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A natural evolution from the DMD era. Officially christened in 2013 with Jersey Jack's first game, ''Pinball/TheWizardOfOz''. Once Creator/SternPinball followed suit in 2016 after Pinball/Ghostbusters, LCD displays became the de-facto standard in the industry. Background animations vary significantly across games, usually taking the form of actual pre-recorded footage, CGI animations, hand-drawn cartoon animations, or even a combination of any of these. Portions of the display can be reserved to track multiple objectives, giving the player a clearer picture of where they stand toward completing the game objectives. Game rules have become deeper and more nuanced, largely assisted by the influx of elite players (e.g. Creator/KeithElwin and Raymond Davidson) being hired by pinball companies to directly contribute to game design and code/rules development. The {{Wizard Mode}} of games of this era is often considerably more difficult to reach, however there are often less complicated "mini-wizard modes" to give more intermediate players a goal to shoot for.

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A natural evolution from the DMD era. Officially christened in 2013 with Jersey Jack's first game, ''Pinball/TheWizardOfOz''. Once Creator/SternPinball followed suit in 2016 after Pinball/Ghostbusters, ''Pinball/GhostBusters'', LCD displays became the de-facto standard in the industry. Background animations vary significantly across games, usually taking the form of actual pre-recorded footage, CGI animations, hand-drawn cartoon animations, or even a combination of any of these. Portions of the display can be reserved to track multiple objectives, giving the player a clearer picture of where they stand toward completing the game objectives. Game rules have become deeper and more nuanced, largely assisted by the influx of elite players (e.g. Creator/KeithElwin and Raymond Davidson) being hired by pinball companies to directly contribute to game design and code/rules development. The {{Wizard Mode}} of games of this era is often considerably more difficult to reach, however there are often less complicated "mini-wizard modes" to give more intermediate players a goal to shoot for.

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