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7.946/10
1 year ago
Lombard, IL
If this game had a better translite it would be on a lot more collectors radar. I rarely mod my machines, but adding a few Palm trees to this one is a must. Hitting the ramp feels good and scoring really takes off once you have the pop bumpers lit. My game never started in multiball. You had to earn it. There's a setting for that. The sounds are good, but I wish the different songs were used as you progressed r at her than just random.
4.377/10
2 years ago
Quirky layout. If you really want to play something different, this is that. The era of 3 flipper bottom playfields didn’t last and never will happen again. They could have at least added some cool shot you could only make with that 3rd bottom flipper, but as far as I can see they didn’t.
6.542/10
2 years ago
say what you want..but it might be the most "fun" System 80b...and i am not a huge fan of 80b..the beach theme is ok..the backglass is terrible as are all translite custom jobs I've seen..the 4 ball multi from the get go is a bit gimmicky but at least it grabs your attention..the game flow is ..meh ...at best..but a lot to shoot for and a rather challenging special shot..also the little upper flipper has something to do..so that's nice!
6.041/10
3 years ago
I think to be fair to Spring Break, we should consider rating it against other sub thousand dollar games. For the money, it's main competition is mostly EM. An alphanumeric Multiball game for the price of a decent wedgehead! Why? Well for starters the art package SUCKS I mean, it's bad. Gottlieb probably thought firing the whole art department and letting the mail room do the art was a great way to save $$, but it probably doomed the company. This is one stupid looking game, even the shape of the headbox annoys me. Gottlieb's flaky electronics may be exaggerated, do the ground mods and get the daughter board issues solved and they run pretty solid, The sounds aren't bad, music fits the theme and changes tempo depending on game pace. Playfield art is okay, certainly not in the same class as the backglass art, or lack thereof. Gameplay is not as bad as the low ratings would have you believe. The shots are varied, no simple fan layout here. There's plenty to shoot for, drop targets in the midfield along with some up in the mini playfield accessed by the ramp/habitrail shot. Yet, it leaves me flat. I can't put my finger on it, but it just lacks something that many earlier games had, something that four ball Multiball and modern sound can't make up for. It seems... Disjointed somehow. Lacking flow.
Overall I'd recommend it if it's a bargain as most of these 80Bs are. Grab it cheap and it will be the star of a low end game room. If the price climbs up into the early SS range, Go get an old Bally AS2518, it's just better.....
Overall I'd recommend it if it's a bargain as most of these 80Bs are. Grab it cheap and it will be the star of a low end game room. If the price climbs up into the early SS range, Go get an old Bally AS2518, it's just better.....
10.000/10
5 years ago
Endless multi ball 2 3 and 4 short games great music of surf John Trudeau unique shots of travel perfect set of rules and placement for difficulty and play field multipier to 5x if you can keep it moving along the switches...found tonight a sneaky shot from third flipper past left drops thru pops finally passing thru right upper inlane amazing most difficult shot but has power of the knuckle flip enjoy
7.814/10
8 years ago
Hard to find game even thought there were 3,550 made. Not all that desirable, but i think there is some charm here.
Playing with the multiball "on" makes this game annoying...you're almost in constant multiball. Working for it is Better.
Shallow rules even for this era of gottliebs.
All that said, I really enjoy it. Art, while cheesy, perfectly fits the theme. It is a snapshot of the era.
One ramp to hit, that feeds to mini...and it is mini...playfield in the top right. Now they fit 4 things to hit up there is amazing. Not a game you could play for days on end, but it is a nice change of pace...
Music is also the best for these era of gottliebs.
Playing with the multiball "on" makes this game annoying...you're almost in constant multiball. Working for it is Better.
Shallow rules even for this era of gottliebs.
All that said, I really enjoy it. Art, while cheesy, perfectly fits the theme. It is a snapshot of the era.
One ramp to hit, that feeds to mini...and it is mini...playfield in the top right. Now they fit 4 things to hit up there is amazing. Not a game you could play for days on end, but it is a nice change of pace...
Music is also the best for these era of gottliebs.
7.067/10
9 years ago
I enjoy new pins, old pins and everything between. This 80s pin is awesome! Its fun and reminds me of the beach playing in the arcade. :-)
6.276/10
11 years ago
Kitchener, ON
This is one of the ugliest pinball back-glass's out there.
The dip switches really change the games playability. It has an automatic plunger and it can be set up to launch 4 ball multiball on the 1'st ball of the game, instead of normal play, hitting the "1","2","3" targets to start multiball. The PF has an odd layout, no Outlane on the right, two flippers on the left, smaller PF in the top right that has only one flipper. The top right PF can be accessed by hitting the ramp on the top left.
The game dose a good job of showing you where to hit. There's two groups of three drop targets to advance the bonus.
The dip switches really change the games playability. It has an automatic plunger and it can be set up to launch 4 ball multiball on the 1'st ball of the game, instead of normal play, hitting the "1","2","3" targets to start multiball. The PF has an odd layout, no Outlane on the right, two flippers on the left, smaller PF in the top right that has only one flipper. The top right PF can be accessed by hitting the ramp on the top left.
The game dose a good job of showing you where to hit. There's two groups of three drop targets to advance the bonus.
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