Quoted from DRDAVE:My opinion on those 2 has changed over the years. I liked Cheetah better than Big Game years ago.
Then I restored up a nice Cheetah for myself complete with NOS clearcoated playfield with prototype roms and while I loved it for a time,
Big Game holds up better and is the better game. Sold both of my Cheetahs a few years back but still have the Big Game and is a keeper.
Tough call: I prefer Cheetah by a nose myself. I love these discussions about the deep-catalog Sterns! I was looking for Viper and Iron Maiden for years until I actually played them a couple or times, and that put paid to that! Most of these games require a lot of familiarization before you can make a real judgement on their quality. You can't just look at a Classic Stern game layout, you have to explore the shots that the quirky playfields provide.
I have to say, I am intrigued by Dragonfist, but I've never had the chance to play one.
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