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  1. Plenty of fun toppers in the 80s and 90s pins. Here's Williams' Fire! (1987) that has a firebell which actually works. It's driven by a solenoid very similar to the game's knocker. The volume level can also be adjusted by a screw that limits the plunger's travel distance.

    Taking this thing off is a very common thing with Fire! The game uses the bell a lot by default and it'll start getting on people's nerves over time. The sad part is that you really don't have to pull it from the game, in addition to just unplugging the solenoid, there's adjustments to how much it's used in the game, from very liberal use to completely disabling it. Would've saved me from having to hunt this thing down had a previous owner read the manual or knew what the hell they were doing.

    #pinball #arcade #mildlyinteresting

  2. Plenty of fun toppers in the 80s and 90s pins. Here's Williams' Fire! (1987) that has a firebell which actually works. It's driven by a solenoid very similar to the game's knocker. The volume level can also be adjusted by a screw that limits the plunger's travel distance.

    Taking this thing off is a very common thing with Fire! The game uses the bell a lot by default and it'll start getting on people's nerves over time. The sad part is that you really don't have to pull it from the game, in addition to just unplugging the solenoid, there's adjustments to how much it's used in the game, from very liberal use to completely disabling it. Would've saved me from having to hunt this thing down had a previous owner read the manual or knew what the hell they were doing.

    #pinball #arcade #mildlyinteresting