Batman 66

"And for those of you out there who bought Batman 66 when it first came out, you know what I'm talking about. It took you two and a half years before your game became amazing. Two and a half years. But Lyman always came through. And we always used to say in Lyman, we trust."

Batman 66 took 2.5 years to become amazing but Lyman delivered

"I know that the game is clunky, I know it's not the best shooting game out there, but it also is a beautiful work of art collectors piece. It's a museum quality game from Stern Pinball."

Batman 66 is clunky shooting but museum quality art

"I think Batman 66 for me is one of the perfect games ever made from a code standpoint is one of the most immersive games ever made"

Batman 66 is one of the most perfect pinball games ever made despite layout issues

"I'm here to tell you if they were able to get that license in the right way... I will tell you right now. I don't even need to see the game. If they make Batman 89, anywhere close to what they did with the Big Lebowski, they are going to sell thousands of that game."

Dutch Pinball making Batman 1989 would be huge success if done right

"I mean, this could be a humongous, and I mean this, a humongous hit if Dutch Pinball makes Batman 1989 and does it justice. Okay, you heard it here first."

Prediction: Batman 1989 could be a humongous hit if Dutch Pinball makes it and does it justice.

"I would still argue to this day, this is probably the greatest LCD coded machine of all time... I would much rather spend $25,000 on a Batman SLE in which there are only 80, then 19,000 or $16,000 on a Godzilla where there are a thousand of them."

Batman 66 SLE purchase justified - one of the greatest LCD coded machines ever, only 80 made vs 1000 Godzillas

"you put this game next to Batman SLE, next to Elvira 40th, those two games are stunning, and even though they're very expensive you could understand why both of those full featured games that are some of the greatest works of art in the history of pinball"

Batman SLE and Elvira 40th are stunning games that justify their high prices unlike James Bond

"I would argue that this might be Lyman Sheats' greatest code of all time... We're never going to see a pinball machine ever code it as good as a Lyman Sheats game"

Batman 66 LE/SLE is the most collectible modern pin with perfect theme integration

"I think Batman 66 to this day remains in my mind the only Stern pinball machine that actually uses the assets properly, that actually takes you through the content in the right way. Stern pinball needs to study Batman 66. It is the greatest way to use a screen."

Batman 66 is the only Stern machine that properly uses LCD assets

"Now you notice that wasn't one of my two that inspire me because it's a re-skin. There's nothing about Batman 66 that has to do with a crane. It's just there because it was lazily redesigned."

Batman 66 is just a lazy re-skin with irrelevant mechanisms

"I actually think that's not a bad price for a Batman 66 I really don't that is the same game that is found in the LE"

Batman 66 at $6500 is a decent price

"it's one of Stern's best games"

Batman 66 is one of Stern's best games

"I don't know if you've been on a Batman 66 before, but it does dimple and the playfield in this game does look like the surface of the moon unless you protect it with a playfield protector"

Batman 66 playfield dimples badly without protection

"I still think Batman 66 is one of the greatest pinball games ever. The different ways you can approach that game are so much fun. And I don't care what anybody says. This game lives and dies by the code and the theme integration that is happening throughout the game."

Batman 66 is one of the greatest pinball games ever, particularly due to code and theme integration

"It's one of the greatest Stern Pinball games they've ever made. And guess who's saying that? Pretty much everyone who's played it. Sure, it's a little clunky. But it is the best coded game I think Stern has ever done. I think it's Lyman Sheats's masterpiece."

Batman 66 is one of the greatest Stern games ever made

"This game is going to go down as probably the most half-assed lazy attempt at creating a special edition of a game. And they didn't do anything. They didn't even change the T-molding color to black. That's how lazy Stern is right now."

Catwoman Edition is the most half-assed lazy attempt at creating a special edition

"their job is a coder like Lyman Sheats coding Batman 66. His job is to make a game that taps into the elements and the things that I love about Batman 66... it's all mode based based upon the seasons of Batman 66... Another game that I think is the best possible way to bring an iconic story to life. And that game is Lord of the Rings."

