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While I'm rambling about Segas... I remember how the flipper strength on the more-than-one (three?) Frankensteins and Mavericks I played declined pretty quickly, both over long time and during a game, to where it was often very unlikely that the ramps on those tables were possible. I would try...

There was a wide variance in mechanical quality to Segas. Batman Forever was a piece of non-quality-controlled crapola when it was released. I was one of many people who raised a stink about it, and maybe it meant something, as Sega changed their mechanical tests/errors code quite a bit for...

Well, JP and LAH look and feel mostly like mirror images of each other, except that the kicker is in mostly the same location. More than that though, the rules are very similar. I remember JP being more like a TAF ripoff, mirrored. I don't remember the rules having much in common with WWind...

Kids cost lots of money. Money that is better spent on pinball. In other words...

That may be the case, but it doesn't explain why they did buy new Sega machines. I think the answer is that operators & pinball players preferred big Hollywood movies like ID4 and Twister to cactuses, gofers, and Voltaire.

Aren't JP and LAH pretty much the same table? I think DE tables actually were cheaper. Made of cheaper parts, anyway. This is the main reason why Sega beat WMS... they spent money on licenses instead of designers and parts. (IMO of course)

Oh, heck. Gottlieb = Pete Rose Premier = Pete Rose, Jr. Williams = Babe Ruth Bally = Dale Murphy old Stern = Ken Griffey, Sr. new Stern = Ken Griffey, Jr. Capcom = Tony Conigliaro Zaccaria = Cool Papa Bell Jersey Jack = Giancarlo Stanton Data East = Gregg Jefferies Sega = Bobby Bonilla

I remember some tables letting you use (a maximum of) one EB buy-in and still be eligible for the main leaderboard. My memory may be wrong though.

Nice pics! I like your four-ball cradle, and the Stern Magic backglass, and the Scorpion backglass.

Thanks (you & syt) for the Pac-10 / Pac-12 correction. You are right on Capcom. I bet there is a conference that was very good but only existed for few years, but I can't think of one right now. I like college football if only for the politics and how fans get so emotional about it :). I...

I like that particular goal. It's a good challenge :).

Thank you for the information and your location. I like to learn more geography. I see that LeBron James is popular in Manchuria, too :)

This is an interesting surprise.

There certainly is a way, but no TPA tables currently have this feature implemented. Presumably Farsight thinks it would be too difficult.

The Pinball Arcade will still have everything except Stern, Sega (probably), and Data East (probably) tables that have not been released for TPA yet. Those will go into Stern Pinball Arcade. It is OK that it will be a separate program, as this was a requirement of Stern's, and without Stern's...

Maybe he was actually in grave danger and just calling for help?

In case someone didn't see it, this was in the newsletter... I'm gonna try to be there. "We would like to ask our fans to join us this Sunday, July 31st at 3:00PM Central time while we test the Head-To-Head system. This will ensure there are many opponents available for you to compete against."

Nooooooo. Williams = SEC, Bally = Pac-10, Stern = Mountain West, Capcom = WAC, Gottlieb = Southern Conference.

I don't care for it so far, but maybe it'll grow on me. Just kind of boring, and the shots aren't fun to make (like most Premiers). I guess I'll have to figure it out for the tourney, maybe I'll like it then :confused:.

Well, the main reason for doing this is to keep games from lasting hours and hours, as the finals of real-pinball tourneys are on a pretty strict time schedule. Since we are limited to 20 minutes in TPA, I don't think much would be gained. However, allowing EB's does have the effect of making...