Poll:What is your favorite pinball era ?

big surprise at the results





NOT

I wonder which one Adam voted for..  

EM's of course.  

Quoted from Vengeance

EM's of course.  

And here I thought it would be pre-war Bingo machines?

Quoted from Monkeybug

And here I thought it would be pre-war Bingo machines?

I would have but it wasn't an option.  

That's a two-fold question....

My favorite "ERA" was the 80's when Arcades ruled.

FirePower, BK and Gorgar (early 80's SS) had a lasting impact on me.

High Speed and Pinbot were long-time favorite later in that decade

I really enjoyed playing pins in arcade during the 80's.

So the best "ERA" of pinball for me was 80's.

As for which pins I like most NOW, it's the newer stuff (DMDs / Pin2K) will all the toys.

So depending on the intent of the question, I have two answers.

Best "ERA" :  80's arcade pins

Best "Pins" :  Newer DMD Stuff


Steph

Quoted from Steph

That's a two-fold question....

My favorite "ERA" was the 80's when Arcades ruled.

FirePower, BK and Gorgar (early 80's SS) had a lasting impact on me.

High Speed and Pinbot were long-time favorite later in that decade

I really enjoyed playing pins in arcade during the 80's.

So the best "ERA" of pinball for me was 80's.

As for which pins I like most NOW, it's the newer stuff (DMDs / Pin2K) will all the toys.

So depending on the intent of the question, I have two answers.

Best "ERA" :  80's arcade pins

Best "Pins" :  Newer DMD Stuff


Steph

Exactly what Steph said..

Mike

Quoted from Steph

Best "ERA" :  80's arcade pins

Best "Pins" :  Newer DMD Stuff


Steph

I'm confused. At what point did you become a lawyer or politician. That's about as indecisive as you can get. Why not have a most fun to tilt category and best flipper button category in there too.

Quoted from necro_nemesis

I'm confused. At what point did you become a lawyer or politician. That's about as indecisive as you can get.

I'm sorry if all those big 4-5 letter words confused you Necro,
I'll try to use less "legal-eze" next time...  

What part of "ERA" don't you understand ... ?

I most enjoyed playing pins during the 80's  (...that's an "ERA" ).

But given the choice of pins to play now, I'd choose DMDs.
... although I find playing in my games room does not have as much "excitement"
and when I played pinballs in the arcades...

Sheeessssh,... I never thought I'd have to explain that so plainly...



Steph

Your=Steph in this case.

pin·ball (pnbôl)
n.
A game played on a device in which the player operates a plunger to shoot a ball down or along a slanted surface having obstacles and targets, often equipped with flippers to keep the ball in play.

favourite US, favorite [ˈfeɪvərɪt ˈfeɪvrɪt]
adj
(prenominal) most liked; preferred above all others
n
1.
a.  a person or thing regarded with especial preference or liking
b.  (as modifier) a favourite book
2. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Horse Racing) Sport a competitor thought likely to win
play favourites to display favouritism

e·ra (îr, r)
n.
1. A period of time as reckoned from a specific date serving as the basis of its chronological system.
2.
a. A period of time characterized by particular circumstances, events, or personages: the Colonial era of U.S. history; the Reagan era.
b. A point that marks the beginning of such a period of time. See Synonyms at period.
3. The longest division of geologic time, made up of one or more periods.


Stop waffling.

90's machines!

80's

but damn i'd love to get a circus voltaire or mm or rfm or......... haaaaaaa never mind!

Every age (be it the machines' or the persons') brings on a different fascination. The era preferred in and through the context of our present time, is usually directly associated with the memories which the machines we first played conjure up for each person answering this poll.

Driving to a service call this week, I was listening to an old tape recorded interview from the fifth Pinball Expo (1989- I believe) with historian and author Richard Bueschel and he said something that I think may be relevant here in this thread.

We were talking about where pinball was going in the 90's with all these ramps, multi-balls and 3 dimensional craziness etc. and he said, - "...somehow you just can't seem to overload youth..."

Sometimes I feel as old as the flipper itself reading some of your comments, and I am kind of glad. By the by, the flipper is 62 years-old.

Cheers to you all, - after the EM's there was just more and more noise until pinball 2000 practically killed the game, while Gary Stern picked up the pieces & played his cards.

I like playing EMs , but definitly the SS era , between 1978 to 1985 ...

I think that most of us would choose any pin over none. If you rented a cabin somewhere and there was an old EM (for those that like new 90's 2K macines) you would likely be happy and play the pin; same cabin with a new machine (For those EM fans.) My point is that pinball is fun and there are aspects of every machine and era that are fun.

Yes I realize that the question is favorite so I agree you should put your favorite down. I just wanted to point out that there are benefits (and disadvantages) to each era. If you look at the positives any pin can be fun.

System 11's baby!