For the seventh and final installment of the Tim Arnold tapes, Tim decided to dedicate a tape to the Gottlieb Street Line series of pinball machines.  Tim as you may know, is the owner and founder of The Pinball Hall of Fame located in Las Vegas. Released in May, 2002, this tape covers all the Street Line games, which were released between 1990 and 1991.  These games were single level pinball machines, meant to be lower maintenance while on location, lighter to move, and offered at a lower cost.  Most of these games are not well known, since the numbers of each produced were low, averaging around 1,000 or less for each title.

The first game Tim features is Bone Busters Inc., designed by John Trudeau, August, 1989, a System 80B game, not in the Street Line Series, but the last of the system 80 games.  Features the "waffle weave" stainless steel side trim. Tim starts by showing how to remove the backglass on this game, which is installed different as opposed to most earlier Gottlieb games. Also mentioned are cabinet construction durability and translite issues, the 80B piggyback board,  the reset board, the dual sound boards, with an auxiliary sound board for speech, and the advantages of fluorescent displays versus gas discharge displays used by Bally and Williams.  This game features an extra flipper button to control whether the ball will go straight down the green ramp or left down the wire ramp, an electric chair shot near the center of the playfield, and a sling kicker target.  Tim also explains the differences between "fat" and "slim" flipper assemblies.

Next, it's "Lights...Camera...Action!" from December, 1989, designed by Jon Norris, it's the first System 3 game, featuring a more reliable board design and better connectors, as Tim points out. This game also features backbox animation with a crime drama movie set as the background and featuring a card/bingo game on the backglass. Another unique feature are a pair of spot lights that shine down on the playfield during certain modes.

Next, Tim features a time line to show games being produced not only by Gottlieb at the point when the Street Line series were released, but also what Bally/Williams and Sega were producing then as well, for example Gottlieb "Hoops" vs. Williams' "Funhouse?"  Model numbers, serial numbers, and the order of those games as they were produced are then discussed.  

Then it's time to cover The Street Line series.  The first game shown is from April, 1990, Silver Slugger, designed by John Trudeau, featuring backbox runner animation, silver and slugger bonus multipliers, a vari target, silver slugger jackpot, points scored and home runs as well.  Interesting items mentioned includes a metal rail factory upgrade added to the ball shooter lane to stop the ball from hitting the glass. Next is another Jon Norris pin, Vegas, featuring lots of drop targets, stationary targets, and a "light the cashier" shot for 2 million points, and a high roller loop shot that goes around the entire playfield. Tim covers drop target issues, proper voltage settings, how to light up a credit button, and other cool tips as well. The third Street Line game featured is Deadly Weapon, designed by John Trudeau, features many different loops on the playfield and a unique bumper layout.

The fourth game covered is Title Fight, produced in November, 1990, with unique backbox animation of two boxers punching each other and separate LEDs to measure punches earned, and there's a mini playfield on the playfield itself, with mini flippers. The fifth game featured is Car Hops, from January, 1991, the only game where you can line up three burgers.  This game has two rows of drop targets and one bull's eye target. This is probably the only game with "past scoring," with electromechanical chimes, and "present scoring."  The sixth and last game from The Street Line series is a lesser known title, "Hoops," from February, 1991, with some interesting trivia behind the game's title and the game itself.  Tim also mentions some trivia on what was almost the next Street Line game, "Tic-Tac-Lotto."

But wait, there's more!  Tim covers the next game Gottlieb produced, Cactus Jacks, from April, 1991, with one of the main objectives is to throw fruit. This game was one of the few designed by an engineer outside of Gottlieb.  The game has one of the best light shows out there, and who can forget the dancing cactus in the back of the playfield.

To close out the dvd, Tim shares a rating system for the Street Line series coming from Jon Norris, Don Beckwith, and even Mike Gottlieb:  Alvin Gottlieb's son, and lastly, from Tim Arnold himself. 

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1 hr. 56 min. total running time.

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