PAF Top Ten Most Wanted Table Poll Series : #6 - Stern/Data East/Sega (Closed)

[Rudy]

I haven't played a single one of these but there's plenty that instantly grab my attention. I'm just glad that Wheel of Fortune isn't on here because there's nothing I'd hate more than for such an unfinished game to end up in TPA (and yes, I'm aware of Cactus Canyon)

My Choices
1) Rocky + Bullwinkle (looks like great fun)
2) Monopoly (Who hasn't played Monopoly as a kid? It's just iconic and looks incredible)
3) Tales from the Crypt (looks incredible to play)
4) Seawitch (It looks fun and I very nearly voted for it in the last poll, so it'd be nice to get it in here)
5) Secret Service (Once you've seen the theme it's just impossible to not like it, it's just so rediculously over the top with AMERICA **** YEAH all over it. Note the Communist satalites to the right of the table opposite the white house.)
6) Star Gazer (Looks like a more risque Sailor Moon type of theme, I know plenty of people who would be very interested in something like that.)
7) Catacomb (looks like Gorgar and Gorgar is one of my favourite tables on TPA)
8) Hot Hand (I was going to skip on over this until I checked out a video to see what the flipper thing was at the top of the playfield. A continuously spinning little flipper is actually pretty unique for a game made in the late 70s)
9) Sharkey's Shootout (It was this or High Roller Casino and this looked a hundred times more interesting)
10) Time Machine (The gameplay and soundtrack package looks pretty fun)

Games that I had to cut from the list for some reason or another:
1) Striker Xtreme (looks far inferior to World Cup Soccer, I honestly thought this was a mid 80s table until I saw it was produced in 2000!)
2) High Roller Casino (I'm not sure why, but early 2000s Stern tables with original themes just seem so amateurish compared to their liscenced tables)
3) Freefall (The theme looked interesting, but I couldn't help wondering if it'd bring anything to TPA, especially when other vertical themes such as White Water are more interesting and complex)
4) NASCAR/Checkpoint (Both looked interesting, and if I had another slot I'd probably have picked NASCAR, but I'm just not much of a fan of racing and there's more interesting racing themes like Victory, High Speed and The Getaway potentially coming to TPA anyway)

EDIT: Oh, glad I didn't actually press the vote button, I need to work out where Rollercoaster Tycoon fits into all this.

 

[David Pannozzo]

Well her's my list of Ten pinball games I want, I would have voted for Secret Service, and Checkpoint but we can't vote for 12 sorry. Yes I have played all these in real life, so I really enjoyed picking them.

1) Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends
2) High Roller Casino
3) Monopoly
4) NASCAR (I love the way the ball spins around the outside of the Playfield, it's so Awesome)
5) Rollercoaster Tycoon (this one has to come out, it's just too much fun to not have it, along with Huricane)
6) Sharkey's Shootout
7) Striker Extreme (it would go well with World Cup Soccer 94)
8) Tales From The Crypt (Let's go Chopping. Here today, leftovers Tommorrow)
9) Time Machine (I love how this table goes from new pinball action to old pinball action)
10) Viper Night Drivin

 

[Mycekralid]

- Big Game (Stern, 1980)
- Catacomb (Stern, 1981)
- Laser War (Data East, 1987)
- Meteor (Stern, 1979)
- Monopoly (Stern, 2001)
- NASCAR (Stern, 2005)
- Nine Ball (Stern, 1980)
- Rollercoaster Tycoon (Stern, 2002)
- Tales from the Crypt (Data East, 1993)
- Viper (Stern, 1981)

 

[vpalmer]

1 Catacomb (Stern, 1981)
2 Magic (Stern, 1979)
3 High Roller Casino (Stern, 2001)
4 Quicksilver (Stern, 1980)
5 Monopoly (Stern, 2001)
6 NASCAR (Stern, 2005)
7 Stingray (Stern, 1977)
8 Seawitch (Stern, 1980)
9 Secret Service (Data East, 1988)
10 Trident (Stern, 1979)

 

[neglectoid]

tales from the crypt has a 6 ball multiball and also a unlimited left outlane kicker. if you are able to stack those two modes together, you have multiball bliss.

 

[ER777]

I'm hoping to see Tales from the Crypt, Rollercoaster Tycoon, and Monopoly near the top of the list. Those three were the highlights for me, as games I'm familiar with playing and like. I'm hoping that Time Machine does well too. I've never played it but it looks pretty good.

 

[Fungi]

I wish we had a table that starts out with multiball and no outlanes! Oh wait.

 

[warh0g]

Interesting, will cast my votes when I get home
High Roller Casino is getting a vote for sure, enjoyed it this summer (even though it was in pretty bad shape heeh)

 

[SK0881]

First of all, a big thank you to the whole Farsight-Team. You guys are awesome. It's incredible that everyone has the possibility to influence the outcome of a video game!!!

I hope we can collect many votes for NASCAR. As I mentioned before, it looks really fun and I hope to see it at least in the Top-Ten. It simulates perfectly the atmosphere of oval-racing. Very cool features!

Now i will take my time to pick my favourites...

