Ghostbusters (LE)
Stern, 2016
Ghostbusters (Premium)
Stern, 2016
Ghostbusters (Pro)
Stern, 2016Quoted from Tmezel:I put about 40 games on the pro and I like it a lot. That machine will be great for folks that want to stick in that price range. It will be another one of those great pros. Like most, I am still waiting to see how the premium plays, got to spend quite a bit of time looking at it. Reports the magna slings work really well, along with the ecto goggles.
Wait so u have seen the premium???!!??
Quoted from rai:How is the code? I know it's probably early version, but did it have strong foundation?
What type game would it's code be similar to?
PotC
ST
SM
Tspp
Other?
I think the foundation is solid, was able to get to all the modes that I could recognize on the playfield. The light show was great, beautiful machine. I can't relate to what the code is like to another game, I'm not good at that. Very cool to get the Slimer to activate in the beginning of the game, then you gotta work for it.
Quoted from Flato:Wait so u have seen the premium???!!??
Yeah, but we all gotta wait for the gameplay video. It will be worth it, I know it's tough to wait.
Quoted from PACMAN:Not really.
Curious though how many premiums will be made.
As many as they can sell until the license runs out. And if demand they will renew the license and keep running them.
Quoted from PACMAN:Premiums are all sold out.
You mean the LE are all sold out... ?
Quoted from Tmezel:Reports the magna slings work really well, along with the ecto goggles.
That's great news
Quoted from Tmezel:I think the foundation is solid, was able to get to all the modes that I could recognize on the playfield. The light show was great, beautiful machine. I can't relate to what the code is like to another game, I'm not good at that. Very cool to get the Slimer to activate in the beginning of the game, then you gotta work for it.
Were there any Jackpots or just Super Jackpots
What were the modes like, were they all hit ramps before time runs out, or was there some originality?
Did you get to either of the wizard modes?
Quoted from jonesjb:Were there any Jackpots or just Super Jackpots
What were the modes like, were they all hit ramps before time runs out, or was there some originality?
Did you get to either of the wizard modes?
I can tell you the entire plot for the new Batman movie? Slow down
It's always fun when I disappear from pinball for 6 months or a year(got married and such) and come back to all of the fun new stuff! I was always a big Ghostbusters fan, this might be an excuse to liquidate my collection and get a premium. I'm looking forward to seeing the mag slings in person.
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Where was this at?
Quoted from Jdfitzy-in-Aus:Did anyone else notice the cutouts at the bottom of the outlanes have made it to the production playfields?
The ones that had "plugs" in them on the pre-production tables.
Hopefully the "proton streams" planned might make it as a mod?
Just wondering why else they would still be there...
This was addressed at the Q&A today. My understanding of the answer is that there was something planned, but it couldn't work within the budget. There may indeed be a future mod if the cost can be brought down to a reasonable number.
Anybody else who was there, please feel free to correct me or add detail.
Quoted from LarryMac:This was addressed at the Q&A today. My understanding of the answer is that there was something planned, but it couldn't work within the budget. There may indeed be a future mod if the cost can be brought down to a reasonable number.
Anybody else who was there, please feel free to correct me or add detail.
I have to admit, if that's the reason, that's kind of lame. If this feature couldn't make it to production, and may not even come out as a mod- why leave it looking unfinished then? That's kind of strange to me.
Glad to see ZombieYeti out there so much enjoying the release of his game. After Jpop had him working in the shadows for years only to see all that work go down the toilet.
Quoted from frolic:Glad to see ZombieYeti out there so much enjoying the release of his game. After Jpop had him working in the shadows for years only to see all that work go down the toilet.
The cream will rise to the top, ooh yeah!
~Macho Man Randy Savage
Quoted from kpg:I have to admit, if that's the reason, that's kind of lame. If this feature couldn't make it to production, and may not even come out as a mod- why leave it looking unfinished then? That's kind of strange to me.
Because at a certain point in production you just gotta go with what you have or you'll never make deadlines. Its better to have the holes there and never use them then to not have them and need them.
Quoted from ArcadiusMaximus:Because at a certain point in production you just gotta go with what you have or you'll never make deadlines
Especially when things start leaking . . .
I've gotta say, I'm getting tired of plunging a ball into 3 gates then have it go into the pops. Can we please kill this element in pinball? It's just a waste of real estate at this point.
Looks likes it was going to be proton packs firing. Wonder if they were going to rotate over the play field like to hit slimer or just light up.
Would be an awesome mod. Some 3rd party should develop in partnership with Stern if Stern isn't going to.
