The Pinball Arcade table ratings

[DrewButlerBrown]

If they would just fix Black Knight, it has the potential to jump up to the top 20. Such a waste.

We have plans for a major tune up on Black Knight in the near future. We look forward to getting it all fixed up!

 

[mpad]

I have plans to get in bed with tree women at once. But it just might never happen.

 

[Gorgar]

I have plans to get in bed with tree women at once. But it just might never happen.

Tree women are hot

 

[Dedpop]

 

[Gorgias32]

I'm really happy to hear an update and that the Black Knight refactoring is still in the queue.

 

[smbhax]

Added Swords of Fury to the survey!

http://smbhax.com/tpatr

Last month's new table, Cactus Jack's, is uh down in 74th place. No change in the top 10!

The Pinball Arcade table ratings
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1. 9.06 — Medieval Madness
2. 8.83 — Attack from Mars
3. 8.64 — Monster Bash
4. 8.55 — Theatre of Magic
5. 8.45 — The Twilight Zone
6. 8.26 — The Addams Family
7. 8.19 — Star Trek: The Next Generation
8. 8.12 — Tales of the Arabian Nights
9. 7.98 — White Water
10. 7.87 — Red & Ted's Road Show
10. 7.87 — Terminator 2: Judgment Day
12. 7.79 — Eight Ball Deluxe
13. 7.74 — The Getaway: High Speed II
14. 7.69 — No Good Gofers!
15. 7.68 — Fish Tales
16. 7.63 — Funhouse
17. 7.58 — Bram Stoker's Dracula
18. 7.57 — WHO dunnit
19. 7.56 — Taxi
20. 7.53 — Indianapolis 500
21. 7.49 — Cirqus Voltaire
22. 7.46 — Doctor Who
23. 7.37 — Ripley's Believe It or Not!
23. 7.37 — Scared Stiff
25. 7.33 — Creature from the Black Lagoon
26. 7.32 — Junk Yard
27. 7.29 — Jack•Bot
27. 7.29 — No Fear: Dangerous Sports
29. 7.20 — Safe Cracker
30. 7.19 — Whirlwind
31. 7.17 — Cactus Canyon
32. 7.08 — Judge Dredd
33. 6.98 — Diner
34. 6.96 — Black Rose
35. 6.91 — Earthshaker
35. 6.91 — High Roller Casino
37. 6.82 — High Speed
38. 6.81 — The Machine: Bride of Pin•Bot
39. 6.78 — Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
40. 6.72 — The Champion Pub
41. 6.69 — Pin•Bot
42. 6.65 — Centaur
43. 6.64 — Hurricane
44. 6.59 — Elvira and the Party Monsters
45. 6.55 — F-14 Tomcat
46. 6.42 — Space Shuttle
47. 6.39 — Black Knight 2000
47. 6.39 — Flight 2000
47. 6.39 — Last Action Hero
50. 6.38 — Xenon
51. 6.37 — Cyclone
52. 6.36 — Party Zone
53. 6.31 — Tee'd Off
54. 6.14 — Jacks Open
55. 6.13 — Big Shot
56. 6.03 — Cue Ball Wizard
57. 5.98 — Gorgar
57. 5.98 — TX-Sector
59. 5.87 — Starship Troopers
60. 5.86 — Al's Garage Band
61. 5.82 — Phantom of the Opera
62. 5.78 — Centigrade 37
63. 5.71 — Firepower
64. 5.68 — Black Hole
65. 5.67 — Gladiators
66. 5.64 — Dr. Dude
67. 5.60 — Class of 1812
68. 5.51 — Harley-Davidson Third Edition
69. 5.39 — Big Hurt
69. 5.39 — El Dorado
69. 5.39 — Haunted House
72. 5.37 — Fireball
72. 5.37 — Lights...Camera...Action!
74. 5.17 — Cactus Jack's
75. 5.04 — Victory
76. 4.94 — Doctor Who: Master of Time
77. 4.88 — Rescue 911
78. 4.78 — Genie
79. 4.59 — Black Knight
80. 4.08 — Central Park
81. 3.89 — El Dorado City of Gold
82. 3.61 — Bone Busters Inc.
83. 3.37 — Goin' Nuts
84. none — Swords of Fury

 

[Anubis]

Surprised Victory is so low. I think it is one of the better Gottlieb tables.

