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<blockquote data-quote="soundwave106" data-source="post: 235615" data-attributes="member: 3746"><p>1950s tables and back are a hard sell, they tend to be way more luck based versus skill based with very short ball times and limited flipper opportunities. </p><p></p><p>The scoring is also (usually) not reel based (lighted scores on the backglass) and the rules rather different, so it might be very hard to fit some of these games with leaderboards and wizard goals etc. (Perhaps that's partially why Ace High never made it into the game, for instance, despite being in PHOF.) </p><p></p><p>According to <a href="http://www.pinrepair.com/wmswood/" target="_blank">this (pinrepair site)</a>, Williams 1950s machines hadn't quite shed the old gambling aspect of pinball in particular. One consequence (again according to this pin repair site) was that they were more often seen in taverns versus general purpose amusement parlors. There are probably not many people around today who were old enough to enter taverns back then. This will lead to way less nostalgia sales. </p><p></p><p>Mission statements are nice but Farsight is not a non-profit company. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="soundwave106, post: 235615, member: 3746"] 1950s tables and back are a hard sell, they tend to be way more luck based versus skill based with very short ball times and limited flipper opportunities. The scoring is also (usually) not reel based (lighted scores on the backglass) and the rules rather different, so it might be very hard to fit some of these games with leaderboards and wizard goals etc. (Perhaps that's partially why Ace High never made it into the game, for instance, despite being in PHOF.) According to [URL="http://www.pinrepair.com/wmswood/"]this (pinrepair site)[/URL], Williams 1950s machines hadn't quite shed the old gambling aspect of pinball in particular. One consequence (again according to this pin repair site) was that they were more often seen in taverns versus general purpose amusement parlors. There are probably not many people around today who were old enough to enter taverns back then. This will lead to way less nostalgia sales. Mission statements are nice but Farsight is not a non-profit company. :) [/QUOTE]
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