Nice write up. Thanks.

Start off with something to anger the crowd; check

Enter Capt Kirk ...

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Sorry - but this review sucks really. IMHO

Check this thread in what, 6 days?

Something like that ...

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Please expand on this? From what I have seen the mode completion are pretty stock standard. Who Bought the dog. 3 shots are lit, the ramp, left and right orbit. Hit those 3 shots in any order and the mode is done. I don't even know if they are timed but I am pretty sure the quicker you do it the more the shots are worth?

Nah, he didn't say anything about Ghostbusters II

I feel like this was a stream of opinions instead of a review. I'm glad for the opinion set though

Aren't all reviews opinions?

Ha, you got me there! Too many beers strikes again!

You may not realize but there is a realy nice feature on pinside where you can go review games and it will go along with the quantitative data you provide on a game. Much better way to provide a review and have it stick around with a game rather than just a thread that eventually dies off.

I really like that tool as i can find people with similar taste as me and then possibly go seek out other games they like to play themfor myself.

What? Is this another misspelling on the playfield?

GOT is the same.
TWD is similar but not as exponential.

Lots of "hard workers" on GOT in PAPA A Qualifying this year ...

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Name Score Points Entry #
1 Dave Stewart 14,588,596,240 100 #914
2 Keith Elwin 9,224,741,750 90 #834
3 Josh Henderson 5,817,137,980 85 #2440
4 Donavan Stepp 3,931,793,030 84 #4300
5 Jon Replogle 3,794,093,520 83 #1477
6 Tim Hansen 3,790,814,170 82 #3663
7 Jason Werdrick 3,480,736,490 81 #1471
8 Zach Sharpe 3,369,757,870 80 #188
9 Kevin Birrell 3,217,724,220 79 #4959
10 Alex Harmon 3,109,586,860 78 #1200
11 Escher Lefkoff 2,869,694,930 77 #1162
12 Alex Harmon 2,805,624,730 76 #1722
13 Brian Dye 2,788,770,180 75 #637
14 Steven Bowden 2,779,277,850 74 #3400
15 Kevin Birrell 2,736,121,460 73 #959
16 Brian Dye 2,644,453,490 72 #1217
17 Kevin Birrell 2,454,904,340 71 #3796
18 Kevin Birrell 2,329,591,490 70 #5247
19 Adam Becker 2,295,236,020 69 #2684
20 Evan Bingham 2,211,889,450 68 #870
21 Alex Harmon 2,113,891,410 67 #2438
22 Alex Harmon 2,066,170,390 66 #4459
23 Andy Rosa 2,064,149,110 65 #1758
24 Daniele Acciari 1,996,199,410 64 #2751
25 Johnny Modica 1,993,852,160 63 #3049
26 Andy Rosa 1,976,592,150 62 #111
27 Bowen Kerins 1,908,089,490 61 #1300
28 Daniele Acciari 1,906,243,070 60 #2749

As far as I know, the top two scores were the result of a HotK hurry-up scoring bug that only a few players were able to take advantage of before PAPA figured out they needed to power cycle the machine between each play.

here, i'll wake him up.

Ghostbuster's 2, is a shitfest. Almost as bad as Mission Impossible 2. (well not that bad, that's one of the worst movies ever made)

from what ive noticed on GB scoring is your bonuses can be huge

if you get to mass hysteria multiball you get in the billion club, if you cant collect 100 ghosts to get there then you probably wont have a monster game.

The power cycle had nothing to do with the Stark bug that Dave Stewart got for his 14B. The power cycle was to reset the hurry-up which carries over game to game

Regarding the exponential scores - I haven't seen any obvious bugs/exploits. As someone mentioned earlier, the bonus can be huge. I had a 25 million bonus HELD - so of course I went for the 5x bonus skill shot. BOOM - that's 125 million in one shot! ..then I added a few more multipliers and more bonus points for a massive final score. The deeper you get into the game the more scoring opportunities you will find.

Ah. Did everyone eventually have the Stark bug details? And was everyone trying to exploit it? And/orr was it just tough to make it happen?

As far as video modes go, I ain't mad at it. It has a little excitment behind the 50/50 chance of risk reward. And is usually good for a quick, few million.

I agree - the video mode is my least favorite thing about GB.

I completely avoid the shot when it's lit...many times when it rolls in there i just exit out right away

I agree but 80's nostalgia shouldn't be wearing thin its the choices that are dismal with the exception of Aliens.

