Pin2k could have succeeded, but the SW: Ep. 1 failure sunk the platform
Clearly you do not understand Pinball very well.
If you take your favorite games... rip out a huge section of the playfeilds toys and
ramps... and then install a few sensors at targets... You have then Destroyed the
very game you loved.
Remember Hyperball? Even that is more fun, exciting, and most
importantly CHALLENGING than a Pin2k machine. You simply cant take 1/3 + of a
playfeild and turn it into a video player with sensors. Its STUPIDITY. Id rather play some old EM machine that a pin2k.
Revenge from Mars was a horrible movie, and same as a pin. The pin is a snorefest
as far as challenge goes. Same easy, boring, crappy shots over and over again.
The video does very little to make this less painful. The whole experience get old in
5 min time.
If people want to play Video games... thats what they do. If they want pinball,
they probably play video games instead... because their favorite machine has
something Broken on it. THAT was the problem with pinball. They simply did not
engineer them to withstand the arcade level abuses well enough. If they
had... pinball would still be Thriving "On-Route", today.
IJ4 isn't that great of a game

Finally, the Stern Lover cracks? heh
The game looked and played very level. I didnt have one on me, but I do have
a very good eye (pencil artist). Ive leveled feilds by eye and tension to almost perfection without a level. And one can tell when a game isnt level... as the ball tends to drift in certain unwanted directions.
If anything, its very possible the one you played was un-level... causing the ball to land
near a flipper - rather than drain it. Its also possible that due to your machines
coil strength being lower, (from wear / dirt.. etc) that it didnt have the power to
do what the one I played did.
If you look... you can see the outside lane pretty much draws a path right to the
center between the flippers. Imop, its a cheap-shot money eater gimmick. An intentional
way to get a persons game over with quickly. Sorta like LOTR's cheapo
left side drain.
Its somewhat expected that there is at least one shot that is a risk to attempt
in a game. However... in Sterns IJ... the Auto ball launcher is making that choice
for you... and also.. its the fricken main loop of the game ! >.< The stupidity
never ceases to amaze me.
I think they must have thought that Theme alone would save that game.
I doubt there will ever be re-issues of that game. heh