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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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#4 2 years ago

Stern machines don't hold a candle to the 90s BW when it comes to build quality (cabinet construction, playfield clear quality etc). You have to pay a premium to get the complicated toys/mechanisms that came standard with your purchase with a B/W/, Data East/Sega or Gottlieb with newer Sterns at the premium price point.

But....the code and small advancements (color changing inserts/GI, LCD screen) in tech in the newer Sterns feels like a big upgrade over the 90s B/W. Code is especially important in a home collection to give a game legs and make you want to play it over and over.

I will always love and respect the 90s B/W golden age, but after having owned or played most of them to death over the years, my interest in them has finally passed and I find myself gravitating to newer Sterns.

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