Dublin, CA
Quoted from ViperVS:While playing, it feels like something will break any minute now. It's the overall look and feel:
Flippers feel very flimsy/loose. Gameplay feels very toyish.
Targets are plastic, Apron is plastic, service rails are missing. Playfield print quality looks very cheap. "Translite" looks like it was printed on a copy paper (washed out colors and poor contrast). Instead of even backlight, there is one fluorescent lamp in there. And the result is very uneven lighting which reflects on the playfield glass terribly.
Cabinet side art print quality looks super cheap compared to what williams had on -93. You would think that 8 years later printing techniques have developed a bit?
It's like it was designed and built with half the budget that B/W had. It amazes me that this was designed as commercial vending equipment.
Were these a lot cheaper back in the day compared to the past B/W's?
Lots of people say this but all the sterns I have had have been bullet proof and the ops that I have talked to say they are bullet proof too (at least sam was). It may feel different but the new games hold up much better. I was raised on data east so when I first played a Bally/Williams game I thought they felt weird and still do. A lot of it is what you are used to. I will say if you can get over the initial feel the games are much deeper and will have longer lastabillity in a home environment.
If you want something new that feels more like Williams, have you thought about a JJP?
