I did some trading for this pin. I played it often in a local bowling alley when I started college. The pin is one of the last of the ones that Bally made before its merger with Williams. It has some very neat hardware in the head. The number of boards had been reduced and as long as its working Im not going to question the wisdom of Bally in their design.
The backglass was missing so I had a sheet of plexi cut and ordered new rails from PBR. The originals are no longer available so I ordered ones for a regular WPC pinball and cut them down about an inch. The actual translight came from TNT Amusements.
This is the side art on the cabinet. A sneaky looking T-Rex. I always thought this game had a carnival type artwork like you would see at the state fair. The tear on the far left is actually a part of the artwork and the sticker in the upper middle is the patent tag that was applied at the factory.
Here is a shot of the game from a distance. This machine is staying at Dan and Joy's house who are old college buddies. I'm sure they'll take good care of her. If you notice the backbox art is not original. The art was in bad shape so I bought some stone fleck paint from Wal-Mart and painted it too look like granite. It fits in nicely with the artwork and makes the game much easier to look at.
This is the playfield glass. It has artwork screened onto the back side. This must have been a nightmare for operators when they broke one. This one is missing a little paint but is in otherwise good shape.
This is a shot of the lower playfield. Remember this game came out before Jurassic Park. It's kina odd that the guy being chased by the T-Rex looks a lot like Steven Spielberg. Maybe he was playing Escape From The Lost World when the inspiration hit him? Then again maybe not.
The main objective is to build as many treasure points as you can by shooting various shots. The you knock down the three Dino Egg drop targets on the right side of the playfield. This starts a 30 second countdown and opens the escape door at the top of the playfield. (This has to be one of the toughest jackpot shots in pinball
Once you have the escape open you shoot up the mystery path or into the Dinosaur Cave to get to the second level.
Then as the ball rolls past the upper left flipper you must flip the ball across a narrow "Bridge of Gold" (not unlike the transporter shot on Transporter The Rescue) to the upper right flipper.
You then have to flip the ball up and over the mountain with the right upper flipper
Into the doorway and open gate on the upper left of the playfield. If it sounds easy go back and read it again. Remember you must do all of this in under 30 seconds.
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