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<blockquote data-quote="WhiteChocolate" data-source="post: 166362" data-attributes="member: 4374"><p><strong>okay, that "theatre of magic" jab rankled me!</strong></p><p></p><p>just because i had to make a hard decision over it (over "arabian nights"), as far as what i really like to play in TPA recently, down to a "top five" arrangement. sometime i'll have to mess around some with the big ratings thread and try that, but (like i do a bit with my itunes) i've got more of a three/four-star arrangement - the top five i'd love to personally own the real tables in my home... <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> the next best fifteen/twenty would be for stocking that fantasy barcade restaurant someday! then the rest - are fun to play, but not jonesin' to find in real life. just based upon a general mix of fun play, gadgetry/rampage, and theme/artwork/appearance... it's tough to choose!</p><p></p><p>BUT NOTE THAT i have rarely if ever have played any of these tables IRL - in fact i've played NONE of my current top five! Funhouse is the last one i played RL when it was first introduced, and twenty-plus or whatever years later re-discovered in TPA; that's what sold me on FS off the bat! probably the one pinball machine that showed me there was "pinball after space invaders/pac man" and all that other videogame BS... anyhow, here's the current five, finally!</p><p></p><p>5. SCARED STIFF - well come on, it's elvira! gotta love her. but aside from the vicarious thrills of her wonderfully sexy and silly voiceovers (family-safe mode practically worthless, hardly any less titillating! after all, "let's see how scared STIFF you can get!"), it's a darn good table to get your ball-playing chops together with... play may be repetitve, but it's a great practice table! when you get good enough to be bashing the crate with multiballs, you can sort of 'break' the machine. it has an awesome freakout, and that's a kick!</p><p></p><p>4. RIPLEY'S BELIEVE IT OR NOT - at least in the current crop of tables in TPA, i think of ripley's and twilight zone in the same breath - a similar extravagent amount of ubercool gadgetry on the table, and both themes ala 'it's a strange, unusual world' - one fictional, the other based on real events and/or legends. </p><p></p><p>not that i don't naturally dig the ripley's theme more than tz (i grew up with many of those pocketback compliations of the ripley's strips, so that's a 'happy place' memory). and not that i just dig the gadgetry of ripley's over tz (i do; seems more spiral-wirey, and some of tz's targets are just too hidden by the layout). </p><p></p><p>no, it's the damned table's 'DI-DI-DI-DI! DI-DI-DI-DI!' version of the tz theme that kinda always makes me want to pass it by... it just drills into your head! but anyhow, i often think 'ripley's is my twilight zone'.</p><p></p><p>3. THEATRE OF MAGIC - i'd bought more (most) of the tpa tables than i really have time to play, so i'm still re-disovering some of them along the way - theatre is one of them! actually once i started making my top five/fifteen list is when i gave it a serious try; it came down to this and 'tales of arabian nights' (same designer, right?). </p><p></p><p>once i figured out how much speedy fun the various loops can be, it started showing off how fun it is to play (just a bit more than ripley's, otherwise the two would switch 3rd/4th place). though it does get some serious points off in my book for that annoying, over-theatrical voiceover - "the THEEEEE-AAHH-TAH awaits!" they must've thought that appropriate at the time!</p><p></p><p>2. CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON - another 'rediscovered' table for me, after someone mentioned the movie being repeated on svengoolie a few months back! like probably a lot of first-players, it seemed like the coolest table ever to send your balls straight down the shoot right off the bat! so i'd let it cool all this time, then gave it a serious go again a few months ago... and finally 'got it!' </p><p></p><p>just too much fun - the theme, the ramps, the play, the art, the display, the lighting. and then rather uniquely lightweight in gadgetry and multiball, it just all adds up to a triple-A brilliant table! maybe not easy to pick up at first, but once you do, you enjoy every freakin' second you're playing it.</p><p></p><p>and now, numbah 1... </p><p></p><p>MONSTER BASH!! can you deny it? what can i say that hasn't already been said? a freakin' masterpiece of a monster of a table. -every- classic movie monster in one table? as a ROCK SUPERGROUP?!? awesome and epic theme, artwork, display, layout, rampage, lighting, play. there's nothing like getting those first multiballs going... until you get that first six-ball monster bash!!!</p><p></p><p>all that, -and- humor in a sort of updated 'young frankenstein' vein (just me probably, but most other table's sense of humor is a bit too corny/obvious - mb has just the right tone and balance to these updated rock monsters.) not too difficult a machine, although it has a devilishly clever layout that constantly threatens to send your balls SDTM. it -does- eventually defeat you via fatigue. along with the creature's own table at #2, you just smile start to finish.</p><p></p><p>if i could offer my thought about a ratings add-on to the future gui, i'd recommend just going with three or four stars/levels - faves, more, and 'the rest/the attic'. to me, any more is overthinking it - people usually know what they like, -definitely- know what they don't like, and the rest are give-and-take eh? display table list by user ratings, by online cumulative ratings - online votes restricted to one per day, or so perhaps. just that, the thought of 10 stars is too much, really! simplify, simplify...