Dr. Dude
Bally, 1990
Eight Ball Champ
Bally, 1985
Fathom
Bally, 1981
Pool Sharks
Bally, 1990
Royal Rumble (WWF)
Data East, 1994Which one game out here has the MOST one-way gates count? Which one has the LONGEST one way gate?
One way gates, in my opinion, are a bit of an unsung hero in pinball design, they can make or break a game if they aren't there as designed.. curious about any other games beyond what came to my mind for these questions!
WWFRR has a REALLY SHITTY one-way gate at the left side of the pops. Surprised Data East spent the 4 cents to have it
Quoted from DK:WWFRR has a REALLY SHITTY one-way gate at the left side of the pops. Surprised Data East spent the 4 cents to have it
Yeeeeep, I made an entire thread devoted to that!!!!!
One can say I obsess about one-way Gates!
I"ve threatened (and still intend) to put one - way gates on ALL of the lanes near the flippers. I think its BS that a ball can be cradled on the flipper, but have a slick playfield and the ball goes up the lane and out the next lane over (outlane)
Dr. Dude is the longest I can think of. Twice the width of the plunger lane!
Edit: also I played WWFRR last night and didn't even realize it was (manufactured as) a gate; thought it was just a cheap wire to deaden bounces.
Fathom or who dunnit. Also I feel Bond could have been improved with a few one way gates although it’s still early so maybe my opinion on that will change.
Quoted from RatShack:Fathom has to be the longest 1 way gate
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Eight Ball Champ has the same one... looks like it anyway.
Quoted from RatShack:Fathom has to be the longest 1 way gate
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Wrong!
Check out Pool Sharks far right!
Fak; it’s HUGE!
Quoted from DK:Wrong!
Check out Pool Sharks far right!
Fak; it’s HUGE!
Same one as Dr. Dude 
I think the takeaway from this topic so far is: Bally just really liked long gates.
Quoted from wisefwumyogwave:Which one game out here has the MOST one-way gates count?
I’m guessing Cyclone which has 7
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