Bally Class of '81 is pretty top notch.
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Quoted from Methos:This.
Unlike Bally from 81, the Stern designs are different from each other where Bally just reused the same template a bit too much.
You could make the argument about late 70's Bally, 1981 not so much.
Centaur alone would nuke that argument, there is nothing else like it. Medusa has zipper flippers, again nothing else did at that point. Flash Gordon with the split level layout, Elektra tri-level and Fathom are all distinctly different.
Quoted from MtnFrost:I hold these 3 years as the golden era - no licenses, solid state with sounds and voice, uncluttered playfield, no distracting DMDs, just pure creativity.
Flash Gordon.
Quoted from Methos:Centaur and Viking are very similar to me. I'll give you Flash Gordon and Medusa and Fathom.
But Dolly Parton, Supersonic, Frontier, Globetrotters, Strikes and Spares, Eight Ball, and others are basically the same layout.
I like them, and the art is usually good on these titles. But Stern just was out of left field during that era and did some the best work.
As I pointed out "You could make the argument about late 70's Bally, 1981 not so much."
Where is the multiball on Viking? Magnet? Viking has twice as many pop bumpers, a spinner, 2 saucers, etc.
The 70's yes, all stale retreads.
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