Resto24- Royal Flush (Gottlieb, 1976)

Restoration overview. In-depth rules and game play.

[evilskunk]

One of my favorites. We had one of those machines when I was a kid.

[BiLdoEMcLown]

My grandparents had one of these machines and it brings back literally every good memory of my childhood to see this video. My aunt still has it, but there's family drama I won't get into preventing me from ever getting to play it again, even though it was promised to me.

[tippern]

I believe we had a Royal Flush at National Lanes Memphis in the 70's. I loved it because it was so loud on startup. Such a clean machine, thanks.

[gnrrailroad]

This game was definitely addictive and a favourite back in the day.

[billgoings]

I remember playing this game, many times. :) Great job David.

[stevekaczmarczyk]

Fantastic machine - I owned it as a kid in the '80s - wish i never sold it.

[JeffreyQProductions]

Is the difference between this and Card Whiz just 4 players vs two players? And do these old EMs have a tilt bob mechanic? This machine looks super clean and fun.

[Regejr]

I hope you’ll be posting a tour of the pub when it opens. This is a great looking pin.

[dennisbraun]

2:51 "Never call it a table. It's a machine."
4:02 "Now we come back to a completely reset table."
Dude! You broke your own rule!

[rizzlerazzleuno]

Excellent demonstration. 👍 Another great table design by Ed Krinski. I have a Card Whiz, 2-player version of Royal Flush. When is your pinball pub going to be open? Are the games going to run on quarters? Looking forward to another reason to visit Memphis. BTW: Did you have to repair the drop target bank? In my game one of the nylon bushings (bearing) was broken and the reset return (torsion) spring was broken. Had to get replacements from pbr. Also the three relays that lock on during the game needed replacements; burnt coils. Are you using surface mounted diodes in your games?
Thanks for the video. The pinballonbroad website does not appear to be active.

[detlefsell]

Hi David, I've owned a Gottlieb's Royal Flush from 1976 for about a year now, but unfortunately it causes a few problems.
Sometimes, the bonus ladder gets stuck at a value (sometimes 1000 or 2000, usually 4000) or remains stuck after the single or double (‘double bonus lit’) evaluation without jumping one level further. This happens about every third or fourth game with a bonus, although it is more likely to occur when the game is cold than when you have been playing pinball for a quarter of an hour to ‘warm up’. Where exactly could the problem lie? Thanks from Germany

[mannymasy]

I love this game. I've been looking for one for a long time ... but I'm not lucky

[tannerwalters]

I saw you used a vinyl cutter for your inserts (read a previous comment). Did you use the vinyl cutout as a stencil to paint the joker on or did you just using the vinyl sticker as the face? Did you protect it with anything? Krylon? Thank you for your help before I start my restoration job on mine.

[jetcom]

Nice Restoration David ! I have a Royal Flush I hope to restore soon. May I ask where you got your Joker face inserts ? My game is missing about 4 of them. Thank you !

[AgentCircus]

I'm a proud owner of this will never let it go

[davidliss]

David, thanks so much for posting this video. I just got one about 4 weeks ago and have most everything working on it. I have new dip and drop targets coming because some are chipped and broken (they're brittle). Question for you...do you know, or can you direct me somewhere, that would tell me what the numbers across the top of the lightbox (I think that's what it's called - the scoring box) mean? There's a 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 - do you know what they indicate? They only show up once the game is over.