Top 5 Pinball Machines
graham
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Pinball definately deserves a thread of its own. Its tough to find the classic tables anymore. But heres some I rememberIn no particular order
world cup 94
simpsons pinball party
Boomerang (a store in kennsington market still has this one 25 cents for 5 balls)
harlem globetrotters nuff said
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funfair
terminator2
star wars
whirlwind
oh hells yes.
this one sucked, but its Mel Gibson on a pinball machine. thats some funny shit.
fuck yeah, we got one of these at the studio i work at. One of the greatest pinball machines ever. from probably the last great era of pinball machines. This plus terminator 2 were both the shit.
bow down and recognise great words when they are spoken you ungrateful maggots.
Addams family and T2 were THE SHIT.
(star wars reissue coming in a close 3rd)
Arcades would line them up against the back wall - Pinball ghetto for real.
I remember pre-digital score screens.
SharpShooter
Gilligan's Island
My homeboy told me about a pinball game he saw out of town called THOR where the ball was the size of baseball. I think he was lying. This is around 1980.
yeah a hommie of mine has this in his basement (also has a Funhouse machine) shit is AMAZING. good times.
the elvira pinball is fun as hell!
pinbot
star wars
theatre of magic
that harlem globetrotters one looks like the best though
I really like that Elvira machine-I forgot about that one
arcade game thread, but y'all beat me to it.
Sorry, but some of the choices in this thread are mad
In order:
5. Earthshaker
4. T-2
3. Guns & Roses
2. High Speed 2 - the Getaway
#1: BLACK KNIGHT 2,000
honorable mentions:
whirlwind
addams family
space shuttle
BRIDE OF PINBOT
Bad Cats
Star Trek TNG
Cyclone
nice ones... i am always a fan of games like Bride of Pinbot and Black Knight w/ playing fields that have something different, like the playing field going to the glass up top, or raised ramps...
i actually thought the T-2 gamne was WEAK...
my choices in no particluar order:
1. guns n roses
2. rocky n bullwinkle
3. stargate
4. funhouse
5. monday night football
might take out monday Night Football and put in High Speed 2 (which i used to waste hours on at boston billards when i was like 14...), but shooting the "field goal" in moday night football was too fun...
OHHHH SHIIIIIIIT!!!!
Sweden 2008, blowing all my hard earned kronas on that fucking bastard the black knight.
and i had forgotten all about it...
and Earthshaker was gimmickey but cool as fuck.
damn, between this and the arcade thread, you guys are killin me. flashbacks for days.
i actually owned a captain fantastic pinball when i was in montreal (when we threw parties the machine made more money than we did) but it has been scientifically proven that the best pinball of all time is none other than:
TWILIGHT ZONE
I know the dude who had some involvement with it. Similar to Cyclone, graphically.
this is exactly what I was gonna put, the only pinball game I ever played alot, my friends parents have one in their basement and I would play that shit forever
G-R-E-E-D
The Mamushka!!!
KISS!
TWILIGHT ZONE!
STAR WARS!
Funny when you watch Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back....you hear all the frases they sampled for the pinballgame! Classic!
Side note, its really easy to get free credits on 8ts/9ts williams games by putting a shoe or some kind of padding in between the two coin slots and hitting it with a hammer. Obviously you need a fair amount of privacy to pull it off right..
Tales from the Crypt is for sure # 1 for me. I also LOVED Theatre of Magic...that was so bomb. The Star Trek Game had some excitment going on, as did the Indian Jones Game.
I am pretty big on the Addams Family Pinball as well as the Twilight Zone & Star Wars games for sure.
Makin me want to break into the change stash and head out to wonderland here in pdx.
#1 - Pinbot
#2 - Orbitor
#3 - Creature from the Black Lagoon
#4 - Fireball
#5/tie - Twilight Zone Pinball
#5/tie - Rocky and Bullwinkle
The pinball hall of fame is killer here in town. Flamingo and Pecos.
- spidey
So, after co-signing my choices, you list
a few of the WORST GAMES EVER.
Rocky & Bullwinkle?? Basically, ANY Data East game is
automatically DQ'ed for WACKNESS. Williams pretty much
OWNS the top 50 of pinball.
Stargate? LOL. "Enter the sarcophagus" LOLLOL - a mildly
entertaining but immediately forgettable game.
And FUNHOUSE is THE MOST ANNOYING GAME EVER[/b].
I wanted to punch that lil' fucker in his face so many times...
"Hey Chuckie! Get the Extra Ball!" "I am not happy with you"
GOD I HATED THAT FUCKING GAME!!!!
One more honorable mention, on the "rock it for hours on 1 credit" tip:
NO FEAR!
Damn, that was my schitt! Malibu Grand Prix!
I used to play this a lot at Mira Mesa Bowl, Ironfeet knows the deal
game I guess - nice and simple, with that ridiculous
field goal ramp and Dan Dierdorf soundbites: "BONECRUSHING HIT!"
WRONG.
look at this playing field. a thing of beauty:
the ramps were set up at angles i just loved... i could hit those things all day and it had a great multiball...
i have no idea why i liked this game so much, but i did... the only game i could consistently get replays on... the pyramid was cool, too...
AH, but it's worth it to see him get all nervous as it gets closer to 12 and then he shuts the fuck up when he goes to sleep. it sounds like you just sucked at it...