Most Wanted Williams System 9 and 11 Tables - Pick Five

shutyertrap said:

My first 4 picks were no brainers...

1. Earthshaker! cause it's freakin' awesome and the precursor to Whirlwind.
2. Rollergames cause it's crazy fun to play 2 player on, and it's got the best theme song of any pinball.
3. Banzai Run cause of vertical playfield. Plus it's a Steve Richie table, and we need more of those.
4. High Speed cause it's a fast table and another Richie table.

My fifth table was a toss up cause I couldn't decide between Police Force, Bad Cats, F-14, or Cyclone. Diner and Fire were also considerations until I remembered how annoying their sounds were. Eventually picked Cyclone, cause we need one of those coaster tables sooner or later.

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dtown8532 said:

Without sounding like a negative Nelly, Banzai Run was actually Pat Lawlor's first table. It was based off his prototype, Wrecking Ball. Definite LMFAO on your opinion of Rollergames's musical score. Also, it is a Steve Ritchie table.

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shutyertrap said:

Whhaaaattt? Oops! I've always believed it was Ritchie's first! Well, I like Lawlor just fine too, and it still doesn't change my opinion of the table.

I worked at an arcade in '91 and we had Rollergames next to Whirlwind. Those two table's attract mode sounds are permanently seared into my brain. But man, freakin' Rollergames with that tune and the dude barking "Go for the wall"...talk about an earworm! I loved that in 2 player mode you could steal the other guy's saved up locked balls.

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dtown8532 said:

I think that it comes down to popularity and limiting the picks to five. Correct me if I'm wrong but I think Farsight said they were planning on digitizing about 50 or so tables for TPA. That's not so many when you look at how many pins were made between the companies they have licenses for. People are gonna pick the one's they remember from the arcade or, at least, the one's they've heard about. Also, as these tables get older and players get younger I'm willing to bet that many people have not played all the tables on this list. Especially in real life. Nonetheless, with the exception of about 2 or 3, I'd happily take all these in digital Pinball Arcade form.

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szycag said:

Sad to see relatively no love for Jokerz.

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dtown8532 said:

I know Rudy did a pole a while ago for the System 11 pins but it ended up being a little skewed with people voting for everything. Honestly, how can you blame them? Just about every one of these tables would be great to have in The Pinball Arcade. Being that as it may be, please pick the five you'd most like to see Farsight recreate. I did not include any already released, announced or strongly rumored titles (Funhouse, BOP, WW, etc.).

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Rudy Yagov said:

It was Lawlor's first. That aside, Ritchie was designing games far earlier than Banzai Run. He did stuff like Flash, Firepower, Black Knight, High Speed, and F-14, and they're all older.

Don't mean to rant on this, just throwing some facts out there.

On a different note, I'm kind of disappointed that there's not more love for the lesser known games on this poll. Yeah, everyone wants Earthshaker and High Speed, but there's a lot of great games that people overlook on there.

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