I knew someone who had a few super deep games (Batman, JP, etc), set them to ten balls, and then gave himself ONE game on each per night. I dig it.

Had some good games on a premium, then went back to the pro, wondering if I would miss the mechs. Have to say, what I really noticed is that the pro has all the same adrenalin, it was just as exciting. You can't go wrong with either choice, it's simply an amazing combination of layout and lighting and media assets.

That's a cool looking roof.

Hot damn...and we're not even at v1.0 yet

So, looks like GZ is finally going to be knocked out of the #1 spot in the Pinside rankings. Toy Story 4 CE flippers are spamming the ratings with reviews like, "Your family will love it as much as mine, so glad I bought one!" So it will debut at #1 next week and probably stay there while the flippers keep spamming.

The same weekend you have an ad like this, someone selling TS4 CE after 35 plays...

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/trade-toy-story-4-ce-for-mando-le-or-others

...is the weekend TS4 CE is about to debut at #1 and dethrone GZ in the Pinside rankings. GZ had a good run, but too many flippers and distributors need those TS4's to move.

It will probably be back next week. Sometimes titles build up high ratings from owners and a certain model will debut at number one. Alien LV just debuted, that's what triggered it. Alien is a pretty cool machine, tho.

Man, Stern is killing it on code support. Kudos to the teams.

Yup, quick fix.

V1.03.0 - November 29th, 2022
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- Heat Ray - fixed an issue where the game would crash occasionally when using the Heat Ray to complete shots for the following modes:
- Godzilla vs. Gigan
- Tesla Strike
- Godzilla, Mothra, and Rodan vs. King Ghidorah

What a run Godzilla had at the top of the Pinside rankings. I wonder how it did vs. MM, in terms of longevity. About to get dethroned by Stern Star Trek LE, which is piling up new almost-10 ratings out of nowhere.

Really, Stern is kicking so much ass with layouts and code lately, what the hell is up with this topper? How can there be such a disconnect in design quality?

But...........they do make such damn cool pinball machines.

Topper code has arrived.....

V1.06.0 - June 15th, 2023
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- Loops - fixed an issue where Rodan scoring for loops was incorrectly being multiplied
- Godzilla vs. Titanosaurus - moved mode instruction text up a little bit to be consistent with other modes
- Topper - added Godzilla shadow light show that happens every once in a while when the game is in the Attract mode
- Topper - Godzilla heat rays have been added to the mainplay lighshow when nothing else is going on
- Topper - added new mode "King of the Monsters Time Attack" available when you install the Stern Godzilla Topper
- Topper - King of the Monsters Time Attack can be accessed at the Game Mode menu by holding both the left and right flippers during the Attract Mode
- King of the Monsters Time Attack - rule summary
- Part 1 - Single ball, ball saver lasts for entire part.
- All Tier 1 Kaiju battles are active at the same time.
- Shoot Big Loop shots to add time and build up Time Bonus which start at 12 seconds.
- Time Bonus builds by 3 seconds for each Loop shot to a max of 40 seconds.
- Defeat Tier 1 Kaiju to light the Big Loop shot rainbow colors.
- Shooting the Big Loop when it’s lit rainbow will cash in the Time Bonus and extend the Remaining Time by that amount.
- Cannot stack lit Big Loop shots so use it or lose it before the next Kaiju is defeated.
- Defeating all Tier 1 Kaiju battles will start Part 2 and award any remaining Time Bonus.
- Part 2 - 4 ball multiball – limited ball saver during multiball, when draining down to single ball play an endless ball saver starts for the rest of the mode.
- Anguirus is spotted for an Add-A-Ball which can be activated by using the Action Button.
- All main shots are lit with flashing inserts.
- Completing all the shot's inserts extends the time by 3 seconds times the number of balls currently in play.
- Completing all the shots will light the Scoop shot for a final bounty of 5 seconds times the number of balls currently in play.
- Topper - added High Score tables that records the 3 best KOTM Time Attack Scores and Most Time Remaining players.

- Adjustment Changes:
- added "KOTM TIME ATTACK TIMER" - defaults to 5 minutes, min: 3 minutes, max: 8 minutes

- System - Updated to V3.41.0 on OS: V2.7.0

- Updated to nodeboard firmware/protocol v1.9.0

- Conagent v1.0.10

- Various behind the scenes improvements for correctness and performance.

Hahahahaha, your avatar is perfect for it.

Yeah, now it's pretty clear that it's meant to be seen straight on from where the player stands, along with the rest of the machine. All those close-ups in the trailer made it seem so wonky, but on top of the machine, fits well enough.

They're looking to spam Godfather CE into the top spot, at least for a week. Maybe this week?

Time to pour a drink out on the curb. This is the week Godzilla finally loses the #1 to Elton John. It's a shame, the best shot layout of our generation losing the top spot to the most blatant cut-paste layout ever priced above 10k. The deepest code losing to screensaver photos and no modes. But the worst part is the EJ reviews, several of them read like desperate ad copy written by the same person, like some employee at JJP had a new "marketing strategy" for the Pinside rankings, i.e. spamming them with "greatest machine ever, 12k is a steal, your whole family will love it," etc.