jbejarano
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There is no shortage of threads and posts in these fora on which tables you'd most like to see come to The Pinball Arcade. But, most of the requested tables are well known and very popular. A lot of people champion the high-cost, high-profile, Kickstarter-required licensed tables (The Addams Family, Lord Of The Rings, Indiana Jones, The Simpsons Pinball Party, Family Guy, etc.). Another cohort touts the merits of the popular, lower-license-cost tables (High Speed I & II, Fish Tales, Black Knight 2000, Black Rose, Earthshaker, Eight Ball Deluxe, Red & Ted's Roadshow, etc.). PinWiz's terrific suite of polls details a lot of these.
My question is, "What unpopular, unloved, or obscure table or tables would you most want to see come to The Pinball Arcade?" Sure, it may not be likely to be added because there is no buzz about the table, or it's ranked very low on ipdb.org, or maybe few have even heard of it. But, for some reason you discovered the table, really enjoyed it, and wish that against all odds, FarSight would add that table to The Pinball Arcade.
Mine would be Riverboat Gambler. The table is an early 1990's Williams table. It was released before the DMD era. It's ranked an exceedingly modest #277 on ipdb.org. Its ruleset is fairly simple. And it relies too heavily on picking a color on a spinning roulette wheel during the gameplay. But for some reason, I find the table charming. I've always loved gambling/casino themed tables, and the bowling alley across the street from my college apartment had one of these next to their Whirlwind. Spent a lot of quarters in both of those two back in those days.
No way in hell FarSight would prioritize Riverboat Gamber, but I'd love it if one day in Season Number, oh, I don't know, 14 or so, if FarSight's still at it, that Riverboat Gambler finds its way to The Pinball Arcade. Of course, there are a whole raft of tables (most notably High Speed) that I advocate and call for inclusion in The Pinball Arcade far before Riverboat Gambler. But, I've always had a strange soft spot for this one.
Any table like that for you?
My question is, "What unpopular, unloved, or obscure table or tables would you most want to see come to The Pinball Arcade?" Sure, it may not be likely to be added because there is no buzz about the table, or it's ranked very low on ipdb.org, or maybe few have even heard of it. But, for some reason you discovered the table, really enjoyed it, and wish that against all odds, FarSight would add that table to The Pinball Arcade.
Mine would be Riverboat Gambler. The table is an early 1990's Williams table. It was released before the DMD era. It's ranked an exceedingly modest #277 on ipdb.org. Its ruleset is fairly simple. And it relies too heavily on picking a color on a spinning roulette wheel during the gameplay. But for some reason, I find the table charming. I've always loved gambling/casino themed tables, and the bowling alley across the street from my college apartment had one of these next to their Whirlwind. Spent a lot of quarters in both of those two back in those days.
No way in hell FarSight would prioritize Riverboat Gamber, but I'd love it if one day in Season Number, oh, I don't know, 14 or so, if FarSight's still at it, that Riverboat Gambler finds its way to The Pinball Arcade. Of course, there are a whole raft of tables (most notably High Speed) that I advocate and call for inclusion in The Pinball Arcade far before Riverboat Gambler. But, I've always had a strange soft spot for this one.
Any table like that for you?
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The logo is pretty awesome, though.
