Armchair Arcade Video Review: Zizzle Pinball

www.armchairarcade.com : Bill Loguidice of Armchair Arcade reviews the Zizzle home pinball machine in this one take video.

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Gaming

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• zizzle
• spider-man
• marvel
• heroes
• villains
• pinball
• home
• videogame
• arcade

[shadowflame1976]

i bought 3 of those.. well,1 and it had to be sent back 3 times since neither time did i get a working one, after 3 bad machines the store just refunded my money because of a "lemon clause" now these machines are nowhere to be found,, and the atari version is taking them forever to release,,...

[BillLoguidice]

@shadowflame1976 Yeah, I'm surprised they have so much trouble with production and distribution. I think the sweet spot for these machines is to retail for $199 - $249 max, but what seems to have happened is that they released for much more and eventually went as low as $99. Generally speaking, I thought that overall quality has been good, so I'm surprised you had so much trouble. I still just have the 1st gen machine. I'd like to get a real one at some point, but the Atari does look good.

[BillLoguidice]

My wife thought I was remiss in not mentioning that people DO mod these and in quite clever ways. The low price point and easy access to the workings of the machine make it very mod friendly.

[BillLoguidice]

@shadowflame1976 I think it's difficult to find anywhere. I don't know what's going on behind the scenes there.

[shadowflame1976]

@BillLoguidice

Practically disposable? not anymore at least not in Canada, very hard to find these now! I was able to get one though and it is working great so far :P

[shadowflame1976]

@BillLoguidice

That's when i bought mine, when it was down to $99 i bought it from "the source" i really really wanted one to work properly :(

[sirlordwhitman]

I've had this first generation machine for a few years now. I picked it up for $180 from EBAY in '07. I've had to do a couple of repairs. My pop bumpers shorted out, so Zizzle sent me a new assembly free of charge which was cool. But the main thing that keeps breaking is the plunger mechanism. The spring is hooked on a fragile plastic tab. Since then, I replaced it with a screw.. but still manages to come off the hook. Anyways, I'm ready for a real machine. This is kid stuff.

[baarbear]

I've got the Pirates of the Caribbean model. I love it. It's indeed a great substitute for those of us who love pinball yet do not have the space or the finance for a full sized pinball coin op.

[BillLoguidice]

For $4000 you could buy 40 of these machines at $100. ;-) Of course good luck finding them for $100 any more. Most likely you'll see them in the $250 range. I have no clue what the Atari one will release at if it gets released.

[BillLoguidice]

Yeah, lot's of moving parts and regular maintenance don't make for a very friendly experience. With that said, eventually I DO want to own a full-sized machine. I can "survive" just fine though indefinitely with this cheap machine and video pinball on my MAME cabinet and heck, every other system. At as low as $100, it's practically disposable, though naturally I want this to work forever.