Hey all here is a sneak peak at the newest color DMD after AFM...and I will just say that they are both REALLY COOL in the games!! 
Phoebe
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If you look at the flyer for this game the dmd is in red.So I tried on of those red filters and it just didn't look right to me.Went back to original.While intrigued by the color dmd I'm chicken to drop the coin only to find myself changing back to original.Cool innovation nonetheless.Scott
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Want this for my MB in the absolute worst possible way.
Of course the first two coming out have to be machines that I own and will have to have them for. There's another $800. Who's next?
It's awesome. I would pay double the $799 for it to work in my Hyperpin with all future updates free (of course). I would even let them keep the LCD.
Mississauga, ON
Quoted from gambit3113:Of course the first two coming out have to be machines that I own and will have to have them for. There's another $800. Who's next?
+1
Those videos sold me. I just got two shaker motors for these two games and a bunch of LED saucer and alien mods for my AFM.... what's another $800.
I actually thought they would cost more.
Quoted from Deaconblooze:$399 seems pretty fair. I'd love to see one of these come out for TSPP - but perhaps their plans are only to touch on the William's?
if you watch the second video in that link, they show standard dmds of lotr, tspp and a few others. i can only assume they are planning to branch out to stern. Either that or they are just teasing us! That's not outside of the realm of possibility.
Looks like they're certainly targeting the high-end and high-volume market first with AFM, MM and TAF. Makes sense. I'm sure MB wont be far behind.
I saw a clip of Whitewater in the original vid. Hopefully that's on the roster too. I can't think of any game that would not benefit from this. I'd really love one for my IJ too... with the 3 video modes and all the rich DMD content, it would really make that game pop!
Quoted from davewtf:if you watch the second video in that link, they show standard dmds of lotr, tspp and a few others. i can only assume they are planning to branch out to stern. Either that or they are just teasing us! That's not outside of the realm of possibility.
I see that now. I hope you're right, but the trail they're headed down seems like they're going to cover all of the A-list 90's games first. They probably figure if people are willing to purchase a game for 6k, they probably won't bat an eye at $400.
Hopefully there's enough interest that they can start pumping these out a little quicker.
wow, very cool. They need to do the four super DMD games so we can stop shelling out 500 bucks for those large Sega dmd's and give colorDMD our money instead.
Because i would. I definitely, definitely would. Start with Batman Forever Please!
This being the first title, I would imagine that it is taking a long time to tool and set-up the assembly. I know that they have hit some pretty significant delays lately. But I am sure that the following titles will come out much more smoothly. The programming is obviously done for MM, already.
I wonder how tough these things are to install, honestly. They look like pretty big LCD boards. It isn't just going to be plug-and-play. That is apparent.
My biggest curiosity is this.
Since it is actually just an emulated DMD on an LCD screen, could the artwork be redone in higher resolution?
Quoted from gambit3113:I wonder how tough these things are to install, honestly. They look like pretty big LCD boards. It isn't just going to be plug-and-play. That is apparent.
I'm not sure about that.. But the AFM at Expo had the color dmd swapped for a standard at some point in the show. I can't think it would be that difficult if they were willing to make that transfer before taking the machine down..but who knows.
Install is very very easy...... plug and play.
They spent a lot of time getting everything just right!
Doug
I saw AFM one in person and it looked awesome!
It can't be just plug and play. Isn't it a 15" LCD screen? That has to have brackets. What kind of install is required? On a WPC95 game, the translite is all boxed in on the back. Does this have to be altered to fit the LCD?
Quoted from rommy:RDReynolds said:Want this for my MB in the absolute worst possible way.
+1. MB would look great with this.
+2
Quoted from Anim8ormatt:could the artwork be redone in higher resolution?
+100. That is indeed the question. Sure it could. But what an effort.
Quoted from gambit3113:It can't be just plug and play. Isn't it a 15" LCD screen? That has to have brackets. What kind of install is required? On a WPC95 game, the translite is all boxed in on the back. Does this have to be altered to fit the LCD?
Someone sounds excited...
Quoted from rommy:Anim8ormatt said:could the artwork be redone in higher resolution?
+100. That is indeed the question. Sure it could. But what an effort.
I sort of like the "sprite" look that these games have. The color already makes a huge difference, I'd be content with that for sure. Although,.. TSPP would look pretty cool with actual cartoon clips running on a LCD...
very sweet!
also if you buy then resale ya will most likely be able to recoupe the $$ if you de mod it from the pin when selling
The color DMD on AFM is absolutely nuts good. It really is. If you can afford an AFM, there's really no reason not to have the upgrade unless you're a purist for originality—which I can respect. Along with Dug, I've seen and played MM with an early version of the color DMD and it was great too. It was still pretty rough around the edges then but it's clear from the preview vid that they've done a TON of work on it since I had the opportunity to see it. I can't wait to get some time on a finalized version. 
Hey Guys,
I have actually got some playtime in on these over the weekend!!
They are REALLY COOL looking in person...even better than the video!
The colors look GREAT, MM has alot more colors than AFM, especially purple which is awesome to me!! I actually like the fact that you can decipher the things you are
throwing with the catapult much easier in color instead of orange
blobs...it really helps with getting barnyard MB. My hubby actually
got KOR tonight, so I got to actually see pretty much the entire
thing, with the exception of video mode which is not colored yet. The
AFM is still the proto board from Expo. So maybe the production one
will be changed a little bit. (but it still looks AWESOME!!!) The AFM
is mine, the MM belongs to a friend (Brian Coney) I have them both set
up I my living room with Congo (my only other DMD) in between them.
Congo looks so "FREAKIN ORANGE" (Amy sad) with those 2 on either
side of it. I'm not going to hold my breath for them to do Congo
anytime soon (or at all) HAHA!! although anything is possible I guess,
but I understand that TAF will be next up after MM...
Dug is correct...The installation on these was really quite simple. So they are pretty
much plug and play. My AFM has the Bill Ung saucer kit and Hallway kit, so it requires an extra cable to hook it up, but still very easy. The display mounts in the same holes as the original DMD, so no extra hardware required. The actual LCD screen fits nicely behind the speaker panel...it is actually thinner than the original display. The MM does have a USB port, so I don't know what
the plan is as far as that goes...Maybe in the future you will be able
to update and swap among different games, although I can't imagine
after having this in one game you would not want one in all your
WPC-95 games. (glad I only have 2...for now!!) As far as I have heard, they are sticking to the WPC games for the time being, but can't imagine that if they go over big they wouldn't do some Sterns in the future...Would love to see SM, and LOTR. Although, I can see where some of the video clips might be tough to colorize.
Phoebe
Ok, just played today at the Louisville show with Color DMD on both AFM and MM. Both looked absolutely incredible. If I had either of these machines, I would buy it for both IMMEDIATELY. Really awesome stuff, made it feel like I was playing completely different games than I'd ever played before.
I then came home, played my beloved MB, and thought...you poor thing. You need color! COLOR DMD, WHERE FOR ART THOU??!!
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