Got my Premium in December 2016 and still play it more than any other game in my collection of 10 games (mostly A-List). Four thoughts, and some of this is might be obvious. 1) In this game, you gotta have the Premium. The side-to-side moving slimer, magna-slings, 3D molded buildings, hologram, subway, crossover ramp... all together it's a much better game than the Pro in my opinion. 2) The game is fun and, obviously, quite challenging. That's an important combination. I've never completed all three ladders in one game but it always feels like it's possible. If it was just challenging and not fun I'd get tired of it. But it's fun and I keep wanting to play it "one more time", often trying different strategies. 3) Many will find that this game needs to be tweaked, tuned, and/or modded until it feels right (and even starts to feel like an A-List game). I currently have slightly longer flippers with slightly tightened-up outlanes, ColorDMD (single color for now), PDI glass, interactive walking stay-puft (with improved lighting), interactive Ecto-1, and some other minor tweaks. 4) It's overdue for a code update. I'm kinda pissed at Stern about that but hopefully it will come soon, and maybe full ColorDMD colorization after that.

My crossover ramp works perfectly after installing a shorter hex post. I found that it needs to be pretty short (so the switch lug is less than 1mm above the plastic, as pointed out in the photo). My Coil Pulse Strength = Soft. My incline is 6-1/2 degrees (according to my Craftsman level).

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Can't wait to see what you come up with for the Scoleri targets. My main complaint about those is that they are black plastic with a dark decal and no lighting (a design decision that makes me scratch my head). For now, the hack I came up with is to light them up from underneath using long flat lead wedge sockets (insulated with heat-shrink tubing), soldered to the Tony and Nunzio insert sockets. I bent the leads (like a Gumby doll) so 4-LED lamps are aimed up through the playfield at the drop targets.

It's always tough to turn a hater into a lover. In general though, here are my thoughts. The Ecto Goggles could be better integrated (it's too much of a nothing-burger right now). The red inserts in the outlanes need to be relevant (maybe part of a proton-stream feature, a chance to get your ball back, or something). Are You a God is still missing, right (I've never gotten that far)? Maybe some tweaks to increase ball times and/or make things easier (but make them OPTIONAL settings). When the code is finished, I wouldn't be surprised if full ColorDMD colorization follows at some point.