NASCAR PIN in MO ? You betcha - high res pics too!
Bernie -KCPinball
These were taken with permission from Stern, (we may have taken a few MORE
pictures with a teeny bit more detail than we initially said, but really,
it's OK....... we liked it! )
Great Game, fun, play appeal, decent rules, very few bugs (we played it for
10+ hours) (free play to boot!) some quirky things in the rules, but no
show stoppers......
1) No html skills were used in posting this page
2) It's a HUGE page with a lot of HIGH res pictures (deal with it, sorry)
3) Yes it's a Stern Nascar
4) No it's not mine (yet)
5) Yes, we burned roms for it Friday morning - ones we installed were.081 (I
think)
6) No review, but feel free to ask questions about it.
7) It's a Tripod free page, so they may freak about a lot of bandwith on
these, I'll look for alternate posting sites if I get around to it.
Not, the link, But first, you can buy these from me as well - not yet
because this one is a test piece with PRODUCTION playfield and art, just
proto roms..... Questions, pin...@kc.rr.com
http://kc-pinball.tripod.com/main.html
Thanks and you're welcome, Bernie KC-Pinball
(Oh, I'll answer questions, but not tonight, I'm getting drunk shortly after
I post this!.......)
Bernie -KCPinball
sorry, bad grammar is free.....
Enjoy! Bernie KC-Pinball
"Bernie -KCPinball" <pin...@kc.rr.com> wrote in message
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Rictor
on pinballblog.com.
Charlie L.
Thanks for the pics, some really great shots. Can you comment on the
race track effect and how did it work?
Charlie L.
Bernie -KCPinball
effect. When you launch the ball, it does a lap before dropping into play.
When you get a multiball (it also has the add a ball multiball), You will
have 2 balls locked on the PF, ball 3 auto launches and does 10 laps (verbal
countdown) as you play the other 2 balls. When you hear "ONE", it's coming
onto the PF. Well done, balls can drop in it from time to time, but they
only do a 1/2 loop and dump right back into play. It's distracting at
first, but after a few games, you are just fascinated by the 2 balls you are
trying to keep in play and the 3rd one looping below the flippers. What was
un-expected about the "speedway" is that the balls don't zip around like
getaway, then kind of cruise solwer than you could think, but at a speed
that - well, is like a scale model nascar track. Well done - wish I would
have thought of it.
I know this makes the game a bit narrower and a bit shorter as to the
"playfield square inches", but I like it. Your mileage may vary, but It
will be the hit of the gameroom for a while.
The Test Car is the integral portion of the game, hit it to activate it, it
lifts up and you have to get the ball in the scoop. Bump N Run is a great
mode for this, you bash the car, it pops up and you get like 400K points,
but it pops up and you have what seems to be 2 seconds to drop it into the
scoop for even more points. It also has a mode that by putting the ball in
the scoop (they call it the garage) it increases the value of all of the
jackpot shots, so put it in the garage 5 or 6 times, get jackpots worth a
mil+ and MAKE the jackpot shot. Easier said than done.
I like it, but I also like popeye, so make your own decision, but this game
looked great, I love the more traditional playfield art - stern does seem to
have very transparent inserts, so they light up super bright, There seems to
be alittle less cheese in this game (figurines etc), and that may be why it
seems more old school. It's a good universal theme (at least in MY
universe), it will go well in just about any location, and the chicks that
were there with us liked the game ant they were "not pinball players"....
Also a tough game to score big on - the default high score is 100M, and the
best any of us chuckers could pull of was in the 45-48 mil range.
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Bernie -KCPinball
file... more under the PF, some looking down the PF at the flippers. There
are a lot of general pics out there, so I shot more of the detail areas.
Just select the best ones and stick them out there... once you do, I'll
take my page down.... Thanks..
Bernie KC-Pinball
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Trinity
ball without the rod, just held in by that fat metal rolled bracket. Very
good pics, can't wait you lucky dogs.
Trin
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buttons... I guess I *should* be happy Stern is doing this ...but
man they are ugly. I guess upgrading the ink or the art was
out of the question but now I think even the clear mylar rings
look better than these (and I don't like those either ;-)
Another question is how long before the constantly revolving
ball wears a permanent path around the PF? Maybe the slower
speed of this (as you described) will help hold this off for
a while?
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"Bernie -KCPinball" <pin...@kc.rr.com> wrote in message
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> effect. When you launch the ball, it does a lap before dropping into play.
Is there anyway to bypass this effect? I mean, it sounds cool, but I've
got the feeling that after five games I'm going to be saying "Please
just LET ME PLAY!", the same way I do with opening DMD animations.
TheKorn
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> Another question is how long before the constantly revolving
> ball wears a permanent path around the PF? Maybe the slower
> speed of this (as you described) will help hold this off for
> a while?
