holminone's ratings

Pinsider holminone has rated 15 machines.

This page shows all all these ratings, and forms holminone's personal top 15.


Rating comments

holminone has written 15 rating comments:


9.700/10
3 months ago
Great layout, great theme, great energy. I love playing this game and I really love the mecha Godzilla on the premium... The theme is dreamy and I love the Blue Oyster Cult treatment. Brilliant. I want one badly, but not so badly that I'm willing to part with JP.
7.856/10
1 year ago
Cool game. Felt old style in terms of wide accessible shots with a little white water drain flair. Admittedly I was crushing the game with very long ball times and hitting the shots with relative ease. Got #4 high score on first and only game. I almost walked away after ball two but kept going. Glad I did. I had a good time playing it for sure.
8.600/10
2 years ago
Great game with a lot of great energy. I’ve only played it probably 20 times and it seems conceptually very simple in terms of hitting each shot multiple times. If I had this in the home I could see this being a mega hit among casual players. I could also see myself getting really good at and seeing all it has to offer on a frequent basis. Which isn’t a bad thing cause it’s a great experience.
8.364/10
2 years ago
This game took me a bit by surprise. Wide body, lots of interesting and challenging shots. Classic sort of feel, reminded me of Space shuttle initially. Sound makes for a super somber creepy feel like the movie. The homage to first gen pinball on the left ball save was a really nice touch. Looking forward to putting more time on this to see what is in it.
9.640/10
2 years ago
Incredible game. Amazing rules and so much to do. Fast, flowy, challenging shots and excellent adrenaline inducing action.

The game builds and builds and keeps this game from ever getting repetitive or boring. The shots are tight but satisfying when hit. The DNA combos are so great.

The original music and theme in this is fabulous. Have the alt code and while The john Williams score and Dino sounds are nice, on the whole the alt code is a hot mess.
9.208/10
2 years ago
The haters have won and the Pinside echo chamber is alive and well. IMO, the most underrated game on Pinside. I've got about 2,000 plays on this game in the home environment... Got a Pinwoofer setup with external sub and the sound is sublime. GNR has never sounded better, including against my Naim Supernait 2 powering some KEF LS50 metas... When you are at the helm at MY HOUSE, and you are rocking a song like a rock star, with the crowd pumping, and effectively juggling and multi-tasking the multi balls in play with your skills, all to the beat and coolness of what's happening, I officially feel like a highly skilled rock star. But I get that some people never achieve this or allow themselves to let this feeling soak over them. I will say this... newbs to pinball who have watched me play while in flow "get it" and are in awe. I get the arguments on the confusing and unbalanced scoring... but really, you just need to play better and have a good strategy. The game rewards great play. The more balls you have in play simultaneously during a song, the longer you keep them alive, the more feel you have, the more you are rewarded. I find this to be a true pinball players machine... I've got JP and STTNG to balance this game out... but this pretty much is my go to and I consider it the most underrated game on Pinside.
9.940/10
4 years ago
Wow. Played this game for the first time and what a fun game. I love the flow, shots, and sounds. The throwback 80s video game visuals and sounds make this a piece of modern art! I may have to get one.
7.932/10
5 years ago
Oh my. My first impression was this is a real snooze fest. Slow floaty play with lots of repetitive stand ups made me feel like I was playing a boring 70s EM but with modern computing bells and whistles. I was ready to walk away after ball 2. Sounds like from others you need a lot of time on a properly setup machine to feel the adventures that await.
8.956/10
5 years ago
Under rated all time classic. Classic Pat Lawlor parfait of disaster theme pinball with great flow, FUN and a seemingly infinitely variable light and sound package that can get the heart pumping (those singing 3 or more stacked modes are perfectly infrequent).

The pinside echo chamber of cell phone hate and SIM card difficulty (to me, even this is a nod by Pat to the history of pinball by incorporating a bit of luck into the game) has put this down on the list but don’t kid yourself. Dialed In is the real deal. A gift to Pinball and those in the know.
8.876/10
5 years ago
I’m a big fan of monster bash, especially on location where you haven’t fully realized the rinse repeat nature of the game. It’s a fun and fast game and the music and the characters blend super well together. Also, the game is beautiful. The multi balls mix things up enough and the energy of the pin ball is top notch. I’m not sure it’s deserving of a number three ranking though.
8.240/10
5 years ago
Of the three super pins, it’s my least favorite. I’m confident though if I owned one I would become a full blooded fanboy and it might become my kids favorite as well.

The fanboys of this pin seem to go the extra mile flagging questionable reviews. Not sure if this is to boost and sustain the market value or what.
8.821/10
5 years ago
Great experience. Great pinball energy and probably the game that started it all for me. Its not deep by today's standards, but I think this is one of the greatest, most relevant pinball games ever made.
8.436/10
5 years ago
Oh man... what this game could have been... The code is buggy and incomplete, but man, this machine had the bones to be spectacular IMO. The down ramp to hole in one for super jackpot, with that rock star music if you accomplish it is so very satisfying... Love it.

Needed a bit more time and love in the code department So between the software bugs and bud and buzz getting a little bit annoying, I downgrade the ranking.
8.040/10
5 years ago
I really like this game a lot. Its the one game my daughter wish I didn't sell. And I kind of regret selling it as I resurrected it from a local children's arcade/pizza place and the play field was literally black. After shopping, it looked about brand new...

A great, fun game, not super deep but definitely satisfying. Great add to any collection and recommend playing a bunch when you see it on location. The magnetic loop supercharger is cool initially, but kind of annoying IMO. Lots of noise and eye candy, limited satisfaction.
9.440/10
5 years ago
Top 10 game never leaving the collection. Steve Ritchie classic flow monster with amazing theme integration. Outlanes… make it steeper and play better. So much to do and sooooo much satisfaction.

Fun to maintain too actually. I recommend pinsound BTW.

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