Awesome game....  very different from any other PIN I have owned.  I really enjoy it!

The machine is VERY HEAVY assembled, but if your moving it, take the head off, and the playfield out... then it's not bad at all.

The tourney option is a little bit silly.  You have to register (and he will be charging $ for registration soon), and to link to the internet with your high score..... so basically, unless your a world caliber RFM player, you have just taken away any enjoyment of achieving your own high score.  Plus the extra parts and the convcersion????

In addition, there is no way to control another play from taking off the glass and using thier finger to score CRAZY numbers....  again, great concept, but in reality a little silly.

When you take apart the machine and re-assemble it.. make sure:

- Connector cables are nice and tight,
- BOTH fans in the CPU area are working,
- the legs are on securely (with feet) - again very heavy.

Great buy.  please report on teh shipping process... I have always been curious... and since you won't sell me your GNR, I too will have to go via the States.

Thanks

Congrats on the addition Jonny.

Quoted from TGlover

The tourney option is a little bit silly.  

I think it's a GREAT idea.  Gives you something to strive for without having anyone over to compete against.  Yes one could remove the glass and rack up a silly score but whats the fun in that? (and I think anyone that goes through the trouble of setting up their RFM for tourney play would play fair, as it's not just plug and play)  From what I've seen of the tourney so far, all of the scores are legit and a number of them are local Toronto players.

As soon as I get my RFM, I will be installing all of the tourney gear I've managed to acquire over the past couple years in anticipation.  As long as the tourney hosts fee is reasonable I don't have any problem donating, after all the host is out of pocket for everything so far...

My $0.02.

Doug

You're probably right that it isn't worth the effort to go online, but I think it would be fun to even get it to work. I wouldn't spend more than a few bucks on it though. I already have a compatible router (running dd-wrt) already anyways, so I'm halfway there.

Quoted from jonny_eh

You're probably right that it isn't worth the effort to go online, but I think it would be fun to even get it to work. I wouldn't spend more than a few bucks on it though. I already have a compatible router (running dd-wrt) already anyways, so I'm halfway there.

I think the most expensive part of the tourney system for you would be the barcode reader.  I managed to get the card reader that they recommend, the router and the NIC for under $100 CDN but it took a lot of digging.

Not sure how difficult it'll be to find the NIC these days at a reasonable price.

D

Good move Jon! I'm Jealous....

Quoted from Hippochrome

Good move Jon! I'm Jealous....

Shut up and play High Speed

Quoted from jonny_eh

Shut up and play High Speed

Just cleaned it, and got 5,100,000.....high score #2

You might be able to break my high score if you take the glass off

Think I better buy an Attack From Mars.....

i really want one of these machines, but with Nucore coming out, i bet everyone is gonna snatch them up, so you won't be able to find a reasonably priced on anymore,
not like i have the cash to spare, but you know what i mean

Eric

Quoted from Vengeance

Head is the heaviest part because of the monitor.  But because the PF comes out so easy you can move it in 3 parts really, Head, Cab, PF.  

That was the way I moved mine.