Overland Park, KS
Surfer is a game I cannot get into. Have owned three exceptional examples and never kept one. I can't get over the fact that you have to drain to get the Special or Extra Ball. I want more direct free game opportunities. Don't get me wrong it is a very good game, only I prefer others ahead of it.
I own the rest on your list. Of those three Card Whiz is the favorite.
Big Brave holds sentimental value for me which is why it is still around. I haven't played it in a long time though so don't have a current opinion of it.
Outer Space is an anomaly. It is the one with no drop targets. Mine has limp pop bumpers and makes it a slow player so I haven't really developed a strong opinion of it yet. I need to set it back up and take windings off the pops to bring them in line with the play of the rest of the game and then make my opinion. It has three primary shots: the vari target, the spinner, and the right lane next to the spinner. All you are trying to do is get points/bonus or pound the vari target when the special lights up, but it seems to be enough to justify giving it more of a chance.
What I remember from the mid 70's is at least two or three Outer Space/Orbit and Jumping Jack/Jack in the Box games at the local arcades in Ann Arbor into 1977 or so.
