blinddog
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How popular my games were at the NW pinball and Gameroom Show
Here's my unofficial and unscientific ranking of how my games did this year at the show. I was there all three days and I think I got a pretty good idea of how they did.
I brought 10 games: Armor Attack, Assault Plus, Atari Football, Pin pong, Rip Off, Sea Wolf, Sprint2, Stargate, Subs and Tank and here's the order I came up with.
1 Sprint2 - it was the clear winner of my games 2 years in a row
2 Sea Wolf – very busy and a wide range of players age 6 to 60 men and women.
3 Tank - Tank really surprised me. I did not think it would be played as much as it was but it has a big hit and was just a little bit more popular then Stargate
3.25 Stargate – it didn't get as much play as its neighbor defender but it did all right.
4 (tie) Atari Football (X's & O's) – you need to find a buddy to play against but I saw quite a few people really enjoying this one
4 (tie) Armor Attack – Seemed to be played a fair amount there was a lot of two player co-op games on this one
5 (tie) Subs – unique game best played head to head with a human opponent it got a decent amount of play
5 (tie) Assault Plus - I have a feeling this would have done better if the attract screen was allowed to come up more but if you have credits sitting on it. It just shows a black screen that says hit start so it was difficult to see what the game was about if you were passing by.
5 (tie) Rip Off – I really thought this one would do better it's my favorite Cinematronics game but it seemed people would start a game and because the goal of the game was not immediately obvious, to protect your fuel cells from space pirates, they would soon walk away. The instructions are written on the bezel which most didn't seem to read.
6 Pin Pong - I think it would have got more play, not a lot more probably, if I made the credit switch more obvious most people expected the game to start when you hit the serve switch then walked away when that didn't work. I had to bring it thou because it's a cool looking early (1974) game that is pretty rare.
I hope you found this interesting I know I do and I think it would be cool if the others that brought games might make a list of how their games did at the show
Here's my unofficial and unscientific ranking of how my games did this year at the show. I was there all three days and I think I got a pretty good idea of how they did.
I brought 10 games: Armor Attack, Assault Plus, Atari Football, Pin pong, Rip Off, Sea Wolf, Sprint2, Stargate, Subs and Tank and here's the order I came up with.
1 Sprint2 - it was the clear winner of my games 2 years in a row
2 Sea Wolf – very busy and a wide range of players age 6 to 60 men and women.
3 Tank - Tank really surprised me. I did not think it would be played as much as it was but it has a big hit and was just a little bit more popular then Stargate
3.25 Stargate – it didn't get as much play as its neighbor defender but it did all right.
4 (tie) Atari Football (X's & O's) – you need to find a buddy to play against but I saw quite a few people really enjoying this one
4 (tie) Armor Attack – Seemed to be played a fair amount there was a lot of two player co-op games on this one
5 (tie) Subs – unique game best played head to head with a human opponent it got a decent amount of play
5 (tie) Assault Plus - I have a feeling this would have done better if the attract screen was allowed to come up more but if you have credits sitting on it. It just shows a black screen that says hit start so it was difficult to see what the game was about if you were passing by.
5 (tie) Rip Off – I really thought this one would do better it's my favorite Cinematronics game but it seemed people would start a game and because the goal of the game was not immediately obvious, to protect your fuel cells from space pirates, they would soon walk away. The instructions are written on the bezel which most didn't seem to read.
6 Pin Pong - I think it would have got more play, not a lot more probably, if I made the credit switch more obvious most people expected the game to start when you hit the serve switch then walked away when that didn't work. I had to bring it thou because it's a cool looking early (1974) game that is pretty rare.
I hope you found this interesting I know I do and I think it would be cool if the others that brought games might make a list of how their games did at the show
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