FIRST-

I have neither the time money nor inclination to even think of getting in on a remake-
I have heard NOTHING that would lead me to believe this will be done, might be done or even has ever been considered...

That said-

I would really, really, really like to get one of these but thats plainly not going to happen without luck and a lot of money...

So-

The question I am asking is-

Given the miserable runs in terms of total games made in the head - head pinball games

Has anyone ever looked into remaking this or a has any manufacturer floated ideas for a NEW head to head cocktail project?

Its just too cool- I would play the heck out of this type of game. I play most of my pinball when someone is over and being able to play each other is just such a great idea...

So-

Given that the modern pinball market is more attuned to home use as a market (not saying its dominant I have no idea, but certainly more prominent than it was).... does anyone think that a new head-head pinball is coming, might be prompted to be made, or that Joust would ever be remade?

If not- why?

Just seems way to cool

Yeah-

A remake would be cool but the idea of producing a new head-head just seems logical-

I would play the heck out of this game if it was done well.

Does form factor help on cost? It seems like the cocktail style is the perfect form for this, two people site down and try to kill each other over pinball - I can think of so many fun things you could do with modern programming and multi ball- a very cool theme would be some sorta space type battle.

Then you could incorporate weapons as specials-
Weapon idea= hit a special on your side- it closes the gate on the play field (between the players) and gives you multi ball and releases a death ball on the other person- if they don't hit a deactivate target before the ball drains on them they lose XX points- but if they do hit the target then every ball on your side becomes a death ball and when you drain you loose points for every ball..... all within a timed segment... so if they are good your dead and loose a shit load of points as the multi ball drains on your side... if they suck you rack it up and they loose. High risk- competitive type interplay.

Just so much that can be done here- wish I had the time and skills to do this.

I would like to see something with a simple EM style layout- you don't need ramps and fancy shit- you need a good layout and a competitive rule set where you can hurt your opponent and they can save themselves etc- beyond just passing the ball back and forth.

SO much could be done here and I bet it would kill on location at a bar etc...

And

Unsure what I can offer here- but I would be interested in helping in some way to help this project more ahead.

Whats Killer Queen?

Yeah- There is a list of every head to head pinball ever made- I have throughly scoured it looking for a game to buy-

http://www.ipdb.org/search.pl?any=head-to-head&sortby=name&search=Search+Database&searchtype=quick

Two things- I think the highest production numbers are
an astounding 500 or something (jeez) (but for NBA fast break but I don't get how thats precisely the same as the game were talking about here but have never played one so who knows).

So none are available basically-

Last- the full size tables just look awful to me- the Joust format looks amazing-