21:36 - similar thing happened to Bowen Kerins during his tutorial on this machine, yet he made the Drac shot before locking the ball on the "Express Lane 1" hole instead of making "Joyride" shot.
Thanks for the upload, always loved that LOUD clicking noise, awarding me a free game, when my score was reached...Used to play on .50 at the local bowling alley for an hour at least, while the folks were on league!
Originally the machine featured a passenger named Marilyn, a blonde character in a red dress bearing a resemblance to Marilyn Monroe. Williams replaced the Marilyn passenger with a new passenger named Lola due to legal problems with Marilyn Monroe likeness. Lola appears identical to Marilyn, with the exception of her hair; the Lola passenger was pictured brunette and later with red hair where the Marilyn character was blonde. At least 200 sample games were shipped with 'Marilyn' before the change was made. Mark Ritchie explained also in the book The Pinball Compendium 1982 to Present, that the name 'Lola' was taken from the 1970s song "Lola" about a transvestite, that fits also to her muscular arms on the backglass.[2]
I love this table! I always wonder about whether the Express Lane is worth it though. The 100K a ramp can really build up, but it also locks you out of progressing towards lighting the million shot so it can kind of end up costing you more than it gets you. I often hear the best strategy scoring-wise is to just light and shoot the million repeatedly and pretty much ignore everything else (of course that doesn't make for a very interesting video, though :P ) (Also, the spinout shot is too easy on the iOS version. All you have to do is pull the plunger back as far as it will go and you get the 100K every time.)
I have most of the Pinball Arcade tables - including this one. I can tell you now that Pinball Arcade is the best you can get when it comes to digital pinball. The replication of the real tables is something else. I would say that Pinball Arcade - for those who are looking for authenticity - is the closest you will get to playing on a real pinball table.
