The World's Most Beautiful SPACE INVADERS Pinball Machine And It Won't Even Turn On! 

Way cool, "symmetrical" 😊

If one of the current pinball companies ever re-released this I'd absolutely buy it. No hesitation.

That machine is straight up gorgeous. I've loved this machine since I first saw it in 79.

I’ve always wanted one of these. They’re always at shows and stuff. Maybe I’ll find one for a reasonable price one day and never have time to fix it. 😂

I never played that one but I'd buy it just for the back box, super cool. The fuse description was great too.

Loved the talking 5 amp fuse.

One of the best games ever made!

I guess I could have googled 3AG, replaced a lot of fuses and never knew what it meant. Why do the flipper solenoids burn up?

I have fond memories playing this game back in the day. Thanks for the video!

A rainbow of love Colors of life intertwining A beautiful view

Whether or not you rate the game play, that has to be one of the coolest bits of arcade machinery you could have in your home. Just stunning.

I remember seeing this one and being stunned by the juxtaposition of Space Invaders being kinda goofy, with a silly song on the radio and all, and this Aliens rip off. I never actually played either game, but I eventually saw Aliens. I do remember seeing an Alien doll at Sears, so maybe I took it too seriously.

It's a Xenomorph.... looks like the Licensing for the Aliens Pinball game fell through so they just slapped some evil eyes and made them silver and called it Space Invaders...

I have now seen a unicorn. never in my life have I ever seen or touched such a clean pristine machine. Usually when I first touch them I start wondering if my tetanus shots are still valid. That game was lovingly taken care of. My only criticism of the table was that when it was designed they did not design the lighting very well near the flippers making that area of the table very dark unlike how the top of the table is well lit. Maybe in person it looks better but the camera makes it look very dark. I know you believe in keeping classic but If I owned one I would but a purple light bar under the apron near the outhole to light the area a little more to keep some of the intended darkness but make it more playable with the lights off. Whimsically I would put red and yellow lights at the bottom of the playfield red one side and yellow the other and slave them to the follow lights in the back box to flash alternately like emergency warning lights.

Come on people

I love the wide body on this machine, and the H. R. Giger artwork. EDIT: or I should say, the H. R. Giger-esque artwork.

Freaking awesome Ron! My Favorite game of the time. I bought a trashed one in the early 90's for$200 and couldn't get the boards from the vendors to fix it so I kept the backglass and sent it to the landfill. Oh if I only knew then what I know now. Looking forward to the gameplay though you need to crank the volume so we can hear that great thump noise.

A broken machine will stay broke until you guys fix it and it starts making money again. Unless its on free play. Then a working machine will still be BROKE 🤣 Hit the 👍 if you like to see fixed broke machines.

"It's broke". Same joke every time, same big smile from me every time. Great machine this one. Nice analysis.

This is a blast from the past. I remember playing this game most evenings and usually only paid for one game and all the rest were free. I had the knack for flipping it round the centre piece so many times in a row and that gave you free games iirc. I once left the game with 57 or so credits on it as i had to go home and there were still some left the next day. I don't think the shop owner was too happy with me lol

Few elements from the original game were used, except for the sounds and front case artwork that were included in the pinball game. The artwork instead resembled the xenomorphs from the 1979 film "Alien". Bally was sued over the game's artwork resemblance to designs by H. R. Giger. In fact, they ended up stopping production of the game early due to pending lawsuits, although 11,400 machines were still produced. A settlement was reached with Fox studios where royalties were paid to the studio for each pinball machine sold and Fox was also given approximately 3 machines to use for the promotion of the sequel to Alien, named "Aliens".

Thanks so much for reenacting the life of a slow blow fuse, their feeling and emotions compared to a regular one. Made my day!

Bravo Ron! all I can say is it was a pleasure having you guys bring her back to life, Thank you so much!

Awesome I just picked one up! Played this when I was 11 and holds special place for me as it was the first pin I played. Your videos are the best !

I now have a new bucket list item in my life - Find a Space Invaders pinball machine and then find a way to buy it. That particular machine is just over-the-top impressive. Love it and I don't even own it. Thank you for sharing this with us Ron.

Unlike other manufacturers of the time, Bally started their serial numbers at 1000. So that gives you the idea this was still over 10,000 made in the production run. Always liked that about Bally, made their games easy to read what number they were off the production line.

