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Aussie Pinball Forums => General Discussion => General Pinball Discussion => Topic started by: Caveoftreasures on February 21, 2012, 02:10:07 AM
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I was wondering, from the release of the Simpsons Pinball Party, up to and including say the AC/DC Pro, what is the BEST STERN release in the last 13 years.apx ? !@# !@#
I asked around today, a few people reckon Lord of the Rings, some say Spiderman, a few say AC/DC because of the great music and overall popularity, one mate still thinks its the Simpsons ? Monopoly has been popular, because it is such a beautiful game to look at, but a unusual game, and very iconic. I mean, every title has its great n positive points. What one sticks out the most on your "YES" radar ?
WHAT IS THE BEST STERN GAME TO PLAY OUT OF THE LAST 13 YEARS OF RELEASES... THE BEST STERN PLAYER, LOOKER AND WHY ? ? !@# !@# !@# !@#
(note - Harley Davidson and Monopoly came before Simpsons, so ofcourse they are included, but Simpsons is a title most feel really got Stern cooking along well)
link below of ALL STERN titles to chose from > Pick your best from this list ! ^^^
http://www.ipdb.org/search.pl?searchtype=advanced&mfgid=303
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Haven't played the last few titles, but I really enjoyed POTC when I got the chance to put some serious time on one. Loved the theme, loved sinking the ship, the whole package was a blast.
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Well what I like Brett may not appeal to you , and may be cattle fodder to others .
But in my book there's no bad pinball , there all good it's what pinball pressed the individuals buttons to like .
I would say the last dozen Stern made are not bad.
The most popular in my house hold are Shrek ( the kids love it) Avatar , SM and IJ4 .LOTR to deep for the kids .
When guests come over they walk pass MM,BBB, TZ, MB etc etc and head straight for IJ4 and Gilligan's Island .
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for me, they only made 4 good ones. TSPP (but its a bit difficult), LOTR, Spidey, and ACDC. I did enjoy POTC at first, but it's just no challenge at all. I would like to try the Indy, but have never seen one to play it. Oh, FG is a good game, but the theme is just too much.
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Of those I have played, I really loved the game play in LotR, but can't handle the theme. Bought and set one up for a fiend and really loved playing it, but the film was really unappealing for me and infects the title a lot. But I think I will own one, one of these days.
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1. Ironman
2. Spiderman
3. CSI
Special Mention - Terminator 3
Note - There's a lot of Sterns I have not played in depth.
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1.Spiderman
2.Ironman
3.LOTR
NO other stern titles come within a bulls roar of these 3.
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Black Spiderman for me.
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Yes, Family Guy and Shrek really stand out to me to be winners for sure. Not as many around, and both do hold their prices well because of lower numbers, but both definately look the goods for sure. Whenever I have seen a FG or a Shrek, they are always Home Use Only and have low game counts, usually immaculate.
If I could buy half as dozen Sterns to put into my "Pinball World" on the Gold Coast (which I am always working towards with 50 plus machines in it), I think It would be the way to really showcase alot of great titles. It doesnt hurt to dream n try.
This year, I am focused on acquiring, subject to my business continuing well in this up n down economy, my dream list , which is a must have list, is to get >
AC/DC Pro (confirmed n bought) Transformers Pro (confirmed deposit paid) and work like a dog to buy > (no paticular order)
Shrek, Avatar, Iron Man, Family Guy, and see if I can find other Sterns that people would enjoy. I havent bought a sports car for the last 3 years, so the money has gone to pinnys instead. (that alone has saved me alot of car depreciation$ - pay $50 grand for a car and 2 yrs later its worth $18-$20 grand,if u are lucky, whereas pins keep the same $ relatively give or take only small margins, if not usually climb in value)
Collecting for a dream is fun, if not extremely difficult, but determination with a nutty addiction can only result in success sooner or later. May take a year or two, but hell, why not try. I am sure people who dont even like me would still come to a place and play 50 pinnys if it were open to the public. The Gold Coast is a big tourist area to promote somnething like that. As long as it broke even, or lost a bit, it wouldnt matter cause I would run my security business from the same premises.
If I had my way, i would have a OPEN Pinball Competition, at $100 a head to join, 1st place takes home a BRAND NEW IN BOX STERN. Thats the sort of idea that will really bring alot of pinheads together for Australias best n funnest competition. Has anyone ever given away a brand new Stern before in Australia for a Pinny comp.
