Uploaded March 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
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Howdy ho, pinball people. Here for your viewing pleasure is a 1980 Gottlieb James Bond 007 pinball machine in action. This game is a former house house and it was a bit labour intensive to get it back up and running, but get it back up and running it is!
This is one of the more unique (read: disliked) pinball machines out there as it is time-based rather than your standard 3-or-5-ball play. The way it works is that the player is given 50 "time units" to start the game and as soon as one of the 0-0-7 lanes or one of the drop targets is hit the timer starts counting. Completing a drop target bank awards 5 additional time units or hitting one of the lit "add 3 time units" targets when lit will award, you guessed it, three time units. If the player loses a ball, they lose 5 time units and play continues until the timer is zero. When all of the time units are gone, the special target at the lower right of the playfield lights for a free game. When the ball is lost, the game is over. Or, if the ball is lost with less than 5 time units remaining, the game is also over.
Let me just say that the timed aspect of this game sucks total ass. Add to the fact that the ball can be lost between the scissor flippers and you're left with a machine that has very short average game times. Completing the drop banks is not easy to do in a short period of time and racing against the clock is anxiety inducing.
I did not play the game with the updated roms that allow for standard (non-timed) play, but I suspect it would be better.
This game was designed by Allen Edwall with art by Doug Watson (of Quicksilver fame).
For more info on this game see here: ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=1286
Visit londonpinball.ca to buy merch or to contact me if you need pinball repairs within South Western Ontario.
Follow me on Instagram and Facebook!
IG: @cooke_pinball
FB: facebook.com/londonpinballcanada
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Howdy ho, pinball people. Here for your viewing pleasure is a 1980 Gottlieb James Bond 007 pinball machine in action. This game is a former house house and it was a bit labour intensive to get it back up and running, but get it back up and running it is!
This is one of the more unique (read: disliked) pinball machines out there as it is time-based rather than your standard 3-or-5-ball play. The way it works is that the player is given 50 "time units" to start the game and as soon as one of the 0-0-7 lanes or one of the drop targets is hit the timer starts counting. Completing a drop target bank awards 5 additional time units or hitting one of the lit "add 3 time units" targets when lit will award, you guessed it, three time units. If the player loses a ball, they lose 5 time units and play continues until the timer is zero. When all of the time units are gone, the special target at the lower right of the playfield lights for a free game. When the ball is lost, the game is over. Or, if the ball is lost with less than 5 time units remaining, the game is also over.
Let me just say that the timed aspect of this game sucks total ass. Add to the fact that the ball can be lost between the scissor flippers and you're left with a machine that has very short average game times. Completing the drop banks is not easy to do in a short period of time and racing against the clock is anxiety inducing.
I did not play the game with the updated roms that allow for standard (non-timed) play, but I suspect it would be better.
This game was designed by Allen Edwall with art by Doug Watson (of Quicksilver fame).
For more info on this game see here: ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=1286