Great video. Super clean machine. You get all the good machines in to work on. Thanks for the call out... I don't have a sound board for the "2nd gen sound board" series of games yet. Low cost replacements are already out there. Not sure if anyone would want to customize the sound effects for Space Invaders if I released a board - it already has a great background sound. Other games in the series could use some customization though.

I _like_ the infinity mirror in the backglass. If it's anything like the Space Invaders arcade cabinet the full effect can't be captured on camera. I;m sure I'd _love_ it if I saw it in person.

This is an epic game, great artwork, and sounds. But... the gameplay is poor. It could of been a much tighter game, in a standard cabinet, with 1 pair of flippers. But...iiwii

Still hoping to see you work on an Embryon. But honestly It was a well made machine. My dad had one in his arcade in the eighties. All we did was clean it. Replace lights and rubbers. I think one flipper coil burned out. That was it. Best pinball game we had bar none.

has to be one of the most beautiful/well redone pinballs you've showcased..... I savored every moment of the video Ronnie!

11,400 Space Invaders were made

11,400 were made. The artwork instead resembled the xenomorphs from the 1979 film “Alien”. Bally was sued over the game’s artwork resemblance to designs by H. R. Giger. In fact, they ended up stopping production of the game early due to pending lawsuits, although 11,400 machines were still produced. A settlement was reached with Fox studios where royalties were paid to the studio for each pinball machine sold and Fox was also given approximately 3 machines to use for the promotion of the sequel to Alien, named “Aliens”. The Space Invaders pinball machine was one of only five “widebodies” released for production by Bally.

what a machine, fantastic, remember playing back in the day, however never really done well on it, always seemed to just drain done the out lanes🤥 its a scary back glass.

It's broke never gets old!

After all these years, I still laugh about making Space Invaders borrowing from Alien. 😂

After all these years, I still laugh about making Space Invaders borrowing from Alien. 😂

The phrase goes, "(It's) the exception that proves the rule". But not "proves" like in, furnishes a proof, but "proves" as in "tests". An exception, being what it is, cannot be counted as evidence of a rule since it's an exception to it! Source: The Straight Dope.

"Symmetrical" is the word you're looking for. :) adjective - made up of exactly similar parts facing each other or around an axis; etc

looks just like mine but i have maybe 3 lights not working on the playfield i cant figure how to get them working 😞im OCD need every light to work as intended. Also mine is set for free play I cant stand that want to use it as my personal quarter bank.

Thank you for this series! I recently bought one of these, and it wasn't working, but after replacing the MPU, rectifier board, and repinning the connectors on the rectifer board with your help, I finally got it working this evening.

Just picked up a absolutely beautiful space invaders pinball for $750. The guy said the flippers didn’t work but it was just a misadjusted switch and it works great

symetrical

That was a great game and I believe it was H.R. Geiger that sued Bally... or did he sue 20th Century Fox? 🤔 can't remember

Perhaps some of us like the idea of an open glass, target hittin', playin' around until we get that secret bonus multiball. Can you show us what the bonus/multiball is for the Space Invaders?

What a beautiful game !!! Thank you for another great video. Those Gulf Pinball Power Supply Boards are nice, I also prefer the solder in type over the solderless type of board. Don has both versions but you have to specify which board you want. All of my games use power supply boards from Gulf Pinball.

I guess I could have googled 3AG, replaced a lot of fuses and never knew what it meant. Why do the flipper solenoids burn up?

I will never gonna forget differences between slow-blow vs fast-blow ! !! thanks for that !

Six Years ago I could have bought one for 800 euros, still hate myself for not buying it 😮😅

What's the origin story behind "It's Broke" Was it Joe getting tired of detailing the problems, so to mess with Ron he would say "It's Broke" There has to be a reason and a story. Anyone ever hear Ron tell it?

There was a line to play this machine every day for days and days. Seems nobody called it space invaders we just said let's go play alien. Badass coolest when it showed up in my arcade. I have 5 EMs but I always said if I had an electronic pin it would be this one.

Did 'Alien' get a pinball machine? It would be something if that artwork wasn't as good as this!

According to Ipdb they made over 14,000 of them.

It’s clean as crap. How clean is crap? From my experience crap is nasty. 😂😂😂😂😂

Excellent buddy and I totally agree, the classic machines are just the best.

Gieger and old comic book vibes from that playfield.

I guess I could have googled 3AG, replaced a lot of fuses and never knew what it meant.

