System-J Pinball

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System-J Cards are designed after breaking down the most recent game rules and condensing the most important information. These pinball rule cards (aka. apron, instruction or score cards), then go through many editing steps to improve the text. To ensure that the artwork and colors look right for the game they also go through a lot of professional test prints and are tried out on the corresponding machine. Then, after the final printing I do quality control on each set of cards printed to make sure I don’t send out anything that I wouldn’t be happy with on my own game. I pride myself on the level of attention to detail.

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The wording on the original released cards often omit essential details. It’s possible that the designers were unaware at the time what modes and shots would even be the most valuable since the rules were still in beta code. Additionally, the second card usually is just advertising or a generic price card. System-J cards are designed to make the most of the space available for crucial pointers and advice related to your game.

Although my main motive is to have more info, and specifically more useful rules information, I take great care in matching the card style and colours to compliment the apron and art style of your game.

Pinball machines have become more and more rule-intensive as they’ve evolved. Even games like TMNT, which many people believe to be light on rules, have many details in the rules that are difficult to recall. Not only will knowing what these factors do improve your results, it will also help you appreciate the games and the complexity that their creators placed into them.

Score Cards should offer info to help you increase your score. My cards value usefulness as much as attractiveness. They can seem busy, but I’ve done my best to break up the information into sections for easy reference (No more going through every line of text to find out how to start the multiball). For me though these came about from a frustration of forgetting what a particular TMNT topping does. It since has ballooned into a project where I’m trying to take many player levels into account to help them score more. For the beginner, they can quickly find out how to start a multiball and how to re-light them. For the intermediate, they can find out where to look if the 2X playfield is running and if it’s running out. For the advanced, you have specific perk affiliations and other listed information for quick reference.