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Batman Dark Knight Review
« on: September 26, 2008, 02:48:06 PM »
Pinball News has finally finished its in-depth review of the Dark Knight with the new software here: http://www.pinballnews.com/games/batman/index4b.html

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Re: Batman Dark Knight Review
« Reply #1 on: September 26, 2008, 03:44:00 PM »

That was a thorough review  #*#

Looks like one of the better titles from Stern
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Re: Batman Dark Knight Review
« Reply #2 on: September 26, 2008, 05:37:02 PM »
its a nice game to play and overall i'd say Stern did a nice job on the game
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Re: Batman Dark Knight Review
« Reply #3 on: September 26, 2008, 05:46:10 PM »
It seemed good when I played it but havent had a chance to check out the new software upgrade.
I personally think the crane was utilised a little too much but is a good feature, not too bad when stacking multiballs (gives you something to aim at near the flippers while watching for drains)
The far left tilting ramp takes up a fair bit of playfiled area, but is a neat toy.
Always nice to play a brand new pin, so smooth

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Re: Batman Dark Knight Review
« Reply #4 on: September 28, 2008, 01:20:10 PM »
I have actually only played this game once.  I played it while I was at stern two months ago.  Pretty cool game.  I like the color scheme.  The crane is pretty cool.  I just need to put some more time in on it.  I hope someone brings one to expo.

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Re: Batman Dark Knight Review
« Reply #5 on: October 03, 2008, 01:17:11 AM »
Looks like it will be the Pinball Tournament machine... Should be fun!

I've played about 10 games on it, and at first it was pretty boring (mind you the software was not ready even though it was released!). Once the software issues were fixed up, it's not bad to play. The Crane is over-used in my opinion, but overall a bit of fun.

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Re: Batman Dark Knight Review
« Reply #6 on: June 09, 2010, 10:15:38 PM »


after spending a few hours on this .   now i have to find another one to keep
we have some NIB ones arriving soon

be in my top 5 new sterns made ....

spiderman has to be number 1


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Re: Batman Dark Knight Review
« Reply #7 on: June 09, 2010, 10:19:20 PM »
Havent played SPIDERMAN... have played BATMAN DK though.... do like the machine but found it very hard to lose the ball... and i dont think its due to my skills

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Re: Batman Dark Knight Review
« Reply #8 on: June 09, 2010, 10:23:10 PM »
Havent played SPIDERMAN... have played BATMAN DK though.... do like the machine but found it very hard to lose the ball... and i dont think its due to my skills


skills and pinball .......  who said that

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Re: Batman Dark Knight Review
« Reply #9 on: June 09, 2010, 10:44:20 PM »
Havent played SPIDERMAN... have played BATMAN DK though.... do like the machine but found it very hard to lose the ball... and i dont think its due to my skills

Some of the late model Sterns do seem to have a very long play time. I am sure that when playing POTC at a meet I clocked up some serious minutes.

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Re: Batman Dark Knight Review
« Reply #10 on: June 16, 2010, 01:23:49 AM »
the cabinet artwork on batman dark night would have to be some of the best cabinet art ever made on any pinball machine in a hundred years i reckon.

i have seen a few brand new in peoples homes, and they are just stunning to look at. still fun to play as well.

crane idea is fine. pinched from Last Action Hero ofcourse-sort of.  ^^^
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Re: Batman Dark Knight Review
« Reply #11 on: June 16, 2010, 07:34:19 AM »
Man these reviews are awesome .

Well done to the people involved .

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Re: Batman Dark Knight Review
« Reply #12 on: June 16, 2010, 10:44:18 AM »
As discussed elsewhere, Stern are releasing a lite version of BDK, with a few of the main toys eliminated, selling at Costco at $700 less than the standard version  ::) I could understand if it was a decent saving but if you are going to pay $3300 USD for a game, I think i'd pay an extra $700 for the real version.  Maybe if Stern were selling it at half the original price then I could understand.

Anyway here is the review:
http://www.pinballnews.com/news/batmanlite.html

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Re: Batman Dark Knight Review
« Reply #13 on: June 17, 2010, 09:18:34 PM »
the cabinet artwork on batman dark night would have to be some of the best cabinet art ever made on any pinball machine in a hundred years i reckon.
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I totally agree with you. If you had a comp for the best art work on any pinball, I would vote for Dark Knight best.

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Re: Batman Dark Knight Review
« Reply #14 on: June 17, 2010, 09:23:41 PM »
Spiderman shits all over Black Knight all day long!