Also surprised Black Rose is so high. That machine's appeal is lost on me. It's barely pinball. It's a video game with a cute cannon that happens to have flippers.

 

[Anubis]

And what's with all of the hate for Goin Nuts? How can you mark down pointless gameplay and incessant music that makes you want to drive a jackhammer into your skull? There's just no accounting for taste.

 

[Kolchak357]

I think I actually prefer Goin Nuts to Bone Busters.

 

[wizard33]

I'm surprised with High Speed. Normally, it should be better rated than HS2: Getaway

 

[Anubis]

I'm surprised with High Speed. Normally, it should be better rated than HS2: Getaway

I just assume the overall fan base skews young and older machines, even good ones, suffer for it. Especially for lacking features like ball save. Ball save is one of those features that once you have it, you get annoyed when other machines don't.

 

[vikingerik]

High Speed was amazing for its time but hasn't aged well. The multiball-jackpot sequence was a huge thrill in 1986 but is now routine on hundreds of tables since. When it came out for TPA, everybody was like "this is what were so excited for?"

TPA's implementation doesn't reflect the machine properly either. The challenge is sorely gone. The flippers are way too powerful. The upper ramp should need a perfect sweet-spot shot, not any old sloppy timing corrected by Farsight's railroad physics -- and should absolutely not happen from a random rebound from the lower flippers but that happens all the time in TPA.

High Speed was part of Farsight's season-3 slump where the physics were crude and untuned, during their big staff turnover. High Roller Casino and Junkyard also fell in that pit.

 

[Ben Logan]

Exactly the kind of constructive criticism FS would benefit from paying attention to. I'd love to see more of us pushing for better physics.

 

[Gorgias32]

At least High Roller Casino is challenging, but it is frustrating that it's basically impossible, thanks to railroads, to hit the Poker loop from a cradle on the left flipper. Would love to see this fixed, in fact all three of those could use a good physics tuning (High Roller Casino, Junkyard and High Speed)

 

[Ben Logan]

What would be really great is a physics engine that is truly emergent and railroad-free altogether.

 

[vikingerik]

At least High Roller Casino is challenging, but it is frustrating that it's basically impossible, thanks to railroads, to hit the Poker loop from a cradle on the left flipper.

This was fixed in a patch about a year ago, along with several other shots like AFM's right ramp and TOM's right orbit. All these shots have a possible railroad now, although that railroad is a very small and difficult timing window.

 

[Gorgias32]

This was fixed in a patch about a year ago, along with several other shots like AFM's right ramp and TOM's right orbit. All these shots have a possible railroad now, although that railroad is a very small and difficult timing window.

That's good to know, I was playing it yesterday and bricked that shot a few times so I thought it was still there. Anyway, strike that one off the list!

 

[JefferyD]

I bought iOS season 6 about a week ago — what an awful thing, to have to wait while everyone else is playing and complaining and discussing — and it’s terrific! Al’s Garage Band is the only one I’d discard. Totally happy with every other table and enthusiastic about most of them.

I know Bone Busters is frowned upon – and there certainly is a frustrating inconsistency trying to get a clean launch off of the right flipper – but since I’ve learned to love Dr. Dude and Going’ Nuts I’m not put off by ugly, irritating pinball games. I’d buy – and wear! – a Bone Busters t-shirt, if ever there was such a thing, and there probably wasn’t… so I don’t have to back that one up.

 

[JJHLH]

This is a great list. I certainly agree with the top 3 games: MM, AFM, MB. All 3 are masterpieces and to me the most fun to play on TPA.

