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What was the worst pinball machine ever and who made it?
« on: March 20, 2015, 04:26:09 PM »
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Re: What was the worst pinball machine ever and who made it?
« Reply #1 on: March 20, 2015, 04:28:07 PM »
The 2 games I hate most are Maverick and Viper Night Driving.

Both are boring, both i've walked away from with balls still in play.

Popeye gets a lot of votes usually and I agree it also does suck but I give it some points for trying something different (although not being able to see the ball most of the time isn't exactly a good kind of different)
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Re: What was the worst pinball machine ever and who made it?
« Reply #2 on: March 20, 2015, 04:30:03 PM »
Yeah agree with Jack, Popeye and Viper Night Driving are terrible, I think we played these at TPF and they were just painful, and they put them next to each other :P

Also Big Buck Hunter was not much fun, and another I did not like, those three are the most memorable for being the worst :D
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Re: What was the worst pinball machine ever and who made it?
« Reply #3 on: March 20, 2015, 04:34:10 PM »
DE Star Wars gets my vote for worst DMD machine.
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Re: What was the worst pinball machine ever and who made it?
« Reply #4 on: March 20, 2015, 04:38:48 PM »
Yeah, Star Trek LE  gets my vote...

oh, wait.. Crapiest games.


Popeye, Viper, Rolling Stones
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Re: What was the worst pinball machine ever and who made it?
« Reply #5 on: March 20, 2015, 05:26:47 PM »
popeye. bally.  :)

I dislike almost every game where the ball goes missing for periods of time.

a ton of honorable mentions, I can't stand them and they're top 15 machines. :P I trust my tastes more.
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Re: What was the worst pinball machine ever and who made it?
« Reply #6 on: March 20, 2015, 05:29:02 PM »
Sinbad can kiss my ass
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Re: What was the worst pinball machine ever and who made it?
« Reply #7 on: March 20, 2015, 08:33:11 PM »
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Re: What was the worst pinball machine ever and who made it?
« Reply #8 on: March 20, 2015, 08:48:17 PM »
I played a gottlieb game called "lights camera action" that I really, really hated.
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Re: What was the worst pinball machine ever and who made it?
« Reply #9 on: March 20, 2015, 09:11:23 PM »
Quote from: k7 on March 20, 2015, 05:26:47 PM
popeye. bally.  :)

I dislike almost every game where the ball goes missing for periods of time.

a ton of honorable mentions, I can't stand them and they're top 15 machines. :P I trust my tastes more.

I want to hear the honorable mentions, please.   ;)
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Re: What was the worst pinball machine ever and who made it?
« Reply #10 on: March 20, 2015, 10:26:11 PM »
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Re: What was the worst pinball machine ever and who made it?
« Reply #11 on: March 21, 2015, 07:33:09 AM »
Hey Dan, don't you have a Popeye? Popeye would probably be high on my list as the worst game ever made, but I remember playing Bugs Bunny in Vegas, and it was really bad. Bad enough to walk away from. Big Buck Hunter didn't do anything for me either. I guess to qualify as worst a came would either have to play really badly, be laid out poorly, or make you think why did they even make this turd.
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Re: What was the worst pinball machine ever and who made it?
« Reply #12 on: March 21, 2015, 09:01:17 AM »
My nominations:

X-Files
Rolling Stones
Avengers
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Re: What was the worst pinball machine ever and who made it?
« Reply #13 on: March 21, 2015, 09:52:30 AM »
Probably Big Guns, never could get into that.
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Re: What was the worst pinball machine ever and who made it?
« Reply #14 on: March 21, 2015, 10:06:42 AM »
Quote from: DK on March 20, 2015, 05:29:02 PM
Sinbad can kiss my ass

Really?  This surprises me. 

I like this game in tourneys.  The first trick is a short plunge to stay away from that left loop to right outlane drain.

The game really encourages flipper skills and techniques. Tap passes, stop on a dime drop catches and dead passes

But, hey, if you are not diggin' it, I understand :)

Edit ha, left off the "not" above
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