I picked up a Dredd last October. The seller told me that the big subway tub under Deadworld doesn't do anything in the code. I have not researched it, but looks like it may have been possible it was supposed to do more than it does.

I think DemoMan handles would have been right at home on Dredd.

Air Raid isn't a mode and Bad Impersonator has zero video elements. Zero. Pursuit is the only mode that utilizes timed video to pf shots. Adding a real video mode? Terrible idea. Why would you want that?

There is always room for code improvement in my opinion but JD has a very deep ruleset already, at least for a B/W game. The best thing to update is to change the safe cracker and impersonator target from the middle scoop to different targets around the pf...that way it's a little more random and unpredictable. JD is awesome, it's the best Trudeau for me.

Anyone working on a JD ruleset upgrade?

We have DemoMan on steroids, this one seems like good candidate to upgrade too.

Crime Scenes are under used ruleswise but funny, tie them to the wizard mode somehow or give them their own better yet. Ultimate Challenge is lame, every shot 10m, change this. You could then create a new wizard mode only attained by getting the as yet uncreated Crime Scene wizard mode + Ult Chal. Call it MegaCity1 multiball maybe?

I have owned the game twice and always felt letdown by its overall finish codewise.

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I always wondered what that was for. Anyone? Is it supposed to light up? Mine never did.

I heard there was supposed to be more to it as well, but looks like all it would really do is catch a ball that might have gotten away from the deadworld somehow.

I believe you are correct, the big tub is there when the ball bounces in between the planet disc and JUDGE targets.

get rid of the progressive points on the left ramp shot. I have seen top players hit this shot over 50 times in a row,so its just chopping wood. change the muiltiball to the same as AFM so the muiltiball changes to the airaid shot after you have hit all the crime scenes for extra bonus and resets. Ultimate Challenge could be the same as IJ and hit all the switches to complete it.

Although this is about what rules I would change, I wish JD had a Lawgiver auto launcher. I’m not normally crazy about gun shooters, but this widebody screams for it IMO.

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The crime scene shots on Judge Dredd have pseudo color changing inserts. I really think these are criminally, pun intended, underutilized. If you swap out the white bulbs in these inserts to blue bulbs those shots could correspond with the Dark Judges: Mortis (Green), Fire (Orange), Fear (Blue), and Death (Red). I might suggest that when you spell "JUDGE" and shoot the ball into the open scoop you start a battle with one of these Dark Judges. With the ball in the scoop you can select the judge you want to battle with the Fire Buttons. The judge modes are similar, but I have mixed the rules up a little bit to keep things interesting.

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Judge Mortis: All crime scene shots light up green. Every 20-seconds a random crime scene shot will start flashing. If you do not shoot the flashing shot in 15-seconds it will unlight and you can no longer score on that shot. If you can keep one or more shots lit for 120-seconds you will contain Judge Mortis. The center scoop will then be lit for a hurry-up jackpot, which will be multiplied by the number of crime scene shots still lit. Thematically, I'm thinking of this as Judge Mortis using his ability to rapidly decay things by touching them.

Judge Fire: All crime scene shots will light up orange. Every time you shoot a shot it goes out, however one random shot will relight every 25-seconds. It will start flashing then light solid. You must must extinguish all shots to contain Judge Fire. The center scoop will then be lit for a hurry-up jackpot. Thematically, I'm thinking of this as Judge Fire spreading fire to different location.

Judge Fear: One of the random crime scene shots will be flashing blue. You can control which shot is flashing with the Fire Buttons. Shoot the flashing shot and it will stay lit for the rest of the mode. Light each of the five shots to contain Judge Fear. The center scoop will then be light for a hurry-up jackpot. Thematically, I'm thinking of this as Judge Fear using locks to trap his victims. You are breaking the locks off at each location to avoid "Gaz(ing) into the face of Fear."

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Successful or not, when a Dark Judge battle ends the next shot up the left ramp will lock a ball in the Deadworld. When three balls are locked the center scoop will start a four-ball multiball battle with Judge Death.

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Judge Death (Mini Wizard Mode): A four-ball multiball battle. All crime scene shots will strobe red, green, orange, and blue. All successful shots will score a jackpot and eliminate one of the colors from that insert, but the final color will always be red. Removing the red color from an insert will score a super jackpot. During the mode, spelling “JUDGE” and shooting the ball into the open scoop will add-a-ball. This will restart a 6-second ball save plus the ball in the scoop will be held for 30 seconds. This can only be done once per multiball. The game returns to standard play when you are down to one ball.

I like games that have something that can be collected outside of modes, beside just points. Again, I think the Crime Scenes Shots would work well. They could be used to qualify the ball locks, similar to diamonds in Congo, 4-scenes = Ball 1, 8-scenes = Ball 2, 12-scenes = Ball 3. Because we are already using the Deadworld for the Mini-Wizard Mode, described above, these would all be virtual locks. Each progressive multiball required one additional shot per lock...17, 22, 27...33, 39, 45...52, 59, 66.

There is also a special "Crime Spree" 6-ball multiball at 50-scenes. This would be a timed multiball where you are in continuous 6-ball play for 30-seconds. Draining a ball reduces the timer by 5-seconds and all orbit or ramp shots increase the timer by 1-second. Your multiball score is based exclusively on how many seconds you are able to keep the mode going with a maximum of 180-seconds. If you reach the end an automatic special is awarded.

The crime levels would still be used, but only score additional points: shots 1-5 are Warnings, shots 6-10 are misdemeanors, shots 11-15 are felonies, shots 15 or more are class x felonies. These reset each ball, so it's difficult to reach class x felonies. Since there is an increased focus on these shots, the callouts are only used for your first shot at each level, so shots 1 ... "Warning for Smoking", 6 ... "1 year for Flatulism", 11 ... "35 years for Armed Robbery", and 15 ... "Life for Murder". The rest of the shots could just use a less annoying generic sound effect.