I own COMET. Even though it is a "simple" single-ball game, I find that it absolutely has addictive elements to it and I enjoy all the shots. I find COMET fits a variety of my moods (i.e. when I am not in the mood for the long drama of LOTR or the simplicity of an EM).

I plan to own Cyclone and Hurricane eventually as well. I like all three games and I enjoy the "developmental progression" that you can see from game to game i.e. CYCLONE was clearly born of COMET and Hurricane clearly a descendant of both the first two.

I will also chime in and agree with Crash - I feel like Hurricane is underrated as well. It seems to suffer from the sentiment that the theme was "played out" by the time the 3rd in the trilogy arrived - but it is not a bad game at all in my book. (A sidenote: Would a 4th game themed after Star Trek suffer a similar perception? To Be Determined).

One more comment - someone has already mentioned Roller Coaster Tycoon up above - but in addition to that...there is the classic 1971 Gottlieb "Roller Coaster" - I own that one as well. Love the art and adds to my collection having it here.

For me it is the steam engine "Toot Toot" (COMET) or the Elephant noises (CYCLONE) as the ball exits the outlane. They are amusing and insulting all at once.

Clearly some of us do not read the preceding posts in the thread. Just sayin'