Quoted from TheLaw:Half of Steve Ritchie Games
The other half of Steve Ritchie games
Every steve ritchie game is like a grab bag of 5/10 of his things.
star trek and spiderman probably take the cake though...
On the other hand, I think they play very differently in spite of the similar layout. Little bits of spacing and rules can go a long way. Even just look at what lowering the in/outlane posts and making the toys a bit more aggressive did for iron man vs met
Quoted from hocuslocus:didn't know they did it that often. to that extent
DE pretty blatently copied lots of B/W designs... Not to mention rules.
But in general, if you've got two ramps and an orbit, most are going to be pretty similar. MB, AFM, MM, ... It's just how you use that center area and whether you have a scoop or targets on the lower edges