Quoted from tbanthony:Would be an awesome mod. Some 3rd party should develop in partnership with Stern if Stern isn't going to.
Pretty sure its already happening. I believe Mezel has said he is working with Stern on it.
Mod would be cool but really the only thing they need to do to make the area look good is replace the clear plastic with a black one. Just so you don't see what's below it.
I'm thinking a stack of plastic neon and smoked.
I got to play the crap out of it last night. The sounds are awesome. Nice transitions from different music tracks. Definitely feels like a finished game. Of course I put a really nice score on one of them.
I got the reversed flipper happen during multiball. It was great and I forced myself to leave my hands on the correct sir of the cab. Nice little FU the ghosts gave me.
Fortytwo (EDO)
Quoted from SkillShot:I've gotta say, I'm getting tired of plunging a ball into 3 gates then have it go into the pops. Can we please kill this element in pinball? It's just a waste of real estate at this point.
The point of this is to give each ball some randomness of where and when it falls on the flippers.
Quoted from Flato:If u don't want to go to the pops I think a full plunge should come out the left orbit.
This is true.
Quoted from Fortytwo:Mod would be cool but really the only thing they need to do to make the area look good is replace the clear plastic with a black one. Just so you don't see what's below it.
I'm thinking a stack of plastic neon and smoked.
I got to play the crap out of it last night. The sounds are awesome. Nice transitions from different music tracks. Definitely feels like a finished game. Of course I put a really nice score on one of them.
I got the reversed flipper happen during multiball. It was great and I forced myself to leave my hands on the correct sir of the cab. Nice little FU the ghosts gave me.
Fortytwo (EDO)image_(resized).jpeg
Didn't realize GB had a reverse-flipper mode...awesome!
Quoted from indypinhead:Didn't realize GB had a reverse-flipper mode...awesome!
I hope you can deactivate. These are annoying.
Quoted from jonesjb:I hope you can deactivate. These are annoying.
I'd probably want to deactivate as well- that would piss off most casual players who come over and want to play. Now, if they could do weak and no-hold flippers like WOZ does when the witch "curses" them, that would be cool.
Quoted from kermit24:Pretty sure its already happening. I believe Mezel has said he is working with Stern on it.
that wouldn't be hard to do, i'm sure tim was already thinking of something.
Quoted from jonesjb:I hope you can deactivate. These are annoying.
I hope they are really rare like on TSPP and WOZ. The novelty will wear off if they happen too frequently.
Quoted from Pimp77:I hope they are really rare like on TSPP and WOZ. The novelty will wear off if they happen too frequently.
It's going to be during the "easily attainable" mass hysteria multiball (100 ghosts) mode,
so it will be seen often by players with some skill.
Add to that being sling shlonged at the same time by the magnetic slings and you have a real cluster flip.
Quoted from Pimp77:I hope they are really rare like on TSPP and WOZ. The novelty will wear off if they happen too frequently.
Can't stand that "feature"
Quoted from jonesjb:What do you mean by sling shonged?
But this game has multiball. So here we go...
If the slings are active 100% of the time (required to do their core function), they will impact multiball significantly.
When ANY ball hits EITHER sling, ALL BALLS near the magnets will be thrown in the direction of the "pulse(s)".
That means, balls NOT contacting the slings, NEAR the magnet, will be as if they did hit the sling.
Even if you wanted to use code to turn off the slings during multiball, that would make the slings "dead" plus, no magnet related functions would work at all.
Quoted from cooked71:Lol. That's got to go on that Steve Bowden pinball dictionary page.
Got a link?
Quoted from Propaganda:Got a link?
Fun with bonus:
http://funwithbonus.com/category/dictionary-pinball/
Edit: and just discovered you can contribute on Pinside:
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/the-new-pinball-dictionary
Quoted from cooked71:Fun with bonus:
http://funwithbonus.com/category/dictionary-pinball/
Edit: and just discovered you can contribute on Pinside:
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/the-new-pinball-dictionary
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Quoted from Propaganda:Sling Shlonged
Where the slings throw your ball back and forth then into the outlane.
i'm curious how will the magnetized balls will react in the rest of the game?
no doubt, the balls will go wild near the slingshots (can we call it slingshots now?) without touching it.
not sure it's a good thing if you want control on the ball. let's say the ball is coming back down from the orbit passing right in front of the sling (like every other games), if it's on all the time or triggered because it's close to the the slings, bye bye ball.
just as curious as anybody else, can't wait to see how it will plays.
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