aside from the High Speed series, Black Knight 2000, F-14 Tomcat and T2, this is one of my most favorite Steve Ritchie pinball games. As for the show, while it was short lived, it did well enough to surpass the ratings for the first season of American Gladiators. As for the game, it was quite fun, and the magnet really did help with scoring big points during Sudden Death mode.
After seeing the work you have done on this, I'm kicking myself for not picking one up as a project machine a few months back. Great work guys - might have to try hunting one down now.
A great sleeper game. One of the nice touches on this game, was the random looping of the locked balls, very distracting. And you freaked out "no warning of multi ball!!, oh wait.."
It's amazing that Steven is rolling the cabinets out and not spraying them by gun. Whatever paint and conditioner he's using looks great! It levels down nice with no hallidays.
Rollergames was probably the "easiest" of Ritchie's designs, but it really is a heck of a lot of fun and is overlooked. It really makes a great starter pin because it's difficult enough without being punishing. The music is still awesome all these years later. I think for that time period, Black Knight 2000, Swords of Fury, and Rollergames had the best music period. Swords of Fury is another really overlooked pin that is really fun too. I still remember "Go for the Wallllllllll!" twenty four years later....It's been twenty four years since the game came out. **shudder** I'm old.
Never knew this table's theme and soundtrack was based on a real TV-show. I've played a real one once in 1996 on a french 3-star campsite near Annecy. It was placed aside a Whirlwind and Dr. Dude and all had French ROMs installed. Later I was able to play the VPinMAME-driven replicas of these tables. This table is known as the 3rd "singing" pinball machine. Good restoration job!
Glad I finally found a video on this game, the skate rink in the town I grew up in had this machine and Terminator 2: Judgement Day. Never knew it was based on a tv show, too young to have watched Roller games.
Can't be 100% sure about this since we don't see a clear view of it in the video but some Rollergames machines have drop target S-K-A-T-E-S instead of stationary targets.
Unjustly overlooked because the show itself lasted a single season. Not one of Ritchie's immortal designs, but fast flow and good gimmicks, given how little material the actual show gave him to work with.
The backbox...first 1`00 had flash lamps, the next batch...not sure how many, but alot, just had holes where the flashers were---they were removed to save $$$, and last batch, no large holes for flash lamps at all. However, the game was still programmed and connector is there...so someone COULD add the flash lamps back in!
Interesting! Maybe it is!! Anyone out there know? This would be way before Whitewater though....so maybe a character from this game carried over to WW??
Any chance you could tell those of us that have an ocean between us and Chicago the secret of the first 100 Rollergames? It would be very expensive for me to find out haha!
Oddly enough, by some random happenstance, I think I know the difference for the first 100, but I don't want to ruin the "surprise," but I am curious if I am on the right track. Is it "target related" -- all I will say :)
Red claw from the left ramp return above the VUK? I've got one of these machines at home (and I'm in the UK) and it's missing that part and I was thinking of making one myself.
Oh, hold on, are you talking about the 5 bank drops for SKATE that was only in the prototype? Been thinking about retrofitting those to mine as I love drops!
I do actually own a pair of rollerblades as I was planning to self-teach myself (as I did with powerbocks) but despite my best efforts I just can't do it.
@@tntamusements I know I'm replying to a 9 year old comment, but I own one of these now! Great fun, though on mine the upper flipper can be kind of enthusiastic and send the ball out the ramp and onto the plastics then down the left outlane sometimes.
TNT Amusements Inc we dont have to pay tax in germany if it is for private use and freight it was a 10min drive maybe 10$ for gas and the game is complete Whit all ramps and plastics and the machine works perfectly no marks or anything playfield in very good shape
The music and female singers just isn't my speed. A friend has one and i could play all I want but is it just too annoying. Ill stick to my Black Night and High Speed.
awww man I know people in Chicago (dad won't go near because he thinks is the number 1 violent city in the usa smh do'h... much to his old friends dismay (hi rise condos, they don't like it when someone pinballs their city
and I'm sure Terry is great at unboxing :) Tammy is great at.. o_O wow ahem gotta pump Terry up. know how it is being left out... hmmm she was great at holding the camera on some videos. not a word. better than Frank behind the camera :D