I hope so.Classic is awesome.Cartoon (comic) is not.

You're absolutely right. The one in the hallway on dollar play definitely reset on us once or twice (when we activated a certain mode in the game). We talked with a Stern tech they had sent out who said it was game code related (NOT hardware / solenoid / low 5v e.t.c) and was updating the code. After that it worked fine with no resets as I recall.

Since this is an embedded computer running a real os, it could be that the game code app crashes and the service that runs the game restarts it instantly.

We had another reset on GOT pro in league tonight.

Also, lots of air balls on this game. We noticed a chunk out of the pyramid that the dragon sits on!

My post clearly indicates I like bright lighting effects and it happens add to the challenge IMO. Plain and simple. Seems like I hit a sore spot with you.

Is there an owners thread yet? How many have received their pro? I hope mine is here friday!

Rob

Im a fan of bright lighting too. Clearly SR is

It doesn't have to be an all or nothing setting. Levels for brightness and on/off times could be set like Herg has done with his LED OCD product. LEDs are great, but can be jarring and harsh and some ability to control them properly can make a good looking game even better.

I'm assuming you can dim the flashers, although I doubt the inserts will dim
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What does "competition mode" do ?
-mof

So how are the ball trough proximity boards working out with the spike system. I haven't noticed any issues with TWD on location. But with the older Stern systems false drains, where the ball was in play but the game thought it drained to the trough, were extremely common and annoying as hell.

The game defaults to casual mode now where you don't pick your house. We turned that off in the adjustments.

Thanks for the reminder. It's about time to go re-flow the solder on my Tron trough optos

I had time today to play the pro game at the Playdium store.

Wow.

My friend Nate said " that's easily the most fun game on the showroom floor".

I'm not a very skilled player, but my level of skill doesn't dictate my level of enjoyment. This game left that "one more game" feeling with me. The code has been updated and I played through most of the houses, but it does default to the stark mode if you don't hold the action button for 3sec before starting a game. I wasn't able to complete more than two houses in any one game, so I didn't get to any mini wizard modes. The blackwater multiball is fairly easy to get, it seemed almost to easy.

One thing I noticed is that the sword of multiball seems to be two separate mechs. One for the sword and one for the post. So if you didn't have lock lit the ball would just run straight down the right side. Originally I though the sword and post were connected as one unit.

The kickback is comparable to f14 tomcat. It's fast and shoots directly at the right flipper.

All and all its a great game. I'd be happy with a pro, it didn't seem stripped down. I'm still betting that the upper Playfield will be worth every penny and I'm hoping to have my premium game for my birthday in the middle of December.

I did get my initials up. Although I'm a LONG way from a billion point game. image.jpegimage.jpegimage.jpeg

Agreed. Even the Pro is wicked fun.
Can't wait to play the Premiums/LEs.

I was playing the other day and noticed that once you get all the jackpots in BW multiball, the ram lights for unlimited supers for a period of time. However, if you get enough supers before the time runs out, all the regular jackpots relight again. Pretty awesome and deep that the multiball can go that long.

Ok, I'm in! No idea when it will ship, but GOT is on its way!

Nice Dave. I don't know why I'm hesitating, but ready to pull the trigger on a pro too. Maybe I'm waiting to see and play a PREM.

my pro will be here in 2 weeks, man i can't wait.

Have you played it bob? Tell us your thoughts as im going in blind. 4 weeks till i get mine.

played about 25 games at expo.

i think the pro is great. fast, super flow and lots of room for mods

My GoT Pro arrived today. There are a few things in the design I have noticed that are different now. There is no coin door interlock switch on my game and Stern has gone back to the old style flipper coils (2 lug, KISS had 3 lug?). I don't find the lightshow anywhere near as bad as some are claiming, but before even 1 game was played we put 1.15 on it. The rules are going to take a long time to get the hang of so perhaps I will read the strategy guide that Dwight posted.

If there's no more coin door switch then coin door ball saver (still present) is a moot point.

The code is very good, and the dots are A LOT better than what you have seen in the Jack Danger videos.

Rob

grats on the purchase rob. Curious to hear your thoughts on the pin vs the others in your collection. Considering a GOT PRO myself.

If you like combos, strategy and fast play then this game is for you. The sound and voice is absolutely wonderful and rich sounding. It makes a SAM game sound like AM radio. It seems you can fight 2 other houses at the same time which is kind of cool. There is A LOT to figure out on the game for sure! I think the software still needs a bit of tweaking because I got a second extra ball and 5 seconds later lit another extra ball for my third. I have no idea how that happened! The video mode is soon getting an overhaul which is good because the current one is pretty bad.

It's amazing how far along the code, sound and dots are compared to KISS. It's a night and day difference.

Rob

Nice. Thanks for the quick response. Have you heard about orbit shots not always registering? Have you found that true on yours?

I don't know about the orbit shots, but the upper right orbit gate might be a bit too low on mine. Otherwise it plays fine.

