Ghostbusters

"I don't know. You know, some things that were made already should just be laid to rest and done. You know, I'm not sure that that could be remade."

Ghostbusters shouldn't be remade in pinball

"The best theme we've had ever from stern pinball and they made the game pretty damn bad like it's brutal to shoot. It's got some real issues with the game and it's on a DMD"

Ghostbusters was a great theme but Stern made a terrible game that's brutal to shoot

"When I look at Ghostbusters now, in comparison to these recent Stern games, I still think it's Zombie Yeti's best art package on a Stern machine. He's done some incredible work. It's just something about it, the colors of it and he used a really creative approach to it but it's just so colorful, so lively."

Ghostbusters has the best art package from Stern and should be remade instead of new themes

"The game is not going to shoot any better if they remade it. I know that Ghostbusters is a huge property. Many people love it. The zombie-eaty artwork is phenomenal. The toys in the game are fun. But the game is a designed dog and John Trudeau is in jail for a reason that all of you know."

Ghostbusters shouldn't be remade because it's a designed dog

"This is one of the worst shooting games Stern has ever made... When you walk up to a Ghostbusters, LE, it pops like nothing else... Probably one of the most stunning pinball machines of all time"

Stern's Ghostbusters LE has terrible gameplay but stunning visuals and perfect theme

"I would also argue that it's one of the worst shooting games. That no matter how you skin this game, it's like you're holding on for dear life. It's not a fun game to shoot. It is a more fun game to listen to and to watch."

Ghostbusters LE is beautiful but terrible to play

"Everyone realized how bad the game shot. Like it's still a horrible shooter. It's still beautiful. It's got toys, but it's a horrible shooter."

Ghostbusters LE is a beautiful game with toys but shoots terribly

"I still don't get why people would ever spend a lot of money on a Ghostbusters. The game is so bad. It shoots so bad. And nobody, nobody who loves pinball, who loves how a pinball machine should shoot and feel would ever argue or say that Ghostbusters is a rewarding game to shoot because it's not."

Ghostbusters pinball is terrible to play despite its popularity

"if it was about the gameplay, then these Ghostbusters L.E.'s wouldn't be skyrocketing in price because that gameplay is horrible."

Ghostbusters LE has horrible gameplay despite high prices

"I still think the game shoots atrocious... I hate the flipper gap... I always feel like I'm holding on for dear life when I play that game"

Ghostbusters has terrible flipper gap despite being popular

"As we've always said about the game, it's probably Stern's best world under glass. The art package is phenomenal. The game is just designed so poorly. It's brutally hard... I still don't think that makes this game great. I don't. I think it'll make it more enjoyable for people to own it."

Ghostbusters has great art but poor design that can't be fixed by better code

"For me, the biggest miss of all time. Two of them. There's two of them. I just think we're just colossal misses on themes that people just want it to be great. That's Ghostbusters and Star Wars."

Ghostbusters and Star Wars were colossal misses despite perfect themes for pinball

"it's Stern's best visual game of all time without a doubt. I would look over that game and it gets me so excited. And then you flip and I can't. I wish they would just remake Ghostbusters."

Ghostbusters is the best visual Stern game ever but shoots terribly - wishes they would remake it

"It turned out to be one of the worst shooting pinball games ever. The game is a total dog, right? After a few flips, most pinball players would agree. It's got some serious design flaws that detract from the fun of the game."

Ghostbusters is one of the worst shooting pinball games ever made

"When you look at which game earn the most money on location last year, you know, a game it was ghostbusters once again proving That above all Theme is all that really matters when you want to make money on location"

Ghostbusters proves that theme matters more than game design for location earnings

"if I'm a kid and I put three dollars in Ghostbusters on location. I don't think I'm ever playing Ethan pinball again"

Ghostbusters Pro is terrible and will turn new players away from pinball

"It should have been the greatest Stern Pinball machine in the last 10 years. It had everything going for it. The thing that will always make Ghostbusters go down as a humongous miss is simply the fact that it's frustrating as hell. It's a drain monster."