Anyway, Its good to see what people think is the best Sterns. All helps the crazy dream. :D
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AMD gave away a TRON LE last year... awesome prize!
http://www.amdcoinop.com/NSW_Pinball_Championship.htm
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Sterns I like-
Spiderman
CSI
Transformers LE
T3
TDK
FYG
IM
Striker X
TSpp and LOTR, Tron pro/LE, Avatar pro/LE , rolling Stones pro/LE, Shrek & POTC don't make the cut with me
Sterns I found interesting 24, IJ4 and Elvis but I probably wouldn't buy them.
ACDC well I'll wait and see
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AMD gave away a TRON LE last year... awesome prize!
http://www.amdcoinop.com/NSW_Pinball_Championship.htm
Excellent.thanks for listing that. Dam,that would have been a great prize. I wonder who was the lucky winner and did they keep it or sell it off ! (keep it I would have *%*)
A good list of pins out in the wild too.. Thanks Replay for the info. ^^^ I wonder if AMD will do something with a AC/DC Pro, which would be nice, or maybe one of those radio stations. About time we had something great happen in the world of pinny comps. Bring on the next one for sure. *%*
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stern pinballs i have in my private collection are,
TSPP, great game , hard though, one of the only games i have on 5 balls
LOTR LE , this one is a real players game
monopoly, fast game play u can realy get it going
POTC , used to love playing , dont play much anymore , not all that easy
Batman ,TDK , its a player that i'm still trying to conquer
would like,
sopranos
spider man
transformers
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Have only played close to 10 on the totals list but out of those, I enjoyed NBA (some features - though it may getting boring after a little While), loved the look and play of TRON LE and really enjoy Ironman. AC/DC is behind those 3 but wouldn't cough up the dollars for.
Other styles had parts that I liked the lokk of or game play of. One machine that I just couldn't understand the hype and just didn't enjoy was Avatar.
Keen to have a few games of the Transformers - reckon this could be in the top 3 of my stern like list.
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Tron
Iron Man
Transformers
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Tron
Transformers
Terminator 3
3 T's as it's turned out
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Tron
Transformers
Terminator 3
3 T's as it's turned out
Mr T
:lol
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I have to say that sales will show that the best selling Stern in the last 12 yrs will be "The Simpsons" soon to be beaten by AC/DC Pro, hopefully, but the LE numbers and Premium numbers shld surpass the Simpsons 6 or 7 re-runs at the Stern production line ?
The best looking cabinet on a Stern is Batman - The Dark Knight (awesome graphics) best player with overall sound n speed will be AC/DC Pro, with the most liked and hardly ever re-sold title going to Family Guy (people just dont sell them).
AC/DC LE will be most desired for a while now (resale will only occur alot if pop up/down targets make the game slow), otherwise people will hold them. Most over-rated game I reckon is Spiderman (sorry, i found it so boring). A Stern that needed less cost cutting is Avatar with one lousy ramp, but theme n sounds get there just.
Iron man, most surprising when u play it compared to when u just look at it. Looks better than u think it will play, but play is better than expected.
Tron is very very hard to decide on, hard to work out if great or dead, Lord of the Rings so dam dark, Shrek sold only small amounts cause what 12 yr old kid has $6500 but a beautiful looking game. Best looking LE is Tron so far.
Best Stern ever in the last 12 years, fun wise, because of Audio, will be AC/DC. BUT BUT BUT I am hoping the next few Sterns will be BIGGER N BETTER again, cause thats going to be great for everyone in Pinball. I reckon we are due for a kick ass sci-fi space style pinball machine, and space meaning dark and action packed, warcraft meets star wars or startrek or Stargate or something really out there like Halo meets Aliens. We need a kick ass sci-fi pinny.
Anyone else think we are overdue for a title like this ? or if u want zombies, we need viscious, nasty, blood curdling hard core GORE.
Yes, we need a title that is hard n fast n really in ya face ?
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LOTR!
TRON LE
Transformers LE
I havent played them all. Im seeing Ironman on many posts above. Will need to play that next. Is it really in the top 3?
I too played Spiderman twice and walked away to play others. Its a Tron playfield layout. Had a chance to buy a good one. Passed. Dont like the movie sound bits. I do like the post between the flippers.
So IM really?
