Starship Troopers
Sega, 1997Hi,
so after reaing all suggestions in my other thread, ive brought SST. It was a bit risky because i didn't played it before...but now im very glad that i've picked this one as my firs pin, i love it!!! Such an exciting, fast game...so thanks everyone for suggestions. It is exactly what i wanted.
Here is my gameplay video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=scSJaNDsJIU
And couple of photos:
http://www.temujin.cz/sst1.jpg
http://www.temujin.cz/sst_2.jpg
yes very fun pin, would still own but the bugs terrified my 2yr old daughter. funny now that it gone she asks wheres bug pin. i say its gone she say bring it back me no fraid no more. then she mimics brain bug at end .. hhhmm, hhhmm. to funny.
was in your shoes couple months back, 4th one coming friday. be very very quiet wife dosnt know yet.. 
Good choice. I have a great time every time I play my buddies SST.
Some cool and unique features on that one. Definitely a great "bang for you buck" pin.
I just got an SST myself a couple weeks ago, & it isn't my first & only game, but I could see it being a pretty solid 1st pin if it were.
Also if you are thinking ahead about game #2 & #3, methinks that there are a ton of games out there that would compliment SST very nicely because SST is pretty unique & there are many other good games out there that would be totally different.
We think in these ways, & this is why so many of us don't stop at 1. Every pin needs a good buddy.
A friend of mine sent me this when I got my first pin:
...the traditional rites of passage of pinball ownership. To enlighten, or remind you, here are the steps :
1. Initial curiosity, followed eventually by trepidatious purchase of a single pin.
2. Promise to wife that 1 machine is all you are ever getting.
3. Realization that owning 1 pin is ridiculous. You either own many pins or none at all. You opt for the former.
4. Begin process of justifying to wife why having 1 pin is silly. She capitulates. You buy between 2 and 5 more pins.
5. An interim period lasting between 2 and 6 months where you are almost satisfied with owning half-dozen B or C-list titles.
6. Through visitation of the homes of other collectors, you realize you will never be happy with your stagnant and finite collection of tattered and boring pins.
7. The process of justifying the purchase of more pins by employing the "logic" that they are actually investments and you will be able to flip them eventually.
8. The search for areas of your basement that are being under-utilized. Statement such as "She can really do the laundry in the garage, right?" or "Do my kids
really need that much square footage in order to play happily?" are often posed during this phase.
9. The epiphany that no matter what you do, your wife will think you are an idiot. In fact she already does. Do you really think she will respect you more if you
have 5 machines in the basement as opposed to 10, 12 or 20 ? You become enlightened. You have nothing to lose.
10. Nirvana : You have been set free. Your mind and body are awash in the pure bliss of the knowledge that an infinite supply of pins await your purchase.
No longer shall you be afraid, oppressed or remorseful. You are a man. You are a hunter. A collector, and you answer to no one.
So what step are you on? 
Good Luck! 
Congrats!!! One of Sega's best games! Hope you really enjoy it!
My first was Jungle Lord in about 1994...or, I guess you could count my Happy Days machine by Coleco when I was about 7(in 1977)...
Pinball Rules! 
Quoted from hollywood:A friend of mine sent me this when I got my first pin:
...the traditional rites of passage of pinball ownership. To enlighten, or remind you, here are the steps :
1. Initial curiosity, followed eventually by trepidatious purchase of a single pin.
2. Promise to wife that 1 machine is all you are ever getting.
3. Realization that owning 1 pin is ridiculous. You either own many pins or none at all. You opt for the former.
4. Begin process of justifying to wife why having 1 pin is silly. She capitulates. You buy between 2 and 5 more pins.
5. An interim period lasting between 2 and 6 months where you are almost satisfied with owning half-dozen B or C-list titles.
6. Through visitation of the homes of other collectors, you realize you will never be happy with your stagnant and finite collection of tattered and boring pins.
7. The process of justifying the purchase of more pins by employing the "logic" that they are actually investments and you will be able to flip them eventually.
8. The search for areas of your basement that are being under-utilized. Statement such as "She can really do the laundry in the garage, right?" or "Do my kids
really need that much square footage in order to play happily?" are often posed during this phase.
9. The epiphany that no matter what you do, your wife will think you are an idiot. In fact she already does. Do you really think she will respect you more if you
have 5 machines in the basement as opposed to 10, 12 or 20 ? You become enlightened. You have nothing to lose.
10. Nirvana : You have been set free. Your mind and body are awash in the pure bliss of the knowledge that an infinite supply of pins await your purchase.
No longer shall you be afraid, oppressed or remorseful. You are a man. You are a hunter. A collector, and you answer to no one.
So what step are you on?
Good Luck!
right now im on step 2, but my wife loves this pin and i already mentoined to her that we would have more in future, so i dont think its going to be so dramatic especially if i manage to get Simpsons Pinball Party or Family Guy someday...
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