For the "Stern Years" (2010-Current) I've got to go with Borg. Overall all though the win goes to SR.
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Quoted from mbaumle:It seems to me like Borg's most well loved designs always have something borrowed: Jurassic Park has a similar layout to Whirlwind, TRON has a similar layout to Funhouse, Metallica has a similar layout to Monster Bash, Aerosmith has a similar layout to Medieval Madness.
You could design a game from scratch without looking at or referencing another game and 500 people on here will yell that the layout looks just like X! Pinball has been around for many decades and there is only so much you can do (and keep it fun) with a 20"x42" rectangle (or 27"x45" widebody).
Quoted from mbaumle:Steve Ritchie, IMHO has a longer track record of individually unique games.
Really? I love Steve Ritchie games...one of my all time favorite designers. But there is no arguing that many (most) of his games follow the same formula (which is fine by me).
Quoted from MacLean:good point, Jeff. If Dialed-In was released before the original "popularity" poll was taken 2 months ago, I'm sure Lawlor's 17% could be up around 20% like Borg & Ritchie, or possibly higher.
DI looks like it will be a game changer.
Game changer?
I will admit I'm not a huge Lawlor fan...Whirlwind, Banzi Run and TAF are as good as he gets for me and I have no plans to own any of those (but I do enjoy them). DI does even less for me...not even on my radar. Yes, I'd love to play one...but not own one. I find Borg and Ritchie games to be way more engaging (for me).
Quoted from kvan99:When Funhouse came out it turned the then vanilla pinball landscape on it's head (pun?), it was revolutionary. I never even played pinball till I saw Rudy.
Never really cared for Funhouse...and a buddy of mine had one for awhile. He ended up moving it on also. I understand a lot of peope love it... I'm just not one of them.
Quoted from TheLaw:He must have owned a lot of 90s Gotleibs in the past
It's the total package. Shit art, layout, audio, layout, Franekstein toy is just a train wreck, boring, layout; uff it's juts so rough. It's like a worse, much worse, version of TFTC without all the fun and cool animations & audio.
It's not great...but it's still better than Shaq!
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