That gives you a nice range of table designs and ideas, but also just a whole lot of variety, which I wouldn’t get with just the one table. You get a lot of tables: 10 in all, specifically Attack from Mars, Fish Tales, The Getaway: High Speed II, Junk Yard, Medieval Madness, White Water, Red & Ted’s Road Show, Hurricane, Tales of the Arabian Nights and No Good Gofers.Video or words, your call: Arcade 1UP Attack From Mars: The Good Stuff Or you could watch the video above and subscribe to my YouTube channel. Having given it time for the new paint smell to wear off (and take the edge off the potential, here’s my quick review. So, I bit the bullet and bought one a couple of weeks back.
Featuring 10 classic Williams tables, it promises the experience of “real” pinball without quite the price point of a real machine, let alone 10 of them. Then there’s the world of virtual pinball, using LCD screens to display a “pinball-like” experience, which brings me to the Arcade 1UP Attack From Mars table. If there’s any mystery benefactors who want to gift me one, drop me a line… Which means, as much as I might want a Stern Godzilla, my bank balance and the reality of freelance journalist life means I can’t afford one. If you want something modern, you’re looking at $5,000+ for a second-hand unit, and way more for a desirable table or a genuinely new one. There are problems with pinball machine ownership in Australia, starting from the fact that it’s a very expensive side of gaming no matter which way you play it.Įven a very basic, not terribly desirable machine is going to run you north of $2,500, and that’s most likely for a simple or badly maintained electro-mechanical table.
But I could diverge into a rant about the whole “million dollar” video game collecting scene right there, and that would be very much beside the point. No, I don’t have the largest collection in the world… nor would I want to, because I really only want to own games I’m actually going to play. The Arcade 1UP Attack From Mars virtual pinball table offers a lot of tables and smaller size requirements, but it’s not ideal for everyone.įor quite some time now, I’ve wanted to add a pinball table (or preferably a couple) to my games collection.