| Game: ID4
Designer: Monkey with a crayon MFG: SEGA AKA: ID Bore, ID snore
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| Reviewer: | Rudy | 8Ball | Drac | Buzz | Total |
| Art-Backglass | 2 | 4 | 3.5 | 4 | 3.5 |
| Art-Playfield/Cabinet | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| Sound | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
| Rules | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| Playfield Design | 2 | 4 | 4.5 | 8 | 4.5 |
| Replayability/Longevity | 2 | 3 | 3.5 | 3 | 3 |
| Total Score | 3.5 |
Pluses:
Rudy: The movie was decent
8Ball: Ultra high pressure hurry-up shot when approaching 1B per shot.
Drac: Cheaper than firewood and much more flammable
(except for
the legs which can be used as spares for other pinball machines
Buzz: Good pf design wasted by lack of software
Minuses:
Rudy: The pinball was not decent
8Ball: Shoot jets 'till the cows come home (zzzzzzzzz)
then nail the
F15 hurry-up for way too many points if you are still awake.
Shoot Area 51 targets repeatedly to end boredom quicker.
Drac: I'm not sure what John Shields was thinking
when he designed
this game, but I sure hope he tries harder the next time
Buzz: Another great tourny game, 2+ hrs of left orbit shots
| Game: Indiana Jones
Designer: Mark Ritchie MFG: Williams
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| Reviewer: | Rudy | 8Ball | Drac | Buzz | Total |
| Art-Backglass | 7 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 8.25 |
| Art-Playfield/Cabinet | 8.5 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 8.5 |
| Sound | 8 | 9.5 | 8 | 10 | 9 |
| Rules | 8 | 9.5 | 9 | 9.5 | 9 |
| Playfield Design | 8 | 9.5 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Replayability/Longevity | 8 | 9.5 | 9 | 9.5 | 9 |
| Total Score | 9 |
Pluses:
Rudy: modes offer plenty of variety and are fun to play
8Ball: : Excellent mix of toys, dots, rules &
modes make this pin rank in
my top 10 list of all time. Excellent balance between modes and MB (if
ball stays in mode start saucer when hit). Top 5 wizard mode. Very
smooth ramps and orbits.
One of the few games with 3 good video modes. Friends jackpot hard to
get. POA fun if working properly. Super JP sounds are great.
Drac: Fun multiball, great variety on modes, and Path of Adventure.
Buzz: 3 of the best video modes all in one game. POA is a blast when working properly. First game to use DCS sound and it shows. I was blown away when I first heard it. Many modes, great wizard mode, loop rules are very strategic with a jackpot to boot
Minuses:
Rudy: mini playfield often not correctly tuned which leads to frustration
8Ball: A few, but all can be fixed.
Drac: Path of Adventure is incorrectly leveled on
many examples, making it
difficult to pass ball over the lit rollovers on the high-rake side which is
out-of-balance.
Buzz: Even with 7 revisions the bugs from level 3 are still there.
| Game: Indy 0.5k
Designer: Dennis Nordman MFG: Williams
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| Reviewer: | Rudy | 8Ball | Drac | Buzz | Total |
| Art-Backglass | 6 | 7 | 6.5 | 8 | 7 |
| Art-Playfield/Cabinet | 6 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 7.5 |
| Sound | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9.5 | 8 |
| Rules | 6.5 | 8 | 8.5 | 9 | 8 |
| Playfield Design | 6 | 6 | 8.5 | 9 | 7.5 |
| Replayability/Longevity | 7.5 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 |
| Total Score | 7.5 |
Pluses:
Rudy: light up targets are neat, multiball with 3x
scoring, decent quotes,
pretty balanced scoring
8Ball: Greased lightning playfield with smooth ramps.
Nice rule set.
Leave 3X PF speedway award for last to get 3X victory lap award
Drac: Smooth flow, challenging modes, nice combo around
the left orbit
followed by an upper-right flipper saucer shot for good points.
Buzz: Its racing! Flashers in the jets add to the
cool effects. Super flow and nice shot variety. Good tunes and lightshows.
Very underrated game as are most Nordman designs. Lots of secrets to discover...
now get that extra ball..."Ya Wanker!"
Minuses:
Rudy: right orbit doesn't always feed ball in vuk
hole (tends to bounce
out)
8Ball: balls not sticking in lock shot and collect
speedway hole. PF
design would rate an 8.5 if the m-ball lock and speedway collect would
not constantly rip you off.
Drac: Right orbit shot to start a mode is inconsistent
on many examples
and often a good clean shot won't register
Buzz: Top flipper good for 1 shot only. Lightups break
easy. Super jackpot worth less than a regular JP??? OK, at least
you can add balls during turbo MB.