Rob

One complaint I have is that when you hit the right ramp to get a sword, I thought the audio clip saying the sword name to be really delayed. Like 3-5sec after the ramp is made.

Unlike the left ramp when in stark mode. Aria stark is calling out her list of names as soon as you hit the ramp.

The callout for when you have lock lit is delayed sometimes too.

The game really is fantastic. I played it at expo, but playing it under a more normal (non-tourney) setup was even better. So much fun.

I played it the first time today, really enjoyed it. It's lightning fast, great flow and nice rule set. It definitely takes a while to get to the bottom of it, but it didn't take long to figure out how to make points. The pro version didnt feel stripped down or incomplete in any way, I'm in fact worried if the LE/premium with upper playfield takes something away from it. Hope not though. Now, how to break the news to the wife that we may be expecting another one...

Yeah I can see it now, you both meet, eyes wide, and in unison you both say, "I'm expecting!"

Great to hear the people happy with their purchases.
I have one on order but a couple of things a few guys have said has got me a little hesitant.

1. The right orbit rejects a lot and bounces around a bit due to width and shape of the inner right guide rail?

2. The sword of multiball lets out more than 1 ball into play when it shouldnt?

Anyone see any of those issues?

I think the issue with the right orbit might not be the guide rail, but the height at which the right gate is mounted. It's barely high enough to let the ball through with absolutely zero room to spare. It should be mounted about 2mm higher - well mine should have been. It's an issue sometimes, but not all the time.

I only had the sword let out 2 balls by accident once out of about 30 games. I would consider that a non issue. Mechanically, the ball lock is pretty sound in design and function. It's pinball, the ball is wild, shit happens!

Why hesitate and miss out? If you want one, buy one and have fun with it! No game is ever absolutely perfect in design. Any minor tweaks the game may need is far outweighed by how much fun the game is to play. This is the best, most complete release Stern has had in a long time. Or you can go buy KISS and keep waiting for code for that game.

Rob

I noticed that you also own Star Trek.Is GoT different enough from ST?.The play doesn't feel redundant?.

Thanks rob. Thats a big help. Maybe it is possible to raise the Gate? Not much to tweak then. I spent 2 days tweaking my avengers before it was playable
I do have a kiss and its a fun game. Lots of things need coding in still on that title. Its a 2 multiball game at the moment.

GoT is very different from ST and no, I would not say it is redundant.

A game that more resembles ST would be KISS. For example, Klingon multiball plays exactly the same as Demon multiball right down to the roving jackpot shot.

Rob

I think removing the rear upright playfield panel may be required to properly adjust the gate(s). There's 4 wood screws and 2 machine screws, but I'm not sure what else is needed to remove it at the moment.

I liked the initial code release for KISS, but the stigma (more like reality) of Lonnie programming it quickly caught up. Months of waiting and there were only a few minor updates released. It got boring real fast.

Rob

I've owned a pro and premium ST and Ropp stuffed that game imo. If Dwight wasn't on it the game would have been completey stuffed. Great layout crap code. I'll wager Steve Richie specifically asked that he not work with Ropp on his next title.

Does GoT take 4 or 6 balls? KISS has 6 but with good old Lonnie on the case I don't think we'll see that being used for a while.

Tonight I am going to adjust the pop bumper switches, or at least check them out. They need to be a bit more sensitive that they are right now. As evident that I have yet to reach "At The Wall" multiball.

Rob

6 balls, just like KISS. Perhaps it's the new standard for SPIKE games?

Ok, maybe I'm missing something, but how do you disable the high voltage on the game?

Plus, why (rhetorical) is the GI off when doing the coil test? That's not very helpful in a low light environment!

There might be a bug in the game with the dragon shot during multiball. A few times I've had it hold a ball in there a really long time and got the extra ball immediately after lighting it because the ball was still in there. I wonder if the ball hold is by design or not? Or should it hold the ball at all during blackwater multiball? Tonight the game released the ball and then gave me a mystery pick with a ball in play (right after multiball). Other minor notes are the game over music could be louder and the video of the little guy, whatever his name is plays too fast...

Still a very solid playing game!

Rob

I have also herd some cool stuff about GB. This may be my first NIB LE.

Just to confirm GOT pro is a 6 ball game?

Wow GOT pro has 6 balls? I did not know this. Is there a 5 or 6 ball mb implemented?

Sounds very nice..

I have STLE and AcDc premium and sold SM with a similar layout to ST.

I just don't want to have too many same/similar games in my collection.

So, with that in mind, what's the redundancy factor with AcDc/GOT?

GOT layout looks a bit like AcDc (two orbits, two ramps), two shots that are a not ramps or orbits (TNT/Bell vs Dragon/Battering ram).

Also, it sounds like the jury is still out on the pro vs premium.

I am not in a super big rush to buy anything, so I can see how it plays out, what the upper PF brings or takes away from the game etc..

In the feature matrix, it states 4 balls.

Copied from another thread. It's 6 balls apparently.