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Callin' the bluff 
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Medieval Madness
Williams, 1997-
Medieval Madness (Remake - LE)
Chicago Gaming Co., 2015
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Medieval Madness (Remake - Standard)
Chicago Gaming Co., 2015
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Quoted from johngravenews:Finally got my MMR last week. I've spent 2 years+ wondering if I should get the cash back and buy an original. I'm now glad I went down the remake route as the machine plays better than the original MMs I've played, simply because the originals have all had a hard life.
All of them?
My original has been lounging around in a basement since 1999. It plays like new. Not every original MM is worn out... collectors snatched up a lot of them back in the early 2000s, that's why the price went batshit crazy. The flood of collectors over the last 4-5 years has had to pick over the remnants, hence the demand for remakes. But, there's a lot more nice original games our there than you think...
Quoted from ArgabargaJones:After having a NIB Tron pro sitting next to my TZ which has had all kinds of issues, I've decided buying older machines is less attractive to me than the NIB experience.
Your TZ wasn't shopped out correctly. Since 1999, I've had to re-solder a switch, adjust the trough proximity sensor and change rubbers on my TZ. Even the clock boards still work (drilled housing). An old game can be made as reliable as new with a proper shop job.
Quoted from Slate:The build quality on the MMR is second to now impossible to tell from the outside its not an original
No Williams logo? LCD screen? LED lighting? (Transparent inserts? Chipped sling arm holes?)
Plenty of ways to tell original from remake from the outside...
Quoted from Slate:You must be a original biased MM owner.
I am an original owner who was prepared to upgrade to the remake, until I learned the remake was not an upgrade...
Quoted from Slate:LCD looks like DMD unless you put your eye up close. LED looks like incandescent for the most part with the software
Dude, you are seriously blind. I hope to hell you are not licensed to drive...
Quoted from Slate:5 boards filling the back box which cost a fortune to replace or repair vs a small inexpensive beaglebone CPU? If you do not think that's an update then who knows.
Please, stop and think a bit. You gotta include all the boards UNDER the playfield as well as the beaglebone in your comparison, since that's where all the power supplies and transistors are located. Lots of boards in the head vs some in the head and some screwed to the playfield. Also, how easy will it be to fix that beaglebone in 10 years? You're certainly not going to be able to buy a new one. Even if CGC makes more games, they'll simply buy whatever current CPU solution is available and cheap for each generation.
Quoted from Slate:Yes I am blind, the emulated dots on the LCD using the SAME software from MM looks nothing like the DMD. Almost thought it was a different game on the LCD. Guess computers are not powerful enough and our monitors do not have the high def to replicate a 40 year old DMD technology.
No, it's kinda the fact a DMD doesn't look like an LCD. Easy to tell from the outside. My games with colorDMDs in them are easy to spot. Also, that little bit about orange vs green LOL
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