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Top 25 Pinball Tables of all-time!

Started By subzero1970 , May 10 2010 06:08 PM

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Poll: Top 25 Pinball Tables of all-time!!! (852 member(s) have cast votes)

Choose your pinball table!

  1. Medieval Madness (147 votes [17.23%])

    Percentage of vote: 17.23%

  2. Star Wars (26 votes [3.05%])

    Percentage of vote: 3.05%

  3. Victory (2 votes [0.23%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.23%

  4. Defender (1 votes [0.12%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.12%

  5. Pinbot (24 votes [2.81%])

    Percentage of vote: 2.81%

  6. Lethal Weapon 3 (4 votes [0.47%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.47%

  7. Hook (3 votes [0.35%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.35%

  8. The Addams Family (77 votes [9.03%])

    Percentage of vote: 9.03%

  9. Indiana Jones (51 votes [5.98%])

    Percentage of vote: 5.98%

  10. Twilight Zone (106 votes [12.43%])

    Percentage of vote: 12.43%

  11. Terminator 2 - Judgment Day (35 votes [4.10%])

    Percentage of vote: 4.10%

  12. WWF Royal Rumble (3 votes [0.35%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.35%

  13. Circus Voltaire (25 votes [2.93%])

    Percentage of vote: 2.93%

  14. Black Knight 2000 (22 votes [2.58%])

    Percentage of vote: 2.58%

  15. Star Wars Trilogy (1 votes [0.12%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.12%

  16. Batman (9 votes [1.06%])

    Percentage of vote: 1.06%

  17. Evil Knievel (4 votes [0.47%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.47%

  18. Tales Of The Arabian Nights (59 votes [6.92%])

    Percentage of vote: 6.92%

  19. Simpsons Pinball Party (28 votes [3.28%])

    Percentage of vote: 3.28%

  20. Last Action Hero (3 votes [0.35%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.35%

  21. Whirlwind (12 votes [1.41%])

    Percentage of vote: 1.41%

  22. Getaway - High Speed II (23 votes [2.70%])

    Percentage of vote: 2.70%

  23. Attack From Mars (116 votes [13.60%])

    Percentage of vote: 13.60%

  24. Funhouse (37 votes [4.34%])

    Percentage of vote: 4.34%

  25. Lord Of The Rings (35 votes [4.10%])

    Percentage of vote: 4.10%

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#1 subzero1970

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Posted 10 May 2010 - 06:08 PM

Please choose one from the list above, I am building a list of the top 25 pinballs, as chosen by you the VP community and then I will be adding them to a new pinball section at www.retrofusion.org.uk which is a brilliant new retro website smile.gif

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Posted 10 May 2010 - 06:52 PM

My favorite pinball of all-time may be Eight Ball Deluxe and it's not even on your list. smile.gif

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Posted 10 May 2010 - 07:17 PM

yeah, I'd like to choose, but you left off High Speed... and Black Knight even... one of those two normally are my #1 choice. (Pin-Bot is maybe my top 2 position at the moment)


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Posted 10 May 2010 - 07:18 PM

What?!

No Whitewater?!

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Posted 10 May 2010 - 07:21 PM

I am abstaining from voting due to the unfair representation of tables you have posted.

You have listed too many tables from 1991 and later, but very few tables from the 1980s and only one (that i noticed) from the 1970s and absolutely NONE from 1976 and earlier. Tables such as Flash, Xenon, Gorgar, Captain Fantastic, Wizard, Caveman (yes I know that is a reach) and others should be represented as well as the ones you have listed.
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Posted 10 May 2010 - 07:26 PM

You can't beat this list.

http://www.ipdb.org/...amp;list=top300

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#7 Noah Fentz

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Posted 10 May 2010 - 07:30 PM

Yep, can't argue that.

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Posted 10 May 2010 - 07:38 PM

QUOTE (Bob5453 @ May 10 2010, 03:26 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
You can't beat this list.

http://www.ipdb.org/...amp;list=top300


Agreed, albeit top heavy with the more modern tables and what I feel are the more classic tables more towards the bottom on the electronic side.
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Posted 10 May 2010 - 07:39 PM

IPDB has TAF at 3, TOM at 5, LOTR at 8, WW at 13, SS at 20, TOMY at 35, DRAC at 36, GNR at 40, CP at 43, BH at 44 and WCS at 50.

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#10 subzero1970

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Posted 10 May 2010 - 07:47 PM

Im glad youve all commented on my list, I think if we all work together we can create our own top 25? smile.gif

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Posted 10 May 2010 - 09:37 PM

TAF hardly ranks number 3 in my book!

I loathe that table.

Cool theme, though, and that certainly seems to be reflected in the rankings.

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Posted 10 May 2010 - 10:04 PM

At least Pinbot is on the list...and thats my vote.
I like the older tables. Newer ones have too many ramps and not enough targets. Playfields look too busy and its hard to follow the ball plus when the ball is on top, it gets
invisible because it goes behind a ramp.

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Posted 10 May 2010 - 11:36 PM

Medieval's at 1st?

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Posted 10 May 2010 - 11:43 PM

4:3 Shrek Pinball Table (Stern)

When will this pinball table "Shrek" be created for the 4:3 version? Also what would be good is to see a "Wheel Of Fortune", "Iron Man", and other Stern tables that haven't been created for pinmame.

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Posted 10 May 2010 - 11:47 PM

QUOTE (Chrismd @ May 10 2010, 07:43 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
4:3 Shrek Pinball Table (Stern)

When will this pinball table "Shrek" be created for the 4:3 version? Also what would be good is to see a "Wheel Of Fortune", "Iron Man", and other Stern tables that haven't been created for pinmame.

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Posted 10 May 2010 - 11:48 PM

There is just no good answer when it comes to the top (insert number here) pinball games. It lights the fire under everyone! rofl

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Posted 11 May 2010 - 12:06 AM

TZ got my vote. My second favorite table isn't on the list (Red & Ted's Roadshow)

And I have to agree with Noah - Addams Family is one of the most overrated tables in existence.

And, to me, that's saying alot, because Lawlor is my favorite designer.

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Posted 11 May 2010 - 02:03 AM

My Fav, my 2nd Fav, and not even my 3rd Fav are listed there.....

I mean Hook, Last Action Hero, and Star Wars...geez...there not bad - oh wait Hook is bad - but those are three spots that could go to Eight Ball Deluxe, Centaur, and Gorgar

Edited by ravenriser, 11 May 2010 - 02:06 AM.

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Posted 11 May 2010 - 04:04 AM



Also agree on TAF a bit overrated.

You missed all the true classics from year 1980...
Firepower,
Black Knight
Eight ball deluxe
Xenon.

Some other underrated ones may be for exampel..
Red & Teds Roadshow
Rollergames
Frontier




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Posted 11 May 2010 - 04:27 AM

I don't think I ever saw, let alone played a Victory, or Defender, so I must have missed out. Of the list I have to agree with at least number 1.
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