Maybe the flow on the Smaug edition is better than the basic version. I played the basic version three times at the Rocky Mountain Pinball Showdown last June and it's just not my thing at all.
I heard that once you had Brian Cox's Jupiter Crush at the Museum. any plans for other Space Eight games to be featured there? Retro Spa? That was as much fun to play as to compare to the original. Well-deserved Best Of Show in 2014 for that one!