Meet the Phantom of the Opera!

Shop Notes

We just finished a full shop job on this Phantom of the Opera pinball machine. This is a really fun game to play, and a good value for the price! It’s fun for fans of the musical, or anyone looking for a dependable game.

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Data East came out with this game in 1990, and produced around 2,750 machines. (IPDB)

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The game, of course, takes it theme from the famous novel and its many incarnations. “The Phantom of the Opera” was first published by French novelist Gaston Leroux in 1910.

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We gave this game a full shop job, pulling everything off the playfield to be polished, washed, tumbled, buffed, or otherwise cleaned.

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Then we installed LEDs throughout: insert, GI, and flashers.

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We checked all the mechanics of the game, and everything works 100%.

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There are some fun features in this game, including the “magic mirror” in the center, and the organ door that traps balls for multi-ball action.

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Sing once again with me our strange duet. / My power over you grows stronger yet. / And though you turn from me to glance behind, / The Phantom of the Opera is there, inside your mind.

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Enjoy the game, Pete!