Already starting to wear on the test game in IL. I've nicknamed the track
"The Wearinator". :) I think this is the first game that I would say that
it's _REQUIRED_ to be re-clearcoated (or, at the very least, mylared!) even
for _home_ use.
I'm hoping that they have an adjustment to turn off the automatic loop on
launch; after your first three games it's just like, "ugh... ENOUGH
already!!"
cch...@comcast.net
>"The Wearinator". :) I think this is the first game >that I would say that
>it's _REQUIRED_ to be re-clearcoated (or, at the >very least, mylared!) even
>for _home_ use.
I will go on record now and say that this will be the dirtiest-running
game ever, usurping Getaway's top spot. That much steel-on-steel is
going to generate a LOT of black dust. Looks fun, though!
*Tommy*CyBeRRoy
cchu...@comcast.net schreef:
they 'STERN' should be using some 1mm lexan as underlying coat or yes
re' clearcoating it perhaps.on the speedtrack to prevent wear on the
playfield. if it's allready start to wear over there,. then it is
worser then i could imagine. since the testgame is only served for lets
say a couple of weeks?! a month? i hope stern has a forthseeing eye on
this upcoming issue. and makes some inprovements on it, to prevent
playfield damage.
Fred Kemper
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pop bumpers....
"Boyd Bottorff" <bbot...@nomail.com> wrote in message
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Bernie -KCPinball
it - . I can't imagine there being too much differnece in the playfields
(Korn's tester and this one)... So that is disturbing. I'd hate to have
these out on route and them get worn like that. Maybe owner installed mylar
in that area would be an option.... I know Stern Reads this stuff, and
I'll toss a note up that way as well tomorrow....
Since I won't get to THIS piece ever again, I'll leave the longevity portion
to the Korn.
Bernie KC-Pinball
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Kitch
TheKorn
> This model (the one in MO) was wear free, BUT it had less than 400
> plays on it - . I can't imagine there being too much differnece in
> the playfields (Korn's tester and this one)... So that is disturbing.
> I'd hate to have these out on route and them get worn like that.
> Maybe owner installed mylar in that area would be an option.... I
> know Stern Reads this stuff, and I'll toss a note up that way as well
> tomorrow....
Where it seems ultra-critical is in the UL portion of the track where the
ball goes over the T-nuts. Right under that section on the test machine is
where something baaaad is starting to go on. If nothing else, mylar the
area directly underneath the t-nuts for 4 or 5 inches IMHO.
And, obviously, around both sets of magnet boosters, although it's really
hard to see if anything is going on at the UR one.
Kevin L'Heureux
colors on this machine compared to the pics on the Stern website and
the flyers? In those pics the cabinet is a really cool blue and black
checkered pattern and in these pics it is an ugly white and black.
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> Detailed Nascar Pinball Pictures.
> These were taken with permission from Stern, (we may have taken a few MORE
> pictures with a teeny bit more detail than we initially said, but really,
> it's OK....... we liked it! )
So who's going to be the first to take some video of this machine? I've love
to see how a few of the things work. If only it were close to me, I could do
some HD footage!
- Daniel
PinballShark
IS THE UGLIEST PINBALL MACHINE OF ALL TIME. And i'm not just saying
that because the theme is so incredibly lame and is geared towards
rednecks. The artwork is HORRIFIC!! Terrible colors, aweful fonts,
every color of the rainbow mixed together. Worst of all is the cheap
Beavis and Butthead artwork quality. I mean this thing makes Ripleys
BION look like a masterpiece. The start button? Watch out it will shock
you - lame! Nice target decals - 1980's jet ski artwork? Such a
convincing looking tower too. If we don't have it sign w/ checkered
flag looks like it should be sticking out of a pineapple. Playfiled is
boring, generic, simplistic and cheap looking. The back plastic of the
teal, hot pink and yellow semi is SO COOL - NOT! The cabinet and
backglass are pretty weak as well but my favorite thing is the huge
cabinet wear protectors in case bigfoot drops by for a few games. And
last but certainly not least is the ultra cool looking test car!! In
stunning primer gray (as not to confuse the player that it is a "test"
car not a shiny colorfully painted "race" car) but in case you need
help identifying it as a "test" car it cleary states it ON the CAR and
if you still need help there is a BIG SIGN that says it to - with
arrows. Top round things up, the rest of the game is covered with top
notch ink jet quality decals and plastics. I hope this is a player
because it is certainly NOT a looker.
PinballShark review over.
Rednecks and inbreds flame away, i have my fire retardant NASCAR under
skivies on.
Krellan
That would be Sopranos :)
Runners-up for ugliest game of all time:
Transporter
Genesis
Paddock (Williams)
Josh
Rictor
KC-Pinball
of them... You should have them tonight.
Bernie KCP
Rictor
LStarrASL
Knock Nascar all you want, just leave Beavis and Butthead out of it!!!