair area... only 1 coin to play and i pulled a lot of tickets to exchange them for pop corn or cotton candy, those days were the best, sweet memories playing that machine over and over. EDIT: this machine and a popular Mario Bros arcade with the graphics of the SNES remake in All Stars, that arcade was so hard to play that i couldn't finish a single level.
Awesome! Arcades should make a comeback. I miss going to them and seeing all the bright lights from the machines. I played a lot of games in arcades. I loved the one that used to be at the mall where I lived in NY.
The "Pinball Hall of Fame" in Las Vegas actually has one of these, I didn't know it was rare when I played it several months ago. It's actually far too easy of a game, my first quarter got me about 15 minutes of playtime on it, mainly because the balls were constantly going into the pipes, and it's fairly easy to recover the ball from the pipe once it shoots out. So it was basically a long string of the ball falling into the pipe, it shooting out and me hitting it, then it falling into the pipe again and repeat.
You definitely did your research on this pinball machine. You should do more videos on pinball machines to expand your channel's reach since entirely new pinball games are being made these days by Stern (the new Munsters game, for example, to be shown off at SFGE in Atlanta in July), Spooky Pinball, and about 4 - 6 other new companies.
Pinballz in Austin, TX has the first Gottlieb cabinet available to play for anyone who’s ever around that area (And is a great arcade with a big selection of both new and old games in general).
A bar near me has both Super Mario Bros and Mushroom World. I love both machines a lot, but I actually enjoy Mushroom World a little bit more. Both a tons of fun though and I’d definitely recommend giving them a try if you come across them.
I own this pin, and there is in fact a way to flip the ball to the opposite flipper. You just have to anticipate the ball coming out of the pipe, and bounce it off of the tip of the flipper. If done right, you can hold the ball and position it for the left ramp/multiball pipe. The pipes are also not that bad. Just as it seems in the video, many models of this game are missing an important auxiliary board, which activates flashers that tell you when the ball will emerge, and from which pipe. When I first bought mine, it didn't have the board either, which made the game much more difficult. There is actually a brighter side to it's size though; due to the shorter length, it is far less likely than a full-sized pin for your ball to suffer a "SDTM" ("straight-down-the-middle" death, which is when your ball drains after falling the length of the plafield down the center and between the flippers). Thing is, it is likely that very little of this is known due to it's rarity.
Man, I havent seen this machine is years. The SMB3 one was paired up next to another pinball machine at an old skating rink I used to go to. I gotta see if they still have it I had no idea it was so rare! Good video as always
I played this machine as a kid in the early to mid 90s at a local skating rink, in western MA. Interesting facts about its production numbers! Haven't seen it since, but there is a SMW machine in the Seattle area I've since encountered. Thanks for the nostalgia hit, cheers!
I went to an arcade down in Tennessee a year back. They had the original Super Mario Bros pinball machine there, and I played it the most out of all the machines there. I loved it. I wish I could go back and play it. I also got to play F-Zero AX there and that was a blast too.
I know decades ago somewhere in the early 90s I stumbled across one of these (not sure which version) in an arcade area of some store or business. (I just can't remember where it's been too long) I remember thinking how cool it was cuz as you play the display would have a Mario going forward jumping on goombas/turtles and hitting blocks. I had no idea these were as rare as they were though I haven't seen one since so there's that.
When you were up there did you see the GoldenEye pinball machine, I'm curious if they have it there even though it's based on the movie. I've been wanting to buy one but it's way too expensive, I had to settle with the head of the machine instead.
Me and my wife were supposed to go there one year but it never ended up happening it is definitely on my bucket list of museums to visit. I hear it’s mostly videogame related stuff but not 100% sure
I didn't realize this was so uncommon. This is the only one I've ever played. There's one at the Skylon Tower in Niagara Falls, and I know it's this one and not the other one because it's actually set up for kids, so adults either have to bend down or kneel to play it.
Saw this at the concession stand at my local drive-in theater about 20-21 years ago; but it wasn’t working. The Space Jam one was working though and it kicked ass.
