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Quoted from Frax:STTNG and Stern ST play so differently I wouldn't really hesitate to have both in a collection. Honestly, rules wise, the Stern game is *substantially* better, and not just because of the depth of the rules, but all the little nuances and playfield multipliers from the warp ramp.
I agree, the Stern iteration is much more fun and playable than the WMS. I just wanted to highlight that Steve hasn't done anything new in years, just riffs off what worked in the past.
West Dundee, IL
Yeah...pretty much. Lots of fun games, but it always seems like the interesting stuff got cut or didn't really work as well as intended. Upper PF on GOT, lower PF on AC/DC Premium, the vertical eject on Star Trek that got removed before production that was supposed to throw the ball to the warp ramp, etc. How much of that was Steve's fault vs. the mechanical engineers or coders, I can't say.
I've never really been a Ritchie fanboy, though...always preferred Borg's games when it came to Stern, with the exception of AC/DC.
Quoted from yancy:Is anyone from Cannonball Run still alive?
Just to name a few…
Jackie Chan
Farrah Fawcett
Terry Bradshaw
Quoted from Bud:Farra faucet
Maybe so, but Farrah Fawcett is dead.
While we wait in anticipation, let’s move things to a more positive light while staying on topic. One line answers.
What’s your favorite Steve Ritchie game?
Me: Game of Thrones
Quoted from yancy:Maybe so, but Farrah Fawcett is dead.
I didn’t realize that, good catch
Quoted from yancy:Is anyone from Cannonball Run still alive?
Klinger!
Quoted from yancy:I would've bet a thousand bucks that Jamie Farr is dead. Way to hang in there, Klinger!
He made it through the Korean War with a bunch of misfits, he didn't have to deal with Bob Crane and Hogan's Heroes, that might have killed him.
Quoted from yancy:Is anyone from Cannonball Run still alive?
Jackie Chan
Susan Anton
Tony Danza
Quoted from Xenon75:Steve unleashed at WMS brought you STTNG and No Fear which both easily had greater BOM's than even a JJP game when inflation is considered....
I think you're overestimating the price of the magnets on NF
I have zero evidence to back this up, but based on my experience moving games, Star Trek The Next Generation is the heaviest. That game was a beast to move.
Quoted from Eskaybee:While we wait in anticipation, let’s move things to a more positive light while staying on topic. One line answers.
What’s your favorite Steve Ritchie game?
Me: Game of Thrones
Still gotta be AC/DC.
The one and only time Ritchie and Lyman teamed up, and they hit it out of the park.
Quoted from Deez:Are there any more dad rock themes left for him to copy and paste that T2 layout to?
hopefully he's take that elvis layout and retheme it.
Quoted from Eskaybee:While we wait in anticipation, let’s move things to a more positive light while staying on topic. One line answers.
What’s your favorite Steve Ritchie game?
Me: Game of Thrones
Love T2. BUT....
I know the game isn't too deep and all but it's still one of the fastest games and still a lot of fun, F-14 Tomcat, favorite wise. Sounds alone are fantastic.
Quoted from lpeters82:I have zero evidence to back this up, but based on my experience moving games, Star Trek The Next Generation is the heaviest. That game was a beast to move.
Can confirm. Never again.
Quoted from lpeters82:I have zero evidence to back this up, but based on my experience moving games, Star Trek The Next Generation is the heaviest. That game was a beast to move.
I'm going to say TZ, my L3 and L4 vertebra entered another dimension moving that.
Quoted from lpeters82:I have zero evidence to back this up, but based on my experience moving games, Star Trek The Next Generation is the heaviest.
It isn't.
Quoted from lpeters82:That game was a beast to move.
It is heavy.
LTG : )
Quoted from LTG:Hobbit, JJP Pirates, probably even Safecracker.
LTG : )
I never moved a Safecracker. But that makes sense. A lot of mechanism in that sucker.
I've managed to never touch a JJP game, so wouldn't know.
*I kid, I kid* But haven't had to move one.
Quoted from RobT:Still gotta be AC/DC.
The one and only time Ritchie and Lyman teamed up, and they hit it out of the park.
I was just reminded that Ritchie and Lyman also teamed up on Spiderman.
Quoted from lpeters82:I have zero evidence to back this up, but based on my experience moving games, Star Trek The Next Generation is the heaviest. That game was a beast to move.
