I tend to forget about those two because I dislike both of them - IJ for being a cluttered mess to the point where it makes TZ look like it has a clean open playfield, and ST:TNG for having unbalanced scoring and cannons blocking the view of the gaping chasms that are its outlanes. But I suppose...
It's been nearly four years. It's time the Power comes back for another round.
More tales of victory, vengeance, and woe from league play (once league starts up again on 9/12); more machine photography; and more real pinball in general. Less musings on moderation (I don't do much of that...
If we're going by SYT's strict rules, then I agree that Lights Camera Action was probably the first to meet all four criteria.
If we're allowing a more loose definition, I'd go with Williams' Fire! (1987). The machine itself plays along with this, with the "fire" continuously spreading on both...
As I understood it, there are two different platforms - one is based on Steam, the other is completely standalone (meaning no connection required to either FarSight's or Valve's servers).
Assuming it's never been energized and that it's been in a reasonably controlled environment while in storage, it should. Heat is the great enemy of processors, but the old ICs had much thicker components and ran much slower, so they degrade very slowly compared to modern chips. (As an example...
A slow yet reliable controller IC will generally last 30+ years. The consumer-grade PC that sits in the bottom of every Wizard of Oz cabinet is not going to last half that long.
I don't mind the LED screens themselves so much as I mind the fact that there has to be a small computer in the machine to run them and all the animations/video, and therefore the pinball machine's lifetime is now tied to that of the computer.
I was by far the strictest of the moderators when I was still active, and despite the insinuations of my Facebook critics, no one was ever "instantly banned". Even with me, you got at least three chances, whether you deserved them or not.
I am in retirement now, where I wish to remain. Please...
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