Quoted from mrossman5:What game is better in your opinion? Possibly looking for one of these games for my collection. Should I be?
I've owned both. JD lasted years, DM lasted weeks. DM is fun, but once you get the ramps down it isn't if you can get through Cryo Prison, it's how many times can you do it in one game. JD just has so much more going on with 4 flippers, ramps and wireforms everywhere. Sure, the code could be better, but it could also be much better on DM where the left side of the playfield is wasted with Car Crash and Retina Scan, not to mention lock freeze all the time with the claw.
FWIW, I recently sold my working JD with original topper (broken but repaired) and Dead World Mod for $2k to fund and free up space for my Ghostbusters purchase.