The strength of Stern games is the code. This carries a lot of weight in home use as you are always discovering new things. There's only a handful of B/W games with code that is in the same league. However, I still give the nod to B/W games due to their overall presentation and feel. The artwork and toys are typically superior and there's just some kind of magic there that is greater than the sum of the parts. I don't have any nostalgia since I didn't play much as a kid. The Stern machines just always seemed a little cheapened out to me, even though they have stepped up their game and put out quite a few great titles over the last 5 years. There's room for both in any balanced collection, imho.