Please stop re-making titles and/or doing rock bands. That's my request.

There are so many quality IPs out there, not to mention unique and fresh ideas, that we shouldn't need to see remakes. I know many are excited about GnR but I can't think of a less topical band that already has a pinball machine to toss resources at. Look at what happened with R&M. Man, if JJP could grab another license like Pirates (although also a remake). Wonka was a great get.

HEYO!

Yeah, a bit of hypocrisy I know. I'm just not a fan of listening to any of these bands (ac/dc, metallica, iron maiden, etc) so the games don't interest me much. I know JJP will hit it out of the park with GnR. I feel like they kicked the crap out of Stern's POTC so I am sure they will do the same with GnR. I just really want to see something new, different. Even WoZ was that much different from the rest of the titles floating around at the time. I feel like the band games just fit such a narrow audience, but what do I know. They must sell good enough that they keep getting made.

Yeah, I guess the overlap of home owners who like rock themes and operators who buy them (with customers who like them or at least recognize them) is large enough to support so many.

I don't know, I'd say JJP games are on another level consistently. American seems to make decent machines but I have trouble liking their layouts and shots (lets not talk about the Houdini art and dialog). The only other manufacturer (modern I guess) I think I've seen/played aside from Stern and old B/W/DataEast titles is Spooky and I'd say they are up there close to JJP. I wouldn't consider Chicago Gaming stuff a new game and I don't know if I've seen or heard of any others that I can get access to (TBL is not near me, haven't kept up with the Deeproot thread in a while), I've played Capcom and Sega I guess. And a few oddities like Pinball Circus and such. Still I'd consider JJP the top of the market across the board.

What's Balcor? Google is no help.

Ahh, Google knows that one!