 

[Medieval_Gofers]

I've played most of the newer games. The post-2000 sterns are all a must especially monopoly and rollercoaster tycoon. TFTC is also a good game. VND is awful though. I mean really really bad so no votes for that one from me. And I'm not inclined to vote for any of the old sterns - if Flight 2000 really was the best of them then I'd rather not see anymore, but that's just my opinion. I've got 8 games so far...gunna have a think as to what the other two should be.

 

[atlantis1982]

Looks like mostly early SS with one or two 'modern' tables thrown in.

Big Game
Catacombs
Checkpoint
High Roller Casino
Laser War
Nine Ball (Would of been my 2nd choice from the Classic Stern)
Quicksilver
Seawitch
Star Gazer (My 1st choice from the Classic Stern)
Viper

 

[jbejarano]

Much more interesting collection of tables than the post-EM Gottlieb's. Maybe not quite as good as Williams and Bally, but I know that's my bias talking. I voted like this:

- Adventures Of Rocky And Bullwinkle And Friends - Looks fun, and anything with Boris Badenov's voice is getting my vote.
- Big Game - These multiple 3x3 grids look fascinating. I don't mind the older shallower tables especially when they have an interesting twist. This looks like one of those.
- Freefall - I do love that Stern voice (reminds me of their video game Berzerk). This was close, though. Could have been this or Catacomb but that multi-ball delivery system was the tie-breaker for me.
- High Roller Casino - Would like to see many more card, dice, and casino themed tables. Not sure if FarSight is concerned this will freak parents out about their kids playing The Pinball Arcade, but I like those themes. And, this one looks like it has so many fun things to do.
- Laser War - Intrigued by the different color goals. Want to know more.
- Lightning - Multi-level playfield makes this seem interesting to me.
- Monopoly - Played this at Pacific Pinball Expo. Lots of fun things to do, great theme. And it's the only pinball machine I know where your score doesn't start at zero. You start with 1500, just like the money you start with in the board game.
- Rollercoaster Tycoon - Heard lots of recommendations for this, and it does look fun.
- Striker Xtreme - This was another close one. Curious to see how the whole international competition theme goes. That kept this in here for me.
- Time Machine - Looks like a fun theme with lots of fun voiceovers.

 

[Mick Morry]

Thanks again to Pin Wiz for making another Saturday awesome with a pinball table poll. I already can't wait for the Season 3 polls. I played more than half of these tables before in arcades. It's going to be fun checking the ones out I don't know. Well off to view some videos and vote.

 

[warh0g]

In the order of the list
High Roller Casino (Stern, 2001) - Had alot of fun playing this one
Laser War (Data East, 1987) - This one just looks great
Lightning (Stern, 1981) - Must show some love to this era also
Meteor (Stern, 1979) - Voted for it in the poll that F2K won, voting again!
Monopoly (Stern, 2001) - A must, love the theme and I would want this as a real table in my home
NASCAR (Stern, 2005) - I like it
Rollercoaster Tycoon (Stern, 2002) - A video game turned into a pinball? Check!
Stars (Stern, 1978) - STARS!
Tales from the Crypt (Data East, 1993) - I know we have alot of horror/monster-themes in TPA, but yeah this gets my vote
Time Machine (Data East, 1988) - Who wouldn't want a Time Machine anyways?

 

[shutyertrap]

My votes:

Rocky & Bullwinkle - because it's good for a laugh
High Roller Casino - I love a good gambling game of pinball
Monopoly - it's Lawlor, it reminds me of Safe Cracker (which was originally supposed to be a monopoly game)
Nascar - again, Lawlor
Roller Coaster Tycoon - despite how much I hate the troll and the sounds, it still gets a vote
Sea Witch - It was my pick in the other poll
Sharkey's Shootout - I'm also a sucker for pool
Striker Xtreme - it's no World Cup Soccer, but I'll let it slide
Tales From the Crypt - despite it being a Data East machine, I'm throwing this bone out to all the fans of it
Viper Night Driving - to be honest, I think it looks like crap, but I figured I needed to throw some love to the one Sega machine on here.

I did have to laugh at the art on Nugent. That guitar up the middle, you'd think he played country! That is the least hard rock guitar they could've drawn!

 

[sotie]

I did have to laugh at the art on Nugent. That guitar up the middle, you'd think he played country! That is the least hard rock guitar they could've drawn!

Hard Rock? I thought he was just a far-right wing politician that likes to kill his dinner with bows and arrows!

 

[thetrout]

I have a serious soft spot for Checkpoint, since my friend owned it for a while. It's number one on my list from the games in the poll (even if it is, perhaps, not nearly the best).

 

[wolfson]

PiN WiZ thanks for the great effort you have put in.it has been a pleasure doing this poll !!!! you deserve a couple of slabs on a Friday arvo mate !!!

 

[kirkmorgan]

I've only played (and seen) only 2 of the tables on the list so I felt I could only vote for them. A lot of these tables probably never made it all the way over to NZ.

 

[Mick Morry]

As much as I wanted to vote for a bunch of the older tables like Sea Witch and Stingray....I found I had to vote for the newer machines again. The lighting, sounds and more complex gameplay just screams vote for me.

Not in order of most desired here are my 10 picks.

Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends
Checkpoint
High Roller Casino
Monopoly
NASCAR
Rollercoaster Tycoon
Secret Service
Sharkey’s Shootout
Tales from the Crypt
Viper Night Drivin