The machines can be found upstairs, off the dining room, in a games room where there is also a pool table. Downstairs is a TAB and Bistro with the standard pub grub, but onto the machines.
Theatre of Magic is a great machine. In fact both Theatre and Addams Family feature in the top 10 machines on ipdb.org. Theatre's most prominent feature is the trunk that is used to lock balls to build to a multi-ball. Unfortunately the machine at the Royal is missing the decals so it looks like a simple aluminium box. It all works fine though and ultimately I'd rather have a working machine than a pretty machine with faults.
Hitting the trunk sets up ball lock. Lock the ball three times and it's multi-ball. the various ramps correspond to different "magic tricks" like sawing a lady in half or pulling rabbits our of a hat.. The aim is complete them all.
Theatre of Magic is a great machine. In fact both Theatre and Addams Family feature in the top 10 machines on ipdb.org. Theatre's most prominent feature is the trunk that is used to lock balls to build to a multi-ball. Unfortunately the machine at the Royal is missing the decals so it looks like a simple aluminium box. It all works fine though and ultimately I'd rather have a working machine than a pretty machine with faults.
Hitting the trunk sets up ball lock. Lock the ball three times and it's multi-ball. the various ramps correspond to different "magic tricks" like sawing a lady in half or pulling rabbits our of a hat.. The aim is complete them all.
I really enjoyed this machine. I like the theme and it integrates well into the pinball machine with the novelty value of the trunk, trapdoor and use of magnets. I can see myself returning and spending quite a bit of time on this one.
Meanwhile the Addams Family machine is a classic. It's a relatively common machine, one of the most successful machines ever made. Great range of ramps and toys, Thing coming out and picking up the locked ball is a favourite. It can be a little unforgiving with a particularly harsh ball save being especially frustrating. Its possible to launch the ball and not even get a flipper to it and still not have the ball save work for you. once it gets going though this can be a great machine.
There are a couple of danger zones with the electric chair being a close shot and when "the power" is triggered you have a magnet randomising the ball to contend with as well. Overall though this is a classic and if you haven't already played it, well, you should.
So, two great machines at this location, what more do you want?
Theatre of Magic here is faulty. Yes, the decals are missing - which is not that big a deal - but on the second or third shot of the magic trunk the machine loses power and resets in "test mode", killing your credits. This happened for three games in a row, after which time I put the rest of my change into the Addams Family machine instead.
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