So I've waited this long (brought it home Monday from TO)  since I needed to make room for it so figure I can wait until this Friday night 7 pm to finally open it. Anybody want to come over and help? Might be a few other different games to play too. Note the one BEHIND the box. PM me if you want to come. The more the merrier .

That's THIS Friday ie in 2 days
ME

Safecracker? Cool!

Not sure if I can make it but sounds like a fun evening!

I might be busy that evening but if I can free myself I'd be glad to help. Never been to an "unveiling".  Maybe I could pop by from 7-8pm, but would need to go after. That ok?

ARRGGG I am not in Ottawa until next Monday, then I am there all week house hunting.

I will be there.  I too have never been to an unveiling plus I would love the play your Stargate.

Darn, I'll be having dinner at my parent's place. How late can I drop by?

I'm in!!!

Duane

Well, scratch that ME, I'm expected elsewhere at 6:30pm, so I won't be able to make it . Someone take pics!

What is it what is it??

Quoted from machine.slave

What is it what is it??

It says the name on the box.  

HINT. The pinball acronym is "24".

I am in!!

Quoted from jonny_eh

It says the name on the box.  

Oh yes.. look at that  

Ahhhh..... "24".   Cool game. Played it a few times.  Nice addition !

OK guys. General plan.

Confirm here or on PM that you are coming (so I know numbers since my gameroom is packed right now). The first staple is being pulled at 7 pm sharp so if you want to actually help with that, don't be late . Otherwise, set up of 24 and playing of all games on main floor (all sys 11 still folded in basement) will be 7 pm to 11+ (within reason) . I'm actually off on Sat and no early basketball game to get to (YEA!!!!) so no early kickout this time. For those coming later, please don't show up after 11 pm but anytime before that is good. Bring your own refreshments and snacks and I'll have some basics also ready for snacks.

See you tomorrow night
ME

Aaaaarrrrgghhhh  One of these Days!!!  

Dave

ME I just knew you were going to buy that.......... fun game.

This is one of those times when I wished I lived closer to Ottawa. Have fun!

Quoted from Bally Boy

ME I just knew you were going to buy that.......... fun game.

This is one of those times when I wished I lived closer to Ottawa. Have fun!

I tried not to, I really did Even drove back to Newmarket but then turned back around, drove all the way back and bought it

No willpower in the least

Thank goodness I didn't like CSI also

ME

I wish I could go but looks like i can't make it.

So how did it go?  Inquiring minds need to know .

There better be pictures!

Maybe they're still playing.

Quoted from machine.slave

There better be pictures!

Sorry, this is all I've got.

Sorry guys - got sidetracked with kids yesterday. Many thanks go out to twilighttzone, frosken, sensfreak, cheg and jonny-eh for coming. 24 got openned safely and after having to fix 1 upper lane rollover switch (stuck up so ball kept getting stuck) sensfreak, frosken, cheg and twilightzone christened it with the first game with sensfreak getting th first ball. Very fun game and everybody agreed "good choice" Twilightzone and sensfreak got into a battle of who would be grand champ   but new code update coming soon so will have to return to post new scores. Played lots of pinball till after midnight.

Will have to have a league night here soon so everybody can try out the new games. Have to do some spring cleaning.moving first tho. Plan to bring all my Sterns home to set up at once finally which means some others are going out to replace them so need a month or so.

Re pics - none got taken as we were too busy openning and playing. Sorry guys

Thanks again for the help
It was a very fun night
ME

Thanks again to ME for allowing us to come over and share in the unveiling.  24 is a good game with some decent shots and flow.  The way Chloe says jackpot sometimes is freaking hilarious.  

Pretty cool game, fun toys and interesting shots. Playfield's a winner. Didn't play enough to judge the rules, but seemed sufficently complex and fun. The art is decent, not bad but not great, just another photoshop job, but not bad looking. The sound is probably the weakest  Chloe does all the callouts and she sounds completely uninterested. Although, that may be how her character is, very calm, weird choice to use her in that case. Her jackpot calls were so subdued it was extremely fun to imitate them. The performance was the complete opposite to John-Rhys Davies in lotr. The animations were decent, thankfully they're not scenes from the show like ij4 or SM.

Conclusion: worth your coin.

Quoted from sensfreak

Thanks again to ME for allowing us to come over and share in the unveiling.  24 is a good game with some decent shots and flow.  The way Chloe says jackpot sometimes is freaking hilarious.  

"Jackpot" "Jackpot" " JACK ---  POT"

Quoted from jonny_eh

Chloe does all the callouts and she sounds completely uninterested. Although, that may be how her character is

Yup... that's her character...

She always got a permanent frown, and pout to match.

It's hard to seem enthused when you're monotone...  

Can't wait to try it out.

Cheers,
Steph

My only complaint with 24 is ball times are way to friggin long.  This comming from me when I don't mind too long ball times, but the time I've spent on it, you can keep the ball in play forever.  

Quoted from Vengeance

My only complaint with 24 is ball times are way to friggin long.  This comming from me when I don't mind too long ball times, but the time I've spent on it, you can keep the ball in play forever.  

Right out of the box, I would agree with you. I also found the game provided a very safe strategy. To lite lock on suitcase MB, I think you have to hit the left ramp x times and you can do this shot easily from the left flipper. Keep doing the shot until lock is lite. Then the lock is lite on the right ramp. Repeat this until you start the MB. Once in MB, you can start and stack modes, and other MBs. That's when I started hitting the more dangerous shots. Both Sens Freak and I had very, very long games. I ended up grand champ at 404 million or billion (whatever the 000 range is).

After our long games, ME made some software changes and the ball times decreased a ton. Since then she has made further changes and I'm told ball times have been decreased even more. What was surprising is the ball is rarely lost out the sides, so increasing the outlanes, I think, wouldn't really increase the challenge.

Like others said, I found Chloe to be a strange choice for the jackpot call outs. Her voice is very monotone. On one of the call outs, she sounds angry -- JACKPOT! (probably thinking "How many f**** times do I have to repeat jackpot? What am I getting paid?"). We all got a good laugh at that.

All that said, I like the game and look forward to playing it with the increased settings. It definitely has a Spiderman feel to it. I love the drop targets, the safe house, and the sniper shot. It's also the first game that I have ever played that so effectively indicates the shot to start MB. When you hit the left ramp and lite lock, the suite case pops open and you see it out of the corner of your eye -- even if you are looking at the left ramp. Nicely done.

Duane