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<blockquote data-quote="shutyertrap" data-source="post: 288338" data-attributes="member: 134"><p>Zen will get to alphanumeric tables soon according to Mel. Once you start getting to regular SS numeric machines, the ethos of Zen becomes distinctly difficult to add on. Their base customer prior to the Williams addition liked the game because of all the fantasy elements, but those become really obtrusive on machines that were simply lacking in toys, and the simple game play is a hard pill to swallow when used to highly detailed rule sets. That's not to say Zen won't do a table like Firepower at some point, but they are first going to have to let their base audience get used to that era. That is why they started with DMD, as it was clearly what Zen originals were modeled after. Alphanumerics have rules that often got close to what the DMD era was known for, and hopefully the Zen audience will grow to love those. If they do, it's not a stretch to say they just might enjoy certain SS numeric machines. But yeah, EMs? Those are a hard sell to even pinball enthusiasts. When I go to the Banning Museum of Pinball with over 550 machines to play, there'll be crowds all day surrounding the rows of WMS and Stern machines, while the EM section is a proverbial ghost town.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shutyertrap, post: 288338, member: 134"] Zen will get to alphanumeric tables soon according to Mel. Once you start getting to regular SS numeric machines, the ethos of Zen becomes distinctly difficult to add on. Their base customer prior to the Williams addition liked the game because of all the fantasy elements, but those become really obtrusive on machines that were simply lacking in toys, and the simple game play is a hard pill to swallow when used to highly detailed rule sets. That's not to say Zen won't do a table like Firepower at some point, but they are first going to have to let their base audience get used to that era. That is why they started with DMD, as it was clearly what Zen originals were modeled after. Alphanumerics have rules that often got close to what the DMD era was known for, and hopefully the Zen audience will grow to love those. If they do, it's not a stretch to say they just might enjoy certain SS numeric machines. But yeah, EMs? Those are a hard sell to even pinball enthusiasts. When I go to the Banning Museum of Pinball with over 550 machines to play, there'll be crowds all day surrounding the rows of WMS and Stern machines, while the EM section is a proverbial ghost town. [/QUOTE]
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