I know an even more rare game than this. That's called Genghis Khan. So rare that you probably cannot find it online, but you can find it in The Pinball Museum in Seattle. Still functional and payable. Can't remember exactly, but I think there was about 500 units that have been sold. Super Mario Bros. I played that at the local bar. Good game!
First, I'm not a fan of super Mario bros on the NES. Second, wow! You were able to play that pinball machine. I played it at a laundromat years ago, but it got taken out of the place. Third, the predecessor called super Mario bros (pinball) has been put back on the list of games organized by system on the super Mario wiki and lots of games, versions of games, ports and systems are being put on that page all by one guy by looking through the internet and the crevices of the wiki. His name is Lord Falafel and he seems to be doing a great job. He's currently hunting down officially licensed Adobe flash games, but is always looking for other kinds of games.
I remember seeing this machine at Woodbine casino! I never played it, but I do remember seeing it at the kids arcade section of Woodbine Casino... how did this become so rare?
I've seen one of the Mushroom World machines at a family fun center in Indianapolis, IN. called Greatimes. I'm not sure if they still have it or not, I haven't stepped foot in that place for years.
I only saw 4 of the original SMB pinball in the field (two of them were in museums)...I found the game MUCH to easy and was able to play around 4 hours on my initial buy-in (3 credits for $1.00)
I know I've played one of these two at the Pinball Hall of Fame in Las Vegas, although I forget which. I remember it being smaller than most, so it may have been Mushroom World.
The larger Super Mario Bros. pinball machine is really fun and challenging to try to beat all 7 castles. I haven't played this smaller version, but not sure how gameplay would be. Having said that, I'd own one anyway.
The old family amusement center/mini golf course in my neck of the woods had one of these in their lobby. I didn’t know how rare it was until this video though, and I’m guessing neither did they since they sold it to a collector a while back and presumably got ripped off in the process.
I remember playing that table at a local arcade back in the day. It was alright but hard like you said. I really liked the Time Machine pin ball by Data East. But good luck trying to get one of those that was like 25 years ago.
This looks so cool though. Pity there wasn’t more of these made. Like who was watching the Addams family and was thinking *but I wish I could play this on a pinball machine*
Pretty sure I played this in a beach arcade last month. Tucked way in the back with many old arcade games. I have to check my photos to see if it's the same. It was fun but hard.
My local gamestore has the super mario world themed one, the more common one of the two
It's playable too
My local hookah bar has one, it's pretty fun! I got the high score
One of my local game stores has the "Super Mario Bros" one playable i really want that one its so cool and fun
The Super Mario Bros. Mushroom World Cabinet is much rarer. I think there is about 500+ in circulation currently.
I've never heard specific pinball machine critiques until now, Thank you Rerez, you have just majorly supercharged my life.
You might enjoy the channel Straight Down the Middle, funny guys who do great in-depth pinball machine reviews regularly.
"Players can win tickets"
Then I HAVE played this! I thought I was a lunatic for remembering a Mario pinball table that have tickets.
Has*
@@mischiefthedegenerateratto7464 Whatever would I do without the internet to remind me touch screens are not for my large hands? Thank you so much.
@@Monotonegent you probably would still go on making mistakes without fixing them
Baby PAC MAN is a unique one too. Combining a super short pinball table with a full video game screen.
We had that at a Major Magic's location here in Metro Detroit and I must have played that for hours. It was really fun
Baby Pac-Man was my first experience with a pinball game based on an arcade game, and it was also the first hybrid video arcade games/pinball game that I know of or played.
@@Charlesb88 Actually, Gottlieb's "Caveman" was released a few months prior to Baby Pac Man, so technically that makes Baby Pac Man the second video-pinball hybrid.
Caveman was a pinball with a tiny TV in it. It wasn’t really a hybrid in the same sense. Also caveman sucked and doesn’t have a standard monitor like you’d think.
Baby Pac starts as an arcade machine and you have to move down to the pinball to earn power ups
The fact I got to play with this machine loads as a kid... BLOWS MY MIND now that I know there was about 500 of them made. Still remember to this day losing countless games over those Warp Pipes, still a fun time though.
