But the most challenging is one that you'll marvel at if you ever have the chance to play it in person. Gottlieb's 1934 Flying Trapeze Senior has two diamond shaped sections where your balls can land, and if you hit the top most kicker, any balls in the 2 diamond sections will move down the table to the next position. Of course there are other saucers to grab your ball , but if you land a few in the diamonds, and then hit that top spot, the ball movement would amaze you. There was even a yellow ball offering double points if you made that impossible shot.
I can't believe I've missed that Flying Trapeze in the searches I've done of bagatelles. Sounds wonderful and I just downloaded it. I figure my chances of seeing this in real life are pretty much nil.
For me, the hardest game I ever played was Hercules.
At least the one I played. Under-powered flippers trying to hit that cue ball would never allow the ball to get up the lanes or spin the spinner. And this was when the game was NEW!!!
Hmm, I played this at a Chicago show, and while it was obviously pretty slow, the flippers had enough strength to make all the required shots. I wonder if the owners put stronger solenoids in there or something.
And just a few suggestions for the topic creator:
Alien Poker was the first to come to mind. It's not the hardest table out there, but it's very precise and definitely can make you a better player. Gotta hit the drop targets right-to-left in order, and it's just full of neat shots and strategy. Kristian's
VPM version is excellent if you want to give it a try.
Scorpion is a cool widebody with tight shots, especially to get multiball.
F-14 Tomcat is a fave but yeah it's pretty tough.
Seawitch kept me coming back 'cause it's so fun, but it's tough too, particularly because of its speed. Of these I listed I play it the least, but it's popular.
Sinbad is NOT a hard table - I pwn it in real life and on
VP - but it came to mind because the flipper design makes you concentrate on making quick shots instead of trapping the ball (I'm definitely a ball-trapping player). If you can think of more difficult tables with similar flipper design they'd fit your bill.
Satin Doll (and her sis, Pat Hand) are extremely underrated games and are some of the most difficult EMs I've played. For difficulty, I'd go with the Satin Doll because of the double flippers on the right. I owned a Satin Doll for 3 years, and still very rarely got a replay on it. I can't say it was unfairly difficult - at least after I balanced it a bit better to prevent an STDM about once every 3 plunger shots when I first got it
And part of the reason I suggested all of these: none of them are outrageously expensive.
*edit* whoa I just remembered the very cool Barracora. Neat artwork, TWO banks of drop targets that you have to hit in order, tough shots, and an addictive quality.
Edited by templarjh, 08 April 2011 - 09:01 PM.
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