I particularly like HOOK. The last thread I saw evolved into negative, outright hate for the game.
Cant we all just get along?

"I Hate, I Hate, I Hate, Peter Pan!"

Uh-oh, even the game has hate built in LOL

No, actually Hook is a good game, nice graphics,etc. It has its downsides but we wont go there.
And its a reliable Data East product with not many technical quirks to stop it from working.

i really liked my game sold it a week ago and already miss it ! i dont get why it is so under rated ? my family and i really liked playing it

The only game I've ever sold that my wife won't forgive me for. I really like the artwork, one of the best in my opinions.

I have a crap poor project I need to start on.

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/pinsiders-in-the-nashville-tn-area/page/91?bb_attachments=1115693&bbat=133660#post-1363092

I've got a hook and like it quite a bit. The rule set is a bit shallow and still manages to be fun to play. I definitely recommend this game as an entry level pin not only due to it's usually cheap price, but the shallow rule set makes it a great game for someone just getting into pins. (Your kids will likely love this machine.)

This game is about to get a playfield swap and this pic was taken before replacing the plastics. (New plastics are red instead of the faded orange you see here.) I'll have to take an updated pic once I get everything back together.
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I have a soft spot for Hook. Back in my first heavy dive into Pins, I went to a factory rep given class for Data East at the now long defunct Mondial Amusments in Norwood MA. The pin that had just been released was Hook. I took the day long class and all my notes were written in a brand new factory manual. I still have that manual.

A few months back, thanks to Shacklersrevenge, I got a hold of a Hook of my own.

Red lighted translucent flippers
Fully LED'd
Blue Super Bands on flippers
Cliffy's on all VUKS.
Cliffy post rubbers
Lexan plastic washers to protect all plastics.
New sling plastics.
Black leg bolts and new lockdown bar.

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WOOHOO! Add one to the Hook club.

I'm new to the Hook club as of two weeks ago. I received mine as a gift (I know..."Nice gift!") from a friend. I really love Hook and so does my family.

My machine is currently half-LED (that's what the previous owner did) and is missing the rope light.

Also, like most Hooks the Rufio ramp is cracked.

I think (and maybe I'll open a thread on it) Hook is a ruleset rewrite away from being a much higher ranked game. I think it has some fun shots could certainly be challenging if you were prompted to hit things in different series and combinations.

Mostly, I'm just stoked to be a part of this pretty darn exclusive club.

Exactly.

I'm newer to the forums. Do people care that much about the scoring? They're making me feel stupid in another post because I asked about karma points and they say nobody cares about them.

I definitely have the same sensitive spring issue. I didn't even know they made a lighter gauge. I might have to check it out.

I agree, don't want to turn this into a bash thread. I'll let you know if I start that other thread. For having a run of over 6500, I thought there would be more owners on here.

Maybe we just need to help them come out of the woodwork.

I really like this game! Nice pickup!

This is a must. The hook I had had tastefull LEDs throughout and it really made it pop. I haven't seen one without them but the PF is pretty dark so they help a lot. I didn't particularly care for it so I sold it, but it is a good game for the price.

well you need to pick one up, and make her happy again.

is it me, or is Hook one of the nicest looking pins out there? cabinet/playfield/bg wise ?

I'm in the club. One of my favorite pins and the least expensive. I'm not really a very good pinball player yet. I don't do the tournaments and probably never will. Just starting to really try to learn ball control. I agree the art is fantastic and that a fun game for new players. If I were selling the collection off I'd probably sell this one last. It's a lot of fun for the buck.

Did a shop job on mine recently and didn't mod anything since I couldn't think of anything to do. Looking forward to some great ideas from this thread. The parts are certainly not easy to fin fans no premise mods available.

I had a very nice one at one point, upgraded to the LED display. I still think this and TOTAN are the two most beautiful machines to look at. This machine, LED'd, while in attract mode is stunning. Yeah, the rules were freshly breaching into "modes" at this time, and thus not deep, but a fun game to play

I agree that Hook is a fun game. I enjoyed it back in the day and plan to restore mine with NOS play field and plastics. I have some extra nos and used parts if anyone is interested let me know.

Here's my Hook project I've got going on right now. Not too terrible, definitely need to hit the playfield with Novus 2 (I usually use Novus 1) to get that engrained dirt out. Ramps are in good shape, but very cloudy. Kind of hesitant to wash them with soap and water because of the rope lights, I'll probably end up re-attaching those afterwards. Putting LEDs in the GI, standard fare. Gonna hit the ramps with a good flame polishing too. Also gonna upgrade the bumpers to Sega mechs with self cleaning switches. Gonna add Cliffy scoop protectors, new bats, and Super Bands as well.

Anyone happen to have decals for the shooter lane ramp, or scans of decals? Plus I also want to upgrade the flippers to use linear springs, can that be done by adding the spring tabs?

http://www.marcospecialties.com/pinball-parts/535-6663-02

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Anyone looking for a hook play field as wall art? Pm me.

Man, I sure do miss my Hook and I have been looking for another one since.

Probably my favorite DE game. Had one years ago. Don't miss it as I don't play that much at home, but when I can play one at an event or location I sure will.

Would like a Hook as well. I have a Dr. Dude to trade.

Ditto...Hook has one of the best art on a pinball that I've seen, yes too bad the game's rule set wasn't all that great. Game looks awesome with LEDs.

Mine was beautiful! Full cointaker kit, beautiful! Traded her for funds on White Water.

I would absolutely love to see a ruleset rewrite!

Noticed a small gap just about the last weapon target before the ball gets to the 5 million trap on the upper left. The ball somehow jumped up and got stuck under the wind coaster ramp.

Since I just got the machine, I don't know if I'm missing a piece that supposed to prevent that. There does appear to be an exposed threaded bolt there. I could alway put a cliffy on it.

Just curious what is supposed to be there.

Finally got some more time for my Hook project. Turning out pretty nice so far. Marco doesn't have the double yellow posts so I went with orange. Novus 2 powers through that dirt like nothing else I've ever seen! There was a thick line of dirt over the rollover inserts.

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I'm guessing this came out around 1993. Somewhere around LW3. Pumped a lot of quarters into it back then. Haven't played it since but I know I'd add it to the lineup once I get a few others I'm looking for first.

Close - it was 1992 if I recall. It was built right after DEST, which I have as well and it advertises Hook as their next machine. Hook advertises LW3 as the machine after.

What kind of stuff do you have?

And do you also have a strange urge to buy LW3 because of that.

Hook has been suggested to me several times now. I don't own a Hook and have only played it very little so I am unfamiliar with the rules... but any suggestions for changes posted to this thread to make the game better would, at the very least, be filed away for future reference.

Hmmm, so what your saying is I have to invite you over for some pizza, beer, and Hook, huh?

Well the big ramp is obvious.

Well you can spam the ramp for increasing millions... Where have we seen that one before?

It was in Star Wars and it was way overpowered since the ramp shot in Star Wars is pretty easy to loop. Of course, that was fixed.

Yeah, I can get it on Hook, but I have a hard time keeping the rhythm going for long. It starts to count back down pretty quickly.

Just picked up Hook today!! Looking forward to many many hours of playing. Planning on doing a complete led light mod. If anyone has any tips please let me know.

Just installed Super Bands on the new flippers I dropped in. Easy process and looks great.

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I just put the blue ones on last night. It does feel a bit like cheating on this game for sure.

Any one have a right Ramp?

Nope.