Exactly.

I *do* want an LCD. But I am certainly not going to make a decision to buy or not buy GoT based on whether it has an LCD screen! You don't play the LCD screen any more than you play the playfield or cabinet art. Yes, it can add to the visual enjoyment overall, but that's a small percentage of the overall enjoyment of the pin, with the majority coming from how it shoots, rules, call outs, sounds, and music, as well as theme integration.

TWD has some of the best dots I have ever seen. There is definitely a part of me that will miss the creativity that goes into creating those types of displays when they are replaced with the LCD.

Like Ben said in another thread:

I look at what is out there - WOZ/Hobbit display, new MM display, Heighway LCD, BOP 2.0 Color display, Color DMD, even Nero has LCD. And Stern just regular DMD, not even color and people are ok with it??

I like pixel art. /shrug

I wish it was in color, sure, but other than that, I have no beef with DMD style art. I'd be happy if they just doubled the resolution and went to color. I don't care for full video and fancy video overlays.. I want to see some artwork, not clip rips.

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How is that even possible. They're using a switching power supply...it's not like those things aren't made in a million different configurations...just look at the PC market alone, you can buy anything from 250w to 1200w and some of them are providing up to 45 amps @ 15 volts on three separate 12v rails..

We're talking about what...15 or 20 watts, tops, to run a DMD sized LCD screen plus the overhead for video processing? It's not exactly a herculean power disparity here to overcome. It sounds to me like extremely poor planning on their part to not have a modular option in power supplies and they've locked themselves into one specific setup due to that stupid location and power switch orientation...

Like I said, I want an LCD screen. But I will still buy GoT without one if I like what I see

Not sure if that means I'm "ok with it" or not under your definition

Frankly I prefer what I see on my TWDs DMD over what I've seen on Heighways LCD on Full Throttle

If true, this is really unfortunate. GoT has some amazing cinematics in the show that would look great on a pin.

I would really like to add a modern looking game to my lineup. Anymore, I think the Stern DMD is looking dated compared to MMR, Heighway, or JJP displays.

At the very least would hope for something like this.

The other option is to do what CGC is doing with Colorizing MMr... higher-res full color custom dots.

Seems strange if it were true GOT is delayed due to LCD/Spike power issues. It's really late in development to discover something like this. The graphics would be all but complete tat this stage, how could it have suddenly become such an issue.

Whether you think colour graphics are important for pinball or not, one thing for certain is GOT need's this colour LCD if the rumoured price increase is to be justified.

The only justification Stern has ever needed to raise prices is one or two more mechs than usual, or everyone else in the market selling games at ridiculous prices....which is still going on despite the failures of Predator and the Jpop Trilogy.

MMr has an LCD. Just be jade the display looks retro doesn't mean anything. If Sterns having technical issues, the art style won't fix anything.

Yeah the cinematics are great but then a lot of the stuff in the show is extremely graphic and scary or sexual, White Walkers attacking, The Mountain vs the Viper, the walk of shame I think a DMD would be more likely to make it into more collectors homes - possibly that was the thinking behind it? It's going to be toy heavy from what we hear, which is clearly a good thing, I think we might see a castle in some form or possibly an iron throne, coupled with the dragons upper playfield it could certainly be packed with great stuff, along with a lock bar button and several colour changing inserts on all models, I expect the light show to be fantastic

Maybe it could outdo Medieval Madness and Hobbit all in one, I'm sure that's what Steve and team will be aiming for

Any guesses on what day this week we'll see the announcement? I'm gonna say Wednesday.

Friday

Teaser reveal Wednesday, full game pictures Friday?

Frednesday.

Teaser reveal Wednesday, full game pictures Friday?

With the amount of distributors saying it's GoT, i'll be surprised if Stern reveal another game instead.

Was told the same thing.

Some time between now and the announcement there will be a teaser. Then it will be announced on the day of the announcement.

Yeh, would be a huge surprise. Same distributors who have confirmed GOT, have also flat out denied SMVE - at least for the next couple of releases.

I wonder what their secret production code name will be for GOT?
King Arthur?
Castlevania?
Queen of Hearts?

This may or may not be further confirmation, but I just noticed that PinballNews.com has a listing for "GOT - Game Of Thrones - 2015 - Stern Pinball" on their "Acronyms" page:
http://www.pinballnews.com/learn/acronyms.html

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Well there you go.

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That's exactly what I want!

It's going to be "THE JIGSAWS"

"T"ron, "H"itchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, "E."T., "J"aws, "I"ron Maiden, "G"ame of Thrones, "S"pider-Man, "A"ngry Birds, "W"alt Disney "S"tar Wars.

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Wow. You had a LOT of free time today.

How funny would it be if their code name for GOT was "The Hobbit"
I could see Gary pulling that off for some reason.. Haha

Man I'm not seeing that Rob with TWD dots. Of course I haven't changed out my display yet which has some issues but Road Show blows it away imo.

Either way I don't really care about any Dmd. It's time to move onward and upward.

If there is not going to be a new display, then what have they been working on during this long build cycle? Multi-level playfield? Wide body? Fire breathing dragon?

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That's crazy! I have a RS here right now (baby sitting it) with a color dmd in it no less, and I think the dots on TWD blow it away.

Next Stern Pin will be GOT.

No Freaking LCD either GD-it

Caveat - It will come with the most complete first release Code to date for a Stern Pin EVER, not saying there won't be some Bugs but I think we'll be extremely impressed with the completeness of GOT's shipped Code compared to what has shipped with the last nine Stern Pins.

Without an LCD & for what Stern is getting to price wise for Premiums/LE's sadly I think we'll have to pass even thought its my FAVORITE Game Designers Pin (SR)

Really Really Really wish the next Pin was SM-VE so GOT can have an LCD

Most likely mid/late next year for SM-VE if not 2017, lots of work to be done to re-release it - Art (Cabinet & PF) + Animation/Dots.

Perfect pinball music:

Has it been confirmed GoT is a Steve Ritchie design? I think that was stated before, but just looking to confirm.

Not confirmed, but 99.9% certain from most the community.

Technically GoT isn't even confirmed.

It is 100% GoT though and 100% SR

I highly doubt spidey will take that long to come out.

Who's on code for GOT?

Dwight Sullivan, supposedly.

It was said here Dwight is doing the code. But I don't know if that is good or bad.

I remember seeing Steve Ritchie give a speech (on youtube) and he said that Lyman Sheets was coding his next game.

Could something have changed with the timing of the releases?

Look...I used to really hope Sheats is doing GOT. But then I heard about Dwight Sullivan. Didn't know who he was, and once I found out he had done POTC, one of my favorite games, I figured I'd be happy with either guy. They're both great.

That was said a long long time ago.

Oh...and the other talk I've heard here is that the code is pretty far along because of the development time the game has taken. But that could be a load of BS like so much else on this forum.

Sry it's just my opinion, but I don't like the potc code. Only the battle against the ship and the kraken is funny, everything else feels like work to do. But I think Dwight is someone that can fulfill SRs ideas and so it will be all good.

Perhaps it would be better if with GOT you don't have to replay the whole show plot. I would think it would be funny if you make it a battle and fight between the houses who will sit on the throne in the end. Let every player choose a house he wants to fight for at the start. Every house has a mode. And you have to conquer every other house playing their modes and defend your land against white walkers and dragons. A game for the throne!

It's Dwight Sullivan leading the code and that code is pretty far along