This video has been nominated as a duplicate of this video by SlipperyPete. If this nomination is seconded with *isdupe, the video will be killed and its votes transferred to the original.

*dupeof=http://www.videosift.com/video/Pinball-Countdown-Sesame-Street

They used to put these in the lightbox on some pinball machines... I think it was a half-silvered mirror in front and a full mirror behind it to create the effect.

I loved my VIC-20, it was all I could afford so I made the most of it. I think it was a 22 character column display. And I only had 2.5 kilobytes of RAM. I was getting my Associates in Electronics when I got the VIC-20, from 1982 to 1984 so it was perfect for learning to program BASIC and writing programs to solve electronics and algebra problems.

I pushed it to its limits, sometimes storing data in the 500+ bytes of screen memory when I didn't have to display anything and using one letter variables to save memory, like A=A+1, Z=Z-6. My computer teacher commended me for my resourcefulness and creativity for finding ways to maximize the limited power of the VIC-20. But he also criticized me for bad programming habits, like using one letter variables that were non-descriptive of the info they stored. He always said BASIC was horrible and I should focus on getting proficient with Pascal.

I didn't understand what he meant until I got my first computer job, part of which involved trying to fix a program someone had written in BASIC. It was a total mess, undocumented spaghetti code with GOTO statements that felt like you were watching a pinball ricocheting inside a pinball machine. I finally understood what he meant.
Anyway I miss my VIC-20.

Thanks for mentioning! I was surprised this wasn't in the sift, so I'm glad there is at least a version of the pinball machine countdown that made it in.

As necrontyr pointed out, it's not really a dupe. I found several versions of the longer montage of all the pinball countdowns on youtube, but opted for just the #12. It somehow felt more right having the song as it was played in the show, instead of a montage of all the versions (though the montage was quite well done!).

technically its not a complete dupe since the embed there used to have all 12 pinball things set to one continuous jazz song, this one only has #12.

dupe of this guy: http://www.videosift.com/video/Pinball-Countdown-Sesame-Street

it's dead, but the proper thing to do would be to replace the embed code.

WTF!

Geebus... a 'pinball' game where you can't actually HIT the ball because there are no flippers.

Grrreat!

>> ^mxxcon:
this looks like a hacked game.
rabbit gives you magic ball w/ a hat and score multiplier.
lobster gives you pinball flippers on the sides.
you can't mix 2.
so i highly question this video for authenticity.


Rabbit gives you a spin for different power ups from all of the various masters, so it seems plausible.

this looks like a hacked game.

rabbit gives you magic ball w/ a hat and score multiplier.
lobster gives you pinball flippers on the sides.
you can't mix 2.

so i highly question this video for authenticity.

>> ^shuac:
Are those pinball flippers made of carrot?


They're crab claws!

Robster Craws!

Are those pinball flippers made of carrot?

garmachi:
I predict that this will be my first #1 post.

Easy, Kreskin.

Don't be a "Plum"???
What the heck is a Plum??

Funny anyway... Kind of like a human pinball machine!

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Great, just what I need; a pinball machine that can decide according to some algorithm that I've been playing for too long and shut me down with a few calculated rebounds... fantastic.

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