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Diner (1990)
First Impressions: Diner
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<blockquote data-quote="EldarOfSuburbia" data-source="post: 162370" data-attributes="member: 4106"><p>The layout is almost identical to Taxi (superimpose the two playfields). Multi-ball works exactly the same (make two shots to light the ramps for unlimited "big points"). The jackpot works in the same way (complete a series of goals to light lamps).</p><p></p><p>Having said that, Diner works better than Taxi for a number of reasons.</p><p></p><p>First, there are no serious frustrations with Diner, unlike Taxi (Pin*Bot drop targets? Yikes.) This makes lighting Dine-Time not only worthwhile, but the single biggest scoring opportunity.</p><p></p><p>Second, even though it's only two years after Taxi, the overall software package and light/sound experience is better. Diner was one of the last S11 tables, and it shows that by that point WMS really knew how to work with it.</p><p></p><p>Overall I think it plays fair. The outlanes are no better or worse than any other tables. Or maybe because I've been playing a lot of Space Shuttle and Big Shot lately, it doesn't seem that way.</p><p></p><p>I'll certainly revisit it, even though on PC there is not the "lure" of HoF points once you're done with the Wizard Goals.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EldarOfSuburbia, post: 162370, member: 4106"] The layout is almost identical to Taxi (superimpose the two playfields). Multi-ball works exactly the same (make two shots to light the ramps for unlimited "big points"). The jackpot works in the same way (complete a series of goals to light lamps). Having said that, Diner works better than Taxi for a number of reasons. First, there are no serious frustrations with Diner, unlike Taxi (Pin*Bot drop targets? Yikes.) This makes lighting Dine-Time not only worthwhile, but the single biggest scoring opportunity. Second, even though it's only two years after Taxi, the overall software package and light/sound experience is better. Diner was one of the last S11 tables, and it shows that by that point WMS really knew how to work with it. Overall I think it plays fair. The outlanes are no better or worse than any other tables. Or maybe because I've been playing a lot of Space Shuttle and Big Shot lately, it doesn't seem that way. I'll certainly revisit it, even though on PC there is not the "lure" of HoF points once you're done with the Wizard Goals. [/QUOTE]
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