Singular moments in pinball

[johnh]

Slow sunday morning, futzing around the house, the missus is at work, the dogs are asleep, thought I'd have a quick game on GNR (JJP). I had the greatest single moment I think I've ever had in 20 years of collecting - November Rain, volume at '11', lights are off in the room so it's just the machine, flowing for days, love the atmosphere of the song , haven't crashed out yet, didn't want to cash out, lost the jackpot in the end, didn't care. One of those moments where it's just you and a pinball machine and nothing but the joy of playing.
Interested to know - leaving scores aside, what are you greatest pinball moments?

 

[Gonzo]

First time I destroyed the ring in LOTR and Gollum screamed "Precious" and fell into the lava of Mount Doom as the balls drained and every coil in the game activated . . . Felt like it was shaking the whole house. Really cool

 

[roadshow16]

The first moment I heard the heartbeat and 'she's alive' on Bride, all lights off, volume up. That was the moment that I realised that this pinball lark was for me

 

[David_Vi]

Super Payday on Roadshow, locking the balls and the awesome animation on the dmd with the lightning effects.

The dimming of the GI is spectacular, I don't understand why people get their games refurbished and add LEDs without boards to make the dimming work as it originally did. It's so atmospheric and exciting!

 

[EduardoGaleano]

In Star Wars LE, discovering that during Hyperspace MB looping another ball in the hyperdrive habitrail plunges a new one and then managing to put 4 of them in that loop at the same time. The centrifugal force and the noise increasing to the point it feels like the machine is going to start spinning or explode…

 

[steve brum]

Vacation jackpot on Whitewater

Thinking game is broken as it goes crazy

Similar thing happen to a borrower on scarred stiff recently when then got scarred stiff for first time

Getting tour the mansion on a site machine also great

As is clocking older games in public. Or is that just showing off . on original black Knight it definitely was !

 

[kev a]

One and only time completing Shadow's final battle, when the game goes dark... "Finally you have learned to control the pinball"