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Round 4: Q&A With Bobby King: Answers
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<blockquote data-quote="JoshuaKadmon" data-source="post: 33154" data-attributes="member: 1046"><p>My first reaction was that Bobby was thinking about early Stern SS tables versus classic Gottlieb EMs, but his wording could easily be taken as both being EMs. I tend to agree that actual Stern EM selection would be pretty worthless. Rawhide/Stampede may have some limited historical value (mostly because of their transition from Chicago Coin to Stern manufacturing after the late '76 buyout), but I doubt FarSight would even be able to get their hands on a physical Pinball or Disco EM (the other two actual EMs), as their production runs never even broke a thousand.</p><p></p><p>In all likelihood, we would see a few classic Gottlieb EMs like Royal Flush, Fast Draw, Slick Chick, Abra Ca Dabra, Jungle Queen, or Centigrade 37 matched up against Old Sterns like Flight 2000, Seawitch, Catacomb, Big Game, or Star Gazer. I agree with crazyflipperfingers that this kind of vote would be more meaningful than just deciding on which predetermined non-licensed tables hit first. Hopefully, FarSight won't burn the poll on EMs we already expect like Central Park or Ace High, and I'd rather see El Dorado City of Gold from PHoF than its EM predecessor (unless they get Canada Dry licensing... heh). In any case, I would probably vote for one of the Old Sterns (Catacomb vs. Seawitch vs. Flight 2000 would be a tough choice), since I think the seemingly inevitable PHoF updates would put us at Gottlieb EM capacity. Big Shot's among their best, and we're already getting it this month.</p><p></p><p>As I stated in my Ultimate 100 thread, I'd be fine if FS stuck to a 1966-2005 timeframe for all TPA tables, so in my mind, PHoF Gottlieb's Central Park (1966) should be as far back as FS reaches for the TPA library. Historical stuff from 1931-1965 may be fine for a Gottlieb-focused Hall of Fame game, but TPA seems like it's more focused on pinball's golden age, ya know? And before anyone asks, the only reason I cut the timeline at 2005 was because everything afterward seems too problematic with licensing and/or emulation... I'd just as soon forget about 'em and focus on true classics.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JoshuaKadmon, post: 33154, member: 1046"] My first reaction was that Bobby was thinking about early Stern SS tables versus classic Gottlieb EMs, but his wording could easily be taken as both being EMs. I tend to agree that actual Stern EM selection would be pretty worthless. Rawhide/Stampede may have some limited historical value (mostly because of their transition from Chicago Coin to Stern manufacturing after the late '76 buyout), but I doubt FarSight would even be able to get their hands on a physical Pinball or Disco EM (the other two actual EMs), as their production runs never even broke a thousand. In all likelihood, we would see a few classic Gottlieb EMs like Royal Flush, Fast Draw, Slick Chick, Abra Ca Dabra, Jungle Queen, or Centigrade 37 matched up against Old Sterns like Flight 2000, Seawitch, Catacomb, Big Game, or Star Gazer. I agree with crazyflipperfingers that this kind of vote would be more meaningful than just deciding on which predetermined non-licensed tables hit first. Hopefully, FarSight won't burn the poll on EMs we already expect like Central Park or Ace High, and I'd rather see El Dorado City of Gold from PHoF than its EM predecessor (unless they get Canada Dry licensing... heh). In any case, I would probably vote for one of the Old Sterns (Catacomb vs. Seawitch vs. Flight 2000 would be a tough choice), since I think the seemingly inevitable PHoF updates would put us at Gottlieb EM capacity. Big Shot's among their best, and we're already getting it this month. As I stated in my Ultimate 100 thread, I'd be fine if FS stuck to a 1966-2005 timeframe for all TPA tables, so in my mind, PHoF Gottlieb's Central Park (1966) should be as far back as FS reaches for the TPA library. Historical stuff from 1931-1965 may be fine for a Gottlieb-focused Hall of Fame game, but TPA seems like it's more focused on pinball's golden age, ya know? And before anyone asks, the only reason I cut the timeline at 2005 was because everything afterward seems too problematic with licensing and/or emulation... I'd just as soon forget about 'em and focus on true classics. [/QUOTE]
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