My vote goes to:
Centaur
Fathom
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Regina, SK
I have Taxi for the late 80's and Defender for the early 80's and many in between that I like quite a bit. Most of them being later and of the system 11b variety.
San Diego, CA
There is only one winner, black knight. Ground breaking in so many ways, from magna save to multi-level playfield to great sound, it's the king of the 80s...IMO, of course.
WW, Taxi and just because it looks so damn cool... SI.
Sana'a
Gotta go with Pinbot. Taxi (2nd choice), diner, whirlwind and f14 have all come and gone but Pinbot is still here. Just something about that game....
Quoted from RWH:My votes
1) Black Hole
2) Cyclone
3) Comet
I had forgot about Black Hole (because I usually don't care for Gottlieb games), but I definitely consider it one of my early 80's picks.
Quoted from DugFreez:Whirlwind - Jan 1990 DISQUALIFIED!
Actually the next decade (90's) didn't start until January 1, 1991, so WW does in fact count. 
Bad Cats
Barracora
Black Hole
BlackKnight
Centaur
Eight Ball Deluxe
Embryon
Fireball II
Fire Power
Flash Gordon
Flight 2000
Grand Lizard
High Speed
Mars God of War
Pin-Bot
Solar Fire
Star Gazer
Quoted from girloveswaffles:Bad Cats
Barracora
Black Hole
BlackKnight
Centaur
Eight Ball Deluxe
Embryon
Fireball II
Fire Power
Flash Gordon
Flight 2000
Grand Lizard
High Speed
Mars God of War
Pin-Bot
Solar Fire
Star Gazer
That's an excellent list right there!
You're all missing the best 80s machine out there. BK2k hands down. End of discussion. All other opinions are wrong!
I'm quite partial to Sorcerer and whirlwind for obvious reasons but also love Taxi and space shuttle!
Quoted from RobT:Actually the next decade (90's) didn't start until January 1, 1991, so WW does in fact count.
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/When_does_the_next_decade_begin
Strangely enough, I was just on that very same website today wondering what century the year 2507 would be in. I was thinking the 26th, but I wanted to double check.
The thing is the OP didn't ask "opinion best game from the 199th (or 198th???) decade". He just said 80s. So I stand by the 80s being 1980 - 1989. 
Quoted from girloveswaffles:Bad Cats
Barracora
Black Hole
BlackKnight
Centaur
Eight Ball Deluxe
Embryon
Fireball II
Fire Power
Flash Gordon
Flight 2000
Grand Lizard
High Speed
Mars God of War
Pin-Bot
Solar Fire
Star Gazer
Quite a few on there I haven't played. Why doesn't anyone ever take a Flash Gordon to a show? 
best by decade: http://pinside.com/pinball/top-100/various/decade
Villejuif
Quoted from Lermods:There is only one winner, black knight. Ground breaking in so many ways, from magna save to multi-level playfield to great sound, it's the king of the 80s...IMO, of course.
Just like Fireball, it took another ten years for the next progression.
Quoted from pascal-pinball:Banzai Run
whirlwind also gets my vote cause we had one in the local arcade and loved it...
Pinbot, high speed, cyclone, earthshaker, and grand lizard would be my choice for the five best ( they are in no particular order)
Quoted from RobT:DugFreez said:
Whirlwind - Jan 1990 DISQUALIFIED!
Actually the next decade (90's) didn't start until January 1, 1991, so WW does in fact count.
Quoted from FirePower:Early 80's = Firepower
disqualified! The eighties start in 1981 and end on January 1, 1991! I read it on the internets somewhere! 
Quoted from DugFreez:Quite a few on there I haven't played. Why doesn't anyone ever take a Flash Gordon to a show?
There was one at PPE back in September.
Bally - Elvira and the Party Monsters
Gottlieb - Haunted House
Data East - Laser War
Stern - Flight 2000
Zaccaria - Farfalla (the only Zaccaria I've played)
If you're talking 80-89:
Williams - Black Knight
If you're talking 81-90:
Williams - Funhouse
So much change during the 80s - but I wouldn't mind owning any/all of these games.
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