PAF Top Ten Most Wanted Table Poll Series : #2 - Williams (Closed)

[dtown8532]

And one more I'm fairly sure I'm alone in liking:


- Pharaoh

No, you're not. I love Pharaoh. My favorite of the four System 7 Williams two levels. I miss it too.

 

[squidlr]

Fish Tales has so much charm; it has to win!

 

[Edan-Grossman]

I think that this is a better video for black knight 2000. I think it better demonstrates the visuals and the awesome soundtrack.

 

[Pinballwiz45b]

Voted. I picked:

Banzai Run
Black Knight 2000
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Earthshaker
F-14 Tomcat
Fish Tales
Jack*Bot (I believe this should be paired with High Roller Casino)
No Fear
Road Show (the unfortunate thing is that I saw one at a skating rink at 5th grade. Broken due to tilt problems )
Space Station

 

[fenderbendr]

I think that this is a better video for black knight 2000. I think it better demonstrates the visuals and the awesome soundtrack.

Wow, what an epic soundtrack. Unfortunately, I don't think the current sound quality in TPA would do it justice, at least on mobiles.

 

[PiN WiZ]

I think that this is a better video for black knight 2000. I think it better demonstrates the visuals and the awesome soundtrack.

Black Knight 2000 (1989) gameplay link updated...thanks for the suggestion Edan-Grossman.

 

[Tales from the Crypt !!]

Dracula..... PLEASE MAKE THIS F.S.

 

[ER777]

Man, its going to be tough limiting it to 10 votes. A lot of these tables look really interesting.

Hey, since I only voted for 5 EM tables can I use an extra 5 votes here?

Edit: OK, after making some tough cuts based on having other similar tables already in or coming to TPA, I got down to 10 votes. I could have really used that extra 5 votes though, lots of great choices in this list. The winners:

Banzai Run
Bram Stoker’s Dracula
Cyclone
Diner
Fish Tales
Getaway: High Speed II
Grand Lizard
Junk Yard
Red & Ted’s Road Show
Swords of Fury

 

[Pinballfan69]

Wow there are too many noteworthy tables in this poll. I checked 16. Williams have always been my favorite table manufacturer. Most Notable ones in my book are

If it were only 10 it would be
Dracula
Fish Tales
High Speed 1&2
F-14 tomcat
Road Show
Cyclone
Diner
Earthshaker
Swords of Fury
Junk Yard
I remember Time warp with that unique curved flipper. Some great pins here.

Other honorable mentions
Bad Cats
Black Knight 2000
Comet
Hurricane
Jungle Lord
Time Warp

 

[Nightwing]

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Wow...picking 10 pins from this poll was not easy at all. I could have easily made a case for 5 or six more machines.
But I did narrow it down,so here are my picks:

Banzai Run
Cyclone
Earthshaker
F-14 Tomcat
Fire!
High Speed
Jack*Bot
Junk Yard
Red & Ted's Road Show
Swords of Fury

I couldn't vote for all 3 of the "coaster" pins,so I went with Cyclone simply because I've played it IRL.
Same with High Speed & HS2:The Getaway...

As for the rest - Fire!,Jack*Bot & Swords of Fury looked interesting enough to get votes from me.
I also have some real life experience with the rest on my list.

My top two were by far the easiest choices - Banzai Run & Red & Ted's Road Show

BR,simply put - brought me back into playing pinball. There are many reasons why it should be in TPA:
Pat Lawlor's 1st table
The unique vertical playfield
And I want it!

Road Show is just full of goodness. Many of the truck stops back in the 90's had this pin - and for good reasons - mostly because drivers like myself could relate to some of the city challenges.

If FS put those two pins in TPA (along with The Shadow) - I would be a very happy camper!
Anyways,there are my picks...

 

[Pinballfan69]

There is a PAPA tutorial of Dracula that shows why that table is so alluring. 480M+ Jackpots. Yeah that's right.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuHQQqor3KI

 

[shutyertrap]

Without even blinking I had 16 tables picked, could've easily added 4 to that. I seriously just wanna play everything on this list. Anyways, my votes...

