Quoted from boagman:

OK, I respect your opinion as well, especially the part about the fact that you bought something that you like, and you're having a blast with it. Good for you, and I'm happy for you in that regard. Great purchase.
I'm having a hard time understanding why you believe that emulation is not the problem in question, though. See, my biggest issue is that the feel of the flippers, the way they *play*, is completely different in OG WMS games and the CGC remakes. We're only a decade apart in age, so unless you've only taken up pinball in the past 20 years or so, you played these OG machines when they were brand new and in their prime. Plus, if you play an OG and a CGC one after the next, there's no *question* that the feel is absolutely, completely different on the same title...you cannot deny this, objectively, if you have, indeed, played the OGs in their prime, or properly taken care of/shopped.
If it's simply a matter of something that you can *live with*, well, fine: you can say that and I'll respect that all day long. But, and this is key: for some of us, that difference is too great an obstacle to ignore and live with. To me, the machine *has to* play right *first*, and then all the other stuff is gravy: the beautiful lights, the displays, the sound upgrades, the toppers, the what-have-you. Those things are, to me, extraneous. They're *not* bad things...but they don't overcome the primary issue, which is the subpar play of the things due to the horrible way they flip.
Again: I'm not trying to crap on your purchase, or make you feel bad for doing so. If you're happy, please: stay happy. Having said that, those of us who do care about such things should be heard, because the play of a pinball machine is the most important thing about it these days, even more important than earning potential, since the home market is so important.