I love obscure stuff like this. There's also a Mario-themed slot machine and a very mysterious Kirby arcade machine. Those need covering at some point. And who knows what else is out there?
They have one of these at Pinball Perfection in Pittsburgh. The Space Center Arcade at Parkway Center Mall also had one when I was a kid.
I remember that particular pinball machine on El Quisco, Chile, near the fair area...
only 1 coin to play and i pulled a lot of tickets to exchange them for pop corn or cotton candy, those days were the best, sweet memories playing that machine over and over.
EDIT: this machine and a popular Mario Bros arcade with the graphics of the SNES remake in All Stars, that arcade was so hard to play that i couldn't finish a single level.
I actually remember playing on this one time at some arcade in Utah...
Sloth yeah I also played one in Vegas
Seth Pickett Nice!
I remember playing this at a Disney World Hotel in '93-'94 over my summer vacation. I absolutely loved this game!
They had this at Discovery Zone when I was a kid! I remember watching my mom play this all the time.
Awesome! Arcades should make a comeback. I miss going to them and seeing all the bright lights from the machines. I played a lot of games in arcades. I loved the one that used to be at the mall where I lived in NY.
The "Pinball Hall of Fame" in Las Vegas actually has one of these, I didn't know it was rare when I played it several months ago. It's actually far too easy of a game, my first quarter got me about 15 minutes of playtime on it, mainly because the balls were constantly going into the pipes, and it's fairly easy to recover the ball from the pipe once it shoots out. So it was basically a long string of the ball falling into the pipe, it shooting out and me hitting it, then it falling into the pipe again and repeat.
You definitely did your research on this pinball machine. You should do more videos on pinball machines to expand your channel's reach since entirely new pinball games are being made these days by Stern (the new Munsters game, for example, to be shown off at SFGE in Atlanta in July), Spooky Pinball, and about 4 - 6 other new companies.
Munsters sucks lol
Silver Ball Planet in Osaka, Japan has both machines! This is definitely the more challenging of the two... 🤣 Those pipes are brutal!!
Ya mean pinball?
Damn and I literally was just about to go to your channel too
Pinballz in Austin, TX has the first Gottlieb cabinet available to play for anyone who’s ever around that area (And is a great arcade with a big selection of both new and old games in general).
A bar near me has both Super Mario Bros and Mushroom World. I love both machines a lot, but I actually enjoy Mushroom World a little bit more. Both a tons of fun though and I’d definitely recommend giving them a try if you come across them.
Oh yeah it was promoted in nintendo power volume 38 for street fighter 2: the world warrior
Are you sure you aren't referring to the larger version?
David B. I may be But check it online they should have a photo of the mario pinball sweepstakes
I own the magazine and the larger version of the pinball machine. The ad features the large version in the magazine in Volume 38.
David B. Oh ok thanks for letting me know
I own this pin, and there is in fact a way to flip the ball to the opposite flipper. You just have to anticipate the ball coming out of the pipe, and bounce it off of the tip of the flipper. If done right, you can hold the ball and position it for the left ramp/multiball pipe.
The pipes are also not that bad. Just as it seems in the video, many models of this game are missing an important auxiliary board, which activates flashers that tell you when the ball will emerge, and from which pipe. When I first bought mine, it didn't have the board either, which made the game much more difficult.
There is actually a brighter side to it's size though; due to the shorter length, it is far less likely than a full-sized pin for your ball to suffer a "SDTM" ("straight-down-the-middle" death, which is when your ball drains after falling the length of the plafield down the center and between the flippers).
Thing is, it is likely that very little of this is known due to it's rarity.
Great info. I think this game is one of the best ever created. Ditto on the ability to change the ball to the other flipper.
Man, I havent seen this machine is years. The SMB3 one was paired up next to another pinball machine at an old skating rink I used to go to. I gotta see if they still have it I had no idea it was so rare! Good video as always
The Game Grumps have one of those
I'm pretty sure I played this back in the day. Bullwinkles on Long Island had it before they changed the name.
That same exact unit later went to Fun Zone in Farmingdale (where I first played it circa 2007-2008), and is now owed by a collector in Texas.
