nikpinball's ratings

Besides art and as long as you have the cleland code installed to up the sound game, it's a top 5 all time. Best code in a game I've ever played. This pushed coding to a new level really and paved the way for games like maiden, bm66, and deadpool to be as deep and enjoyable as they are.

It's hard as hell and has pushed my nudging to a whole new level that I needed.

Amazing game off the rip. Not a fan of the band or the theme but it's hard to say anything bad because it's integrated so well. The animations are bad, probably my only gripe.

I just got to play this game and it blew me away. Rules are awesome, the sound is premium, the simplicity yet depth is outstanding. My complaint would be I wish some of the standups were drops but it probably would slow the game down so tough call.

Man I hated this game when it was revealed and thought it was the biggest WTF? I had ever seen.....I feel completely different about it now. The theme is still not something I'm into (but has grown on me some) but the rules are outstanding. The scoring is balanced and difficult to score well. Anytime I play this with a first timer they are always impressed and have a great time. The toys are awesome, the layout and shots feel great! It's just plain fun and I've even found myself quoting the callouts. To go from thinking they missed the mark to they nailed it is such a gap but I'd own one and I definitely never saw myself saying that.

A phenomenal game with a truly unique layout. Holds high in art and gameplay of the best multiball Bally's like Fathom and Centaur and plays very similar but with a touch of Paragon thrown in there. Gameplan's best title essentially uncontested.

Pros: Gameplay, layout, rules, and art.
Cons: Speech, rarity, expensive like Centaur if you can even find one.

Such an awesome game once you learn some strategy and plan your moves. The scoring on hand of the king should be turned down some (just some as it's well deserved for beating half the game) and the scoring should be turned up for iron throne and iron throne really needs to be more complete and at least have an option to end without draining.

On the other side the art is not good. Alt translite helps but that playfield will look ugly for life. The cab is ok but would benefit from a more fantasy based concept art used for the show. Licensing im sure played a role in the art and i will let it slide because the shots both fronthand and backhand make sense and flow so nicely. I love magnets in games and thought i would be sad not to see one in here but i was not. It would slow down the pace of this long player. The ball serve is fantastic on a short plunge and what you are doing changes constantly.

Excellent rules really make this a winner. It does get easy for the advanced player but iron throne is not easy. Enjoy

BSD is pretty awesome. My favorite straight forward game. Still challenging to stack multiballs and really get a next level score. Fast and flowy and for some reason really damn fun to play again and again.

The most accessible EM to non EM people. Such an awesome game. I will own one to go along with capersville which I love for different reasons and is also ahead of its time but the spinning disc is just the best thing I've ever had the pleasure of avoiding on an EM.

I love the game but something makes me hate the backglass. I love nip it's glass by the same artist but there is just something I hate about this one. Great play, meh art!

knock, knock, knock!!! Love snapping off EB's on this thing of the bottom wows! Get good at the skill shot up top, easy 3k once you have it down and more importantly EB's. The wows at the bottom are high risk and really make it dangerous but fun to earn your EB's. Drops!!!!! It's so much more fun to play games with large banks like this and eldorado than one with spread out small banks, thank god they don't reset inbetween balls.

Absolutely love this game. double 5 drop banks with an actual resetting target! Rare gameplay for it age. There's something about playing head to head that's awesome and pushing each other to the next level. 2 ways to play- bold on the bottom or calmly up top. A+ game

Awesome game but soooooo difficult to master. It will teach you so much about nudging very very carefully and strategically. I love the art but for such a cool pin with a very unique layout I would have loved a different theme.

Highly recommend this game. Multiball 2 different ways, one comfortably feeding to your shooter, interesting rules, zipper flippers, unique scoring bonuses, etc. This artist has some fantastic work but Capersville is not as cool compared to some of his others. With a mystery theme he really could have stretched it to the next level but there's some cool stuff to it. Playing alone is great but playing with people and stealing multiballs will make you keep going over and over.

My favorite EM. What really draws me to it is 3 different ways to earn extra balls, top lanes, number sequence, and the red dots. There's significant strategy in the plunge (aiming for the lanes for EB with or without roto-spin depending on whats showing) and also strategy on the drain, I will occasionally take a drain on purpose to set myself up for a big payoff later, especially if my shot is on plunge wise in my EB lanes up top. Rolling it feels ever so good. I will at some point own one and restore it to perfection.

Amazing game, whole field full of shots, actual hard wizard progression. The art blows me away although I think the cab would be great in other colors besides green. Very polarizing too, people love it and people hate it. I love all of the jpop but this one is the standout.

Game is fun but unbalanced. Multiball is 12x playfield and it's all you really do to score high. There is a ton of great shots but they mostly go unutilized because of the scoring balance. Cool apron, cool neon tube, great art, funny theme, interesting ball save one of the last machines with printed backglasses. Basic cab is a bummer. Good and bad but fun nonetheless.

Near perfect. My only gripes are rear lighting that can be modded to not be a problem. Cabinet fade that sucks and I wish the ball didn't disappear from view on some of the shots. Everything else is at another level of good.

Outstanding game. AAB extends gameplay over Sing Along which is what I like most. My second favorite EM only to Cowpoke but this one is considerably more challenging and honestly one of the best gameplay EM's ever made. If you roll it over you have had a true wizard round!

This game is so ridiculously good. Plenty of stuff to keep you interested and very challenging. Most need to try it solo at an arcade for an hour to really begin to like it because it's hard and will beat you up quick until you get the hang of it.

A must have in a collection and will make you a better player with some hours into it. Cheap now but that probably won't last too much longer as many are discovering this game and scooping them up.

Great game and very different. Superior build quality from toys to boards. The cabinet art is sooo great, I wish they had taken it to the playfield, it feels quite flat there and too red. Its fast and quite hard. Would have been nice to randomize tricks per level. The hat and genie shots in level 2 are really hard because the flippers are strong and I think the holes could have used a couple of mm increase in size. The loop in both directions is one of the best shots in pinball, very smooth, fast and satisfying. Easy 2ball but a difficult 3 ball multiball. Well balanced scoring.

Capcom should have stayed with it, they could easily had rivaled williams with a framework they had going. As someone said previously its a great game for a collection but you wouldn't want it as your only pin unless you were training to become a pro because you are forced to maintain control, aim, think, continue And think ahead. The good thing is everyone can get to trick 4 and skill shot a fun multiball!

The game is just gorgeous. Best lighting I can recall seeing in a game.

The ruleset is deep and I'm sure it will be updated to up the animations a bit and make things a little bit clearer on level 3 missions. Awesome flow while playing, doesn't drain fast but certainly not easy. Brilliant play, sooooo fast!!!

The cabinet is so awesome with the lit up enterprises on the side soooooooo........ what up with that generic back glass? Reminded me of Gottleib System 80B games with great play and terrible terrible back glasses.

Some small tweaks in firmware and this will be a great one.

I had to edit my rating once I finally got some time in on MM and all I can say is it's definitely a top 3 for me if not the best overall pinball I have played. I upped all my scores and really began to realize why this is such a great pin. I definitely want to own one someday.

This pin is my favorite. One day I will own one. I travel far on a regular basis just to play one that has a little bit of a weak flipper but it's still worth it.

There are just sooooo many things to do and so many great shots in this game. One of the best out there.

A great game, awesome to pick the music you'd like! Frank's head likes to stop working and so does the huge display. Some modes are really tough, the main scoring mode is too easy.