Bad Cats It's just so out there, but fun too.
Banzai Run One of the first tables to draw me to pinball. Hard as hell too.
Cyclone If you're gonna pick only one coaster pin, gotta be this one.
Earthshaker Everything about this table speaks to me.
F-14 Tomcat It's just so damn fast! Separates the boys from the men.
Fish Tales I honestly have little experience with it, and I'd like that to change.
High Speed Yes, I picked this instead of The Getaway. I find it to be the purer experience.
Jokerz It was this or Diner, and this won (because I'm not a fan of the Taxi voices in Diner)
Junk Yard Wrecking ball. 'Nuff said.
Red & Ted's Roadshow What Lawlor started with Earthshaker ends 3 tables later here.

My also rans...

Dracula I've heard good things, but I've rarely played it.
Diner Too similar to Taxi with the voices, and Jokerz took care of the gameplay.
The Getaway Highly enjoyable, but I don't like how much it relies on the DMD.
Jack*Bot I prefer it in every way to Pin*Bot, even though they share the same playfield. It's just I'm not a fan of Pin*Bot!
No Fear It's ramp heaven, but you literally are aiming at air, as there are no targets to hit.
Swords of Fury Never played, but I've heard great things.

 

[warh0g]

I went with the following:

Fish Tales
Jack•Bot
Bram Stoker’s Dracula
Diner
Earthshaker
F-14 Tomcat
The Getaway: High Speed II
Junk Yard
Red & Ted’s Road Show
Space Station

Fish Tales and Jack•Bot being the 2 tables I want to see asap

 

[p6800]

Complex licensing and average popularity were the two factors that kept this table from making this poll.

So how could Rollergames be brought up? Maybe in the future "licensed tables" poll? It's a Ritchie table at the end of the day and Jay said he is a big fan!
Can we even get a sense about how "complex" the license is? Maybe others could see this gameplay and keep it in mind for the future - http://pinball.org/videos/gameplay-videos/rollergames/

Btw, am i totally crazy for looking at the Rollergames table sitting next to the bk2k in the gameplay video from this thread?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUTgj90iB7M

 

[Bowflex]

No shortage of greats here. Picking a top 15 might have been a challenge but just ten was excruciating. At least bram stoker's Dracula and fish tales are easy choices. Road show, bk2k, earthshaker, f14 and getaway were all easy for me too. After that there was a dozen tables vying for 4 coveted spots.

 

[Wolis]

Where is my all-time fav: Scorpion 1980
http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?gid=2067

And Solar Fire as distinct from Grand Lizard.
http://www.ipdb.org/search.pl?any=solar+fire&sortby=name&search=Search+Database&searchtype=quick

Oh.. Pharoah is missing
http://www.ipdb.org/search.pl?any=pharoah&search=Search+Database&searchtype=quick

And what was that crazy Hyperball
http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?gid=3169

Basically if its Williams after 1979 I will happily buy it on Pinball Arcade so just do them all please

 

[Wolis]

And if I could choose one more - I am a sucker for the obscure and weird:
Timewarp - Those banana flippers are the bomb

Oh yes.. Banana flippers, almost forgot about those heady days.

Thanks for the reminder.. and here hoping we see it someday soon in Pinball Arcade.

 

[Wolis]

- Solar Fire
- Cosmic Gunfight
- Big Guns
- Scorpion
- Pharaoh

Ha.. just read this after posting my own, very similar, list of missing tables.

So nice to see someone else remember the awesomeness of Scorpion.

 

[PiN WiZ]

I'm sure we would all like to see FarSight do just about every single one of the Top 300 tables, but the simple fact is, FarSight can only do so many tables in a season and the main purpose of this poll series is to let FarSight know which tables the pinball community would like to see in the next two seasons...or to put it another way, sooner rather than later.

 

[Heretic]

alien poker, if you dont vote for it, no soup for you!