Back in the Stern Electronics club. My pin collection started with Wild Fyre, which I'll always have a soft spot for. I've also owned Pinball (which I was smart enough to sell to a friend, so I still get to play it,) Dracula, Flight 2000, and Magic. Now I'm enjoying playing my latest addition, Galaxy. This looks and feels like a long term keeper. I rolled it third day I had it, but have only broken 200K a couple times since. I love the sounds, and definitely hear Asteroids and Star Castle, perhaps among others. I have wondered about licensing of those sounds, as I recall, Stern only did a couple of vids? (I looked it up, they actually did 28 games, not all released under the Stern name.) Of course, they were notorious for stealing Bally tech. Wonder if they did the same with sound ROMs...

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I think that's a 'feature,' as mine does exactly the same thing. I actually kinda like that you can't just pound the ball up there. You've got to take a little pace off the ball if you want it to score. I've also had it rattle off the kicker arm so hard it rebounds all the way out and doesn't score. I've only had mine for a few weeks, but I am totally hooked on this game. maybe my favorite of classic Stern's I've owned so far.

Cheers!
Bob