PAF Top Ten Most Wanted Table Poll Series : #4 - Premium Licensed (Closed)

[netizen]

The movie's awful but the pinball table is awesome! I wish you guys would take some time to watch video of gameplay. Many people don't realize what a gem of a table this is. Here's an alternative gameplay video:

That's the one I watched that made helped me make up my mind about Congo.

it edged out some of the DE/Sega Titles that, IMO, relied on the License name more than the table design.

 

[Mycekralid]

Congo
Freddy : A Nightmare on Elm Street
Indiana Jones : The Pinball Adventure
Jurassic Park
Last Action Hero
Lord of the Rings, The
Simpsons Pinball Party, The
Star Wars
Stargate
Terminator 3 : Rise of the Machines

 

[Bowflex]

The movie's awful but the pinball table is awesome! I wish you guys would take some time to watch video of gameplay. Many people don't realize what a gem of a table this is. Here's an alternative gameplay video:

I must absolutely concur with this!!! Congo is atrocious and worthy of a bad movie night selection. However the table is really good. I must say this is even more the case with Johnny Mnemonic!!! If you have not voted, please do consider that one (and Congo). I'd also say that Addams Family (despite not being on the poll) is a pretty wretched movie with a great table! Plus the Flintstones is blech but those two do not need support like Congo and Johnny Mnemonic.

Last Action Hero is one of the better DE tables ever made. I'd put it in the top 5 for the entire DE/Sega era. I personally like the movie and I know it isn't as unversally hated but it is good movie, very good table. Surprised Lethal Weapon 3 didn't make the cut though.

 

[dtown8532]

I remember when I was looking to buy my first pin about seven years ago you could get a decent Johnny Mnemonic for around a grand. Now it's almost impossible to find one for under 2k. It's a great fast player with a cool wizard mode called Power Down where parts of the playfield lighting slowly shut down while you're trying to keep the machine "working." I think the low production run of under three thousand has helped bring its desirability up too.

 

[Bowflex]

I remember when I was looking to buy my first pin about seven years ago you could get a decent Johnny Mnemonic for around a grand. Now it's almost impossible to find one for under 2k. It's a great fast player with a cool wizard mode called Power Down where parts of the playfield lighting slowly shut down while you're trying to keep the machine "working." I think the low production run of under three thousand has helped bring its desirability up too.

I think Johnny Mnemonic is one table, if given the TPA treatment, would likely skyrocket in price. It was saddled with a horrible license that did pave the way for some really good pinball modes and theming. Seems so often to be the case. Once people play it, they will realize just what they missed out on! I also forgot to mention Demolition Man in this category of awful movies/great tables. Not anywhere at the level of Johny Moronic but it is a really solid player as well. Just don't look at the distracting backglass if you are ever at an arcade that has one.

 

[Nisey]

Indiana Jones #1 pick for me

 

[joeblow]

Indiana Jones is tops for me too. It would have been nice though if the pinball game based on the 24 series was listed as an option. I never played it, but it is a Steve Ritchie creation and looks fun in this video.

It would get exposure too if it came out the same time the series is relaunched next year.

 

[Biff]

Where is South Park?
Even Bobby King says that they like SP and want to do this machine.

 

[W1LDD ONE]

Indiana Jones top of my list!

 

[Kolchak357]

I wanted to see AC/DC

Surprised to see Guns & Roses and not this one.

 

[lettuce]

Read the first post.

With the Terminator 2 : Judgment Day Kickstarter campaign being officially funded later this evening and heading to The Pinball Arcade soon, we've decided to celebrate by bumping up the Premium Licensed Table Poll to give the pinball community the chance to vote on the Top Ten Premium Licensed Tables that they would like to see Kickstarted in addition to The Addams Family, which FarSight is currently aggressively pursuing.

Ah right ok didnt see that. To be honest i think out of all these table the only one that would have a hope in hell of hitting their respective KS targets would be....

Simpsons Pinball Party
Indiana Jones : The Pinball Adventure
Lord of the Rings
Star Wars

All the other ones wouldnt carry enough interest i would have thought??

