This is my first post on Pinside -- I joined only this week after lurking for a while.
The Beatles machine is the first that I have ever purchased, arriving last Friday after more than 45 years playing in arcades or wherever pinball can be found these days. I go back to Pin-Up, Captain Fantastic, Black Knight, Fireball II, Eight Ball Deluxe, Pin-Bot, the Addams Family, Attack From Mars and about a hundred others.
So far, I love The Beatles game. It plays fast, looks good, sounds great, is just challenging enough, and begs for the Start button to be hit each time the last ball is drained. The layout is clean and well-designed from every flipper angle (which I find rare for four-flipper games). The ball tends to bounce high a little too much (I'm sure there is a term for that), and I could do with a little less Cousin Brucie, but overall, I'm pleased. My wife is playing for the first time in decades, and my kids (23 and 17) who never played before are constantly sneaking in to play games as well.
From what I understand of these things, the code right now is pretty early stages, but I just loaded 1.08 (it came with 1.05) and see improvements already. So I have hopes that new music, voice clips and challenges will be added as the game matures.
I am a huge Beatles fan, and I can see that there is clearly room for Beatles 1967 and Beatles 1970 machines if they intend a series. I kind hope they don't, as 1964 seems to have a certain fitting innocence to it. But I'm really glad they didn't try to capture every era -- its would have been a hodgepodge.
So as an owner newbie and player veteran, my initial take is they did a great job. Time will see if I hold that opinion. And if I want a more complicated game down the line, there are any number I have my eyes on. But for now, I Feel Fine.