Downers Grove, IL
I don't get where people think the game is incomplete. Sure the software is really buggy (to the point that it soured me on owning it and I sold it) but the game is complete.
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No Good Gofers
Williams, 1997
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Quoted from jamescardona:what we are talking about is the same thing that people talk about when complaining about stern's games. the original designer had features, rules, etc, in mind but they ran out of time so it was released without having everything done. NGG sold like crap so WMS cut their losses and pulled their programmer resources off the title. This is all speculation on my part but this kind of things is still happening today so it is probably not far off.
I also would argue that the large number of bugs also points to the fact that they didn't finish the game.
You could argue that but historically that programmer's code was buggier than other's so really how the game shipped was how the game was going to be regardless of sales numbers. If someone just took a pass at that code and fixed the bugs it would be a much better game even if the rules were left alone. Really aside from Monopoly (which after time I grew bored of) it was the last Lawlor game I liked and the only one I liked after Twilight Zone. I enjoyed it for awhile when I owned it but eventually the bugs ruined it for me and I had to dump it. I still think the multiball and the hole in one shot are a lot of fun.
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