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Message: <blockquote data-quote="robx46" data-source="post: 46132" data-attributes="member: 291">8 ball deluxe is amazing and the only reason it doesn't get my vote is cuz I already own that table.  Centaur is about as great anyways, so there is no losers here.  I would also vote fireball classic over the EM.  And Fathom over all 3 options, not sure why that isn't up for vote.I must say that those commenting that EBD has nothing going for it have likely never played it and are judging the game by pictures online.Bad idea.  I made that mistake a few years back, now the pin sits in my home and sees the most play, even over my other 3 games, all good ones... BK2K, haunted house and judge dredd.  Needless to say, once I played EBD a few true times, it became clear that Bally did something pretty remarkable.Pictures.  Centaur vs EBD.  Pictures work in 2 different ways with these 2 games.  They don't convey the magic of EBD.  And pictures might very well overrate Centaur.  In the end though you got 2 games both enjoyable but just with different styles.I do worry that maybe FS won't be able to recreate the EBD magic fully on a virtual game.  Centaur might work better for that.  But if they can truly nail EBD gameplay then people will be quickly challenged and addicted.  It is addicting.  You want to spell deluxe, but it's tough.  You want to dig ur way to the bank shot, but that is super tough and risky.  And it's easy to get competitive and high score hungry on EBD. I've never flipped the score on mine either.  And nailing that upper right horseshoe lane with the upper flipper just feels great every time for some reason.That is the game in a nutshell.  Feels great to play but nobody ever has a single simple answer as to why.  No flashers, no ramps, no multiball, no toys.  Not even a center shot or a cluttered PF.  It is the BEST example of pure pinball greatness.  A showing of how so much can be done without extra bells and whistles or trying to cram in extra shots if they don't make sense.EBD is badass because it doesn't need to try to be badass.  Game speaks for itself.  They badly need to do 4 classic ballys though. Badly. EBD, fathom, centaur, and embryon.  But there are so damn many solid ones from that golden era.  Medusa, paragon, mystic, Nitro ground shaker, silver ball mania....</blockquote>

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