pete is a real ghostbuster

Thanks for the review. Got a pro on order can't wait to finally play it.

Awesome! Cant wait to play one

So the pros are already shipping domestically?

Awesome. Can't wait to play it.

I played a few games at tpf and best game was around 72m. I got to the video mode and easily got 16m. I like the video mode but does need work. There should be an end, lower scoring, and perhaps special bonuses.

Is there any challenge to the video mode? On the dead flip stream Dwight said to always choose bacon unless there's a star. That must be preliminary right?

Choosing bacon seemed to work when I played. I cashed out early so not sure if there is an end.

You say play is Fast and Brutal

Acdc Fast and brutal ? Less or more then acdc ?

Thanks

Thanks Collin

Personally I think it's better for new players that the game is so brutal. Finally a game that challenges the player to do better, instead of cookiecutter them with showing everything the game has to offer in game 1.

Same here. I like Ghostbusters unconventional layout and multiple interactive toys. There are enough pins out there that just focus on two ramps that return to the flippers and a stationary bash toy. Where's the excitement in that, especially after dropping $5k-$8k? In 2016 pins should be coming with multiple features that interact with the ball and GB has a lot of them. A ramp that drops under the playfield into a ball lock, two scoops, 2 captive ball mechs (one being a 3 ball mech), a Slimer toy that moves to different shots, magnetic slings, a peppers ghost Ecto Goggles toy. Hot damn! lol

I can see GB being a game that people keep in their collections and on location people keep going back to for a long time.

This is exactly why video modes s-u-c-k.

It's why "some" video modes suck.
Have you seen "Horde" on TWD?
It keeps me coming back for more and more abuse, game after game.

Finally a Stern game that I can love. One that isn't the typical fan layout, doesn't have a fugly low res photoshopped PF, does have a cool looking hand drawn PF, is deep but still fun for those who suck at pinball, is fast yet has plenty of goodness on the PF. Keep this shit up Stern and Ill have to start selling my Classic W/B games. All it needs is a color dmd and some mods to make it my own. Cant wait to see the laser mod.

I think you're confused. Horde is not a video mode.

He means a mini game you play on the dmd....only other modern game I think that has one is GOT..............Joey

op, did you order one?

its not far off. In BSD, you hit the flipper buttons to kill wolves. In Indiana Jones, you use the flippers to shoot the enemies.
In TWD, you make shots to kill the zombies.
The brilliance is that in TWD, you don't stop playing pinball when the video mode is being played.

I see your point, but what I'm suggesting is to skip the video modes that you're describing, and instead have them integrated into the gameplay. Way more fun in my opinion.
Hell, couldn't they even make the GoT mode kinda fun if it involved making shots instead of just hitting flipper buttons?

Fish tales has one of the best video modes. Quick and fun

Yeah that would be cool if Stern changed the video mode in GOT to be interactive with shots. The rest of the modes work that way so why not. Right now, the video mode is pretty lame. They should also tie it into the swords that you collect after beating a house. The more swords you collect maybe increases the multiplayer even more. Just a thought.

What you are describing is not a video mode, it is Just a mode.

Not sure if you've played Horde, but it's definately not a straight up video mode.

It's a video mode mode.

The integration of a video mode with actual gameplay elements ads a completely different dimension to both the physical pf and the video. It opens up so much potential. TBH, I don't understand why JJP hasn't implemented some form of video mode with their platform. Especially one that integrates with the pf like in Horde.

Has it been done before TWD?

Had no idea. Definitely going to have to get a Judge Dredd at some point. Ghostbusters is made for a video mode like that.

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Im all in on this one! It's a home run.

Yep I have played horde many times and it is not a video mode. Do you know pinball?
Do you think Battle for Earth in AVG is a video mode?

We're working on something like that for Alien, using shots that integrate with the motion tracker embedded in the playfield LCD. It's NOT a video mode, but the screen gives you feedback on where you should be shooting as the xenomorphs approach you.

So Romulan Battle on STTNG is also supposed to be a "video mode"? Because the Romulan ships on the display depict the PF shots and they disappear if you hit that shot? STTNG actually has 2 video modes then? That's news for sure.

It's pretty common in DMD pinball to show which shots to make by means of the display. That doesn't make them video modes.

You guys call it what you want.

It's a mode that puts the player in an interactive scene on the "video".

Im calling it a video mode.

Ah so the right ramp is not meant to go around...strange. Great write up Collin thanks.

I'm calling it a "pop bumper". Things pop up on the screen when I bump into them in real life. Pop bumper. Please remove any former uses of pop bumpers from your lexicons.

Video modes are video games.

Holy crap, I did not know this. Always wondered why it seemed like I wasn't completing this mode although I was hitting the ramps. Can't wait to go down and try this out now.

Amazing!! This pin isn't even out yet,and he has 2 prototypes???? 1bil. for a pin thats not even out yet??? Wow,some peeps have all the luck!!! Pin looks great,if i like it at PAGG,may get one!!

Played GB @ Ohio Show yesterday. It's a 50/50 in that mode. Not a fan. Takes no skill to advance the bonuses to ridiculous levels. Tight shots & a target rich environment kept me playing. It's fast & open outside of the PF drop targets. Hard to see the top roll overs.

GB video mode is a perfect fit for the movie, but it slows down the game.

Maybe there could be clues to the correct choice hidden in random animations, and then the video mode is a single pair of cards (or perhaps 3) then you get ball back.

Someone should make a mod where the INCORRECT choice triggers a lockdown bar buzzer to "zap" your hands.

actually it should detect whether you're a dude or an attractive young lady and if a dude always give the wrong answer and if lady tell you you're right and try to sweet talk you into meeting later on to "discuss your psychic ability" only to get cockblocked by Ray coming in and being Ray...

getaway and fish tales have the best video modes EVER .....

Its true that the video mode does slow the game down but the player also has the choice to cash out and not progress through the video mode. Other video modes in the past didn't give a player a choice whether or not to play it.

I don't think everything in pinball has to be non stop action. Sometimes the coolest things in games are seen or heard when the ball isn't moving (or very little) at all such as a DMD animation + light show for a MB, a physical ball lock + animation / sound, giving the player a choice in a video mode, etc. If done right those elements can add charm to a game and I think the GB video mode does just that. The video mode will be even better when ColorDMD announces support for the game.

I agree that the coolest things in pinball can be when the ball is stopped. But they are not interacting with a tiny screen when the ball is stopped. Video modes super suck. Even your cheapest cell phone can present a funner game than is possible in any video mode. I wonder how complete ghost busters is. Because the sizeable amount of time wasted on coding that video mode could have been used for other aspects of game completion.

Bacon!!!!!

Bacon and Bitchin.

You can choose to skip the craptastic video mode on STTNG.

Suck isn't banned on Pinside. At least not yet...