Pin2000 didnt work well at all.. you cant see what you are meant to be shooting at. Nice idea.. crap execution.
What LCD does during gameplay is entirely up to the designers.. it can do anything they want it to do. DMD definition is bloody awful, even LED moving screens are becoming more like LCD with pixel definition at 5mm..4mm and even 3mm.. all designed for close up viewing with better definition. LCD is CHEAP! Its in every phone and gives great graphics. DMD is dead cavey. Stern may not embrace it straight away, but then we come to expect that of Stern... hell it took a while for flippers at the bottom of the PF to become the norm.
Give it up Cavey, Gary doesnt love you as much
Exactly, retropin.
Nicastro wanted a game changer but he gave the designers limited resources to come up with something that couldn't decide whether it wanted to be a pinball or an arcade game. It ultimately failed on both levels.
Sales were only stronger on these titles than previous traditional titles for 2 reasons:
RFM - Nicastro convinced Nova Games in Germany that it was a winner and a "direct sequel along the lines of AFM" (pftfft
) so they committed themselves to purchasing a significant number of machines (as much as 50% of them from what I have read) which ultimately boosted the production run way over the average. Unsurprisingly they (Nova Games) rebadged their company and refocused most of their business interests into slot machines shortly afterwards.
This is also why every container load from Europe has at least one RFM in it - you can buy a fully working excellent condition RFM for 500Euro (650AU) in Germany. Not bad when importers are selling them for over $2k here in Aus on the basis of it being "unique".
Star Wars sold......because it is Star Wars, just like ACDC is ACDC. In cases like those, gameplay and design unfortunately takes a backseat to the title itself.
This is what happens when you adopt the Stern philosophy of cost cutting and deceptive marketing, "whatever it takes to get units out the door and even if it turns out to be mediocre at best, the next title will blow everyone away, cross my fingers".
