Earthshaker
Williams, 1989
Judge Dredd
Bally, 1993I like JD more than ES because it is deeper.
If you look at how fun they are I would say they are about equal 
Sold my JD (due to space issues) for about $3050 a few weeks ago, and the one in the add you sent looks about the same but does include the topper. (mine didn't)
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Well, JD is the clear favorite in the poll. We'll see what happens though. I'll have to post a follow-up whenever I get my new machine.
Let me throw another machine in the mix. There's a Phantom of the Opera for $2300, but I've talked to the seller and I'm confident that I could get him down to at least $2000. Especially since he's had it listed for over a month now. What does anyone think?
Quoted from CrazyLevi:I'd advise against a 30-year old DE as your first game.
THey were built very poorly.
Well, not my first. Would be my 3rd. But point taken.
Quoted from DakotaMike:There's a Phantom of the Opera for $2300,
If Phantom of the Opera is $2300 then JD and Earthshaker should be $5,000 each.
Run!
Lollll
rd
Quoted from rotordave:If Phantom of the Opera is $2300 then JD and Earthshaker should be $5,000 each.
Run!
Lollll
rd
Quoted from TheLaw:God no to Phantom.
I've got a funny soft spot for phantom. It has beautiful, sexy art, and has the classic Phantom organ music from the Lon Cheney film. Rules are pretty light, especially once you figure out that you can backhand the organ from the right flipper, for a very safe shot. But it has style in spades, that's for sure.
I've heard people in the past say Dredd is not deep enough.
Well, let's see how often they can get to The Ultimate Challenge on a three ball game. Either way.
Quoted from o-din:I've heard people in the past say Dredd is not deep enough.
Well, let's see how often they can get to The Ultimate Challenge on a three ball game. Either way.
Not really that tough bro!!!
Quoted from o-din:I've heard people in the past say Dredd is not deep enough.
Well, let's see how often they can get to The Ultimate Challenge on a three ball game. Either way.
Easiest way is to score 4 jackpots during multiball, and start the Ultimate Challenge this way..
Pretty easy if you ask me! 
But getting to the Ultimate Challenge by playing all chain modes, that is a bit harder on a steep and fast game with the outlanes all the way open
Quoted from RobDutch:Easiest way is to score 4 jackpots during multiball, and start the Ultimate Challenge this way..
Pretty easy if you ask me!
But getting to the Ultimate Challenge by playing all chain modes, that is a bit harder on a steep and fast game with the outlanes all the way open
The wizard mode really sucks though. Talk about a bland finale!
Quoted from CrazyLevi:The wizard mode really sucks though. Talk about a bland finale!
I agree 100%!
And I just wrote that you can get the wizard mode through multiball right?: that's actually one of the things I don't like about the machine! 
Quoted from DakotaMike:Let me throw another machine in the mix. There's a Phantom of the Opera for $2300, but I've talked to the seller and I'm confident that I could get him down to at least $2000. Especially since he's had it listed for over a month now. What does anyone think?
grandisland.craigslist.org link
The link is no longer working, but fwiw...i like phantom. If it's been sitting for over a month, you could definitely get a better price. The other 2 are better pins, but if you got phantom for, say, 1600-1800...it would be hard to pass up. At that point, we are talking less about quality and more about value, however.
Quoted from CrazyLevi:Not really that tough bro!!!
Well, next time you're out here in the desert, you can try mine then.
Quoted from RobDutch:Easiest way is to score 4 jackpots during multiball, and start the Ultimate Challenge this way..
You too.
Quoted from DakotaMike:Let me throw another machine in the mix. There's a Phantom of the Opera for $2300, but I've talked to the seller and I'm confident that I could get him down to at least $2000. Especially since he's had it listed for over a month now. What does anyone think?
grandisland.craigslist.org link
horrible game, its a turd, save your money
Thanks for all the help and advice everyone! But all this back and forth, and I ended up finding a Whirlwind instead! It was a tough call, because I think RBION would have been a lot of fun, but WW is one of my grail pins, so I couldn't pass it up. "Feel the Power of the Wind!" Not a bad two-pin lineup (pre-DMD). Wouldn't mind swapping a Funhouse for the Mousin' but my wallet says this is next best!
IMG_20200418_182550 (resized).jpgIMG_20200418_185101 (resized).jpgIMG_20200418_190225 (resized).jpgQuoted from grantopia:Whirlwind and Mousin together? I like your style! Definitely the best choice of the games you were looking at (and I have a JD too). WW would be the last game to ever leave my house. Enjoy![quoted image]
Yeah, good combo! WW survived the drive and move into my house without any ill effects. Got it pitched and leveled last night, and replaced a couple bulbs this morning, and now it's good to go.
Quoted from schwism:Whirlwind gets lonesome without an Earthshaker nearby!
Yeah, but my pin funds are dried up for now. So unless the guy I was gonna buy ES from wants to trade me for my Mousin'...WW will have to stay separated from his counterpart. And I don't think I'm ready to lose Mousin' yet anyway. But never say never! 
MA is an awesome game!
Dredd, hands-down. I'm in the minority, but it's probably top 5 WPCs for me; I've considered it my favorite pin at points. Having been through ~100 games, Dredd is one of only two that I felt compelled to seek out a second time.
Earthshaker is also very good, but doesn't have as much going on. If prices are reasonable, I'd buy both.
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