Although I understand linear modes being a complaint, it is one of the things that I hope is *not* changed about the game with the new code. Ghostbusters is an excellent game that is different in how the modes are played.

I think if anything, there should be a few things that you can start other than the modes (perhaps a Scoleri brothers thing, a gear up thing, and a Subway thing?) so you end up with some variety, but if they make it so that you can progress through the scenes in any order, that would make it play a lot like every other game, and would kill the narrative arch that it was clearly set up to tell.

Glad to see it's still being updated. I check in on these threads every few months not really expecting anything, nice to hear it's happening.

Yeah, exactly! I wouldn't mind some stuff around that being added, but it has options. I like that this game is different than the rest. It works for what it is like that. It could definitely use some polish and would be good to have some other stuff happen that can break up the ladder options a bit, but if it is fundamentally changed to be a more normal game, I know in going to like it less.

Nah, Ernie doesn't do promos for businesses on cameo. He's a cool dude and I'm sure he did this because they asked. I know he really enjoys being part of the pinball machine.

No idea. And even if he did know, he wouldn't tell me. And even if he did, I wouldn't go share that information because it wouldn't be my place.

Having said that, if Murray had as large of a role in the more recent Ghostbusters movie as he did, it would be crazy if he completely turned down an actual sequel, especially now that Hudson and Akyroyd are confirmed.

It's impossible to speculate if he had to sign off on his audio being used. I would bet that he did not, based on when that movie was made, retain the rights for his audio from within the movie. If he had done custom voicework, it would be different.

Light is green, trap is clean is an iconic line from the movie. It does what the containment unit does in the movie. It changes from on, to "has a clean trap in it" to "dickless over here shut down the power".

If people really don't understand this because they don't remember that line, swap your bulbs to both be red and be happy. I would personally be miffed if they make it *not* like the movie.

Watch this:

Green light is on. I don't remember if the green light is usually on in the game or not.

Unlock the system, insert the trap, close and lock the system (red light goes on, green light goes off)

Then, light is green, trap is clean.

Later, there is an alarm when the containment unit is shut down.

You don't need callouts with that phrasing. The DMD tells you VERY clearly what you're doing. Are you seriously stuck staring at the light wondering why the green or red is on at any given point in time? If you are, look at the DMD. It makes the rules blend with the movie in an intuitive way.

I wasn't intending to be harsh, but when you've said this you've called it things like "weak implementation" and you stated to me that the movie doesn't include locking three balls, like I'm an idiot who doesn't realize that. So, excuse me for my response sounding harsh, I'll try realizing that pinball machines use balls from here on our while I try to discuss this.

My question that I think you took offense to was real, by the way - are you *really* staring at just the lights on the playfield to indicate what is going on with it? If so, I can see your confusion, but the majority of people, particularly those watching someone else play, will look at the DMD to understand what is going on. The DMD makes it really clear what is going on.

The BLINKING that you are now highlighting above is a common occurrence in pinball machines to indicate where a ball is. It is supposed to be a blending of the two mediums, not the exact same.

As for not including that line, it wouldn't make sense as to what is going on in the same intuitive way.

Look, I can say this with some knowledge behind it - most people playing the game don't stare at the lights and try to figure out what is going on using mainly them, they instead either take the attitude of "just flip" or look up at the DMD from time to time to see what they are doing. They will also take audio cues.

Locking the second ball and declaring the 'light is green, trap is clean' is not intuitive in the pinball world. Does that mean you just lost your ball? Maybe it cleared out the earlier locked ball? Now you're stuck trying to read the DMD and interpret the audio cue. It doesn't make sense.

The lights aren't labeled. They don't have nearly the same issue, so having the light pattern attempt to roughly follow the movie scene makes sense.

Hey, when you lock the second ball, it sometimes now does say light is green, trap is clean! Or mine just did!