 

[WFurman]

Despite that Data East wanted to capitalize on the Broadway production's success, what's the reason that The Phantom of the Opera is on this list, as it is not based on the eponymous Andrew Lloyd Webber musical (although the game is based on the novel of the same name)?

 

[sotie]

That's the one I watched that made helped me make up my mind about Congo.

it edged out some of the DE/Sega Titles that, IMO, relied on the License name more than the table design.

Congo is the featured machine in the latest "The Pinball Podcast" Episode 20 released on June 20. It was great listening to them talk about the in's and out's of Congo. They theorized that the price of Congo tables is going to be going up as it is starting to gain in popularity. It's a great podcast too!
http://www.thepinballpodcast.com/2013/06/18/episode-20-fs-rare-maverick/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=episode-20-fs-rare-maverick

 

[VALIS]

I'd love to see a nice version of Gilligan's Island someday, a fun game with a unique playfield.

 

[Rudy]

Ah right ok didnt see that. To be honest i think out of all these table the only one that would have a hope in hell of hitting their respective KS targets would be....

Simpsons Pinball Party
Indiana Jones : The Pinball Adventure
Lord of the Rings
Star Wars

All the other ones wouldnt carry enough interest i would have thought??

I wouldn't worry too much about this, as far as I can tell, these are just a nice way of working out how much interest people have in certain tables. I don't think it's about which one 'wins' more about which ones finish last and aren't worth pursuing.

For example, they've hinted in the past that Elvis could be a possibility, but if it places REALLY badly (which it will in a poll like this) then they'll just put it to one side and admit that it's never coming to TPA.

Plus, with some fresh data about which tables people want the most, they'll be able to come up with plausible stretch goals for tables already in a kickstarter.

 

[Kolchak357]

Some are no brainers like Simpsons or Lord of the rings. Excellent tables with super popular licenses.
Then there is that odd category for me, like Dirty Harry and Congo. Two great pins with top notch game play. But they have licenses that I just think wouldn't generate enough buzz to successfully fund a kickstarter.
I'm gonna vote for the 10 pins I would most want even if I think it wouldn't be a successful kickstarter.

 

[CC13]

Despite that Data East wanted to capitalize on the Broadway production's success, what's the reason that The Phantom of the Opera is on this list, as it is not based on the eponymous Andrew Lloyd Webber musical (although the game is based on the novel of the same name)?

I was actually wondering the exact same thing. I just checked Phantom of the Opera's (the novel's) copyright status on Public Domain Sherpa and it returned a result of "in the public domain," so I'm not sure why Phantom of the Opera would be in the Premium Licensed poll instead of the DE/Sega/Stern poll. Is there something we're missing here?

 

[Dumpstar]

Why no love for Apollo 13. 13 ball multiball. What could be more fun than that?

I used to spend nights with my mates playing this table.

 

[Captain B. Zarre]

For one, it's really hard to actually get Jackpots during it...

 

[Dumpstar]

For one, it's really hard to actually get Jackpots during it...

I suppose how many games you played of it. We had 3 tables at my local, and after a while we knew the guy who would change the table, and we refused letting him take this away cause we all got so damn good at it. Probably played a session on it twice a week for a year.

While you have more than 4 balls in play during multiball, it's just about trying to keep as many in play as possible and hope you can score well, but once down to 4 there are plenty of options to throw balls to so you aren't dealing with too many at once.

Anyway forgot to put how I voted in
1. Apollo 13 (Sega, 1995)
2. Batman Forever (Sega, 1995)
3. Elvis (Stern, 2004)
4. Guns ‘N Roses (Data East, 1994)
5. Johnny Mnemonic (Williams, 1995)
6. Last Action Hero (Data East, 1993)
7. Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (Sega, 1995)
8. NBA Fastbreak (Bally, 1997)
9. Simpsons Pinball Party, The (Stern, 2003)
10. WWF Royal Rumble (Data East, 1994)