I love the 6803s too, correct on the build quality, every time i move one it feels like the cabinet is about to turn to woodchips! Thanks for the headsup on the anti-gravity shot during 2 ball, i think youre right, never managed to figure that out before selling it. Thanks for watching and taking the time to leave a comment! ☺️

Wonderful game to see! I think the Bally 6803 line is my absolute favorite series of games ever made; they weren't built very sturdy, and some questionable decisions were made under the hood (namely the infamous keypad), but Bally's designers were consistently putting together incredibly crazy and unique playfield layouts that make the games really memorable. They feel genuinely inspired in comparison to modern games, which can feel mundane and unwilling to deviate from established orthodoxy. Dan Langlois himself has to be one of the greatest designers to have ever lived just on the basis of how adventurous he was with unique shot geometry and mechanisms, and I wish I knew more about him, but information seems pretty sparse. All I can gather is that he was killed far too soon in a traffic accident in 1991 while designing Gilligan's Island. Strange Science feels honest despite the lopsided 12x scoring. Once you're in multiball, it turns into a classic-style bonus-collect game, which I believe was no longer common at the time. If memory serves, collecting the spark bonus from the anti-gravity shot is what re-lights the collect bonus saucer, so you're trying to string together as many collects as possible from the dangerous center ramp shot with as many balls in play as possible; there's a lot of fun to be had in how chaotic it gets. Also, I think you can get an extra ball from the anti-gravity ramp during 2-ball. It's only available after "smashing" an atom out of the atom smasher and not when 5-ball is started.

Such passion. Keep doing vids.

this game looks strange but kinda fun