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yep. apparently Iron Man is pretty good. I only had a quick one game so i am nowhere near able to really put up a decent comment til i play it more. but i liked it alot more than spiderman ? all these machines give a beter performance in my view with the audio cranked up, and alot of games onsite just dont have the audio up enough to really enjoya game to its potential.
audio plus loud equals much better game in my opinion. my neighbours will hate me when AC/DC arrives and gets CRANKED right up. lol %.% %.%
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my neighbours will hate me when AC/DC arrives and gets CRANKED right up. lol %.% %.%
I reckon they dislike you anyway :lol :lol && :lol :lol
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Played Transformers for the first time today. One minor flaw I didn't like was that the ball took ages to escape from the pop bumpers - far too lonnnnnnnnng. Other than that, the game had some good shots.
I've only played TSPP, LOTR, POTC, CSI & Elvis.
None of Stern's licensed themes appeal to me, so I can't see myself owning one.
Hope ACDC lives up to be a great title for Stern.
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I own the following Sterns all bought NIB and this is how I rate them:
LOTR LE
Spiderman
Transformers Le Decepticon
Tron LE
POTC
TSPP
Avatar LE
ACDC BIB (coming soon)
There is no preference of top to bottom - all games are unique and enjoyed accordingly!
Love playing Avatar Le for some reason -sound, shaker its underated!
Tron Le is a flowing game with its awesome ramps and lighting + music!
Lotr Le - Awesome package all round!
Tspp - very deep , heaps of stuff,modes etc - played this one the most out of collection
Potc - All visitors are attracted to it like a magnet - Nice package I love it!
SM - Played it tonight and thought what a top game - going nowhere!
TF LE - Had visitors last night and had a comp - absolute ripper from Sterns latest game releases
ACDC BIB - Might be the best game out of my collection!
Overall they are all nice games and if you told me which would you sell 1st - NONE!
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Played Transformers for the first time today. One minor flaw I didn't like was that the ball took ages to escape from the pop bumpers - far too lonnnnnnnnng. Other than that, the game had some good shots.
I've only played TSPP, LOTR, POTC, CSI & Elvis.
None of Stern's licensed themes appeal to me, so I can't see myself owning one.
Hope ACDC lives up to be a great title for Stern.
there has been a software upgrade and a small upgraded piece of wire added for the newer transformers models (free from Stern) to overcome the long pop bumper times (if u want the upgrade and dont like long pop bumper times).
personally, all Segas (previously really Stern anyway) and all Sterns have always had the best pop bumper actions (known as super pops) of any machines ever built.
Super loud n super fast pop bumpers on a Sega make for excellent action. Play any of the Sega Showcase (concave headbox games) and u see just how great super pop bumpers are on a modern pinny. I think the continuation of the super pops on the new Sterns is also a good thing. Each to their own ofcourse, but it just seems Sega/Stern have always had a different outlook to make pop bumpers aggressive. I personally hope it continues. *%*
and YES, Mr Tilt has a awesome Stern collection and definately one of the best Stern collections on Aussie Pinball, well done mate. Excellent titles and the feedback u gave is also awesome. I hope u love the new AC/DC LE u have bought that is coming too. Shld be a bloody nice machine. ^^^ ^^^
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Thanks for the positive comments!
I like variety!
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my neighbours will hate me when AC/DC arrives and gets CRANKED right up. lol %.% %.%
I reckon they dislike you anyway :lol :lol && :lol :lol
funny you mention that Wotto. My 2 year old son threw a rubber ball over the fence and one of his little thongs, and the nasty 45 yr old bitch next door actually rang the police, came to my door, carried on like an absolute idiot and just went stupid over nothing at all. I asked her did she want to tie my son up to the telegraph pole and stone him to death ?, I must have told her fifty times that "he is only a baby" you friggin nutcase, but she carried on like a idiot. My wife, who never ever swears, gave this woman the biggest verbal earbashing and told her to fark off forever and never come back and darken our doorstep. That was our neighbours first conversation in 4 years. I reckon the woman next door is suffering some sort of break down cause she is just gone really weird now, all the time.
Since my wife likes the woman so much next door right now, my wife strts the lawn mower at 6am every saturday morning, right next to her bedroom window now, and lets it run flat out for 20 minutes, for nothing, whilst my wife hangs out the washing ! lol. Yes, she should have never abused my 2 yr old son in front of my wife. Big Mistake.lol
Can the world get any friggin weirder ?
Ok, back on topic. Cant wait to introduce the neighbours to the soon to be loudest pinball in the house cranked right Up. Go Angus. Go AC/DC ! ^^^
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Hope we don't hear about you on the nightly news...
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if the police turn up for "excessive AC/DC pinball noise", I will make sure each officer gets at least 2 games each. lol ^^^ ^^^
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Nice list Mr.Tilt