Ghostbusters should have been Stern's greatest machine but geometry ruined it

"I think that that game could have been one of the best turns of all time, but the fact that it's just, it's just not fun for someone unless you're a really, really, really good player."

Ghostbusters could have been one of the best games but is too brutal/draining for casual players

"do I think Ghostbusters plays a million times better than magic girl absolutely absolutely I do would I rather be playing Ghostbusters every day in my apartment than magic girl absolutely I would it's a real game it's got code it's fun it's a great theme it's got great art it's it's probably Stern's best total package in a really long time"

Ghostbusters is Stern's best total package in a long time and plays much better than Magic Girl

"you had a game like Ghostbusters that I think was one of Stern's best games, if not its best game."

Ghostbusters was one of Stern's best games, if not their best game

"overall everybody loves this game... just because it's hard it doesn't mean it's a bad game... I think this game plays exactly as it was designed"

Ghostbusters is a successful game despite difficulty complaints

"I think we're all forgetting here that Zombie Yeti's artwork is the greatest art package I will, I think on any pinball machine ever. The complete package of the cabinet, of the playfield, of the plastics, of the backglass, the thing looks phenomenal."

Ghostbusters LE has the greatest art package on any pinball machine ever

"As of August 24th builds there was still a little ghosting insert on Ghostbusters LE that I played. But I also said in that podcast that I went around and I looked at every single pinball machine I was in the place and ghosted inserts no matter what you have you're going to get of probably a few inserts that ghost on your machine."

Ghostbusters insert ghosting is not a major issue - it's common on all pinball machines and doesn't warrant playfield replacement

"I am so polarized by this game and I think two words come to mind when I think about Ghostbusters LE and those two words are fun and frustrating... I think the game equals just addictive fun."

Ghostbusters is brutally difficult with bad design flaws but addictively fun

"I think Ghostbusters is the greatest theme possible for pinball. I really do. I don't think there's been a better theme that's become a pinball machine ever... The zombie Eddie artwork on this pinball machine is, I think it's the best artwork on any pinball machine ever."

Ghostbusters has the greatest theme possible for pinball and best artwork ever

"Ghostbusters is a theme that I have been wanting to see since I was a little kid. It's a game that I always felt like would have made a phenomenal pinball machine... There's no way that I'm going to pass up on this game"

Ghostbusters is worth keeping despite quality issues

"Ghostbusters is getting such good reviews and the only issues seem to be these playfield issues and I'm fully confident that stern is going to fix it and they are gonna make right on it"

Stern will fix Ghostbusters playfield issues

"Ghostbusters, every single operator, collector operator, I know. It's their best owner of any game they've had in recent memory."

Ghostbusters is the best earning game for operators in recent memory

"I think the LE artwork is better. I think the slimer green with the slimer and Ghostbusters written on the side is more colorful and i like it better than the pro and premium artwork."

Ghostbusters LE artwork and green cabinet design is superior to pro/premium versions

"I think Ghostbusters is probably one of the greatest themes for a pinball machine ever and I think people have been waiting for it forever and it's so iconic"

Ghostbusters is one of the greatest pinball themes ever and represents a perfect storm of elements

"Because I think that Ghostbusters is going to be beyond special. And I think the LE version of it with that beautiful slimer artwork and the Ghostbusters written on the side of the cabinet and it's going to be the one that people want."

Ghostbusters LE will be beyond special and extremely valuable due to limited quantities

"I think it's gonna end up being one of their best sellers ever It just is a real fun theme"

Ghostbusters is addictive and exciting - may be one of Stern's best sellers ever despite only playing the Pro

"I think what we saw today showed no it's not. This game looks like a ton of fun and the Magnuslings are great. They really are great. They're so much fun."

Ghostbusters LE magnetic slings solve the draining issues and make the game much more fun

"Ghostbusters to me, I think is a single most important pin to come out, I want to say in the last 5-10 years. And I will tell you why because I think it brings pinball back... I think this is Stern's awakening pin."

