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<blockquote data-quote="Michael" data-source="post: 270753" data-attributes="member: 5116"><p>I don't get why so many here seem to want new tables recreated. Since the days of the Williams & Gottlieb Hall of Fame games, Farsight's mission to me has always been about recreating the classics and making them more widely available to both new generations who have never had a chance to play them for real, and to those who want to relive their old arcade days. When there are still literally thousands of old tables from the 60's-90's waiting to get digital iterations, why should Farsight recreate the present? Especially since most new tables I have had the misfortune of trying seem to suffer from the same disease of cramming as many bells and whistles and clutter into them as possible, to mask the fact that on a basic level, they suffer from uninspired or unoriginal design and are just not fun to play. "More" does not necessarily mean "better". Modern tables have no soul compared to a 70's Gottlieb or 80's Williams. Ghostbosters has <em>nothing</em> on Eight Ball Deluxe, for example, even though the latter doesn't have a single ramp, multiball, or video mode. If there are any new tables worthwhile being made today, then let consensus sort that out over the coming decades, and release the best of them 30 years from now - and I'm only half kidding.</p><p></p><p>As someone who has bought both HoF games and every table for TPA (even those I don't like) and intend to continue to do so (except for the Stern PA game, for obvious reasons), I feel I have to balance the scales a little bit here and express my absolute support for and craving for more older tables. Yes, forget about LCD screens obviously, but go one step further and forget about DMD's! There are literally hundreds of Gottliebs and Williamses alone just from the 1970's still to recreate. And of the 10 top rated EM games on ipdb.org literally just <strong><em>one</em></strong> (Fireball) is in TPA. That makes even less sense since I read on this very forum that Norman had stated that <em>the #1 most played table in TPA is <strong>Big Shot</strong></em>! So, obviously there's a demand for these tables. How many EM's could have been made in the time it took to finish Ghostbusters, for example? I bought it, but it's a table I can hardly be bothered to play. Now that there is no longer a regular release schedule, I wish Farsight would just put out a new EM every now and then between bug fixes. Here, start at the top of the IPDB ratings list and work your way down!</p><p></p><p>#1 Abra Ca Dabra (Gottlieb,1975)</p><p>#2 Sweet Hearts (Gottlieb,1963)</p><p>#3 2001 (Gottlieb,1971)</p><p>#4 Pop-A-Card (Gottlieb,1972)</p><p>#5 Top Card (Gottlieb,1974)</p><p>#6 Cross Town (Gottlieb,1966)</p><p>#7 Target Pool (Gottlieb,1969)</p><p>-</p><p>#9 Wizard! (Bally,1975)</p><p>#10 Four Million B.C. (Bally,1971)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Michael, post: 270753, member: 5116"] I don't get why so many here seem to want new tables recreated. Since the days of the Williams & Gottlieb Hall of Fame games, Farsight's mission to me has always been about recreating the classics and making them more widely available to both new generations who have never had a chance to play them for real, and to those who want to relive their old arcade days. When there are still literally thousands of old tables from the 60's-90's waiting to get digital iterations, why should Farsight recreate the present? Especially since most new tables I have had the misfortune of trying seem to suffer from the same disease of cramming as many bells and whistles and clutter into them as possible, to mask the fact that on a basic level, they suffer from uninspired or unoriginal design and are just not fun to play. "More" does not necessarily mean "better". Modern tables have no soul compared to a 70's Gottlieb or 80's Williams. Ghostbosters has [I]nothing[/I] on Eight Ball Deluxe, for example, even though the latter doesn't have a single ramp, multiball, or video mode. If there are any new tables worthwhile being made today, then let consensus sort that out over the coming decades, and release the best of them 30 years from now - and I'm only half kidding. As someone who has bought both HoF games and every table for TPA (even those I don't like) and intend to continue to do so (except for the Stern PA game, for obvious reasons), I feel I have to balance the scales a little bit here and express my absolute support for and craving for more older tables. Yes, forget about LCD screens obviously, but go one step further and forget about DMD's! There are literally hundreds of Gottliebs and Williamses alone just from the 1970's still to recreate. And of the 10 top rated EM games on ipdb.org literally just [B][I]one[/I][/B] (Fireball) is in TPA. That makes even less sense since I read on this very forum that Norman had stated that [I]the #1 most played table in TPA is [B]Big Shot[/B][/I]! So, obviously there's a demand for these tables. How many EM's could have been made in the time it took to finish Ghostbusters, for example? I bought it, but it's a table I can hardly be bothered to play. Now that there is no longer a regular release schedule, I wish Farsight would just put out a new EM every now and then between bug fixes. Here, start at the top of the IPDB ratings list and work your way down! #1 Abra Ca Dabra (Gottlieb,1975) #2 Sweet Hearts (Gottlieb,1963) #3 2001 (Gottlieb,1971) #4 Pop-A-Card (Gottlieb,1972) #5 Top Card (Gottlieb,1974) #6 Cross Town (Gottlieb,1966) #7 Target Pool (Gottlieb,1969) - #9 Wizard! (Bally,1975) #10 Four Million B.C. (Bally,1971) [/QUOTE]
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