Understanding Pinball - Atari HERCULES - The largest?? TNT Amusements

[Arkstrikle]

i played one in arcade in b.c back 80s was overkill

[setsunasamachan]

"you can buy it!"

[siouxmoux3]

Back in the day I remember playing this sumo size pinball at time zone in mountain view ca.

[TheDabeavis]

Here's my question, what is the smallest proper pinball machine out there?

(Proper meaning not one of those toy like the ones by Zizzle)

[TehHampsterHead]

Peaches records and tapes at 8018 W.Broad st. in Richmond Va. had this machine when it came out new in 1980. It was $1.00 per play, which was a lot back then.

[jahovahut]

Atari pinballs were never that good. People would line up to play this simply cause it was so huge. Atari stuck to video games after this one.

[Wargoat6]

What, no multiball? Boooo . . . haha, just kidding.

[southport97]

Loves this guys enthusiasm. The only place I saw a Hercules was in Myrtle Beach SC back in 1992 in one of those game rooms on the strip.

[envisionelec]

I used to play one of these at the Nickelodeon in Des Moines Iowa in the 1980s. It was in terrible condition - mostly a novelty.

[Eurt76]

How much does that thing weigh?! God, you must need a forklift to move it!

[kendvanpool]

Great Video thanks. One question - Massive empty warehouse? Is this Dexter's dream house?

[finstersrc30]

Great Video! Thank You Todd for Posting.

[Paulywint]

I played this game at an arcade at a mall when I was a kid. It was a fun game to play.

[jboypacman]

I played this Pinball machine a few times over the years it is a freaking beast and i love it.

[PressStartComic]

Awesome video, it's great to see the inner workings of a Hercules. A barn door?

I've only played two of them, one in Seaside Heights NJ and Hershey Park. And as you said at the end, the flippers didn't have nearly enough juice to go up the ramps.

Hopefully we can make it out to you guys to check out the shop, heard a lot of good things about you guys, so hopefully we'll see you one day in the future.

[finstersrc30]

Fantastic Video of a great machine. Thanks for posting ! If I had the room I would buy it in a heartbeat.