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What's the attraction with EMs?

By Blackbeard

9 years ago


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#91 9 years ago

Every EM is the same stupid game. Put 3 pop bumpers in the center on the flattest possible surface with a bunch of misc targets and some crappy targets and add some chime sounds and you have a winner. Need another game? Change the artwork a little and call it a totally *different* game. I imagine EM's might work well to gut out for a virtual pinball cabinet. Or maybe you could lay some padding on them and use them for a bed. Who knows.

Of course you get people that claim that they require the ultimate skill etc. I guess people need to convince themselves that there is some reason to like them. EM's only existed because technology didnt exist to do better.

#96 9 years ago
Quoted from Pdxmonkey:

You need to play fireball

Wait, thats the one with 3 pop bumpers smack in the center? Oh I might have gotten that confused with {insert any other EM here}

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#188 9 years ago
Quoted from Blackbeard:

Great write ups on EMs.
Are there written rule sets anywhere, even if very short?
What's the up keep on them with all the relays, etc. in comparison to a dmd upkeep?

You're kidding, right? There's not even any software.

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#365 9 years ago
Quoted from CaptainNeo:

What's ironic is that you bag on em's for being repetitive, yet you own, AFM, MM and MB. Talk about repetitive. Same shit, same boring fan pattern, same rules. Apparently your not that opposed to owning games that are copies of others.

This is somewhat fair and I agree to a degree. Monster bash and MM are not on my permanent keeper list while AFM is.

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