Natetheviking's ratings

Compared to other games of it's time it's a real stand out. It's hard as nails which is part of its appeal. Very difficuly mutiball. I do love hearing it rattle off the "gods" as you knock down the drops. Bonus time is really something. Solid machine and can be had for relatively cheap when you find one. Great game.

Having owned it for awhile now I think I have formed as solid of an opinion as I'm going to. Nordman's first has a lot of familiar playfield layout features. There's some shots here that feel very similar to other games of his. This is, I think, a good thing. The shots all feel nice and the all seem to work. Pretty impressive for his first time out, I think. This is definately the best part of the game. Multiball is fairly tricky to get on a regular basis and scoring a jackpot is had enough the be satisfying when you nail it.

The artwork is not quite as polished. It works in a sort of comic book way. I kinda like it but it's pretty generic not being terrible in the most awesome way possible (like a Gottlieb of this time period) or actually awesome. Kinda middle of the road. Certainly nothing to write home to the folks about.

I had to dock some serious points for sound and music. I do love the crickets but that's all there is to love. A fairly non-bogus synth riff for music but it only plays thirty seconds before stopping. Maybe that's a bug on just mine since it seems weird.

The light show is pretty great and the rocket shooting effect is well done. So, there's that going for it. Over all, it's a fun game. Maybe not a keeper but it's an interesting piece of pinball history with a lot to recommend it. For the money these go for it's definitely worth spending some time with.