I played this machine as a kid in the early to mid 90s at a local skating rink, in western MA. Interesting facts about its production numbers! Haven't seen it since, but there is a SMW machine in the Seattle area I've since encountered. Thanks for the nostalgia hit, cheers!
I went to an arcade down in Tennessee a year back. They had the original Super Mario Bros pinball machine there, and I played it the most out of all the machines there. I loved it. I wish I could go back and play it. I also got to play F-Zero AX there and that was a blast too.
Now THIS needs to get 1 million views!!!
Wow. This is such a cool pinball machine!
As a fan of Pinball and Super Mario, I thank you for this video.
I for sure played this machine at the local mini golf place as a kid. Crazy throw back.
I know decades ago somewhere in the early 90s I stumbled across one of these (not sure which version) in an arcade area of some store or business.
(I just can't remember where it's been too long) I remember thinking how cool it was cuz as you play the display would have a Mario going forward jumping on goombas/turtles and hitting blocks. I had no idea these were as rare as they were though I haven't seen one since so there's that.
At least this pinball machine is a lot better than Mario Pinball Land.
How cool! I played this one in Tokyo! As far as I know it's still there in the Decks mall arcade in Odaiba for those curious!
I would love a Rerez Pinball channel where you talk about pinball machines!!
I love little game oddities like this
I tried that mario pinball machine at the arcade in the mall at myrtle beach in 2014 until they shut down the arcade
They reopened that arcade last year, it's the same owners. However, they didn't have this machine they had the more common Super Mario World machine.
Even before loot boxes, companies used shady tactics and unfair gameplay to swindle gamers out of their money
Doesn't Arin from Game Grumps have the one in the thumbnail?
Smsry his work does
When you were up there did you see the GoldenEye pinball machine, I'm curious if they have it there even though it's based on the movie.
I've been wanting to buy one but it's way too expensive, I had to settle with the head of the machine instead.
Me and my wife were supposed to go there one year but it never ended up happening it is definitely on my bucket list of museums to visit. I hear it’s mostly videogame related stuff but not 100% sure
I remember seeing this machine once here in Uruguay. Never tought it would be rare
I didn't realize this was so uncommon. This is the only one I've ever played. There's one at the Skylon Tower in Niagara Falls, and I know it's this one and not the other one because it's actually set up for kids, so adults either have to bend down or kneel to play it.
I love this Pinball Machine
I remember this was at the Greyhound bus station in Chicago.
Super Mario Bros. Mushroom World was at an local arcade in the 90's
Saw this at the concession stand at my local drive-in theater about 20-21 years ago; but it wasn’t working. The Space Jam one was working though and it kicked ass.
A well clever hybrid design between analogue & digital components crammed inside,,,, and 12 years later, there was mario pinball land on the GBA.
Hey, I've played this before!
Edit: Wait, no, I haven't.
This is a neat table. But the problem is that Black Knight 2000 is like 15 feet away in the pinball room at Strong, so...
I know an even more rare game than this. That's called Genghis Khan. So rare that you probably cannot find it online, but you can find it in The Pinball Museum in Seattle. Still functional and payable. Can't remember exactly, but I think there was about 500 units that have been sold.
Super Mario Bros. I played that at the local bar. Good game!
I played this at the 'Pinball hall of fame' in Las Vegas, they also had the original punch-out arcade!
hey, i played this yesterday! at the very same museum! thank you for the video
How weird, I just saw the northern trip episode of Game Center CX and it had this machine in one of the arcades.
0:19 - Poor Mario looks like he's being _threatened_ into saying no to drugs.
Played one of these at canobe lake park. it was a cool experience.
First, I'm not a fan of super Mario bros on the NES. Second, wow! You were able to play that pinball machine. I played it at a laundromat years ago, but it got taken out of the place. Third, the predecessor called super Mario bros (pinball) has been put back on the list of games organized by system on the super Mario wiki and lots of games, versions of games, ports and systems are being put on that page all by one guy by looking through the internet and the crevices of the wiki. His name is Lord Falafel and he seems to be doing a great job. He's currently hunting down officially licensed Adobe flash games, but is always looking for other kinds of games.
