Grayling, MI
In my eyes, there isn't a better EM. It's #1. I guess I'm a "serious" collector, and mine is being held onto.
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Quoted from YeOldPinPlayer:At the TPF you could walk up to nearly any EM with no line. Most non-EMs had a line. That tells me EMs don't have the fun factor that modern games have.
EMs stand there unplayed most of the time at Pinballz in Austin too. Maybe it takes an aficionado to teach people the fun factor of EMs? I'd like to learn to like them but they generally bore me. There is a Fireball Classic at Pinballz that feels very floaty and uncontrollable. The Fireball in the TPF tournament wasn't any more fun to me.
I'd still like to find a fun EM with the manual shooter lane loader. I'm sure some of those would hold my interest.
EM's held the interest of people for a hell of a lot longer than the modern games did. With the advent of solid state, the 100 year history of pinball was dead in two decades..... Chew on that. 
Quoted from Boatcat:Doubt it.................... Backhand shots don't fully define one's shooting ability, which you can't exploit with that spinning disc in your face.
I get beat handily at Fireball by a good player. The spinning disk is just another randomization element. Like pop bumpers, or slingshots.
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Quoted from Zep:The method of rating using total number sure makes the list interesting vs the current list.
Going by total number of ratings
1.Fireball (64 ratings)
2.Centigrade 37 (45)
3.Grand Prix (44)
4.Atlantis (36)
El Dorado (36)
5.Abra Ca Dabra (34)
That list looks a hell of a lot more believable than the current list is....
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