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leapinlew:

--- Quote from: koolmoecraig on July 18, 2007, 12:52:06 am ---Most people who don't like it find it too difficult.  To me, being able to clear board after board of Ms. Pac-Man or regular Pac-Man reduces them to nostalgia factor games.  Baby Pac-Man is a genuine challenge that cannot be easily mastered.  A great game as long as you like a challenge.

I actually read a review once that ripped on it because there is no way to do a pattern and the ghosts are too unpredictable.  That's what makes it great!  You have to have skill and a little luck.

--- End quote ---

I don't find it too difficult. I find it to be a not fun game. If it were fun, there would be videogame/pinball combinations all over the place.

RandyT:
You are at a real disadvantage having no screen to work with.  There are usually diagnostics on pinballs that will flash all of the lights and fire all of the coils so it's easy to find out what's not working.  But this is probably only accessible through an on-screen menu.  Maybe you can find a manual online and memorize the steps to get it going ?

Look for trenches and excessive wear on the playfield.  You can fix up small stuff and paint it, but it's hard to make large severely damaged areas look decent again.  Start a game and listen well to make sure it sounds like things are happening as they should.  Play blind as well as you are able and watch the attract mode lighting on the pin section to make sure it doesn't look stoned.  Don't worry if a few lights are burned out.  They are cheap and usually not that difficult to replace.  Look for broken plastics, and rubbers that are completely broken.  When I bought my High-Speed it had a broken regular rubber band on one of the kickers.  The guy said it worked until the rubber band broke.  Turns out, the transistors got fried because of the shoddy repair job ("machine gunning" of the coil, I expect).  What should have been a simple fix turns into bigger problems because of this type of stuff.

Other than that, you might need some Jedi skills (and maybe some diagnostic LED deciphering tips from a manual) to see what else is wrong.

RandyT

koolmoecraig:

--- Quote from: leapinlew on July 18, 2007, 06:03:20 pm ---
--- Quote from: koolmoecraig on July 18, 2007, 12:52:06 am ---Most people who don't like it find it too difficult.  To me, being able to clear board after board of Ms. Pac-Man or regular Pac-Man reduces them to nostalgia factor games.  Baby Pac-Man is a genuine challenge that cannot be easily mastered.  A great game as long as you like a challenge.

I actually read a review once that ripped on it because there is no way to do a pattern and the ghosts are too unpredictable.  That's what makes it great!  You have to have skill and a little luck.

--- End quote ---

I don't find it too difficult. I find it to be a not fun game. If it were fun, there would be videogame/pinball combinations all over the place.

--- End quote ---

No, you do.  You just wont admit it.

:)
 
When was the last time you played one?  It's definitely the difficulty factor that led to its demise. The size of the cabinet is really more for kids.(control panel height is exceptionally low) I can't imagine kids playing it more than a few times back then and just getting
frustrated.

Fun is subjective.

CheffoJeffo:

--- Quote from: koolmoecraig on July 18, 2007, 06:59:07 pm ---
--- Quote from: leapinlew on July 18, 2007, 06:03:20 pm ---
--- Quote from: koolmoecraig on July 18, 2007, 12:52:06 am ---Most people who don't like it find it too difficult.  To me, being able to clear board after board of Ms. Pac-Man or regular Pac-Man reduces them to nostalgia factor games.  Baby Pac-Man is a genuine challenge that cannot be easily mastered.  A great game as long as you like a challenge.

I actually read a review once that ripped on it because there is no way to do a pattern and the ghosts are too unpredictable.  That's what makes it great!  You have to have skill and a little luck.

--- End quote ---

I don't find it too difficult. I find it to be a not fun game. If it were fun, there would be videogame/pinball combinations all over the place.

--- End quote ---

No, you do.  You just wont admit it.

:)
 
When was the last time you played one?  It's definitely the difficulty factor that led to its demise. The size of the cabinet is really more for kids.(control panel height is exceptionally low) I can't imagine kids playing it more than a few times back then and just getting
frustrated.

Fun is subjective.

--- End quote ---

I know people who like it and people who hate it ... it is one of those games.

To say that people who don't like it lack skill is almost as ridiculous as overloading thread titles with asterisks or telling people that they don't know what funny is.

Oh ... and it is teh suxors.

 ;D

leapinlew:

--- Quote from: koolmoecraig on July 18, 2007, 06:59:07 pm ---Fun is subjective.

--- End quote ---

So is humor, but you don't hear anyone arguing about it or anything. I guess if fun and humor are subjective - difficulty just possibly might be subjective too?

To answer your question Kaytrim - a babypacman isn't worth the gas to go pick it up.

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