I had the most fun ever playing these machines
Great vid, Shane!
I remember seeing this machine at Woodbine casino! I never played it, but I do remember seeing it at the kids arcade section of Woodbine Casino... how did this become so rare?
I've seen one of the Mushroom World machines at a family fun center in Indianapolis, IN. called Greatimes.
I'm not sure if they still have it or not, I haven't stepped foot in that place for years.
I only saw 4 of the original SMB pinball in the field (two of them were in museums)...I found the game MUCH to easy and was able to play around 4 hours on my initial buy-in (3 credits for $1.00)
I know I've played one of these two at the Pinball Hall of Fame in Las Vegas, although I forget which. I remember it being smaller than most, so it may have been Mushroom World.
I think i saw the blue one but it was broken, but idk might be a bootleg
I remember seeing it in various MaxMoeFoe videos in the background
The larger Super Mario Bros. pinball machine is really fun and challenging to try to beat all 7 castles. I haven't played this smaller version, but not sure how gameplay would be. Having said that, I'd own one anyway.
The old family amusement center/mini golf course in my neck of the woods had one of these in their lobby. I didn’t know how rare it was until this video though, and I’m guessing neither did they since they sold it to a collector a while back and presumably got ripped off in the process.
I remember playing that table at a local arcade back in the day. It was alright but hard like you said. I really liked the Time Machine pin ball by Data East. But good luck trying to get one of those that was like 25 years ago.
You made it sound like Super Mushrooms debuted in SMB 3 when everyone knows that they debuted in the first SMB game
0:19 Mario says "Say NO to Drugs". Says the guy who is always consuming mushrooms...
It would be nice if Nintendo rolled out some of these for arcades that still exist.
This looks so cool though. Pity there wasn’t more of these made.
Like who was watching the Addams family and was thinking *but I wish I could play this on a pinball machine*
I played this in an arcade before!!
I've always wanted to play the Super Mario Bros. (not Mushroom World) machine, but I have no idea where I could find one...
Your warp pipes are angled slightly off. You should be able to flick-pass to the opposite flipper consistently from any warp pipe exit.
I've played this machine before, wish I knew how rare it was at the time, would have played it a lot more.
First pinball machine I ever played!
Omg I LOVED this one and we played the same one! The first time I played for like 10 minutes!
Pretty sure I played this in a beach arcade last month. Tucked way in the back with many old arcade games. I have to check my photos to see if it's the same. It was fun but hard.
Yes, this was it. It's in New London, CT in case anyone finds this comment in the future. Hello from the past!
I've seen this in one of the arcades at one of the malls I go to. It's too bad it's no longer there.
I love my super mario bros pinball machine!... it's the small one from 92 tho...
I think that's a great pin to play on location but I don't think any pin collector in their right mind would ever want to own it
Slap Mario on just about anything and doesn't matter how much hard mode it is, people will love it. --Look at Somari--
I wish there was a Zelda or Metroid pinball table, that would be amazing
They had this at an arcade in Niagara Falls when I was a kid
Doesn't Arin Hanson (Egoraptor) have one at the Game Grumps Office?
I played one of these at a camp ground years ago I remember....
Pelham New Hampshire had an arcade called the Pinball Wizard and they had both machines there. No idea how rare the one featured in this video was 😨
I miss that place. Now I'm all sad.
I actually found it once at a Juan Pollo a long time ago as a kid.
I have found this pinball machine in Norway.
Damn that's a beautiful machine! 😍
Digital Press in Springfield, NJ has both. Worth a visit if you get a chance to drop in.
I know, you go there two
I'm pretty sure the Game Grumps have this Pinball Machine in their office.
Damn dude, ever hear of a lint roller? lol just fucking with you, good vid!
I actually got to play this machine in Canada at an Exhibition
Someone call either Zen Studios or Farsight for virtual recreations of these Mario pinball machines
It’s Waluigi’s Pinball lololol
my favorite pinball ever
I'd love to see this machine get remade by Pinball FX
Zen doesn’t have the license to gottlieb games
I so need that T-shirt.
Arcadia in McLean, IL has one.
I remember this pinball!!
I just purchased this exact machine today