Classic Stern Poll - Official FarSight Poll (Closed)

[Lord Boron]

Damn it, I want them all!!!!

 

[Lazareth]

Seawitch was my first pick this time with Catacombs 2nd. Sounds like a good dual pack right there. Hopefully all of those on the list will come our way as I want to play them all.

 

[Pedecia]

Meteor! Looks more exiting. All of them seems like borin to me so. Meteor it's the cream of the crap.

 

[Jeff Strong]

I'm still not sold on Catacomb's layout. I think perhaps people are voting on the theme/art instead of the layout. That bumper in the middle just seems like a buzzkill standing in the way of those drops.

 

[Dr.Pinball]

GALAXY!
Played it as a teenager and remember it as a challenging table

 

[sotie]

I've never played it but Seawitch got my vote.

 

[Kaoru]

Argh, so many of them look very beautiful... Can't decide...

 

[Bowflex]

Sea Witch is pretty awesome. I've been lucky to play a few of them but most are unknown experiences to me. I do like the vote is secret. I know that the results skewed my vote given that Centaur was a lock on the last poll so I upvoted Fireball even though Centaur would have been my choice in a blind vote.

 

[Surf1der]

I voted for Seawitch.

 

[kimkom]

Can't say I've played any of these, so I voted strictly off what looked interesting to me. One question...why the space theme for 9 ball?

I'm in the same boat, so I'll make a judgement only on whatever media I can find online.

I thought 9-ball looked interesting. Don't forget that this was at a time where everything was space themed. Arcades were brimming with Space Invaders etc and Star Wars ruled the galaxy!

 

[canuck]

Though I have never played such tables, Catacomb looks cool - love the art.

 

[karl]

I'm gonna think this through and wait a day or two before voting. I'd like to see at least 4-5 of these make it

 

[kimkom]

I'm gonna think this through and wait a day or two before voting. I'd like to see at least 4-5 of these make it

Me too. I'm interested how these sound and play...

Any chance someone can post a video link for each table, for inclusion in the OP? I'm not seeing any video footage on the IPDB links.

Otherwise I'll have a root around tonight...

 

[Void]

Nice video about Catacombs, rules + gameplay http://youtu.be/yMBfy2Uf7bE

 

[karl]

You will find videos for some of them here http://pinball.org/videos/

 

[Sean]

That's a nice collection of tables. I opted for Catacomb as well, the interesting backglass play bit and the voice pushed me over the edge. It looks and sounds like a Bally machine from that era.

Nine Ball was also quite interesting - the frantic pace of the sound and the space/wizard thing was a bit unusual to see in a billiards-themed table so I hope that gets a presence. Really Trident and Star Gazer were the only machines that didn't leave much of an impression, but I enjoy the tables from this era the best so I'd happily take them all!

 

[Talvi]

Classic Stern were amazing games - so much better than their counterparts, in my opinion. Cheetah has always been my favorite game but I definitely voted for Meteor. So glad to see a classic Stern coming our way!

 

[jetcorder]

Seawitch!

 

[Kolchak357]

SeaWitch plays really great, definitely got my vote.

After thinking on it for some time Seawitch got my vote too. Three sets of drops, the perfectly placed upper flippers, and the big loop shot was just too much not to vote for. But I'll be happy with any of these. I hope we see a good handful of these gems.

 

[Battra92]

Well, I want ALL of them but I made my decision to go with Star Gazer.

One awesome thing about these Stern tables is the Silver Age comics style artwork on them. So flippin' awesome! I look forward to parting with several Abe Lincolns (though I need to get back to playing my current tables )