Ramp it up a notch with the custom speech roms

I bought some new ROMs on ebay and had a friend burn them from IPD. Funny callouts like Picard saying "we will never surrender--unless you pay us enough! And nurse saying "you realize that most of my patients die." etc.etc.

You can't stop playing it... because it is one of the best games ever made and genuinely challenging.

It has great theme integration, a decent variety of modes, a few surprising stacking opportunities, great lighting choreography, availability of a color display... and at half the price of a Stern Trek LE that is half as loaded.

And it is hard enough to not be susceptible to games that last forever when you have played it a tonne in your home.

So, why would you stop playing it aside to fix something now and then?

ST:TNG a purchased in 1998. I love the proximity sensors that add super cool sound effects when the pinball passes over them. The cannons /probes are one of the best toy's ever. the voices of the original cast. great rules. Cool video mode. When I get burned out on pinball . I will not play for months at a time. I always come back to ST:TNG at some point. The custom speech ROM sounds 'cheesy' to me. The voice overs are spot on .I would not change them. IMO. You need an external subwoofer . It is really cool. I added PinBits right lane extender help a little with the ball staying in play.

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Don't know if you have heard them, but you only hear a couple during a game and most of them are only heard when you add credits--all can be heard at the end of the game by pressing the flipper buttons.

I love STTNG.

In fact, IMHO, the TNG pinball is to STID pinball what preAbrams ST is to Abrams ST. For me, the newest ST pin is style over substance. It's beautiful and bright, but so SHALLOW compared to TNG.

dont shoot me, but...

i still not find a bit of pleasure playing this game
every time i gave it another chance, its the same boring feeling
and yes, the outlanes & external slingshot rebound, even more when TILT is sensitive...

of course, we cant all have same taste & feeling, and its a good thing

I too reckon this is an epic game, THAT despite the 'SOD' breaking within 15mins of being delivered. (Broken resistor leg on the OPTO emitter board in the trough, tough fault for someone new to pinball)
Anyway, now all up and running I love it however I think that the flipper return frame might have been extended. Not sure i'm trying to find a picture to compare with mine.

Its an awesome game with great replay value. I've had mine for 4 years and its still my #1. Its a game that has to be dialed in though. Before I picked mine up I played a route beater and thought to myself...well this game sucks. Then later I played a nice example and that was all I needed to be converted.

It has everything, great theme, bunches of cool toys, cool DMD animations, flow, modes (+ 3 video), sound package, great modability, original cast voice callouts. The best shot is getting the rear ball lock during Borg MB for a super jackpot and then having those bastards fire it back at you. Never gets old.

I don't know that I've played a game that is SOOO different when it's set up and maintained properly. It completely sucks out in the wild, but it's awesome at home.

Love it so much to discover everytime