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IT'S GAME OVER MAN! Alien looks great but Stern pinball

By iceman44

6 years ago


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    #71 6 years ago
    Quoted from CrazyLevi:

    Huh?
    Stern's problems history, going back through the DE days.
    No top talent for design
    Lower quality mechanics
    Cabinet paint that flaked off
    Low quality art
    Spinners that don't spin
    Terrible sound
    This gradually started to get better with the release of Monopoly. "Code" has NEVER been one of their problems, and still isn't. Your average Stern game today launches with code that surpasses the complete release code of many 90s bally/williams classics. People still don't know what they are complaining about when it comes to Stern code. And they never will.

    I'm not sure I agree that code was never a problem. At various times when compared with the competition of the time Stern/Sega/Data East's code was pretty weak.

    The small DMD era games had some pretty great art and layouts at the time but the code wasn't very deep when compared with B/W FH, BOP, and T2 in the same period.

    DE and Sega games also had this terrible habit of giving players multiballs. Good for new players but it gave them a reputation of being easy.

    Stern has turned things around lately with the last couple of releases but are still capable of laying an egg with code. I played Kiss and WWE on release code and they were pretty bare.

    #127 6 years ago

    You want something positive about Stern?

    My Stars is pretty great.

    #169 6 years ago
    Quoted from TheFamilyArcade:

    Then came my NIB was Avengers LE. It was riddled with so many design and QC problems it was all I could do to make the game playable, which I did, and in spite of everything, I loved it. That said, it opened my eyes and made me reflect on what I expected out of a 5- $7,000 Pinball machine.

    Is it Gomez's games? It seems like every one of his games have these weird places the ball goes where it seems like they shouldn't. Like a better designer would have seen it and adjusted to get rid of the wasted space. I still like some of his games it's just odd.

    #184 6 years ago

    Oh no. Now we're starting to talk smack? I just schooled my 13 year old nephew in bball cause he thought he was the greatest. Shall I do the same to you fellas in pinball?

    #202 6 years ago

    Yeah I played B66 and just shrugged. It wasn't great but give it a year and we'll see where it's at then.

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