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   05-09-2007, 7:05 PM
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- South Park
- Twister (the one with the Fan that would go on when you got Multi-ball)


and plenty of the Forementioned tables as well Cool [H]

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   05-13-2007, 10:13 AM
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I hated Gorgar, the inlanes were so unfair. I used to play a table called The Diner. I only ever saw two of these, one in my home town of Southampton and the other in a pub in Newquay. Awesome
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   05-14-2007, 4:10 AM
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1.  Terminator 2 - This was by far the best one that I've ever played and the one where  my friend and I took turns holding the high score in our local arcade.  No one even came close to our high scores and I believe it's the reason they decided to keep it there for 3 years for the amount of money we spent on it.

I wish there would be a company willing to make an arcade game for xbox based on this table.  I would pay an obscene amount of money for it. just as long as they got the physics right, found a good way to use the gun, and made it so you could hit the ramps constantly - like I was able to do in real life.  I used to be able to get the cpu "final objective" in a matter of minutes.

2.  Nightmare on Elm Street

3.  Indiana Jones

4. The simpsons

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   05-17-2007, 4:47 PM
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- Pharaoh by Williams Electronics

The game was awsome!  Here is a link to it:   http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=1778


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   05-26-2007, 4:55 PM
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One of my absolute favorite pinball games was actually the first of its kind.

"Black Hole" by Gotllieb...  http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=307

it feature the a multi-level playfield where the lower playfield, which was UNDER to main playfield, actually slopped AWAY from you so the flippers were in the back... crazy! The table came out back in the early 80s and had some of the coolest styling at the time.  I poured more quarters into that table than any other, and have been searching high and low for a table to purchase and repair.  (its one of the most sought after machines, of course. Figures.)

 

"Baby Pac-Man" was another interesting one, which combined a traditional Pac-Man video game with a pinball table.  http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=125

If you manuvered Baby Pac-Man out of the maze you would end up below in the pinball game.  It was novel, but the game play really wasnt that great.  I did hope others would try a similar concept but I dont believe anyone did.  It could work well in a 360 setting though.

 

I know this idea has been put out there, but it would be awesome if ZEN (or someone) would recreate actual tables from the past and release them for the 360.  The more legendary the table (read: expensive to license), the more expensive the cost.  And by expensive, I'm not saying 1000, but like 300.

 

 

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   05-28-2007, 10:15 PM
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I played a great Starwars one around about the time of Phantom Menace coming out. Only ever saw it once then never again(the table not the movie)
The original Star Wars one was the best. Clips from the films (almost) and a tie fighter game all done on the little LED display. Those were the days.
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   05-30-2007, 5:17 PM
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My favorite was probably Haunted House by Gottlieb.    Luckily, it's also in Microsoft's "Pinball Arcade" software pack which I own. 
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   06-03-2007, 9:49 AM
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I. SEE. YOU.

Loved Pinbot...even had it on the NES...Never knew there was a Bride of Pinbot, hmm??? I think the Addams Family one is considered one of the best.  Anyway, I'd love dumping virtual quarters into Pinbot again, I hope they can get some licenses to release some classic tables, and maybe some background info on the machine itself would be awesome for some DLC.

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   06-11-2007, 12:36 AM
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Funhouse
The Addams Family
Twilight Zone
Star Trek:  TNG
The Getaway:  High Speed II

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   06-11-2007, 12:49 PM
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South Park, wow that bring back memories!  I use to playt that all the time on my lunch breaks!

Those were the days...
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   06-12-2007, 5:03 PM
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Of course, Elvira
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   06-29-2007, 4:05 AM
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Addams Family

Fish Tales

Mideival Madness

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   07-09-2007, 8:16 PM
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Twilight Zone.
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   07-10-2007, 1:42 PM
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I worked in an arcade that had about 30 games, mostly older games.  I got hooked on Addams Family, Star Trek: TNG, and WhiteWater.  After closing, we'd crank the volume up on the games and have tournaments.  Once we forgot to turn the volume down and the next morning I heard Gomez Addams yell "Extra Ballll!" from across the arcade.   I also played Stargate pinball, though not as much since the arcade I worked at didn't have it.

 

My favorite thing to do (and I only did it a few times) it to hit the Triple Jackpot on WhiteWater while in the 5x playing field mode.  All the lights and sound turn off for a second, then "Wet Willy" lets out a huge scream that lasts for several seconds and is wayyy louder than the rest of the sounds for the table.  It makes everyone nearby stop and look at what you're doing.

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   08-15-2007, 2:32 PM
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"Joker's Wild"

 

I spent way too much time and money on that game in High School.

