A Super Nice 1987 Williams F-14 Tomcat Pinball Machine with LED's and Mods It's So Fast! 

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I like that it's got theme music too. This era of pinball was so high energy.

That game in the dark is something else. There's one that one of the local places picked up and he's cleaning it up. This one looks spectacular.

This is a heck of a game! What a cool light show! 👍👍

I love the 80's music in the game, it brings back a lot of cool memories.

That multiball is truly something else. Music, lights, everything about it. Epic. That machine is in truly stunning condition too. Proper 80s scores too: All that effort for just 2.2mil! Newer machines have suffered terrible score inflation. It's like Italian Lire!! ;) Loved this F14 playlist, thanks for putting it together.

I love those late 80s Williams Steve Richie games. It just doesn't get better.

This machine is a living proof that pinballs were made to be played in the dark, so beautiful! Ed Boon of Mortal Kombat fame worked in this machine, maybe Steve Ritchie voiced Shao Kahn as a compliment ;)

Definitely an early model. Upper left red flasher was removed for causing shorts for being too close to the TOM targets. Plus the back white flashers are red in later units. A definitely a nicest one I have seen in years.

Nice machine! 1987 I would have been 19 years old. Cant remember if this one was in the local arcade or not. Man she sure looks great.

Oh schnapp, oh schnapp! w00t w00t! Lol, great job Ronnie. It’s like being in Virginia Beach with fighter jets rumbling all around. Thanks!

Great job getting multiball twice! At least it didn't turn out like your Firepower video: "I played F-14 for 2 hrs trying to get multiball" Great video!

The title desc. Super Nice is a very good description of this F14 Tomcat pinball machine. Thanks for the video and the game play.

Wow thats a Awesome Williams classic totally 80's! Love it. Just picked one up so pumped for a game after seeing this, thanks for the cool video as usual.👍

Steve Ritchie really created this adversarial type pinball game such as F 14 tomcat, which is probably one of the greatest games of all time, mainly because of the soundtrack. With F 14 tomcat pinball created by Steve Ritchie and the rest of the crew in Williams. It is no longer player versus machine… It is player versus pilot.

A stunning example of a great game. The LEDs really do give it an extra visual pop. And it's got a great pedigree even beyond Steve Richie's awesome design - the software is by Eugene Jarvis (Defender, Robotron, Crusin' USA) and Ed Boon (Mortal Kombat).

i enjoyed watching that great pinball machine thats the best i have seen

That was an amazing pinball game to watch :)

No phantom ball releases. Looks like you got that problem solved. Thank you so much. Been working on that issue on mine forever.

We had an Alladins Castle Arcade a few hours drive from use. It was my personal favorite Arcade I played at. I can not remember the name of that one game. I spent several twenty dollar bills over the years on that machine alone. House of the Dead was the name. I think I played that machine more than any other. These days Arcades have really gone down hill. They have these predatory cards you have to load credits onto. They have these large attractive games which cost $5 to play and you know your child is going to run right for that machine. I know my nephew did recently at one of those Arcades. I played on around $10 myself playing Skeeball and one of those games you see at fairs where you want to knock the coins off the edge which were $1 for one game of Skeeball or 15 coins to drop trying to knock coins off the edge in the fair game. It was one of those ticket games which load onto the same card you use to load up credits on. I got a bunch of Tootsie Rolls, Swedish Fish, and a Soccer themed marble game. You know the ones where you try to get a small metal ball to go into the U shaped thing.

My wife and I played this table on our Virtual Pinball table last night - fun game. My best score so far is 2.54 million. Hoping to improve on that soon.

Looks like a fun machine. I like em lightning fast 👍

Wow never seen one play that fast before I would love to get some flipper time on that machine

I like the flipper buttons with the lights :) i don't know why.... probably because it looks fancy :)

Great game. Thanks for taking us along for your play.

Great looking pin👌

Enjoying watching this now

Interesting to see that it popped the locked balls out..... i guess that is standard with a ball search, you would think it knew were the locked balls were and skip those the first few times.... Since it shoots out a locked ball whenever a new ball enters via the top...(nice feature to see the swap of the balls!)

I have been working on mine for a year now. Just have the beacons to rebuild and stencils to paint. Can't wait to play it finally

Thanks again for some pinvids

That really is quick! Crickey.. looks on great condition! Maverick and Goose would be proud of you!

Beautiful machine and super fast

WOW that game is deadly fast!.!.! I wonder what the top speeds are for that big ol ball bearing . I bet it snatched up a lot of quarter's back in the day. I know it got quite a few of mine.

Good to see these videos.

U cranked this out. Good job. I had a super nice one too. Leds make a huge diff on tjis machine.. needs red lenses on that backboard on the pf.

I recognized the rapid fire that's been coming up in my craigslist alerts for pinball machines, you're not far from me.

4 Oh Snaps and 4 Oh Man!! Good game! Send IT! 👍

I love getting all the kills and the lights starts freaking out while general yagov starts screaming no. No. NO! So satisfying.

i prefer LEDS. they dont usually burn out, draw less power and dont created destructive heat. they wont destroy backglasses or warp playfield plastics. they also wont burn out wiring connectors, i think having LEDS installed does improve reliability some

Great game in great condition - love it!

Really like the light patterns on this..

24:49 OH SNAP!

Mine also had the original serial number sticker on the cab!

One of these days you’re gonna have to give us a tour of your store and your shop so we can see the whole 9 yards so have a good day bye-bye

very cool game...cheers.

That really looks like great player

I'm jones'n like a Jones plug to see that Night Rider get fixed.

Alladin's Castle! Never heard of it..... Heh heh heh heh!!! I used to live in there.....

You play like me. Always forgetting about the top flippers!

im tempted to sell my jokerz and buy one of these. i like jokerz, but an F14 would fit in better with my other 2 ritchie pins. i have firepower and high speed. F14 looks like fun

God damn RU-vid stopped sending me notifications of your uploads. Missed a lot of your video's - sorry guys

Steve Ritchie now works for Jersey Jack Pinball

36:45 whenever it’s spitting out all of your locked balls during the ball search lineup doing when I call the glitched 2-ball multi ball

Haha! Awesome cheat, I wonder if Mr. Ritchie thought about it when he designed the game? 😂 Nice video as always Ron. Thanks! 👍

Freakin awesome!!!

That thing looks great. What was your opinion on the playfield protector? Ive always been on the fence about them. Have never seen or played a game in person with one installed.

LED OCD board would smooth it out a bit, but the light show is awesome on this game.

There is a Stern pinball inc made a roller tycoon pinball machine that in 2002

Do have any Gottlieb of the 1960s that is the era of my youth in the local cafes

Love the vids, was wondering what you guys charge per hour for repairs?

I have a feeling I have to listen to danger zone by Kenny loggins. And start screaming GOOSE!

Good game. I used to have one of these in the 90s. Playfield was not nearly as good as on this one though.

Jet is a mod. And inserts look to have decals on them. Can pick them up for about $60 for this game.

Is the playfield protector supposed to warp like that when the ball rolls over it?

How in the world would you ever repair that play field down the road?

Must be Steve Richie that did the voice for swords of fury.

One in good shape is worth how much

Does he want to sell it?

31:25 ball gets stuck rolling up

Let me turn off the lights. Said arcade classic joe

I think my comment got deleted? 🤔

Too much flashing lights, would put me off