Quoted from drfrightner:I know I'm going to get get labeled a JJP fan and yes I am but... I own Jurassic Park its awesome! I own ACDC, Ghostbusters, Metallica, Deadpool, Batman 66, and the list goes on and on.
The hands down game of the decade is WIZARD OF OZ!
WHY?
Let me count the reasons:
1) First game with a full color screen, CGI FX, and Movie Clips
2) First game to ever feature LED lights and white inserts
3) First game with radcal
4) First game with a totally new approach to a backend matrix run off a computer Its still the standard today. Don't know why Stern hasn't changed to something like it.
5) Two upper playfields, spinning house, crystal ball, and so much more.
6) Created the term Limited Edition with powder coating, autographs, special features and more.
The biggest reason is it changed pinball forever... a few years later Stern would add color screens and seek out movie clips. Based on the success of WOZ other pinball start ups would sprout up and make games like Big Lebowski, Aliens and more. Companies like Spooky, American Pinball, Chicago Gaming, and others owe everything to WIZARD OF OZ success.
To this day the game still holds its value, and is considered the single most beautiful game ever created.
Wizard of Oz was a game changer and pushed Pinball back into the mainstream. Stern gets all the credit for keeping pinball alive, but JJP gets all the credit for taking Pinball to a level NO ONE ever thought possible.
Don't forget to include that before radcals, JJP's cabinet utilized a wonderful direct print process. The direct print cabinets were on the ECLEWOZ and on early standard editions.
The direct print supplier and JJP had a parting of ways, resulting in radcals. I remember when JJP ran a contest to create a name for radcals.
I also remember worrying that they would run out of direct print cabinets before my ECLE arrived. My game was among the original $6,500 preorder group of 1,000 in 2011, but later in the run (which fortuitously turned out well, averting the early light board and playfield issues).
I sold my direct print ECLEWOZ a few years ago. Nevertheless, I too vote WOZ as the runaway most influential game of the decade.
