Does anyone have a list? I don't have a ton of time on quite a few of the top 100/200, so i don't really know which ones have them or not. I hate video modes with few exceptions and have noticed alot of the games without them tend to be higher on my list. Maybe it's a coincidence.
Quoted from markmon:Yep. Video modes suck. They interrupt the good flow of the game to present a two button video game on a very small two color display.
Whaaaat? The video mode on fishtales is sweeet! I love video modes. It adds a nice small little element to the games far different from flinging the ball around. Although, they can be WAY lame at times and pointless, especially compared to the video pin of yours I played.
The more you discuss what you like in a game, the more it sounds like you would gravitate towards a lot of the newer Sterns (SAM System era)... I actually can't think of any SAM games with a video mode...
Quoted from Deaconblooze:Wh20 and TSPP, from my collection.
How do you feel about the BSD video mode after owning the game for so long? I really liked it (probably my favorite vid mode to date), but haven't played it enough to know if it gets repetitive.
I don't mind video modes in pinball, but don't really care for the video mode in BSD.... It's only saving grace to me is waiting as long as possible to maximize your points....
I think my favorites are the mine cart in IJ and the video mode in FT....
Quoted from EchoVictor:Definitely not one in Dredd
Well, sort of. You have the Pursuit mode (I think that's what it's called), which uses the DMD to show you which ramp to shoot for. A really cool use of the DMD, and sort of a hybrid video mode.
By the way, TOM has the worst video mode I've played.
G N' R has a video mode. It's just like the one on Harley-Davidson where you use the motorcycle to dodge traffic.
Black rose has a ton of video modes and they rock knife throwing swinging from ship to ship and swimming away from a shark tons of fun and they fit the theme of the games and don't take along time to complete
Quoted from Deaconblooze:Well, sort of. You have the Pursuit mode (I think that's what it's called), which uses the DMD to show you which ramp to shoot for. A really cool use of the DMD, and sort of a hybrid video mode.
By the way, TOM has the worst video mode I've played.
Yeah, Pursuit is way cool, but I really consider a video mode to be something where the ball is frozen and you have to play a pure video game on the DMD.
+1000 on the opinion the ToM is the worst video mode ever! Why the hell would I want to stop playing a REAL pinball so that I can play lame-@$$ "digital pinball"?!?
Later,
EV
Easier to list the games that do have a video mode as there are much less..
can't you search ipdb for it ?
Quoted from aeneas:Easier to list the games that do have a video mode as there are much less..
Is that a fact? Even when i am talking DMD only? 
Quoted from aeneas:can't you search ipdb for it ?
i did. i put "video mode" in features and it yielded 10 machines, which is not correct.
Pretty sure Demolition Man does not have a video mode. Could be wrong though.
I wish Johnny Mnemonic didn't have one! That has to be the most god-awful video mode ever created.
I'm a huge fan of video modes on pins. It adds some diversity to the game and if implemented well to give real bonuses (like on Doctor Who) it can be an intense aspect of the game. I wish they would have made a video mode on Tron . . . would have been AWESOME!
My JPTLW has a video mode... But DAMN I wish it didn't....god awful and it's such an afterthought like they just threw it in there....sad sad sad wannabe video mode....I tell ya.
Quoted from Pinballerchef:My JPTLW has a video mode... But DAMN I wish it didn't....god awful and it's such an afterthought like they just threw it in there....sad sad sad wannabe video mode....I tell ya.
YEs I own that game and it sucks ass.
Quoted from northvibe:YEs I own that game and it sucks ass.
Haha...it certainly does!
Quoted from jk2171:I wish Johnny Mnemonic didn't have one! That has to be the most god-awful video mode ever created.
Johnny's is easily avoidable, however. Just don't pick the matrix lock that will start it. If you always go for the one with the Extra Ball (as I do) first, you'll always have one option to maintain your tic-tac-toe row without hitting the Video Mode.
Later,
EV
Quoted from EchoVictor:Johnny's is easily avoidable, however. Just don't pick the matrix lock that will start it. If you always go for the one with the Extra Ball (as I do) first, you'll always have one option to maintain your tic-tac-toe row without hitting the Video Mode.
Later,
EV
Good point, EV. Extra Ball first is usually my strategy to avoid it as well. Sometimes I get distracted, or just don't concentrate and end up picking video mode in the matrix by accident.
My recently acquired South Park with the latest public release roms has no video mode that I've found.
Quoted from EchoVictor:+1000 on the opinion the ToM is the worst video mode ever! Why the hell would I want to stop playing a REAL pinball so that I can play lame-@$$ "digital pinball"?!?
Later,
EV
Agreed 1000%
Quoted from jk2171:Good point, EV. Extra Ball first is usually my strategy to avoid it as well. Sometimes I get distracted, or just don't concentrate and end up picking video mode in the matrix by accident.
Yeah, I wind up like that as well. Only time I'll deliberately take on Video mode is if my "avoidance" tic-tac-toe row will make the multiball jackpots all three of the rollover lanes. I usually like to have a ramp or two in that mix, so I'll deal with video mode to get it.
Later,
EV
Quoted from jk2171:Good point, EV. Extra Ball first is usually my strategy to avoid it as well. Sometimes I get distracted, or just don't concentrate and end up picking video mode in the matrix by accident.
If you get to round 2 in the JM video mode, the EB is one of the floating ghost thingys. I always go for the EB Award, followed by the video mode, then whatever for TTT. Easily a 5 ball game if you're quick.
Having said that, the video mode in JM is pretty lame.
Quoted from TheLaw:You're forgetting the Holodeck Shuttle Simulation.
EDIT:L,L,R,R,L,R,L
Hey....thanks for the tip 
Quoted from TheLaw:You're forgetting the Holodeck Shuttle Simulation.
you are correct....I guess since its easy to bypass (and seems to always pop up in the middle of some other mode) and I always go the 25M route, its easily forgotten. Might actually have to try it now that I know the sequence....nah
Though I do try to get the 3 trigger press for holodeck 3 ready...lotsa points there if you can catch it.
Quoted from wizzardz:I always go the 25M route. Might actually have to try it now that I know the sequence....nah
EB & Dilithium Crystals & prob 100 million points in there if I remember correctly...nothing to sneeze at.
Quoted from hank527:GNR does not have one
Gnr has a most annoying one. If you start feature on gilby you get it. It's a pattern. And if you plunge the ball and start this that way you lose your ball saver. It's mandatory to play it to get to riot 
Quoted from markmon:Gnr has a most annoying one. If you start feature on gilby you get it. It's a pattern. And if you plunge the ball and start this that way you lose your ball saver. It's mandatory to play it to get to riot
And I think it is the same as the harley pins video mode. You ride a harley and avoid crap on the street? Pretty sure at least. Either not a fan of GNR as a whole
Quoted from mezzblue:It was rumored that FG was going to have, but that never happened.
Well, it did happen...sort of. The "Chicken Fight" video mode was in there, but they removed it in later code revisions. Supposedly there's some machines floating around out there that still have it, but apparently it's not very good (like most video modes!).
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