Demolition Man is about tied for first then. My back wasn't happy after that one, either.
Quoted from yancy:Is anyone from Cannonball Run still alive?
Those Jamie Farr callouts are gonna rule!
Quoted from RobT:I was just reminded that Ritchie and Lyman also teamed up on Spiderman.
....and 24!
Quoted from lpeters82:I have zero evidence to back this up, but based on my experience moving games, Star Trek The Next Generation is the heaviest. That game was a beast to move.
Quoted from gambit3113:Can confirm. Never again.
Quoted from gjm7777:I'm going to say TZ, my L3 and L4 vertebra entered another dimension moving that.
Quoted from Wolfanoz:Demolition Man is about tied for first then. My back wasn't happy after that one, either.
Some of ya'll have never tried moving a haunted house and it shows. Or an EM
I've moved all the weighty contraptions mentioned and by far the heaviest was a Dialed In.
It's the build quality.
Quoted from Bud:Just to name a few…
Jackie Chan
Farrah Fawcett
Terry Bradshaw
Adrienne Barbeau and Bianca Jagger are alive.
Quoted from Eskaybee:What’s your favorite Steve Ritchie game?
Stern Star Trek
The only game I sold and want back!
Robert
Quoted from Eskaybee:While we wait in anticipation, let’s move things to a more positive light while staying on topic. One line answers.
What’s your favorite Steve Ritchie game?
Me: Game of Thrones
I LOVE SW...but HS is an all time classic in simplistic perfection. He's got a lot of good ones buuuut....
On the bottom for me is ACDC & the BK 1 & 2; not popular I know.
Quoted from CrazyLevi:I've moved all the weighty contraptions mentioned and by far the heaviest was a Dialed In.
It's the build quality.
I have a STTNG and that was heavy, JD was close but Hobbit and Dialed In I didn't even try. Got ro remove heads from JJP games (easy to do) and in the case of the Hobbit I moved the playfield separately from the cabinet as well with the boards in the cab was still an injury waiting to happen.
ST:TNG most likely the heaviest Steve Ritchie game....
Quoted from CrazyLevi:I've moved all the weighty contraptions mentioned and by far the heaviest was a Dialed In.
It's the build quality.
I was going to say this. I had all my pins wrapped up and was moving with a hand truck. I could not tip DI for the life of me. Other even Woz was no problem. However I’m not saying if it’s as heavy as the superpins. These new Spike 2 pins are light as heck.
Quoted from Bublehead:Bally EM bingo machines have said "fu" to many a spine.
I moved one. The head outweighs the body. Friggin' half-ton abacus inside that thing.
So hey, umm, Steve Ritchie! Am I right guys?
Quoted from TheLaw:On the bottom for me is ACDC & the BK 1 & 2; not popular I know.
Couldn't agree more.
Quoted from Isochronic_Frost:Joe says NO!
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Some people have a difficult time reading things sometimes.
He most certainly did not say "no."
Quoted from RobT:Still gotta be AC/DC.
The one and only time Ritchie and Lyman teamed up, and they hit it out of the park.
The OG team up was for my favorite pin SM! Which was mentioned above already. Dude has seriously lost his posting touch! Too rusty
Quoted from MrBally:Adrienne Barbeau and Bianca Jagger are alive.
I personally know Adrienne Barbeau and recorded her audio book. She'd do custom callouts for a Cannonball Run game.
It's funny, I have not heard the theme tossed around, but it would make a fun game.
Saying that SR is currently alive and at Stern is not addressing the rumor, which is that he will soon be leaving Stern and moving to JJP.
Steve was always fond of Jack. Not that it matters much these days, but they were definitely buddies.
Quoted from RobT:Some people have a difficult time reading things sometimes.
He most certainly did not say "no."
Sure you could read that to mean "there now, but maybe not tomorrow" -- But what would motivate Joe to make such a reply in the first place? He wasn't directly engaged... he went out of his way to respond to the post, which would infer he's debunking the rumor. To reply only to say 'no, but maybe' doesn't compute.
Wish he would... the weakest thing about JJP is their game design.
Only games I like as players are the two games Pat Lawlor did.
London
Quoted from TheLaw:God yes. I hear pissing and moaning aboot SR tired layouts; guess people enjoy Balcer's more? Uff
is that who did the other games? I have no idea.
All I know is they go clunk and thunk allot then you get mutliball. 
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