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Is Fathom worth the $$$$$?

By rcbrown316

3 years ago


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#28 3 years ago
Quoted from CrazyLevi:

Frontier is on the average to boring side for me, it's just another "light spinner, shoot the spinner, shoot the inline drops" Bally game of which there are a million. I never really get the cult around it when there's so many other Bally games just like it that have better art and themes.
If you are going for a game with that "wow" factor - which it looks like you are into with your collection - Frontier isn't going to provide that, while Fathom certainly will. There's a reason people pay the big money for Fathom.
If you are looking cheaper how about Skateball? That's a really fun game to play, super cool art, and different than the usual Bally fare (I mean kind of. Four flippers!). It's got a nice fast layout that was stolen from Flash with some magic added.
Another option would be Stern's Ali or Stars, both great games to play with a cool factor to them.

+1 on this whole post, and I own/have owned them all on this list.

#107 3 years ago

Some of the best Williams games from the early 80s are sadly some of the harder ones to come across (due to low production) like Barracora, Warlok, and Solar Fire.

#110 3 years ago
Quoted from sunnRAT:

Warlok's layout is identical to Blackout. Does it have interesting rules or improve on anything or is the main appeal it's rarity?

Warlok's rules are different than Blackout (more similar to Meteor actually) and the playfield is tweaked just enough to make them shoot differently as well. It's a super game.

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