Pioneer

March 23, 2005

A Bicentennial theme, all the Big 3 of Chicago honored their country with similar machines this year, all equally as ugly and mediocre. Another Michael Scott machine in good working order at a good price.

This one has 2 banks of 4 drop targets, bonus, extra ball, special, double bonus, and even a chance at 4X bonus on the last ball. The skill shot is the center lane to knock out the C, then go thru all the other lanes to lite up A, B, D and E. These lite rollovers which advance the bonus. The targets also advance the bonus and when either or both sets are down, the center kick-out starts lighting up alternately for double bonus, extra ball and special. This game is deceiving! It is hard to get all that done and it is only partially forgiving. A re-theme of the artwork would make this a beautiful and challenging game. As is, it is only challenging, but lots of fun!

Produced by Gottlieb, 1976. 2 players. 8.2 out of 10 on the Play-O-Meter

High Score 118,640 by Scott L on October 18, 2003

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