Captain B. Zarre
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Yep, I got to head to Lanes & Games again this Saturday. This time around they had 10 machines: no more Simpsons Pinball Party, but two newcomers had entered the mix: "Demolition Man" and "The Walking Dead". Without further ado, here are my impressions of the two new tables:
- Demolition Man: YES. JUST YES. I started playing this table with low expectations due to how people had been rambling on about the "lock freeze all day" strategy. However, I was playing the table for fun, not for points... and fun is probably the best way to describe this game. Toys everywhere (including an eyeball captive ball and the Cryo-Claw to the upper left), a nice, original shot layout with ramps galore, and the quality feel Williams had in the mid 90s. This game was definitely worth finding on location!
It's so good that it might even occupy my personal top 10, and that's saying something.
- The Walking Dead: Meh... just meh. Honestly this table wasn't that spectacular and certainly didn't live up to the hype that Pinside had been making it out to be. I know that the game has early code but I feel there is too much bumper action and not enough actual pinball. Still like the shots and modes though, but nothing compared to DM. I guess I'll wait and see if the game improves with new code.
- Other: I put the highest efforts today into TAF, Tron, and Mustang. Scored 206m on TAF, around 30m on Tron, and 138m on Mustang. I have a newfound fascination with Mustang after playing it with the new code, it seems better than when I last played it. Nice rules and music, would play again.
- Demolition Man: YES. JUST YES. I started playing this table with low expectations due to how people had been rambling on about the "lock freeze all day" strategy. However, I was playing the table for fun, not for points... and fun is probably the best way to describe this game. Toys everywhere (including an eyeball captive ball and the Cryo-Claw to the upper left), a nice, original shot layout with ramps galore, and the quality feel Williams had in the mid 90s. This game was definitely worth finding on location!
It's so good that it might even occupy my personal top 10, and that's saying something.- The Walking Dead: Meh... just meh. Honestly this table wasn't that spectacular and certainly didn't live up to the hype that Pinside had been making it out to be. I know that the game has early code but I feel there is too much bumper action and not enough actual pinball. Still like the shots and modes though, but nothing compared to DM. I guess I'll wait and see if the game improves with new code.
- Other: I put the highest efforts today into TAF, Tron, and Mustang. Scored 206m on TAF, around 30m on Tron, and 138m on Mustang. I have a newfound fascination with Mustang after playing it with the new code, it seems better than when I last played it. Nice rules and music, would play again.
