shardian
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I had the pleasure of visiting a local pinhead this evening to look at some trade candidates. He has large pin collection, along with a nice selection of vids. Here are the new ones I played for the first time, and my thoughts:
Whodunnit: I like this one in pinmame alot. The real deal had better gameplay, but it was more impressive visually on the computer. If it had a steeper angle, I would have enjoyed it more.
Taxi: Neat game with a few neat features( bell and catapult). The rules are quite shallow. Even my wife had it figured out in like 5 minutes. I'd get one for a bargain basement price, but definitely wouldn't pay going rates. It's the weakest sys. 11 I've played.
Ausin Powers: To be fair, I have played this one before. This one was in much better working condition though, and it was new to my wife. The theme kills this one IMO. Fun to play occasionally - but like the movie - you wouldn't want to watch (play) it every day.
Family Guy: Visually, I was quite underwhelmed. I wasn't a fan of the layout. I have to agree that the mini pinball was quite a let down...and waste of real estate. Me and the wife were both so excited to access the mini playfield, but once we were there it was like "oh...". It was neat, but definitely too much real estate and still felt cheap no amount of engineering can change that fact. I would probably find the game more enjoyable if I spent more time with it. Overall though, the game had a cheap feel to it.
Pinball Magic: Now here was a cool game! I have never seen or played this before, and right from the looping shooter lane, this game grabs your attention and just screams FUN! The magic wand ramp is just badass. The levitation show is badass. The light show is badass. The DMD animation style is badass. Simply put, this game is badass. I don't know how this title would hold up long term next to Theater of Magic, but I can tell you the toys on this one are worth the price of admission. This game made me feel like a 10 year old kid again. This game has multiple awesome toys I have not seen on any other game. If you get a chance to see/play one, I HIGHLY recommend it.
Whodunnit: I like this one in pinmame alot. The real deal had better gameplay, but it was more impressive visually on the computer. If it had a steeper angle, I would have enjoyed it more.
Taxi: Neat game with a few neat features( bell and catapult). The rules are quite shallow. Even my wife had it figured out in like 5 minutes. I'd get one for a bargain basement price, but definitely wouldn't pay going rates. It's the weakest sys. 11 I've played.
Ausin Powers: To be fair, I have played this one before. This one was in much better working condition though, and it was new to my wife. The theme kills this one IMO. Fun to play occasionally - but like the movie - you wouldn't want to watch (play) it every day.
Family Guy: Visually, I was quite underwhelmed. I wasn't a fan of the layout. I have to agree that the mini pinball was quite a let down...and waste of real estate. Me and the wife were both so excited to access the mini playfield, but once we were there it was like "oh...". It was neat, but definitely too much real estate and still felt cheap no amount of engineering can change that fact. I would probably find the game more enjoyable if I spent more time with it. Overall though, the game had a cheap feel to it.
Pinball Magic: Now here was a cool game! I have never seen or played this before, and right from the looping shooter lane, this game grabs your attention and just screams FUN! The magic wand ramp is just badass. The levitation show is badass. The light show is badass. The DMD animation style is badass. Simply put, this game is badass. I don't know how this title would hold up long term next to Theater of Magic, but I can tell you the toys on this one are worth the price of admission. This game made me feel like a 10 year old kid again. This game has multiple awesome toys I have not seen on any other game. If you get a chance to see/play one, I HIGHLY recommend it.