Review lost all credibility with "Weak theme".

True dat. Up next...Culture Club: The Pinball.

That'll be a draw for the young 'uns!

Because people in their 20's have seen Ghostbusters and love it. Classic, iconic movies don't vanish from pop-culture just because they're "old". People who didn't exist in the 80's still love Ghostbusters, Back to the Future, Star Wars, Disney animated movies, etc. Pinball is inherently retro - and retro is *IN* with millennials.

I agree with all of these points especially the tired old themes. I'm real tired of band themes of bands way past their prime. Was fine with the game play of AC/DC and Metallica. Couldn't stand KISS. Neither of my teenage kids or most younger pin players care about those bands, I believe. I wonder if there will be many future players and collectors from those aged currently in their teens and 20's?

Back on topic an looking forward to playing GB and hope there will be a LE, see a Pro listed for the Denver show in less than 2 weeks.

Let's see how relevant the Ghostbusters franchise is after the all-girl cast dicks it up this year. Look, I'm a huge fan of Animal House, an iconic movie for those of us growing up in the 70s, but I wouldn't want to see a pinball machine based on it. And I get what you're trying to say (I own a WOZ, so I'm not going to be hypocritical), but I don't think GB is in the same category as SW, WOZ, or IJ. More a B-tier franchise like BTTF. Which is fine, but I don't think it has the same universal draw as those movies.

I just don't see this happening, I hope so but most people in there 20's can't afford NIB games, even 30's and sure there are arcades but we grew up in arcades, little ones have home consoles which will only get better with time not to mention VR, While decades away I hate to say it but pinball will most likely disappear again or get big in the video world. 80's themes will work just fine for now but lets get away from kids films and bad rock bands, Blade Runner or Running Man, so many amazing action films from that decade.

My 6yr old son LOVES ghostbusters with very little influence from me. He has all the Lego dimensions ghostbusters, lego ecto 1 set, staypuft marshmallow man piggy bank, and a ghostbusters calendar 2 years in a row. He also turns the song on all the time and dances around to it. All of this was before Stern even announced they were making a Ghostbusters table. He also doesn't like ghostbusters 2 movie cause Vigo scares him. I find it sorta funny how much Lego franchise has influenced his tastes towards movies i loved as a kid, back to the future, wizard of oz, lord of the rings, and ghostbusters among some of the lego dimension levels and he loves all the movies there based on.

But aren't they doing that with the Avengers, Avatar, Hulk, Iron Man, GoT, etc.? (Whether or not the games are any good is another discussion.) Sometimes, it feels like the pin is just to cash in on the theme, without any real staying power -- "great theme, bad game."

Seems to me GB is hitting exactly the right mark -- there's a new movie (if it's terrible, it's not Stern's fault) to draw in a new crowd, but basing the art off the original is a great move for broad appeal. The only way it might be slightly negative would be if the new movie is a tremendous hit, but I don't think that will happen (say, like Addams Family). Again, just seems like a win-win all around with theme, novelty, name recognition, new audience, etc.

BTTF is "B-tier"? When did this happen? Sorry, Ghostbusters is a top notch & relevant theme, and you can't compare it to Animal House, an R-rated frat comedy. Ghostbusters was an all-ages special FX comedy that has pretty much had non-stop marketing since '84. Like Phbooms said - his 6 year old loves it due to the GB Lego stuff. There are no Animal House cartoons, drinks, toys, video games, clothes, etc.

There should be.

And BTTF simply isn't on the same level as SW and IJ. I teach kids that have never heard of BTTF and think that the new Ghostbusters is the first one ever made. Seriously. I would have been valedictorian if I went to school now.

Kid kids, OK - but 20-somethings know BTTF. My friend has a Delorean "Time Machine" rental business, and he does a lot of proms and young adult type events.

Would like some of what you're smoking... after the 2nd movie bombed, the only time I ever saw *anything* ghostbusters in the 90s was when I was finding the 2600 carts at thrift stores or the Ray Parker album being blown out at the mall with a notch cut in it...

GB is big among pinball fans because most of them are stuck in the past anyway..

As stated already, 20 year olds aren't buying NIB pins, and the home market is more important than ever. Besides, the only other "old" themes Stern has done lately have been the band pins. Everything else has been current.

I think It's an OK theme, with some really cool playfield features, hurt by an unfortunately brutal lower 1/3rd.