# Tell me about your favorite pinball table **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [October 1, 2014, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-favorite-pinball-table/700111 "2014-10-01T18:50:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2014, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-favorite-pinball-table/700111/21 "2014-10-06T21:56:03Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > [8-Ball Deluxe](http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?gid=762). > > Not too hard, but still fun as hell. I wholeheartedly agree. I love this game. I played it so much in college I think I earned at least a minor in it. I recently found a nearby pinball shop that has Eight Ball Deluxe Limited Edition so, once again, I get to relive my misspent youth. My heart still starts beating faster when it repeats “One more for Deluxe.” Chalk up! ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2014, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-favorite-pinball-table/700111/22 "2014-10-06T22:59:45Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > [8-Ball Deluxe](http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?gid=762). > > Not too hard, but still fun as hell. Ditto! Loved it so much I bought one (sadly no longer working - still repairable, but who has the time?). One of the first pinball machines I was really good at as a youngster and the nostalgia factor is the deciding one. ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2014, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-favorite-pinball-table/700111/23 "2014-10-07T04:15:24Z")
Captain Fantastic was a great old school one (much better than Pinball Wizard). IIRC 8 Ball Delux would say stop talkin’ and start chalkin’. That was a good one. There was one obscure one I played in 1990 that had a “plasma save” that was pretty fun. I had forgotten about Gorgar - another keeper. I prefer the 70’s style. Before that had was too mechanical, nowadays too electronic. I have to admit that the multi player for the modern machines is usually pretty good. Terminator 1 was a pretty good one for a modern machine. ---
**Author:** ![Sarabellum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarabellum/32/3492_2.png) [@Sarabellum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarabellum)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2014, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-favorite-pinball-table/700111/24 "2014-10-07T04:21:43Z")
Another vote for ST:TNG. I played that game so much! And it was always a blast. It was the first pinball I ever played where I actually understood the mechanics and was able to advance through the levels. Never have played one with a perfect shuttlecraft, though. They’ve ranged from sorta unreliable to totally broken. ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2014, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-favorite-pinball-table/700111/25 "2014-10-07T08:56:55Z")
I’m a complete newbie at pinball as they were already rare in pubs/arcades by the time I was old enough to go to them, in the mid- to late-nineties. However, a friend of mine has three in his garage and I have particularly enjoyed [Indiana Jones](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_Jones:_The_Pinball_Adventure) and [Creature from the Black Lagoon](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creature_from_the_Black_Lagoon_(pinball)), surprised neither has been mentioned yet. ---
**Author:** ![Cubsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2014, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-favorite-pinball-table/700111/26 "2014-10-09T02:50:03Z")
Wasn’t there a Mortal Kombat one? I remember that one and the Street Fighter one being good. Yeah, Pinbot was really good. I can’t for the life of me remember the one I spent the most money on. If had a full table underneath the main table but with smaller flippers. Was really cool looking. I preferred the more high tech tables with all the crazy shit all over them like magnets, loops, launchers, 5-6 flippers scattered. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2014, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-favorite-pinball-table/700111/27 "2014-10-09T04:43:26Z")
> [@Cubsfan](#): > > I can’t for the life of me remember the one I spent the most money on. If had a full table underneath the main table but with smaller flippers. Was really cool looking. [Black Hole](http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=307) (Gottlieb, 1981)? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-favorite-pinball-table/700111.md?page=1)