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How do current new Stern titles compare to the "Golden WPC" era?

By sharkey1331

2 years ago


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#22 2 years ago

I'm the opposite of most of you guys. I have been collecting for close to 20 years. I strongly prefer the WPc games. The rule depth is just right for my liking. On a rare occasion I can make it to the end of AFM or TZ and that feels great. They are tried and true classics. I buy the newer Sterns as well. But I generally flip them after a year or so. I reach a point where I can't get any further in the encyclopedia of rules. At that point the game feels tedious and I don't want to try and play another 25 minutes to reach that point of frustration again. I just stop caring and lose interest. The great thing is I can trade the new sterns for nice WPC classics easily enough.

Mike

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#41 2 years ago

I would buy a brand new Fishtales today if they made it at Stern prices with a modern screen etc. Im sure more than 50 would sell. I think alot of games from the WPC era could be remade and sold. Maybe not to the level of MM and AFM but WH20 would be a big sell.

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It needs to be remembered that the "dream pins" from the "dream era" are from a different time and place.
Things have moved on and a Fish Tales (as an example) would sell all of 50 machines if released as a new machine today.
There is so much more distraction these days from other entertainment that simply didn't exist in the "olden days" and this was one reason for the success of the machines that, these days, we deem as "golden".
Todays' pinball manufacturers realise this and that is why we are stuck with movie and band themes and this is likely to stick for some time IMO.

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