For me it's
1. Iron Maiden
2. Cactus Canyon
3. Elvira HOH
Maybe it didn't click with me, but after playing Elvira on 2 separate occasions for over an hour each time I just couldn't get into. It's not a bad game, just okay imo. Bums me out since I love Scared Stiff and Party Monsters. But yeah, pretty big power gap between CC and HOH.
Quoted from BallyKISS1978:Godzilla
Jurassic Park
Rush (love the pin and not a big fan of the band)
Wrong thread?
I've owned all three, loved maidens play, cant get into the music. Will never sell our ehoh, so much to do . I bought a ccr se and liked it enough to get an le. But it's about as deep as a mud puddle, so not sure how long it will stay. So,
1. Ehoh
2. Ccr
3. Maiden
Quoted from Hayfarmer:I've owned all three, loved maidens play, cant get into the music. Will never sell our ehoh, so much to do . I bought a ccr se and liked it enough to get an le. But it's about as deep as a mud puddle, so not sure how long it will stay. So,
1. Ehoh
2. Ccr
3. Maiden
Agree. However I’d never own IM because of theme.
EHOH is a Bally/WMS feel game deceptively deep and fun even if you don’t know much about Elvira.
CCr is the first remake better than the original. The game will be epic with the topper and the optional code package (and it’s terrific as it is now).
Oh I'm not knocking ccr at all. It's just not as deep as ehoh, but that's not a bad thing at all. We have an le coming and I can't wait to get it. I do think it's most likely a keeper, fun to have a game that's so straight forward , and it is so well built!
Quoted from rai:I'm getting short on room but I would be able to add 1-2 of these machines but not all three due to space.
I believe my ranking is
Maiden
CC
Elvira
I have not played as much on CCR and have not played Maiden premium a lot but have a good amount of time on both Elvira and Maiden pro.
I’ve gotten Cactus Canyon and Maiden Premium in the last 2 weeks and both are keepers.
Quoted from MaxIsDead:FWIW CC was the quickest game to leave my house. Snooze fest
You are hardly an objective source given your documented extreme bitterness toward Chicago Gaming.
Quoted from jfh:You are hardly an objective source given your documented extreme bitterness toward Chicago Gaming.
Bitter about my leg issue, not necessarily bitter at CGC. Beat the game in just a few days. It lacks in code significantly.
Quoted from MaxIsDead:Bitter about my leg issue, not necessarily bitter at CGC. Beat the game in just a few days. It lacks in code significantly.
Well new code is coming ya know
Quoted from Hayfarmer:Well new code is coming ya know
True that! Might be years? Who knows…….
Naw man, you just have a bad feeling with the leg issue, you have a couple pins I'd drop in a second over cc, mandi, aiq, ,,,
Quoted from Hayfarmer:Naw man, you just have a bad feeling with the leg issue, you have a couple pins I'd drop in a second over cc, mandi, aiq, ,,,
Quoted from Gryszzz:EHOH is A LOT of fun, but I know more than 1 guy that has had endless problems with the optos under the house.
Never had opto issue. And honestly don't know anyone personally who has. Luck of the draw, I guess, but I don't think it's a widespread issue
I actually prefer maiden over Godzilla, but Zilla is a close second for GOAT. Second would be CCR assuming the new code turns it up to 11.
I find Elvira ok on location. Has some annoying repetitiveness to it. It's fun, but I'd never want to own one.
Quoted from Tranquilize:It's fun, but I'd never want to own one.
I personally agree, but my wife, a fellow pinhead, absolutely loves this game. If it doesn't someday come home with us she may leave me for a >50 pin collector with HOH LE in their collection 
For me it's Maiden. Should have never sold it. Not a big fan of the theme/music but it really did do it for me for gameplay in hindsight.
Owned Elvira and it just didn't last long. CC remake is fun but not keep in your basement fun for me.
Quoted from Hayfarmer:Never had opto issue. And honestly don't know anyone personally who has. Luck of the draw, I guess, but I don't think it's a widespread issue
Ever thought that was cause you were too busy farming hay? No.
Cause you only think about yourself.
Quoted from Gryszzz:Ever thought that was cause you were too busy farming hay? No.
Cause you only think about yourself.
EHOH is the best pin I've ever played! Honestly it's so crazy you guys when you get into what Lyman did modes actually change depending on what do like those choose your own adventure books. In night of the living dead you gota get in the celler to get away from the zombies there are so many things like that and then it has an AFM/MM style layout with the smoothest shots ever just to boot!
There isn't a wrong choice here.
I own an EHOH, I have a CCr on order, and I've told my distributor if they ever plan on doing another IM run, put me in.
It really depends on what you value in a game.
If you like games that are just fun and have a great sense of humor, then EHOH and CCr are the better bets.
If you like games with deep code and fun decision making, then EHOH and IM are the best bets.
If you like games with satisfying shots, then IM and CCr are better bets.
My personal rankings would be:
EHOH,
IM,
CCr
Quoted from MacGruber:EHOH is the best pin I've ever played! Honestly it's so crazy you guys when you get into what Lyman did modes actually change depending on what do like those choose your own adventure books. In night of the living dead you gota get in the celler to get away from the zombies there are so many things like that and then it has an AFM/MM style layout with the smoothest shots ever just to boot!
Good points, but the layout is nothing special, and the callouts and little film clips get old fast. I like campy, but ehoh becomes redundant campy in no time. Still a good game, but maiden is just leagues better.
Quoted from Tranquilize:Good points, but the layout is nothing special, and the callouts and little film clips get old fast. I like campy, but ehoh becomes redundant campy in no time. Still a good game, but maiden is just leagues better.
I just ordered CC +topper, also have Maiden and Elvira on order, might not have room for all three, will play Elvira more to see. (also have Fathom remake on order not sure about that but I'd like to have some 'old school' pinball that I had passed over in my collection).
Quoted from rai:I just ordered CC +topper, also have Maiden and Elvira on order, might not have room for all three, will play Elvira more to see. (also have Fathom remake on order not sure about that but I do like to have some old school pinball that I kind of passed over in my collection).
So what you're saying is you have room for 2 of these 3? Then you ordered 4 lol we're all so hopeless here!!!
Have all 3 in a row currently (maiden on temp trade with a friend). I have a hard time deciding between IMDN and EHOH. Maiden is the most challenging and i have been a fan of the music since the 80’s. Elvira is easier to shoot but i love the theme, the callouts and the campiness. I’m going to have to say:
1) EHOH
2) IMDN
3) CCr
87E3AD36-291A-4AFE-9271-2A115686D281 (resized).jpegAny thoughts now that CCr is getting delivered. I have EHOH but thinking of adding CCr LE or IMDM Premium. I have a lead on the CCrLE and have an order for IMDM in May run. I also have FFLE, PFLE and TBL coming in. So not sure which one CCr LE or the IMDM to get. I played and liked them both but completely different games which makes it a hard decision.
I had all 3 on order and play them at arcade just to round them up in my mind what I like, they’re all great but I elected to keep CC SE+ order and drop Elvira and Iron Maiden orders, I added PFLE order.
Elvira with topper is …. $12K vs CC SE+ (topper) less than $10k.
It’s the same deal if I got Elvira without topper at $10.5k vs CC SE $8k (plus shipping).
I like Maiden a lot but it might be too challenging for me, I’ve got a lot of other challenging games and think CC is more achievable for my skills.
I’ve got 15 pins, 10 of them are Stern, I’d like to have more from CGC only have AFM LE currently.
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