some of the Sterns from the 1999 to 2010 are basic, but still fun.   the ac/dc and x men games are just excellent.

Stern lasted thru the global financial crisis when companies like Cheverolet with billions of dollars didnt...how, I am not sure, because cost cutting and producing very very basic games should have finally killed them off because instead of cust cutting to survive, they shld have been going the extra mile to get more sales and expanding their market with a little more design innovation, not basic basic basic layouts n 1 x ramp etc. In a crap market you attract more buyers with more frills, not less frills. How they survived I dont know but they did..

Doing more numbers to make the same profit, thats smart business, not cost cuting and offering less then adding a price increase...luckily, somehow, they survived, and now the innovation and more for less ideas are coming thru...its never too late to turn things around which they have..play ac/dc or xmen with a open mind and u will see the quality and extra effort coming thru...It shld last if Stern keeps its new ideas..

pinball aint dead, its actually on the increase worldwide, whats old is new again, and pinballis back in, people have money to spend, and enjoying things at home with family is what the 2010 to 2020 era will be about....if u want pinball to last, send constructive emails to Stern or JJP with positive ideas, thats what will help pinball, look forward, not back i say !

I say the future of pinball has never looked so promising...

Gary Stern must be a great businessman to last through these times and thank god for that after all pinballs in his blood, pinball is for home use now I think and that's why we are getting choices in specs and so on yeah there's the odd game in the wild but not alot its good times for pinball.
Your get the knockers and that's fine who cares it is what it is.

Peter