 

[smbhax]

Added Paragon to the survey!

http://smbhax.com/tpatr

The previous new table, Swords of Fury, is in a tie for 37th place. In the top 10, T2 moved out of a tie with Red & Ted's Road Show, which dropped down to #11. (But in a new high-ranking tie, No Good Gofers! and Eight Ball Deluxe are in a tie for the 12th spot.)

The Pinball Arcade table ratings
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1. 9.05 — Medieval Madness
2. 8.84 — Attack from Mars
3. 8.65 — Monster Bash
4. 8.55 — Theatre of Magic
5. 8.43 — The Twilight Zone
6. 8.24 — The Addams Family
7. 8.19 — Star Trek: The Next Generation
8. 8.13 — Tales of the Arabian Nights
9. 7.96 — White Water
10. 7.85 — Terminator 2: Judgment Day
11. 7.77 — Red & Ted's Road Show
12. 7.69 — Eight Ball Deluxe
12. 7.69 — No Good Gofers!
14. 7.67 — Fish Tales
15. 7.61 — Funhouse
16. 7.60 — The Getaway: High Speed II
17. 7.58 — Bram Stoker's Dracula
18. 7.56 — Taxi
19. 7.55 — WHO dunnit
20. 7.52 — Cirqus Voltaire
21. 7.38 — Ripley's Believe It or Not!
22. 7.37 — Scared Stiff
23. 7.34 — Creature from the Black Lagoon
24. 7.29 — Junk Yard
25. 7.27 — Doctor Who
25. 7.27 — Indianapolis 500
27. 7.21 — Jack•Bot
28. 7.19 — No Fear: Dangerous Sports
28. 7.19 — Whirlwind
30. 7.18 — Cactus Canyon
31. 7.10 — Safe Cracker
32. 6.98 — Diner
32. 6.98 — Judge Dredd
34. 6.93 — Black Rose
35. 6.87 — High Roller Casino
36. 6.83 — Earthshaker
37. 6.82 — The Machine: Bride of Pin•Bot
37. 6.82 — Swords of Fury
39. 6.80 — High Speed
40. 6.72 — The Champion Pub
41. 6.70 — Pin•Bot
42. 6.67 — Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
43. 6.66 — Centaur
44. 6.63 — Hurricane
45. 6.56 — Elvira and the Party Monsters
46. 6.46 — F-14 Tomcat
47. 6.44 — Space Shuttle
48. 6.41 — Flight 2000
49. 6.38 — Black Knight 2000
49. 6.38 — Cyclone
51. 6.35 — Xenon
52. 6.34 — Party Zone
53. 6.32 — Last Action Hero
54. 6.24 — Tee'd Off
55. 6.13 — Big Shot
56. 6.01 — Cue Ball Wizard
57. 6.00 — Gorgar
58. 5.99 — TX-Sector
59. 5.92 — Jacks Open
60. 5.79 — Phantom of the Opera
61. 5.76 — Starship Troopers
62. 5.74 — Firepower
63. 5.68 — Black Hole
64. 5.67 — Centigrade 37
65. 5.64 — Dr. Dude
66. 5.58 — Class of 1812
67. 5.49 — Harley-Davidson Third Edition
68. 5.37 — Gladiators
69. 5.36 — Haunted House
70. 5.35 — Big Hurt
71. 5.33 — Lights...Camera...Action!
72. 5.31 — Fireball
73. 5.29 — El Dorado
74. 5.08 — Cactus Jack's
75. 5.07 — Al's Garage Band
76. 5.06 — Victory
77. 4.80 — Genie
77. 4.80 — Rescue 911
79. 4.64 — Doctor Who: Master of Time
80. 4.61 — Black Knight
81. 4.07 — Central Park
82. 3.88 — El Dorado City of Gold
83. 3.44 — Bone Busters Inc.
84. 3.35 — Goin' Nuts
85. none — Paragon