This day in 1999 they closed the doors
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RIP Williams 25th anniversary
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I remember it well.
But it's funny, at the time it didn't seem sad, I was still buying sys11s and early 90s WPC.
The Monster Bash's were brand new and completely out of reach. Never saw one in the wild.
RFM landed at our local arcade and I wasn't impressed with the feeling of 1 ball per credit and very short ball time.
The legacy of games they had already created weren't disappearing from Admag (quite the opposite) and pinball had been in the decline for several years. The pubs near me all cleared them out around 97/98.
"They don't make them anymore" was a phase I used often and never felt bad about it.
It was just a matter of fact.
In hindsight of course it was a terrible moment in history.
Sega had killed themselves years earlier and Stern shortly after were churning out Striker Xtremes.
Depressing period.
It was a dry old spell until TSPP/LOTR caught some attention, but even then I don't think Stern passed WMS game quality for maybe 10 years.
Maybe some odd exceptions, but meh. Not for me.
RIP Willy and all who worked there. You were an engineering and design powerhouse.
But it's funny, at the time it didn't seem sad, I was still buying sys11s and early 90s WPC.
The Monster Bash's were brand new and completely out of reach. Never saw one in the wild.
RFM landed at our local arcade and I wasn't impressed with the feeling of 1 ball per credit and very short ball time.
The legacy of games they had already created weren't disappearing from Admag (quite the opposite) and pinball had been in the decline for several years. The pubs near me all cleared them out around 97/98.
"They don't make them anymore" was a phase I used often and never felt bad about it.
It was just a matter of fact.
In hindsight of course it was a terrible moment in history.
Sega had killed themselves years earlier and Stern shortly after were churning out Striker Xtremes.
Depressing period.
It was a dry old spell until TSPP/LOTR caught some attention, but even then I don't think Stern passed WMS game quality for maybe 10 years.
Maybe some odd exceptions, but meh. Not for me.
RIP Willy and all who worked there. You were an engineering and design powerhouse.
I remember finding a RFM in Middlesbrough after a Chelsea match and thinking this is a bit rubbish.
No Paul you got it mixed up , it’s Chelsea that’s rubbish.
First time i saw an RFM was on holiday in Torquay and was blown away by how different it was to what had gone before. Any time i owned one in later years it stayed longer than the two AFM`s i owned. Also enjoyed the follow up Star Wars( still have one today) and wished more machines had been built in that format. I never saw them as stopping making traditional pinballs but as a welcome alternative. I have owned most Sterns between 2000 and 2010 and although they don`t have the individuality of the 90`s Bally/williams games there have been plenty of very good machines to enjoy and for the most part pretty damn reliable.
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Same, I remember my mate telling me about RFM when it came out. It was the future of pinball and amazing, we couldn’t believe it! Exciting times we thought.