Batman 66 and Lord of the Rings are perfect examples of how to adapt themes to pinball

"A lot of guys out there who are on the fence about this game, they might want to get a little sensual cat woman action into their arcade... Because if you think about it, the only thing keeping people from Batman 66 at this point is they might not love the premium package that is out there and they might want something a little bit sexier."

Catwoman edition of Batman 66 will breathe new life into the game for people wanting something sexier than current premium package

"This feels like the most half baked version of a new variation I've ever seen before... That is a lazy ass catwoman signature edition."

Batman Catwoman edition is half-baked and lazy effort by Stern

"I still think this game is going to go down as one of the greatest Stern pinball machines of all time. It's a timeless and iconic theme. It's one of the most gorgeous pinball machines ever."

Batman 66 will go down as one of the greatest Stern machines of all time - timeless theme, gorgeous art package

"Batman 66, to be honest, is clunky at best... Every shot in Batman 66, it feels like you have to power the ball through the game"

Batman 66 is clunky but still great despite flow issues

"if you are about to buy a Batman 66 premium do not buy it yet"

Don't buy Batman 66 Premium - new art package coming

"I think it's probably one of the best codes. If not the best code in any Pinball machine ever, the theme integration is incredible... I've had it for, like, 18 months... I haven't had a lift the playfield in an entire year."

Batman 66 is one of the best coded games ever with incredible theme integration

"I do think Batman is great, but I would wait. I would just wait to see what the next six to eight months bring out in the pinball world... Batman's not going anywhere. You're going to be able to find a Batman premium new inbox for a long time."

Batman Premium is a solid choice but recommends waiting to see what's coming next

"Batman 66 after two years of being out is starting to be talked about as being one of Stern's best machines ever"

Batman 66 becoming recognized as one of Stern's best machines

"I paid $15,000 for Batman super limited edition...I bet you, if I went to sell my Batman super early, I could get $17,000 to $18,000 for it tomorrow"

Batman '66 Super LE is an excellent investment that has increased in value

"Say what you will about the price but stern at least try to give you more for your money here."

Batman 66 Super Limited Edition was justified at $15,000 with real upgrades and features

"Batman is just shaping up to be one of the greatest games ever. I'm not just saying it because I own it. But it's like you can jump on as a casual player and have fun. If you want to go deep, Lyman made it deep. But here's the thing about all of it. It's so easy to understand what to do. So simple."

Batman 66 is shaping up to be one of the greatest games ever

"I think Batman 66 is going to go down at the top at one of the top games in that list"

Batman 66 has become one of the best Stern games ever

"I really do think Batman 66 is going to be near the top of that list. And when you add up like the fact that it's a theme that universally people love and it's Adam West, like last project that he worked on before he died."

Batman 66 will be one of the most sought-after Stern games due to Lyman Sheats' coding

"Batman is turning out to just be a phenomenal experience. I think anyone who has one is really enjoying it... It's like you're actually playing through the season of those characters of those minor villains. I actually think there's a lot more work that is that went into the minor villains and even the major villains. It almost feels like two separate games in a way combined into one awesome experience"

Kaneda praises Batman 66 pinball as a phenomenal experience with impressive minor villain integration

"Batman will go down and George Gomez was right it will go down as one of the greatest Stern pinball machines if not one of the greatest pinball machines ever and I say this because it's going to go down as probably one of the greatest theme integrations or licensed integrations ever"

Batman 66 will be one of the greatest Stern machines ever

"I finally think that Batman is is a game worth owning and I think it's going to go down as one of Stern's best theme integrated pins in a long time."

Batman 66 code 0.85 improvements and theme integration

"I love Batman. I think Batman's going to go down as one of Stern's best pinball machines ever."

