Long Island, NY
First of all I will say that I do dig the theme of Ghostbusters, I've always liked the movies. Despite various quality control issues on the recent title Ghost Busters I love the fact that Stern is resurrecting nostalgic / classic movies that should of gotten a well deserved pin. One of those on my major wish list is "Jaws". So I certainly appreciate them resurrecting many of our own personal "wish list" pins. Getting back to the subject at hand in comparing them....I said this a year ago in another Indiana Jones thread... a bit bias but I'd say "Williams" Indiana Jones over Stern's anything... and yes I do own several Stern games as well. "Williams" Indiana Jones: The Pinball Adventure is one of IMO the best pins ever...
From the second you pop a credit in and hear that whip crack.. you immediately get submerged into the Indiana Jones theme... The John Williams score which plays throughout majority of the game play is one of the greatest scores of all time. Plunger ? no... you are Indiana Jones... and you pull the gun which looks rather similar to his Smith and Wesson. You get to manipulate the I-N-D-Y letters at the top of the playfield to get your friends, which leads to points and extra balls. The pop bumpers begin to click and pop while you punch the Nazi in the face on the DMD... Your adventure has only just begun.... Do you start to have a ramp party, go for the idol drop targets, locking and revealing multi ball (with a great animation sequence on the dmd running from the boulder)... Did you happen to get a narrow escape without a drain one of the most satisfying feelings ! Perhaps you are choosing wisely in a video mode, or shifting your mine cart safely to the end or purposely attempting to reveal the easter egg... Did you spell ADVENTURE yet ?? go for that ramp... You are now controlling the upper mini playfield ! Careful don't fall just yet... earn that extra ball !! .... Pop bumpers are now worth 1 million!! how convenient you just got asps 6-ball multi ball... but they are very dangerous so you go first... Did you go for the captured ball behind the idol ? ... Perhaps you made it to the "Fish of Tales"... You call this archeology ?... Listen I came here to save you... I can go on and on, and of all of the machines mentioned in this thread, Williams Indiana Jones is certainly a keeper... a holy grail if you will. I have a decent sized collection of vids & pins and truth be told it would be my last game to go.
