I genuinely feel bad for Jon Norris (well, as bad as I can feel for a guy that still got to have a career designing pins). He has some awesome, innovative playfields completely neutered by horrible art packages and half-baked rulesets. If Gottlieb had just put out half as many games during their later years quality would've gone way up and I think he'd be up there with the great designers.

Diamond Lady is my suggestion. Really fun shots, multiple strategies, good sound package. The goofy drop-target center post and art package are my only complaints.

Gladiators is my favorite System 3 and a game I'd love to own at some point, that's exactly what I was thinking of with the flawed ruleset though... I think I've heard someone mention a patched ROM but not seeing anything with a quick Google? Have not had a chance to play LCA

It sucks we'll never get to see the Norris, Oursler, + Nordman games that were designed for Deeproot but hopefully Jon + Barry can get a contract job or two (if not a fulltime position somewhere) and I'm *very* excited to see Dennis's influence at American. 3 incredibly talented guys.