Congo is a quicker and easier game to play, but the Creature has the best overall package of any pin from that era--theme, artwork, translite, quality of sound (with a speaker upgrade, you'll never hear it with the stock speakers), superior animations and callouts. And, a lot of cool mods are available (does anyone even make a Congo mod?). Add MikeD's video mod and it totally transforms the game visually. No way a Congo is worth the same $$ as CFTBL, conditions being equal. Just my opinion, however...

You might be right on all this, but are incorrect on the sound quality of CFTBL. Well, sort of...the quality of sound is in there, just not with the factory speakers. With FF's (or PP's I'd imagine), the sound is top notch. FF's made a tremendous difference in audible sound quality in this game--more than in any other pin I've installed them in.

If I still had a line on a really nice CFTBL, I'd buy it. Save up half as much money as you spend on Creech and you'll be ready for the next Congo that comes along...

No way--"Move Your Car!" never gets old (but maybe you had to see movies at the drive-in to flash back on it...). Always a challenge to finish that mode before time runs out.

Almost everyone loves the Creature, the film is a true horror classic and still holds up today. Congo was a total dud and couldn't sink fast enough from the radar screen. Sort of like Addams Family vs. Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (although Congo was a much worse film than MSF). That status bleeds over to the pins, no matter how good they might or might not play.

Creature hasn't been anything but over 4K on the west coast for quite some time.

Same here, except I really wasn't all that jazzed about it in the arcades. One came up for sale locally at a good price and I thought--all these reviews can't be wrong, I must'a missed something. I didn't. Other than the pretty light show, the play and call outs got old fairly quickly--it left.

Agree with most everything but your conclusion. The Creature has proven to be timeless and iconic in the world of horror. Superior theme. Congo was a dud and came and went as quickly as the UPS man. Lousy movie, terrible theme.

The next Congo mod will be the first Congo mod...

Congo hasn't been considered anything other than a 'B' game, except by some who really liked the gameplay, until recently. Maybe you all were right as it has climbed up the respect charts to new heights. Too bad it isn't Planet of the Apes, then there would be a great theme to go along with the gameplay.

Why...the real one, of course! Would'a turned the Congo package into a classic A-game for sure.