 

"Adams Family" was great too.


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   09-17-2007, 7:08 AM
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Twilight Zone
Elvira
Addams Family
Xenon
Black Knight
Black Knight 2000
Playboy (Stern)

 

Scared Stiff has surely cost me at least paycheck in quarters, over the years.  Although not an instant classic, Elvira's Scared Stiff is probably my all time favorite table, and hands down the best sound effects/cheesy commentary of any table I have played. 

 


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   09-20-2007, 10:53 AM
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JackBot

Black Knight

Playboy

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   09-21-2007, 8:28 AM
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Bally's FIFA World Cup 94.  I love this table and would buy it in a heartbeat, if I had the room and the cash.

http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=2811
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   09-28-2007, 4:29 PM
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Creature from the Black Lagoon,

Elvira Scared Stiff

Monster Bash

Tales from the Crypt

Star Wars

Addams Family

Attack from Mars

Reveng from Mars

Baby Pac-Man,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,etc.

 

 


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   10-04-2007, 7:44 PM
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#1 Favorite by Far : Fish Tales (Williams 1992)   http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=861

Making that fish flop was a BLAST!

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   10-24-2007, 11:07 PM
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#1 Indiana Jones

#2 Midieval Madness

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   10-30-2007, 2:13 AM
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Black Hole is included on the "Pinball Hall of Fame" disc for the original Xbox which will play on the 360.  You could probably find it pretty cheap.  It has several other original tables on it dating from the 30's through the 90's.  Pretty good overall; some of the older ones aren't much fun to play.
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   10-31-2007, 12:11 AM
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#1 Favorite by Far : Fish Tales (Williams 1992)   http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=861

Making that fish flop was a BLAST!

 

Arrrg!

I banish Fish Tales to the inner most circle of ***.  Never has a simple pinball machine caused me so much frustration.  Though, it never stopped me from pumping quarter after quarter into it's fiery maw.


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   11-01-2007, 12:20 PM
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Indiana Jones

Scared Stiff

Tommy

Sopranos

Also enjoyed Dr Who, Dracula and even the Flintstones!!

Worst table ever was the Super Mario table with its super plastic look and chants of "Me's a lotta fun" when you weren't playing it. No Mario, you're not.
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   11-05-2007, 7:15 PM
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Some good machines listed here, but I'm really surprised at some of the names missing from the 'all time favorite' lists.

My family used to own an arcade for a number of years, so I've played just about all the classics.   My favorites are:

(no order)
1- Pinbot
2- Earthshaker (probably my #1 fav if I had to pick, *also no one mentioned this one)
3- Xenon
4- Elvira
5- High Speed
6- Middle Earth
7- Space Invaders
8- Playboy
9- Black Knight
10- Baby Pacman
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   12-17-2007, 7:12 PM
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By far, my all-time favorite has got to be Medieval Madness.  Played that thing daily for an entire summer.  Still plan on buying one if I can ever find, the room, the money, and a working one.

I also enjoyed Theater of Magic a lot.


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   02-13-2008, 6:57 AM
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-Addams Family
-Twilight Zone
-Star Trek TNG
-NBA Fastbreak (just because it was different)
-Cabaret Voltaire

Though I haven't had much of a chance to play the older machines before things got all flashy and crazy.
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   02-13-2008, 4:43 PM
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Star Trek: The Next Generation and Attack from Mars! are my all-time favorites...

Star Trek: The Next Generation - Worf saying "Jackpot!" GREAT! - Blowing up the BORG, SWEET!

Attack from Mars! - blowing up the spaceship and feeling it shake and explode... GREAT! - the humor and sounds.

Any of the 90's Bally/Williams machines (Arabian Knights, Medieval Madness, Junkyard, World Cup 94, Star Wars: Episode I, Revenge from Mars, Elvira)

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   04-02-2008, 1:29 PM
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I haven't seen anyone mention anything about it, although I could've missed it, but did you all know you can play these tables, in fact pretty much every table ever made on your pc, and they play very well IMO as well. Do a search for Visual Pinball and vpinmame.
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   04-07-2008, 12:28 AM
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anyone remember these classics...i used to go to the bowling alley just to play them! (some may have been previously mentioned)

Elvira
http://www.pinballers.com/Pictures/Elvira%20(1989)/elvira.jpg

Attack from Mars
http://www.doomwadstation.com/dlw/jpm/Attack%20From%20Mars%20Jives%20mod%202_86.jpg

Terminator 2
http://www.pinballnews.com/games/terminator3/playfield.jpg

Theatre of Magic
http://www.muddeatr.com/images/MuddPinball/95ToMagic50.jpg


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