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Judge Dredd Pinball
nostrebor:
--- Quote from: pinballjim on December 24, 2008, 10:06:40 pm ---Dave's a nice guy, but he's trying to protect the market on his machine. ;)
Awful theme, disgusting artwork, bad music, and a 3" wide ramp that's virtually unshootable.
The lower left corner of the machine is dead and unused. No pop bumpers (hello? it's PINBALL) and a dull toy that was eviscerated before production. I've had owners of this game all but beg me to trade me ANYTHING for it.
You'd think a widebody machine with a DMD and a bunch of junk on the playfield would sell for more than ~$1,000.... there's a reason this one doesn't.
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Oh. I forgot thst only Jim's opinions were valid.
Just ignore me. I'm dishonest and protecting the value of my precious pinball machine.
Visitor Q:
--- Quote from: pinballjim on December 28, 2008, 10:29:25 pm ---
The theme itself is more violent than I like, even if it's comical. :-\
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Judge Dredd offends you?
Visitor Q:
Not me, HORROR ALL THE WAY! :P
To each his own. ;)
nostrebor:
--- Quote from: pinballjim on December 28, 2008, 10:29:25 pm ---
--- Quote from: nostrebor on December 27, 2008, 02:01:01 pm ---Oh. I forgot thst only Jim's opinions were valid.
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That would be correct, but doubly so for pinball matters. ;D
--- Quote ---Just ignore me. I'm dishonest and protecting the value of my precious pinball machine.
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Well, Judge Dredd was yet another one of those themes designed for the european market (Dr. Who... Cirqus Voltaire...) that doesn't seem to resonate with Americans. Even though the designers try to distance the pin from that disastrous movie, I think there was some 'tip off' that the movie was in the works when the game was released.
Some folks really like the game, there's a lot of stuff on it, but there's a lot of things that don't work. The lower left hand corner is just a dead zone, and the Dead World toy is just a time waster. I have yet to play the game with the mod to restore the toy back to the prototype stage, so there may be some potential there. The ramp has a huge entrance and is very difficult to hit, and the dead world targets make the central gameplay clunky.
The theme itself is more violent than I like, even if it's comical. :-\
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And just like that you make a reasonable post without being an ---uvula--- about it. ;) See how easy that is?!
I'm with you on the lower left field and the targets. The deadworld is better with the mod, but still slows the pace more than I like. I can hit the ramps pretty good, but you have to be dead on. I (and my kids) enjoy the extra games in the supergame. I think the pin has WAYYYY to many multiballs. Overall it is a fun play if you like to be very specific goal oriented.
The biggest difference between us is that I liked Judge Dredd before I liked pinball. I dig dark comic themes. So the theme was my initial draw. Now that I have had one for a while, the gameplay is ok, but maybe too specific. I'm in it for almost no money, so no biggie.
Visitor Q:
I never really considered JD to be a bad theme either but I guess it's no Spiderman or Batman which I consider to be a bad theme for my taste. :P HAH!
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