Hercules is way fun to play, especially multiplayer. They are almost always in horrible shape which might be why everybody hates it, but the one at FLippers in NC plays very nicely.

Best novelty game by far and way more fun than dreck like Joust or the other head to head machines.

Pretty much. They gave it the old college try but it really seems like nobody but SR and Jarvis knew what the hell they were doing over there. That division was never properly staffed and the whole thing seemed like an afterthought from a company that suddenly had too much money to waste on stupid ideas.