Ghostbusters is the most important pin in 5-10 years and represents Stern's awakening

"I think people should be happy that this game is going to ship. And whatever needs to happen to that game to make it the best game possible, I think we should be thankful, it's going to happen. Guys, whether the outlands may be drained too much, someone will make a fix for it."

People need to relax about Ghostbusters issues - fixes will come

"But the presentation was really, really good. It was just so alive and it had a lot of energy"

Ghostbusters pinball has great presentation despite monochrome display

"I've been hesitant to say this but if you go back and rewatch the original Ghostbusters it does it's definitely like a culty classic but it doesn't hold up as well as some of these guys say it does"

Original Ghostbusters movie doesn't hold up as well as fans claim

"Ghostbusters was played non-stop at Texas pinball Festival, and didn't break down once... when you look at Ghostbusters, you can easily see five shots, or five things are happening in the pinball machine that are super rewarding"

Ghostbusters has excellent shot variety and reliable gameplay

"this is the most gorgeous pin that I've ever seen in the last I mean I want to say 20 years. It is absolutely gorgeous and it's not just the artwork that is winning people over. It's how much fun stuff is jam packed into this machine."

Ghostbusters is the most gorgeous pinball machine in 20 years

"I think waiting for Ghostbusters has sort of created this environment that has created an overwhelming sense of fatigue. I don't want to say anxiety, but just there's a lot of hesitation on the forum lately."

Ghostbusters delayed reveal creates community fatigue and anxiety

"that game is going to be effing huge. People do not realize how big Ghostbusters was back in the day. I was a Ghostbuster for like three Halloween in a row. So yeah, it's going to like hit the bullseye of like the, you know, 40 to 50 year old man"

Ghostbusters will be massive - hits bullseye of 40-50 year old men demographic

"People are saying this machine has 10 times the innovation of what's out there. 10 times. I mean, come on. That's not true. For a machine to have 10 times the innovation, there would have to be a stay puff marshmallow man that blew up and inflated like a big hero, a six character and started to actually walk down the playfield towards the ball."

Claims of 10 times innovation in Ghostbusters are completely false - no pinball could have that level of innovation

"I think it's a huge, huge disappointment that Ghostbusters doesn't have an LCD. I would love it to have Color Dots. But I think what's kind of sad about the lack of LCD and the realization is this, they're not going to have clips from the movie in it that look great."

It's a huge disappointment that Ghostbusters doesn't have an LCD display

"I also think that my prediction is this, I think people are going to love Ghostbusters. I think it's going to be great. And I think people are going to do something that's going to be annoying to others"

Prediction: People are going to love Ghostbusters pinball and it's going to be great, but people will do something annoying to others regarding it.

"if you can't enjoy ghostbusters I really think there's something wrong with you. I really do if you can't have fun on that machine There's something wrong with you. It is the epitome of fun"

If you can't enjoy Ghostbusters, something is wrong with you

"medieval madness is number one right now and I think medieval madness is not as fun as Ghostbusters there I said it I have more fun playing Ghostbusters"

Ghostbusters is more fun than Medieval Madness despite MM being ranked #1

"But I also think a game like Ghostbusters needs to be accessible to a lot more people than just the hardcore guys that are slamming machines around."

Ghostbusters needs to be accessible to mainstream players, not just hardcore experts

"anyone who thinks that the Ghostbusters LE isn't enough, I mean, it's got all new original art from Zombie Yeti on it and what else do you want?"

Ghostbusters LE provides sufficient value with original Zambetti art

"i just wouldn't go in on a pro because i know the machine was designed to be a certain way and have certain features and and that those sling features are such a big feature in how this game was designed"

Magnetic slings are essential feature, making Pro version less satisfying

"i have decided after much debate much back and forth that i am going to keep my Ghostbusters LE and not sell it for ten thousand dollars plus"

Kaneda keeps his Ghostbusters LE due to art package and investment potential