(Topic ID: 16134)
Charlton, MA
***********NEW RANKING***********
1) Tommy
2) Maverick
3) Lethal Weapon
4) Baywatch
This ranking is from the PBD archives and also current statistics/standing. It cannot be disputed or debated, sorry
PBD=Pinball Dad....lol
1. Total Recall:
http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?gid=4335
2. Aaron Spelling:
http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?gid=4339
3. Richie Rich:
http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=4344
4. MAD:
http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=3440
Regina, SK
Warrington
Quoted from louknees:Guns and Roses is amazing and definitely the best Data East Game to me. Great Stuff.
Quoted from StevenP:WWF RR would be up ,there too, as would LAH. Tough call on these, but the OP's 4 plus these 2 would be my top 6.
I agree. Some may find what I'm about to say silly since I've only owned my WWFRR for 5 days, so I may just be looking at it with those "newness" goggles.
I only have a 3 pin collection and WWFRR and JP are two of them, Taxi is the other. JP was my first pin, and yes, I do love it, but...
As far as fun factor goes, WWFRR completely smokes JP. Everywhere I look on WWFRR there's something blinking waiting for me to shoot. Jurassic Park is VERY limited in shots. Add in that JP can be an absolute DRAIN monster if you miss a shot. Just look at that left outlane! I consider myself a decent player and, last I checked, my average ball time on JP was something like 37 seconds.
It may also help that I absolutely love WWFRR's theme. But JP is also one of my all time favorite movies.
GNR best for sure then Tommy none others close to those in my opinion. That said, there are definitely other solid data east pins.
Me too!
I think TFTC has some of the best dotmation or dmd art of any pinball and is my favorite Data East. GnR second in my opinion and was a very solid earning machine and sure wish I had one back in my collection. I would pay top dollar for a CQ machine. Third for me is sort of a tie with TMNT, I loved the playfield spinner, real turtles toys and remember DE was the first in dot matrix technology and also tied for third is Rocky and Bullwinkle which had a great and distinctive sound package, loved that BSMT. Hard to imagine at one time Stern was such innovator in pinball with being the first in solid state flippers, dot matrix display and then even much larger display, easy to use backbox lock and finally digital sound which needs to make a come back!
This has been discussed for years.....There was a massive poll on rgp a few years ago thousands of votes and it came down to this.
These where the top 4 in order of all time for DE.
That was the order deemed by like 2,500 votes.
The reason why TFTC was not ahead of Tommy was the clunky ass Crypt shot. When i had mine i wanted to sand the scoop a 1/16th on the right side lol. This is the most complained thing on tftc.
*edit* before anyone says shoot better Borg admitted his cad was off a 1/8th in reality a 1/16th would have done.
I owned a GNR for over 5 years and had a Tommy, TFTC and JP in my house while my friend had his house for sale (for close to a year) and would rank them as follows:
1a. Tommy
1b. TFTC
3. GNR
4. JP
GNR is definitely my favorite theme but has the weakest rule-set of the bunch. I didn't really care for the sound/artwork on JP, but the rule-set was pretty deep and the game played well. TFTC and Tommy are definitely the cream of the Data East crop for me. I also enjoy Star Wars a lot although the game could use better rules.
Brisbane
Phantom of the Opera for the way it looks and artwork, Tommy for the way it plays, hands down best Data East
I've never owned a DE before and it's good to hear that the best rated DE pins here are GNR and TFTC both of which I will be bringing home soon 
How about Time Machine? I've never played the real thing but really enjoyed playing it on my pinmame cab and love how the music changes as you go back in time and the use of real chimes add a nice touch to the game too.
Tommy all the way! Stackable modes, great music, brilliantly integrated theme, blinders, and it's hard as hell. In my eyes, it's the perfect player's game.
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