Talk:Stacker (game)
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Has anyone actually won a major prize? What are the reflex response time skill requirements? 69.84.127.200 10:10, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
My Theatre just got it in, and I blew 15 bucks on it. I got to the -last- block about twice every three times I've played it. Someone -has- won a major prize off it, and he won it first time playing. My best bet is that, 799 out of 800 times, you have to get it -exactly- on the computer clock's cycle in order to win. that one time allows for some leeway. They do this so the game's not considered "rigged" (Hah, it's rigged all right!) and that it's considered "winnable", assuming you have the proper (albeit impossible for a human) reflexes. -VgWizard14@yahooNOSPAM.com
In 8 tries, I won a Nintendo DS off of one of these. I may have just been lucky, but I consider myself to have fairly good reflexes...
I did notice on the last row, though, that it did seem to "cheat" a little bit. I stopped the block earlier than I normally would have, though, and I won. So I don't know. -ChewyLSB 20:51, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] i work at the mall,and they just got 1 of these yesterday
I watched a guy today play it about 10 times and win 2 iPods. Being that the article says the owner can change the odds, now I think its probably set to give a fair chance of winning - most likely just to give it a good name. And then once people see a few winners, change it.
[edit] This article has become full of POV and needs to be edited
I saw a product brochure for Stacker online on the website for LAI Games that said that operators can change the skill level to be from very easy (approx. 1 in 20 tries), to easy (app. 1 in 50 tries), to medium (approx. 1 in 100 tries) etc all the way up to 1 in 800. BUT it said those amounts of plays per win are approximate because it is a game of skill. I think when the odds are 1 out of 800 (approximately) it probably isn't much of a game of skill anymore.
I am itching to play this game but there aren't any around me locally! I suspect that if you play one with cheap prizes a few tries of stopping the block ahead of time should work. I've seen a lot of people online talking about winning them.
Imerson 23:05, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] I won
I won an iPod Shuffle from one of these a couple days back. It is rigged, though. The light at the top jumps.
[edit] Me too
Our local Hollywood Theater got one of these in about 2 months ago. I won a major prize the first time I played, but they didn't have high-dollar stuff like iPods. Instead they had decent but not-as-pricey stuff, like Xbox games and CD players. I got a CD player, since I don't own an Xbox. I think it was probably set on one of the easier difficulty levels. Applejuicefool 16:05, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Stacker Online
Well since it's a game of 'skill'; I'd like to find an online version so I can get all practiced then rock up to the arcade and clean up!... reckon I've got a chance?
Actually does anyone know of an online version?
thanks
It would be better to get a rom dump of the game and run it some thing like mame Joe The Dragon 00:43, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
