This is going on my game to tonight!!!!! Wow! It fixes the things I wanted fixed and looks to add even more fun!

Any more play reports? I'm stuck at work.

Me too!

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And loving the disable of the pops to get the collect for Haunted. What a cool idea!

Well I'll give you some because a million is an amazing score on this game!

3 million is an insane game!

I like the new "skip animation", but then I did it at the start of ECMB, and it just quietly started. No crescendo, no new call by the wizard, it just started dumping the balls out of the hut. I understand why they are there, and for folks that like to skip that stuff, they are absolutely required. For me though, I found it disappointing. I like that few seconds of buildup as it is starting the multiball. I doubt I'll skip that one again. Now, if they could add a skip for the end of ball bonus... That one I'd use.

If you are using the same USB stick as before, make sure there was no "woz_update" folder on it when you copied the new one to it. Windows can distinguish it with the (1) thing, but WOZ can't. That is one of the more common update issues.

Will that be my one chance to see SOTR?

Haunted multiball is started by playing all of the other haunted modes. So the fifth time you collect Haunted it will be the multiball. And the new feature to disable the pops when collect is lit makes that just a bit easier.

Well can't speak to the lights... But I think it was 2.0 that added being able to capture Dorothy(tm) from the left orbit. Sometimes the pops push the ball up high enough to trigger the orbit switch, but not far enough to get caught in the magnet. So the monkey doesn't bring anything up. However it is locked virtually and the yellow arrow on the backboard goes out.

Well open up a ticket with JJP first thing. And if you are comfortable working on games, the wiring chart for the boards is printed on the computer case cover in the game. Go back one board from the rainbow lights, and if that board works, check the connectors leading out of it. You either have a bad board, or a cable issue (unplugged). The last working board is where to start, and if reseating the cables doesn't work, Lloyd will get you a new board.

Keith never cracked on TSPP for the exact same thing, and I doubt he will here. I know we are talking two different games here, but almost 3 years ago he said this:

"The answer is easy: Since nothing is 100% reliable, the best course
of action is to always enable the flippers. I could easily have done
something and made it bulletproof as possible, but ultimately there
would always be something that would cause undesireable cut-outs or
not let the flippers work when they should, so I dismissed the idea.

keith"

And I'm on his side with this one. I would be really irritated if I was going for something on an upper playfield and the flipper didn't flip because the game didn't think the ball should be there. Just from playing it for a while, WOZ seems to have an insanely complex code base. I would hope that he is pretty much against changes that don't have much benefit and could cause other issues. And frankly I don't see flipper linkage wear as being that big a deal. When I need to do a rebuild on my WOZ, yes, the cost will be higher because I need to buy 5 mechs instead of 3. I'm fine with that. And if I owned the other game he was actually talking about here, I would think the same thing. If the upper flips were weak or bad, I'd just rebuild them. And if I couldn't do it myself, I'd pay to have it done so the game played well. Most games I buy are needing a flipper rebuild, or at least new sleeves as they come in the door, so they are not that big a deal.

I wouldn't have even bothered looking at the playfield audit date. But seeing you mentioned it... Yes, "PLACE" has the lowest hits on mine as well. "NO" was second least followed by "HOME". So I'd say it is just the placement. The second T in TOTO is also lower. And I've completed TNPLH three times!!!

I happen to like the ability to still get extra balls during it. If it was lit going in I'll try the throne room right away. Easier than completing the mode and the result is almost the same.

That happens to be my least favorite feature of 3.0. It just sounds awkward.

Oh, I'm not asking for that. I understand her voice is impossible to replicate. What I was saying is awkward is the whole "there's ... ... no ... ... place ... ... like ... ... home" staccato voice as the ball rattles around the state fair pop. It was just added and I'm not a fan of that particular callout.

However...

I melted the freaking Wicked Witch!!! Finally. I've had a few chances at her but I finally bagged her and mounted her over my mantle!

It was a normal night in my house. Got home, made dinner and played some Demolition Man. For some reason I find that game relaxing after a crap day. And then I turned my attention to WOZ. Jack had said that with 3.0 the game was done. So I decided to make a judgement on the game knowing it was feature complete. I had ECMB ready, but decided I wanted to start Rescue first. That usually leads to starting nothing, but tonight a few good shots hooked them both up. I was rocking it collecting jackpots and awards, but as always, things fell apart (too much going on sometimes) and I was unceremoniously back in single ball. It was like 3 ball just jumped off the table and into the trough. But I kept at it. And eventually the battle against the witch was on! I got my shots in, trapped the ball, made the last shot and WOW! In my opinion, very well done Keith and Ted.

So my "evaluation of the game" game I was playing ended up feeling (sorry) epic. It was just supposed to be a quick decision to see if I considered it complete enough for the long haul. And I think it is just great. I own games from many different decades and different manufacturers. This one will stand up just fine.

Very!