Catacomb.

I'm surprised at how quick the gameplay is and how you have to keep your head using the 'toast' if you really want to score any real points which ain't easy. The bagatelle is a nifty, yet frustrating, feature that I still forget about from time to time when the ball drains and stare at the trough wondering why the next ball hasn't popped out ... . It can really help your game a lot if played well. Making the spinner shot and sweeping the top targets (once) was pretty wild. Too bad it doesn't have 'spooky' sounds though.

However, Catacomb isn't really a big 'surprise treasure' as it is simply the best classic Stern pin.  

EM - Sure Shot.  Bought it as a project, totally intended to fix and sell... can't let it go.
DMD - Baywatch.  Crap theme, but for the amount I've played it, I loved it.

My Central Park and Evil Kniviel for me.

For me , it's definetely taxi , Never play it before ,and now  it's a keeper for me.

JM all the way in my books.

SECRET SERVICE.  It's one of the best Jackpot I ever seen, with all the light and the special music.

Quoted from OTTOgd

However, Catacomb isn't really a big 'surprise treasure' as it is simply the best classic Stern pin.  

You just say that because you haven't played Stargazer enough.  

Quoted from tiger_31

For me , it's definetely taxi , Never play it before ,and now  it's a keeper for me.

I ' m glad for you ...  

Gottlieb Genesis. I fell in love with it once I played it. It makes use of some of the best classic Gottlieb trademarks in pinball such as kicker targets and the vari-target. Add 4 pop bumpers, some drop targets and 2 ramps and the gameplay is quite fast. Sounds and music are pretty good. Yeah, the theme blows but I believe that if John Trudeau got the Metropolis theme like he wanted, with some cab art, it would have done MUCH better.

I owned 2... and I am still looking for one. Just not at any price...

Indiana Jones.  

Loved the movies and had a chance to get one at a good price so I bought it even though I had never played it before. Still one of my favorites.

Quoted from Monkeybug

You just say that because you haven't played Stargazer enough.  

It was fun but I played it enough. Plus Adam highlighted the scoring fiasco :

Quoted from Vengeance

... The most lucrative shot on Stargazer is the upper bank of 3 drop targets followed by the upper left spinner.  

The most you can get per spin on the left and right spinners after lighting them is 2,000 per spin and then after being hit once they turn off.  Once you drop down a single target from the upper bank it holds the value and doesn't unlite the spinner with the top value at 4,000 a spin.  The best strategy on Stargazer is to drop one target down at the 4,000 value and then just sit there and rape that spinner over and over again, it's how I crushed Doug's high score.

The only failing that I can see with Catacomb at the moment is the locked ball(s)/multi-ball carry-over. BEST STERN EVER. Lightning looks like a pretty awesome very close second though. Coincidentally, another Joe Joos Jr. Cooke's video rocks: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRj6uT5TL-Y.

Quoted from OTTOgd

It was fun but I played it enough. Plus Adam highlighted the scoring fiasco :

While Adam did point out the exploit, I dare you to try it.. your aim has to be perfect to nail that shot every time, it's a tight shot.  And if you miss, you're usually treated with a SDTM or the ball goes into the pops, which usually kills your spinner lock and you have to start over