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An in-depth discussion about IJ4

By DrStarkweather

11 years ago


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#30 11 years ago

I bought one NIB in 2008 thinking (incorrectly) that it would be a nice replacement to the Williams IJ I'd had for five years from 2001-2006.

After two months of trying to like it, I couldn't do it.

Cabinet artwork is fine and that's where it ends for me.

Personally, I do not like the Ark Multiball spilling six balls out - 2 or 3 balls is all you need for a good multiball. The left side of the playfield has sh*t shot selection. Fine, make one "gobble" hole, but two - c'mon. The captured balls arena in the top left is worthless to me. The ramp sucks as you just get your ball returned to your same left flipper - I much prefer criss-cross shot ramps for left/right flipper combos or the ability to pass the ball around. I hate Sterns with the 2/3 DMD for animations instead of the full-length DMD stuff. The artwork on the multiball inserts angered me with its "1", "2", "3", "4". How boring! Put some damned effort into the insert art instead of throwing 16 numbers at us right in the middle.

And perhaps I compared it too much to IJ'93 and found it to be relative crap.

I bailed out quickly and only lost $400 on the thing. Good riddance.

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