Has anybody ever used one of these? I never seen one let alone played one and it looks awesome! It appears to have also been produced by Sega Pinball South Park is a 1998 pinball game released by Sega. It is based on the Adult animated TV series of the same name. This game was Sega's last pinball game; production would be continued by Stern Pinball, the successor to Sega Pinball. Differences The amount of coarse language depends on the machine's language rating. If the language switch is on PG-13, the game will use mild language (and like the show, all strong expletives are bleeped out). When the machine has the language rating is on G, the language will be watered down, so it can be acceptable for family-friendly places (i.e. When the "Kill Kenny" Hurry Up mode is successfully completed, Kyle will say "rats" instead of shouting "you bastards!"). The family mode will also alter the match sequence which features Terrance & Phillip belching instead of farting. The prototype ROM set for the game had all expletives unbleeped. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2N-OHOzauCs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lT-j-v9b6Tw How much would I be looking at for one of these/from where would I get one. I know Pinball machines can be pretty steep and require maintenance but If its not too high priced I might try save or get one in the future!
I have played it before when i was in blackpool it's a fun table. If you really want to own it i would recommend trying to find somewhere that has one & play on it a LOT to get a feel for the table as you might find that after a while that you may get bored of it, all subjective really depending on how much you love southpark. But once you have it at home & can play it nonstop it's weither theres enough fun factor in there for you to keep you going. Nowdays pinball isn't cheap theres only one maker left (Stern) anything else released previously is now no longer supported so if anything did break like a specific piece thats unique to your game then it can get pretty expensive to replace. In the states you can get some pretty good pins for decent prices over here they tend to be a lot higher as they are in nowhere near large numbers. Even for a older machine like southpark it's going to cost you a couple of thousand for a reconditioned machine thats fully working, in theory you could find one cheaper but condition is pretty important. One thats dirt cheap might be so for a reason, pins are not easy things to fix if your a first timer so trying to fix up one thats broken or faulty could end up costing you more than if you had just got a reconditioned one. I know when i bought twilight zone i knew nothing about what was under the playfield but you learn as you go, thankfully mine was recinditioned so it was error free to start with but i still get errors from time to time but thats half the thing with owning pinball. On the plus side stuff like bulbs pinballs & rubbers are pretty cheap so maintaining them is pretty cheap. Sorry if this all seems a bit negative, it's a great hobby to get into but it's expensive & you really need to do your homework in advance as thats a lot of money to find to get you started. But owning a pin is a pretty cool experience, they are fascinating machines. As for sellers in the uk, theres a few pinball suppliers. I got my twilight zone from one called pinball heaven but they don't have southpark in stock as they only have a small selection of tables for sale nowdays mostly new ones from stern. I did a quick search & found somewhere that does have southpark but never used that company before but you at least can get an idea of prices http://www.libertygames.co.uk/store...ditioned_pinball_machines/south-park-pinball/
I've played the game with the mode set to RATED G. I don't know if that effects how the play field works (easier or harder). The reason I say this is because the unit I was playing, I had no problem getting the replays and extra balls. It didn't start out like that though, it took about 30mins to master the play field it wasn't a problem. Trick is keep getting multi balls as much as you can do. That's how you get to make the big scores. Just my experience playing it. =Hugh
You answered every question I had! Do you have many pinball machines? Looks like its an item I'd buy in the future. Always worth keeping an eye out for good condition cheap 'uns though!
theres a local comic place here that often has some good pinball machines stocked for purchase at what id call reasonably fair prices. They sold a jurassic park machine a couple months ago, jelly
I played it years ago at some ice rink in chicago, my sister was competing in a figure skating thing so I got stuck at the rink for a few days, I played it allot, it's a really fun table. They had the language turned on too, so i got "the full experience". I'd say it fit the spirit of south park almost perfectly.
Sega like Atari did have a pinball division in the 70s but shut it down before the 80s. Data East basically gave capital to Gary Stern and Joe Kaminkow who had already set up a new pinball company (although Gary Stern was head of Pinstar (company set up by ex employees of the bankrupt Stern Electronics and the remains of the same said bankrupt Stern Electronics...), and used the money to expand the company in the 80s and mainly did pinballs on licensed IPs, and would do games they had arcade IP for (Robocop). Sega bought out Data East Pinball back in 1994 (although they effectively just bought Data Easts large shareholding), but they effectively left Gary Stern and Joe Kaminkow in charge and nearly every game that Sega Pinballl did was an IP licence, they did Goldeneye and Space JAM, Sega Pinball were basically a seperate company from Sega who made arcade games so they had to licence IP, they even sublicensed Jurasic Park to make the Pinball machine one reason why Sega Pinball did not attempt to make any pinball games on say Virtua Fighters. After losses, Sega sold it's shareholding to Gary Stern who renamed the company Stern Pinball Inc and they continued the tradition of making Pinballs based on licensed IP... More information on South Park, here... http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=4444 When buying pinballs it is a good idea to make sure that plastics (ramps, etc) are in good shape as they can be impossible to buy, where as things like flippers, coils, playfield plastics like pop bumpers and posts are generally generic items and can be bought new or NOS (even parts for 50s and 60s pinballs can still be bought NOS or as remade parts....). The electronics are generally the same across a large number of games so it is easy to find someone who can fix them.
A bar in Sheffield near me has one. Always wanted a go on it when ever I go in but usually too busy talking or drinking aha
