This is my list of 'Grade 4' games. I started with the top 300 list from ipdb.com and all values are based on the Boston Pinball Ebay summary. IPDB rating, Pinside rating, and price all have equal weight in the final ranking. The list is sorted from highest to lowest total score. On several games there was no Pinside rating so I used the IPDB rating twice. Complaints can be directed to that wall over there, but I'm always open to ways to improve the ratings. The PDF includes the data used to create the ranking.

Grade 4

Superman by Atari, Incorporated
Elektra by Bally
Viper Night Drivin' by Sega
Rollergames by Williams
Meteor by Stern
Wipe Out by Gottlieb
Blackout by Williams
Fireball II by Bally
Skateball by Bally
Pharaoh by Williams
Power Play by Bally
Alien Poker by Williams
Six Million Dollar Man, The by Bally
Cosmic Gunfight by Williams
Street Fighter II by Gottlieb
Eight Ball Champ by Bally
Stellar Wars by Williams
Rescue 911 by Gottlieb
Genie by Gottlieb
Solar Fire by Williams
Solar Ride by Gottlieb
Escape from the Lost World by Bally
Laser War by Data East Pinball, Incorporated
Mars God of War by Gottlieb
Star Gazer by Stern
Buck Rogers by Gottlieb
Popeye Saves the Earth by Bally
Pinball Pool by Gottlieb
Riverboat Gambler by Williams
Cue Ball Wizard by Gottlieb
Diamond Lady by Gottlieb
Silverball Mania by Bally
Devil Riders by Zaccaria
Scorpion by Williams
Cleopatra by Gottlieb
Jungle Lord by Williams
Frontier by Bally
High Roller Casino by Stern
Cactus Jack's by Gottlieb
Roller Disco by Gottlieb
Space Jam by Sega
Dungeons & Dragons by Bally
Sinbad by Gottlieb
Big Game by Stern
Farfalla by Zaccaria
Transporter the Rescue by Bally
Black Jack by Bally
Time Warp by Williams
Stingray by Stern
Arena by Gottlieb
Shaq Attaq by Gottlieb
Firepower II by Williams
Party Animal by Bally
Gladiator by Gottlieb
Game Show, The by Bally
Flight 2000 by Stern
Stars by Stern
Grand Prix by Stern

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You're welcome. I'm a nerd through and through.

I gave up on the letter grades because people were having flashbacks to high school report cards. From here on out it's Grade 1-5, because absolutely everyone has agreed to like that.

I'm double posting this from the Grade 5 list because I think it's important.

As for price, I'll use two games as an example to demonstrate why I think it's important: Theater of Magic, and The Addams Family. These games are as close as two games can be to each other in my list.

Average Rating
ToM 8.383
TAF 8.419

Based on rating alone these games are nearly equal. But they made 21,270 TAF, and only 6,600 ToM. That means TAF should be significantly cheaper than ToM because they have equal game play value. However, we all know differently...

Boston Pinball Price
ToM $4578
TAF $4813

That tells me that there's a hidden factor that makes TAF much more valuable than the rating and production numbers would imply. As this thread and many other have proved, we all have emotional attachment to certain games. When we're asked to be objective, I think we rate even our favorite games objectively. However when it's time to buy a game those emotions come out to play. We'll all pay more for the games we love, and I think integrating the price into this list reflects that.