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WhiteChocolate, post: 166362, member: 4374"] [b]okay, that "theatre of magic" jab rankled me![/b] just because i had to make a hard decision over it (over "arabian nights"), as far as what i really like to play in TPA recently, down to a "top five" arrangement. sometime i'll have to mess around some with the big ratings thread and try that, but (like i do a bit with my itunes) i've got more of a three/four-star arrangement - the top five i'd love to personally own the real tables in my home... :) the next best fifteen/twenty would be for stocking that fantasy barcade restaurant someday! then the rest - are fun to play, but not jonesin' to find in real life. just based upon a general mix of fun play, gadgetry/rampage, and theme/artwork/appearance... it's tough to choose! BUT NOTE THAT i have rarely if ever have played any of these tables IRL - in fact i've played NONE of my current top five! Funhouse is the last one i played RL when it was first introduced, and twenty-plus or whatever years later re-discovered in TPA; that's what sold me on FS off the bat! probably the one pinball machine that showed me there was "pinball after space invaders/pac man" and all that other videogame BS... anyhow, here's the current five, finally! 5. SCARED STIFF - well come on, it's elvira! gotta love her. but aside from the vicarious thrills of her wonderfully sexy and silly voiceovers (family-safe mode practically worthless, hardly any less titillating! after all, "let's see how scared STIFF you can get!"), it's a darn good table to get your ball-playing chops together with... play may be repetitve, but it's a great practice table! when you get good enough to be bashing the crate with multiballs, you can sort of 'break' the machine. it has an awesome freakout, and that's a kick! 4. RIPLEY'S BELIEVE IT OR NOT - at least in the current crop of tables in TPA, i think of ripley's and twilight zone in the same breath - a similar extravagent amount of ubercool gadgetry on the table, and both themes ala 'it's a strange, unusual world' - one fictional, the other based on real events and/or legends. not that i don't naturally dig the ripley's theme more than tz (i grew up with many of those pocketback compliations of the ripley's strips, so that's a 'happy place' memory). and not that i just dig the gadgetry of ripley's over tz (i do; seems more spiral-wirey, and some of tz's targets are just too hidden by the layout). no, it's the damned table's 'DI-DI-DI-DI! DI-DI-DI-DI!' version of the tz theme that kinda always makes me want to pass it by... it just drills into your head! but anyhow, i often think 'ripley's is my twilight zone'. 3. THEATRE OF MAGIC - i'd bought more (most) of the tpa tables than i really have time to play, so i'm still re-disovering some of them along the way - theatre is one of them! actually once i started making my top five/fifteen list is when i gave it a serious try; it came down to this and 'tales of arabian nights' (same designer, right?). once i figured out how much speedy fun the various loops can be, it started showing off how fun it is to play (just a bit more than ripley's, otherwise the two would switch 3rd/4th place). though it does get some serious points off in my book for that annoying, over-theatrical voiceover - "the THEEEEE-AAHH-TAH awaits!" they must've thought that appropriate at the time! 2. CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON - another 'rediscovered' table for me, after someone mentioned the movie being repeated on svengoolie a few months back! like probably a lot of first-players, it seemed like the coolest table ever to send your balls straight down the shoot right off the bat! so i'd let it cool all this time, then gave it a serious go again a few months ago... and finally 'got it!' just too much fun - the theme, the ramps, the play, the art, the display, the lighting. and then rather uniquely lightweight in gadgetry and multiball, it just all adds up to a triple-A brilliant table! maybe not easy to pick up at first, but once you do, you enjoy every freakin' second you're playing it. and now, numbah 1... MONSTER BASH!! can you deny it? what can i say that hasn't already been said? a freakin' masterpiece of a monster of a table. -every- classic movie monster in one table? as a ROCK SUPERGROUP?!? awesome and epic theme, artwork, display, layout, rampage, lighting, play. there's nothing like getting those first multiballs going... until you get that first six-ball monster bash!!! all that, -and- humor in a sort of updated 'young frankenstein' vein (just me probably, but most other table's sense of humor is a bit too corny/obvious - mb has just the right tone and balance to these updated rock monsters.) not too difficult a machine, although it has a devilishly clever layout that constantly threatens to send your balls SDTM. it -does- eventually defeat you via fatigue. along with the creature's own table at #2, you just smile start to finish. if i could offer my thought about a ratings add-on to the future gui, i'd recommend just going with three or four stars/levels - faves, more, and 'the rest/the attic'. to me, any more is overthinking it - people usually know what they like, -definitely- know what they don't like, and the rest are give-and-take eh? display table list by user ratings, by online cumulative ratings - online votes restricted to one per day, or so perhaps. just that, the thought of 10 stars is too much, really! simplify, simplify... 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