Quoted from pinballcorpse:I believe it!
Even when I have some of my friends over who are seasoned tourney players, we end up having a ton of fun playing older games like Fast Draw, Joker Poker and Paragon. We really don't feel like having potential marathon games on Spider-Man and LOTR for example.
Of course we can set the modern games up even harder than they are to shorten ball times (outlanes are already maxed etc), but once you get to a point where the game is so bastardized, it begs the question why have it for the purposes of exploring wizard modes. We can play those types of games in tourneys.
Modern, fast games like Iron Man and ACDC also keep us amused, but dollar for dollar the old games are a blast.
The point is, not every pinball outing that is fun needs to be on a 10k pinball machine.
Well said.
I definitely find myself gravitating towards the shorter ball time pins. Friends tell me to make my longer ball time games harder to shorten the ball times. The problem with that is that you probably won't get to see much of what the pin offers. LOTR set up brutal isn't going to give you the chance to see much of the depth that exists.
Short ball time pins with more simple rules/objectives are very addicting, and have much more of that "just one more game" appeal, such as IM. BSD is another great example. And many EM's have this as well.
Quoted from o-din:With 7830 Bow and Arrows and 3700 Sure Shots produced, apparently some people found them amusing. With or without the drugs.
Imagine that!
Quoted from John_I:We always end up playing EMs a lot when friends come over - both players and noobs. EMs rule for multiplayer games, while DMDs are good for single player games. No DMD can possibly provide the fun of a 4-player game on Jack in the Box. If we were to start a four player game on STLE or IJ it would take 45 minutes and not just because of the long ball time. "Hey Spencer is having an endless multiball and has two extra balls built up, I'm going to the bathroom and grab a sandwich and beer." You end up waiting on people to get back in the room and people don't even watch each other play. On the EM the 4-player game lasts about 8 minutes and newbies have a chance of beating any one of us because EMs level the playfield (sorry for the pun). The competition is just more fierce and you actually watch the other player without losing interest.
By the way all of my EMs are fast and play great. Nudging and slap saves required often.
Exactly John. EMs are definitely it for multiplayer games! IM isn't bad either because of the short ball times. But the 3 of us played B&A for a good 10 games straight. And like you said, EMs can be the great equalizer. I probably won half the games, with one of the other two guys winning the others.
Quoted from Shapeshifter:I like every era of pinballs but em's when set up right, are out and out fun. My kids prefer them to STLE and other more modern games I have had. And for the price of 1 new LE you can get 8 very good em's!!
The last sentence has really hit home for me in the last month.