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!
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.
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.
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.
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 and Creature from the Black Lagoon, surprised neither has been mentioned yet.
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.
Black Hole (Gottlieb, 1981)?