Predict Season 4 lineup

[IGoFirstIndy]

I heard someone say Earthshaker is by the same designer as Whirlwind. Has anyone played both, is Earthshaker better? Because I am pretty "Meh!" on Whirlwind.

Earth Shaker is much better. it's a really fun table.

 

[jbejarano]

Not in chronological order:

1. Phantom Of The Opera
2. The Addams Family
3. High Speed II: The Getaway
4. Jack*Bot
5. Eight Ball Deluxe
6. Cyclone
7. Red & Ted's Roadshow
8. Xenon
9. F-14 Tomcat
10. Earthshaker

I think the Williams/Bally parade has one more season left in it.

Other possibles that just missed my vote:

Banzai Run, Paragon, TX-Sector, Johnny Mnemonic, The Party Zone

 

[EldarOfSuburbia]

I heard someone say Earthshaker is by the same designer as Whirlwind. Has anyone played both, is Earthshaker better? Because I am pretty "Meh!" on Whirlwind.

Earthshaker is another Pat Lawlor table. He who designed both TZ and TAF. The list of (released) tables he has designed are:

Bally/Williams:
Banzai Run
Earthshaker
Whirlwind
Funhouse
The Addams Family
Twilight Zone
Red & Ted
Safecracker
No Good Gofers

Stern:
Monopoly
Rollercoaster Tycoon
Ripley's
Grand Prix/NASCAR (same table, different branding/artwork depending on location - NASCAR is not a big license outside N America)
Family Guy
Shrek (re-branded Family Guy?)
CSI

 

[lettuce]

Phantom Of The Opera
Hurricane
High Speed 2: The Getaway
Jack*Bot
The Addams Family
Safecracker
Cyclone
Red and Ted's Roadshow
F-14
Earthshaker

 

[Gorgar]

My updated predictions:

Oct - Phantom of the Opera
Nov - Party Zone
Dec - Cyclone
Jan - Addams Family
Feb - Eight Ball Deluxe
March - Safe Cracker
April - TX Sector
May - The Getaway
June - Earthshaker
July - Jackbot

There is probably a Sony property table in here too, but I can't figure out what it is and my head hurts.

 

[Rich Lehmann]

The clown has no hat in Cyclone.

The clown in the center of Hurricane has that hat. That clue may just as likely be Hurricane as Party Zone. I haven't played either but Hurricane looks like a much better table than Party Zone.

 

[Rich Lehmann]

HOLY CRAP! The next table isn't Party Zone, it is Hurricane. Go back and look at the clue. The hat is not only similar to the clown it has the same yellow with blue star pattern as the clowns shirt.

 

[IGoFirstIndy]

The clown in the center of Hurricane has that hat. That clue may just as likely be Hurricane as Party Zone. I haven't played either but Hurricane looks like a much better table than Party Zone.

Except that the free table is twilight ZONE and the clue is about a PARTY in the Twilight ZONE. I'd rather Cyclone too. But it's PARTY ZONE.

 

[Gorgar]

HOLY CRAP! The next table isn't Party Zone, it is Hurricane. Go back and look at the clue. The hat is not only similar to the clown it has the same yellow with blue star pattern as the clowns shirt.

Nah. The hat on Rod Serling is orange with blue squiggly lines.

 

[Rich Lehmann]

Yeah, I get the "zone" play on words but it can't be a coincidence that they made the hat yellow with blue starts. Those are definitely blue stars not wave lines and it is yellow, only the bottom trim and ball on top are red/orange. Like the clowns red/orange hair and ball nose. And people have said that the clue was much more obvious than usual. Maybe it wasn't so obvious.

 

[Dedpop]

I really think it's gonna be The Party Zone.
But I'm ok if it's Cyclone.
I think I would prefer Cyclone.
But I'm ok with Party Zone.
Damn. I want them both.

 

[Rich Lehmann]

I really think it's gonna be The Party Zone.
But I'm ok if it's Cyclone.
I think I would prefer Cyclone.
But I'm ok with Party Zone.
Damn. I want them both.

Not Cyclone, Hurricane.

 

[Dedpop]

Not Cyclone, Hurricane.

You're right. But I prefer Cyclone.
(Dialogue of the deaf )

Maybe next table is... NINE BALL !
(The hat thing)

 

[EldarOfSuburbia]

Hurricane is fun, but in a brutal, you'll want to kick the table way. The Dummy's taunts will live with you for a long, long, time.

It's essentially the table that got me into pinball. I've not played it since it was replaced with TZ (and then Dr Who and then BSD and then MSF...); I've not even seen a working one since.

[Edit] How about an entire season of Gottlieb EM pool-themed tables?

 

[Dedpop]

[Edit] How about an entire season of Gottlieb EM pool-themed tables?

No thanks.

 

[Rich Lehmann]

Is the clue usually so obvious as "party hat"+ "Twilight Zone" = Party Zone? And they consciously chose to make the hat yellow with blue starts it may be a red herring on their part but it can't be a coincidence.

 

[Dedpop]

Is the clue usually so obvious as "party hat"+ "Twilight Zone" = Party Zone? And they consciously chose to make the hat yellow with blue starts it may be a red herring on their part but it can't be a coincidence.

It's true that it looks obvious.
I still think it's gonna be Party Zone.
Wait & see...

 

[Gorgar]

If you zoom in, the hat is definitely orange with with indiscernable shapes of blue, green, pink and yellow.

 

[Rich Lehmann]

If you zoom in, the hat is definitely orange with with indiscernable shapes of blue, green, pink and yellow.

...You're right.

 

[Reagan Dow]

if we got Grand Lizard or Swords of Fury and Earthshaker or Banzai Run this season i would be very happy.

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