Batman 66 is one of Stern's best pinball machines ever

"I think this is going to go down as one of Stern's best pinball machines ever. I've done a complete 180 on the game"

Batman 66 is one of Stern's best machines ever

"This game continues, continues to do probably one of the greatest 180s in pinball history... You have Star Wars declining and you have Batman increasing or really holding its value nicely."

Batman 66 doing incredible 180 - best code improvements and holding value strong while Star Wars declining

"I think it's going to go down in history as one of Stern's greatest theme integrated pins"

Batman 66 will go down as one of Stern's greatest theme-integrated pins

"I have bought and paid for... of a Batman 66 holy holy donut and I could just hear like probably some of you out there being like no Kaneda you ragged on Batman 66"

Buying Batman 66 after being critical of it previously

"I couldn't help but just have have more fun on Batman and that is where my new mindset is going is that if you're having fun and you're enjoying it do you really give a shit about all the other stuff that we complain about"

Batman 66 became more enjoyable than Dialed In despite technical criticisms

"Because how can you have a crane in a Batman 66 game? There is nothing about that crane that is integrating the theme of that show. Okay, it's completely a rehash. Okay, how can you have a Batman 66 game where there's no lower playfield? That's the bad cave."

Batman 66 will never be Stern's greatest theme integration because it lacks key thematic elements like a Batcave lower playfield and has a generic crane

"Batman is a wow show with all this fun quirky stuff going on and the game itself does not have the wow shot. It's, I think it does have the world under glass. Look, it's very colorful. But I just don't think this game's ever going to become the walking dead."

Batman 66 lacks a compelling wow shot unlike other classic games

"80 freaking idiots out there and I get it because I'm an idiot too. I own a match. I'm the biggest idiot can we just start there but 80 idiots out there Gabe Stern $15,000 Without even seeing anything so more money than brains people"

Star Wars LE buyers are idiots who paid $15,000 for an unfinished game

"I think there was more creativity put into the ramps, just the ramps alone on Batman 66. If you look at the left ramp, it forms a question mark like for the Riddler... The ramps on Star Wars, they just go straight back along the sides of the cabinet to the flippers... it's a little uninspired."

Batman 66 has better mechanisms and creativity than Star Wars

"you knew what you were getting into. You really have nobody to blame but yourself. Once you pay someone for a job done, before the job is done, what do you expect is going to happen?"

Batman 66 buyers have nobody to blame but themselves for incomplete code

"The thing is maybe some of your normal listeners don't understand is in the UK you know we're quite small in fact we're a tiny pinball market... I'm sitting right in front of the medieval madness remake and which I think Chicago gaming did a phenomenal version of so"

Batman 66 is good but not great yet, waiting for Lyman to finish the code

"I think there are so many games available now. That you're not going to be able to drum up the hype and the excitement. A year later. A year and a half later when code is finally finished... The layout is not that stellar. It's okay. But the fact that Stern. Re-themed and rehashed in old game. To me was lazy"

Batman 66 will never pick up in sales due to lazy rehashing and poor layout

"I just don't think the game is there. I don't think what's on the playfield is great. I don't think the code will ever make Batman the great game that people want it to be"

Batman 66 playfield hardware limits what the code can achieve

"Batman 66 continues in my mind to be one of the biggest, just sort of misses in recent Stern memory. And the reason I say that is it's just not done."

Batman 66 is one of Stern's biggest misses due to incomplete code

"My hunch is I think that game sells for 12 to 13,000. I don't think it's going to stay at $15,000. Especially now that more people have played it and Batman 66 continues to sort of struggle to be seen as a great game. People are impatient with the code updates on that."

Batman 66 Super LE predicted to sell for $12-13k, down from $15k due to lukewarm reception and code issues

"I still don't think the values there for $15,000 because I still think it's the same game as it is for 8 grand"

Batman 66 pricing is too high - doesn't provide $15k value despite being the same game as $8k version