I am missing drop targets and fancy looking into pins that are fun, addictive, with a ton of drop targets.
Any ideas, anyone?
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Quoted from TomGWI:World Poker Tour. 16 drops.
+1 on that. Even though most seem to hate that pin I actually thought it was a fun pin. WPT in good working order can be found for pretty cheap now days.
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Sydney
Flash has great drop targets. Plus you get the cool flash lights that go off when you complete a set.
Black Knight has 4 drop target banks with 3 targets in each. If you complete both banks on one level three times you light the extra-ball shot which is tons of fun. It is a little challenging as well since the targets timed and pop back up after 5-10 seconds.
Mata Hari, has 2 banks with four targets in each. You get 50,000 for completing them once and an extra ball if you complete them twice without draining. Back handing the targets helps saves you from draining SDTM and is a bunch fun.
Those are my favorites cause they are both in my basement.
Quoted from nasco62:I love my Flash which has 8 drop targets...owned for 2 years not even close to bored with it.
Yeah, 8 targets isn't the most out there, but they are some of the most challenging. This game will teach you to nudge.
Nailsea
11 drops, and some of the best colors/artwork of all time IMO 
Especially being a former skateboarder myself, and I still snowboard...so the theme rules
A couple really good ones are Jacks Open (note, NOT Jacks to Open) and 2001 (if you like short flipper games). 2001 has four five-banks I think.
For moderns, yeah, WPT is one of the best. I agree, fun enough game and not deserving of all the negative press.
+1 on the Meteor. It is pretty fast and has a bunch of them. I also like the ruleset on them where you have to keep the three banks with the same number of hits. Kinda challenging with the ball bouncing everywhere.
Quoted from The_Dude_Abides:TomGWI said:World Poker Tour. 16 drops.
+1 on that. Even though most seem to hate that pin I actually thought it was a fun pin. WPT in good working order can be found for pretty cheap now days.
+2.......Very underrated Steve Ritchie game. Deep ruleset & some fun multiball modes that tie in with the Drops. I'd have kept mine if had more room.
I grew up with a 1973 Gottlieb Kingpin. It has 10 drop targets right in the center of the PF. There are some good picks on IPDB.
It is a pretty neat bowling theme. A rollover switch in the center of the PF moves the lighted target.
Quoted from Jimmyd044:Countdown. So addictive it's the first pin I picked up. Great memories playing this at the 7-11.
Agreed. Countdown is a great game.
Quoted from SealClubber:+1 on the Meteor. It is pretty fast and has a bunch of them. I also like the ruleset on them where you have to keep the three banks with the same number of hits. Kinda challenging with the ball bouncing everywhere.
+2 Game is great for drop targets and a challenge to keep all 3 banks in the same # of hits.
3 years later
16 drop targets on 1989 gottleib Hot Shots. Sweet light show when all 16 are knocked down 4 times on same ball.
There's lots of good info here:
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/name-your-favorite-drop-target-banks
-mof
Quoted from TheLaw:Eight Ball Deluxe
I don't know how many drops it has because that wasn't the question.
12 The 1-7 / 9-15 bank, the Eight-ball target, and the four inline multiplier bank.
Quoted from o-din:My favorite drop target game only has one and it was one of the first. It is a death shot.
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Quality not quantity?
Another +1 for Eight Ball Deluxe
I'm also a fan of (and now own) Cue Ball Wizard. You can use a shot off of these to reach the bank shot up top and it's a pretty satisfying shot when you can sweep a few of them with one well placed shot. I know that many Gottlieb Premier games of the early 90s were not that popular, but this is one heck of a game. It's one of the first to really pique my interest with an understandable rule set and those clean bank shots being super fun.
I get the feeling that the two main "themes" that lend themselves to bank targets tend to be pool and cards. Alien Poker has a cool timed drop target bank and WPT, as mentioned before, is actually a pretty satisfying drop target game.
You only need 3 drop targets in a pin to make it addicting. T-W-D. More rules in those 3 drops than all the rules of any game mentioned in this thread....except maybe WPT, wtf is going on with those drops! 
and before you go and blast me...yes, im exaggerating....well, sorta...not really. 
Quoted from Mahoyvan:Wonder if he ever got the pin he was looking for since this post was made - 3 years ago!?
LOL, we all got NECRO-PWNT!
-mof
Quoted from Mahoyvan:Wonder if he ever got the pin he was looking for since this post was made - 3 years ago!?
I think he found his drop target haven and then some, but has now moved up the ladder to woodrails.
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