Im going to buy one of these from a guy I know in NJ works need to be gone though works but needs lights ect. 500

'Symmetric' was the word you were looking for. :-)

Awesome machine, I loved your fast/slow blow fuse explanation. I needed a good laugh, many thanks Ron.

One of my all time favorites! This game is the biggest reason I've always loved wide bodies! I've owned 4 of these over the years. That one pin is notorious for burning. I add a 2 pin molex connector and run that wire through both pins to help with the heat. I'm pretty sure that Bally used that particular power supply on only 2 games, Space Invaders and Future Spa. Both are wide bodies with aux. lamp driver boards and a LOT of controlled bulbs. I wish I had a photo, but back in the 1990's I had Space Invaders, Xenon, Vector, Black Hole and Volcano all lined up in a row. Hitting the 5 red invaders is what speeds up the thumping sound as well as speeds up the infinity lights and changes the pattern. The Bally's would actually change what the lights were doing while the Gottlieb's would have the lights always running in a single speed and pattern (Haunted House also used a light board for the lightening bolts. Had that next to the Volcano). You have to keep in mind that back in the 1990's these things were CHEAP, especially the System 80's because they never worked. So it's not like I sent a small fortune on them, especially because none worked when I bought them. Paul has himself a very, VERY nice Space Invaders by the way. Those got played a LOT, so the playfields are usually pretty beat up pretty good in the middle bottom. What a gem!!!

Hi Joe, Would you mind me emailing you, Its about our "radio" friend?

But Ronnie he left you a note. It says "It's broke" XD

Symetrical is the word you are trying to think of. :D

@17:41 - The second fuse from the left looks very blown in this shot.

I was 8 years old when i first saw this pinball. I was both scared and fascinated by the Giger influenced design. Today's pinballs can't compare.

Never knew it existed.. your right this damn cool and i thought pinbot was king. Thanx Ron. Great explanation on fuse technology. Pretty funny.

Finished a full overhaul of mine last year, the only board I could not save was the power supply. The GE tracers were burnt away and had been poorly repaired earlier in its life. You learn patience when every connection has to be repined, it is a labor of love because you would never get back the money you spent on it just in the time alone.When all said and done it looks amazing when the machine comes alive.

Hey Ron!! Finally a mirror pin and..... You have no reflection, Ronula!

Mine works for now lol gonna start putting in leds

Joe isn't wrong... but I'd buy a come on ppl shirt... not interested in the its broke... .... might as well have an arrow pointing down

Best explanation of slow vs fast blow ever!

Do the heads ever not match the base serial numbers?

Very entertaining Ron. Keep them coming!

Great job and great video Ronnie! Regards

Awesome! Love the classics

Ron, speaking of wide bodies, have you ever worked on a Hercules table?

That is AWESOME WOW 😮😮😮

That is a beautiful machine?

Very intense game,as I remember…

41:36 symmetrical?

懐かしいです。バリーの台ですね。

SYMMETRICAL.... ...

Symmetrical!!!

Did Ron have to ask Joe for help with the key, and cut it out of the video?

Well..the weirdest thing happened..i could hear Bee Gees music coming from my fridge..i opened the door and it was the chives talking😆

asymmetrical

Excellent thx

How's Rex ?

Cool!

Its a Nervous fuse , genius , so funny

Looked lovely until I saw all that modern crap inside 🙄🤬

Symmetrical vs. asymmetrical. But you know that. What a beautiful machine. Nice work on the pins and connections. It's astonishing that the machine didn't have continual intermittent problems.

Very entertaining and fun to watch. Thanks for posting this.

I was just gifted one of these machines by a neighbor(still working on delivery). It has playfield wear but outside of top flipper not working it appears fully functional. So stoked about restoring this baby

When I was growing up my bedroom was overtop of our arcade. The Space Invaders machine would wake me up every morning with its music 😂.

Absolutely gorgeous pin! First pin I ever played. Great job! 👍🏻👏🏻

Great video Ronnie, I remember seeing the game when I idropped off Dad's Time Warp. Man it good then and being a widebody body that thing is big. The power supply is all messed up, glad too see how you fixed that right up. I can't wait to see the next video. Thanks for filming Ronnie.

The backglass has really cool lights. Bally used that horseshoe tunnel with Silverball Mania too. Thanks for sharing this cool video. Happy weekend Ron! 👍😀

To use the parlance of the day... Totally awesome man!!! I am surprised they got away with that artwork. I think it totally fits the game. Another Bally grand slam homerun!