The three wireforms, the flasher holder and the inlane ball guides are all finished in a gold colour to complement the rest of the playfield’s colour scheme. That issue aside, the black line layer appears to be well-aligned with the colour layers – which themselves were free of registration issues – while the clearcoat over the playfield produces an attractive glossy finish. You can see the difference by comparing the yellow inserts with the blue ones leading up to the Merlin saucer, which do have that white layer. The black lettering appears washed out, as though it needs a second pass of black ink, or a white blocking layer is missing. While all the artwork is bright and colourful, the printing on the inserts is less convincing. Those inserts are our only point of contention with the whole playfield. Playfield inserts are all lit with white LEDs There are even some impressive fading effects as the LEDs flash on and off to mimic the characteristics of real lamps. The inserts are all suitably bright and evenly lit, with their colour coming from the insert plastic rather than a coloured LED beneath. The playfield is now much more brightly illuminated than before, with a purer white light which manages to maintain some of the warm feel of incandescents without straying into the cold look of cheaper cool white LEDs. On the playfield, the use of LEDs is the most noticeable change. The apron comes with custom instruction and information cards pre-installed either side of the Limited Edition numbered decal. The Limited Edition model with the gold trim package Initial samples of the gold coating turned out more caramel-coloured than gold, but this production version had an attractive metallic matte finish to the lock bar, side rails, legs and leg bolts. Originally just gold and silver were available, but a black finish was added later. So far, so similar, but when the remake was ordered the buyer could choose one of three different trim colours for their game. The cabinet frontĪlthough this is a game destined for Europe it still comes with an American coin door with the coin slots and cut-outs for a dollar bill acceptor. The new game uses LEDs instead of incandescent lamps throughout, including in the start button, launch button and coin slots. The backbox side art is the same on both sides and unchanged from the original game. The new licensing information The new cabinet artwork without the Williams logo at the bottom The artwork on the remake is almost identical to the original, with the exception of the Williams logo which has been removed from the translite and cabinet sides, and some new licensing information at the bottom-left of the translite. All the pictures here are of the new remake, and as with our Game of Thrones review we’ll use the symbol below most of the pictures to denote when you can click on them to see higher-resolution versions. It is one of those that we will be reviewing here.įor this review we’re going to assume a familiarity with the original game design, the playfield features, and the overall art package and just look at how this remake differs. Jump forward to January 2016 and the first LE machines began to arrive in Europe. It was also announced that Stern Pinball would be assembling the games, first at their Melrose Park factory, and then at their new Elk Grove Village facility. Those 1,000 LEs sold out in just a few hours, and so a Standard Edition was introduced at the same price but minus a couple of bells and whistles. There would be 1,000 Limited Edition models produced, with delivery expected in spring 2014. The purchase price was five dollars short of $8,000 – a not inconsiderable sum, but well below the price at which original Medieval Madness games were changing hands at the time. Matt Christiano unveils the remake of Medieval Madness The intention to build a new version of Medieval Madness was announced at Pinball Expo in 2013. Nevertheless, it’s fascinating to see how technology has advanced in the intervening period, and how faithful a reproduction Chicago Gaming Company have created. Produced a little over eighteen years after the original, this remake of Medieval Madness hardly compares to the forty-five years between the two Gottlieb machines. The last time we did an In-Depth Review of a remake was for Retro Pinball’s King of Diamonds. Welcome to the Pinball News In-Depth Review of Chicago Gaming Company’s Medieval Madness Remake.
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