PAF Top Ten Most Wanted Table Poll Series : #5 - Gottlieb/Premier (Closed)

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Welcome to the fifth poll in the PAF Top Ten Most Wanted Table Poll Series featuring 30 carefully selected Gottlieb/Premier Solid State tables. This poll will be active from August 4, 2013 - August 17, 2013 with the poll standings hidden from the public. The current poll standings will be visible to the public on Saturday August 10th, after which, the poll standings will be hidden once again for the remainder of the entire poll series. The Top Ten Most Wanted Gottlieb/Premier Tables, as voted by the pinball community, will be revealed on Friday September 6, 2013.

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Below you will find links to gameplay videos and playfield pics of each table in this poll, so take your time and check out some of the tables you may have never seen or heard of before you proceed to select your Top Ten Most Wanted Gottlieb/Premier Tables. Remember, you will have two weeks to make your choices, so no need to rush.

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Big House (1989) Gameplay | Playfield
Bone Busters Inc. (1989) Gameplay | Playfield
Cactus Jack's (1991) Gameplay | Playfield
Class of 1812 (1991) Gameplay | Playfield
Cleopatra (1977) Gameplay | Playfield
Count-Down (1979) Gameplay | Playfield
Cue Ball Wizard (1992) Gameplay | Playfield
Devil's Dare (1982) Gameplay | Playfield
Diamond Lady (1988) Gameplay | Playfield
Frank Thomas' Big Hurt (1995) Gameplay | Playfield
Genesis (1986) Gameplay | Playfield
Gladiators (1993) Gameplay | Playfield
Haunted House (1982) Gameplay | Playfield
Joker Poker (1978) Gameplay | Playfield
Lights...Camera...Action! (1989) Gameplay | Playfield
Mario Andretti (1995) Gameplay | Playfield
Mars God of War (1981) Gameplay | Playfield
Operation : Thunder (1992) Gameplay | Playfield
Rescue 911 (1994) Gameplay | Playfield
Roller Disco (1980) Gameplay | Playfield
Shaq Attaq (1995) Gameplay | Playfield
Sinbad (1978) Gameplay | Playfield
Solar Ride (1979) Gameplay | Playfield
Spirit (1982) Gameplay | Playfield
Street Fighter II (1993) Gameplay | Playfield
Surf 'n Safari (1991) Gameplay | Playfield
Time Line (1980) Gameplay | Playfield
TX-Sector (1988) Gameplay | Playfield
Volcano (1981) Gameplay | Playfield
Wipe Out (1993) Gameplay | Playfield

My Top 10:

Big House - blowing the bridge looks to be a very promising feature
Bone Busters - Unique playfield layout with Shadow-like diverts. "I need to go to the restroom!"
Cactus Jack's- Utter craziness. "SURPRISE, TENDERFOOT!"
Class of 1812- Like MB, except not.
Cue Ball Wizard- Great table. Played it at PWA and loved it since.
Genesis- Horrible back glass, but great playfield flow.
Haunted House- Because who doesn't?
Lights, Camera, Action- Great music! Also love the artwork.
Operation Thunder- The dome is a really cool feature
TX Sector- hey, did you put that here because of me?

No Super Mario???

This was a struggle for me as only really, Class of 1812, Haunted House, Bone Busters Inc. and Street Fighter II i actually like the rest i dont like or have never played. But my list:

Big House
Bone Busters Inc.
Class of 1812
Cue Ball Wizard
Devil's Dare
Haunted House
Sinbad
Solar Ride
Street Fighter II
Wipe Out

Gottlieb didn't exactly have a stellar line up of tables did they

This one is going to take some work to figure out my top ten.

what happened to monte carlo gold wings and spring break pinball how come they didn't go up.

It seems obvious that Haunted House and Class Of 1812 are going to run away with this

andy said:

what happened to monte carlo gold wings and spring break pinball how come they didn't go up.

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Yeah, actually:

I played Monte Carlo at a friends house (in perfect condition), but it feels like a High Speed ripoff;

Gold Wings has the strangest playfield layout ever, looks quite interesting;

and Spring Break is just a ripoff of Goin' Nuts.

Never heard of these tables, just picked what looks fun judging by the pictures

cactus jacks
class of 1812
gladiators
lights…camera…action
rescue 911
street fighter II
sur'n safari
time line
volcano
wipe out

lettuce said:

No Super Mario???

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Nintendo flat-out refuses to allow any of their IPs to appear on any platform other than their own and FarSight is only looking to digitize tables they can release on every platform they support.

andy said:

what happened to monte carlo gold wings and spring break pinball how come they didn't go up.

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Monte Carlo barely made the Top Rankings and Gold Wings and Spring Break are nowhere to be found.

Here are my picks.

Bone Busters Inc.
Class of 1812
Frank Thomas' Big Hurt
Gladiators
Lights...Camera...Action!
Mario Andretti
Rescue 911
Shaq Attaq
Street Fighter II
Wipe Out

Where's Krull?

I feel like I'm on a different planet from other voters already! At least I usually get a few day's grace!
I went for:

Cleopatra
Genesis
Countdown
Roller Disco
Spirit
Sinbad
Solar Ride
Time Line
Volcano
TX Sector

...at least somebody loves them.

Bone Busters Inc - Reminds me of the Original Ghost Busters cartoon
Class of 1812 - Like a b list Monster Bash. Reminds me of the Munster rip off neighbours that the Flinstones had.
Cue Ball Wizard - This looks pretty badd ass for yet another pool theme
Diamond Lady - There is going to be a poker/cards themed table eventually ...
Big Hurt - Baseball simulated through the magic of pinball. Make it rain
Haunted House - it's haunted freaking house
Mars God of war - Firepower, Xenon, and Paragon had a threesome. Nine months later Mars God of War was born, somehow.
Spirit - word cannot decribe how awesome this looks
TX Sector - Disco Pinball Dimension beckons
Wipeout - The skiing version of White Water

Mario Andretti, Shaq and Frank Thomas all look easy to license, so I voted for those. I also voted for Street Fighter II in the hopes that we also get the Capcom pin games eventually. I still don't think emulation should be that hard, unless the chips are unique or something...

netizen said:

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Mars God of war - Firepower, Xenon, and Paragon had a threesome. Nine months later Mars God of War was born, somehow.
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Fantastic description.

I'm a sucker for both pool and card-themed tables. I will find a spot in my ten for both Joker Poker and Cue Ball Wizard.

My top 10 (though after about five of these honestly I'd rather have more Williams system 11 games) but nevertheless...they are:

Cue-Ball Wizard
Frank Thomas' Big Hurt
Genesis
Haunted House
Joker Poker
Rescue 911
Spirit
Street Fighter II
TX-Sector
Volcano

The pins that I'm interested in the most are in bold

Count-Down (1979)
Genesis (1986)
Haunted House (1982)
Lights...Camera...Action! (1989)
Operation : Thunder (1992)
Roller Disco (1980)
Spirit (1982)
Street Fighter II (1993)
Time Line (1980)
TX-Sector (1988)

Tried to go with a good mix, as there were several I am unfamiliar with. Roller Disco is beautiful in that classic style though, and I hope it makes it.

Joker Poker needs votes.

Cue Ball Wizard
Rescue 911
Street Fighter 2
Haunted House
Class of 1812

Wipe Out Is One Of My Favorite Tables, But It Uses The Beach Boys Song, Wipeout