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Best Classic Stern Game, for Gameplay

By Jr99svt

4 years ago

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Ali Stern Electronics, 1980
Big Game Stern Electronics, 1980
Catacomb Stern Electronics, 1981
Cheetah Stern Electronics, 1980
Dracula Stern Electronics, 1979
Dragonfist Stern Electronics, 1981
Flight 2000 Stern Electronics, 1980
Freefall Stern Electronics, 1981

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“Pick Three of you favorite Playing Games”

Catacomb 16 votes

3%
Nine Ball 51 votes

9%
Quicksilver 74 votes

13%
Meteor 73 votes

13%
Dragonfist 8 votes

1%
Viper 4 votes

1%
Ali 12 votes

2%
Nugent 4 votes

1%
Pinball 3 votes

1%
Freefall 8 votes

1%
Stargazer 61 votes

10%
Flight 2000 33 votes

6%
Stars 56 votes

10%
Orbitor 1 6 votes

1%
Lightning 6 votes

1%
Split Second 6 votes

1%
Seawitch 54 votes

9%
Cheetah 11 votes

2%
Galaxy 9 votes

2%
Big Game 31 votes

5%
Wild Fyre 1 vote
Galaxy 5 votes

1%
Iron Maiden 11 votes

2%
Magic 7 votes

1%
Trident 10 votes

2%
Dracula 8 votes

1%
Hot Hand 3 votes

1%
Lectronamo 4 votes

1%
Stingray 6 votes

1%
Magic 3 votes

1%

(Multiple choice - 584 votes by 268 Pinsiders)

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So from the top 6 in this poll, I have Stars and agree it's quite good, which would be the easiest to scratch build? (crazy I know but this seems to be where those of us late to the game are at)

Quicksilver
Meteor
Stars
Seawitch
Stargazer
Nine Ball

Quoted from bluespin:
Why scratch build a Stars or Meteor? They made a lot of them. Nine Ball would be the hardest because of the unique drop target, stand up target and above playfield spinner. Quicksilver, Seawitch, Star Gazer and Nine Ball playfields are all available now or will be by years end. You can buy a new wiring harness for Quicksilver and Star Gazer.
I’d rank them in order of most difficult to build top to bottom:
Nine Ball
Seawitch
Quicksilver
Star Gazer

Out here in the PacNW these old sterns essentially never come up for sale other than Meteor as you mention.

One of my biggest hangups to even considering trying such a project was the cabinet as finding old ones is again very difficult and I'm not interested in investing in the tools to make my own. Listening to the most recent Slam Tilt though with EZpinball cabs got me thinking about starting a ground up resto.

I like your ranking system though and was happy to see Star Gazer may be doable, that's a beaut of a pin.

Quoted from northvibe:
so sad I didn't put the new code in before I sold mine....

Just picked one up for this specific reason

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