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Offline Caveoftreasures

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Best Stern ever ??
« on: January 28, 2013, 01:43:03 PM »
Whether you are a STERN fan or not, I thought I would do a quick poll on what people think are >

1. the best looking Stern DMD ever ?  !@#

2. the best playing Stern ever ?  !@#

Heres a link to view some out of production games, and some current produced games.

Tell us what u think !

http://www.sternpinball.com/Games.aspx

My choice is -

1.  The best looking Stern DMD is Batman for the madest cabinet art, with Avengers Pro cabinet just behind it with a excellent translite....

2. The best playing Stern DMD is AC/DC Pro, with X Men Pro probably tied with it.....

Whats yours and why guys ?  !@# !@#
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Re: Best Stern ever ??
« Reply #1 on: January 28, 2013, 02:00:35 PM »
Difficult to name the best of anything as we all have our own opinion. I haven't played every Stern, but for me i'd agree on BDK for the best looking pin.
As for the best player, without having played them all, i'd take Spiderman or AC/DC.

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Re: Best Stern ever ??
« Reply #2 on: January 28, 2013, 02:11:08 PM »
Whether you are a STERN fan or not, I thought I would do a quick poll on what people think are >

2. The best playing Stern DMD is AC/DC Pro, with X Men Pro probably tied with


I'd have to agree Cavey. Though I'd put ACDC slightly ahead of X-men but only just. I've had quite a few games now on a X-men LE and Pro and really like them a lot but until recently I hadn't spent much time on any of the ACDC's.
Now after playing it a few times I found it really addictive. Still couldn't work out much of the rules so I just tried to hit what was lit.

As for the best looking..... That's Tron. Still haven't played one either. Anyone know of a sighted one?

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Re: Best Stern ever ??
« Reply #3 on: January 28, 2013, 02:25:15 PM »

1. the best looking Stern DMD ever ? 

Ironman

2. the best playing Stern ever ?

Would be between Galaxy, Meteor or Flight 2000. I'll go with Flight 2000.

Flight 2000 is the best machine that Stern has ever made.
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Re: Best Stern ever ??
« Reply #4 on: January 28, 2013, 02:26:48 PM »
ACDC is totally over hyped and over-rated.

SM,IM Tron, X-men, BTDK are much better games imo.
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Re: Best Stern ever ??
« Reply #5 on: January 28, 2013, 02:38:24 PM »
ACDC is totally over hyped and over-rated.

SM,IM Tron, X-men, BTDK are much better games imo.

Daz, do u have a number one for each ? if u had to pick one only ?
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Re: Best Stern ever ??
« Reply #6 on: January 28, 2013, 03:04:47 PM »
Best playing is still IM for me,
Best looking pin with LE treatment is IM
best looking cab art between X-Men and Avengers and same with the translite


X-men was almost a better player but wolverine placement was just a bit much for me
and itching to play Avengers to see if the vote changes.
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Re: Best Stern ever ??
« Reply #7 on: January 28, 2013, 03:23:02 PM »
For me i personally don't like ACDC , over rated expensive CD player .

LOTR is a great game .

Still looking for the best stern .

Maybe a old school pin will suit me .


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Re: Best Stern ever ??
« Reply #8 on: January 28, 2013, 03:34:53 PM »
I can not comment on this as I just returned to pinball after a 30 year hiatus. Ask me about any pre 1983 machine and then we are talking. The Stern of old is a totally different company to the current one.
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Re: Best Stern ever ??
« Reply #9 on: January 28, 2013, 03:53:48 PM »
Best looking imo X-Men Wolverine LE. Cabinet is stunning, so to is the mirrored backglass. Not photoshopped artwork.

Best playing is X-Men as well imo. Hopefully the next code update by Stern makes this into a truly great game.

Really enjoy BTDK as well and very nice looking pin, really like the translite on this.

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Re: Best Stern ever ??
« Reply #10 on: January 28, 2013, 05:02:14 PM »
1. the best looking Stern DMD ever?
- Tron. Without a doubt. The cabinet art is AMAZING on this one.   

2. the best playing Stern ever?
- Personally, I love AC/DC. Love the flow of the game and the music goes with it so well. I think AC/DC is probably the best pinball machine I've ever played.
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Re: Best Stern ever ??
« Reply #11 on: January 28, 2013, 06:52:18 PM »
LOTR by a mile in my opinion - the game just seems like an epic adventure every time i play it - the machine i regret selling the most.

That said, i haven't played SM enough to get a good feel for it

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Re: Best Stern ever ??
« Reply #12 on: January 28, 2013, 07:51:33 PM »
Batman/spiderman
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Re: Best Stern ever ??
« Reply #13 on: January 28, 2013, 08:12:17 PM »
Looking = Tron LE

Playing = Iron Man or T3 (because i banned myself from saying Tron)

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Re: Best Stern ever ??
« Reply #14 on: January 28, 2013, 08:13:03 PM »
Best looker: Tron, but I've never played one.
Best player:
1 ACDC
2 LOTR
3 Spider-Man

I also recall enjoying Freefall, Meteor and Split Second way back in the early eighties, but then my memory may be being kind!