Round 3 - Greatest Pinball Game of All-Time - Tournament Edition 2020

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/greatest-pinball-game-of-all-time-tournament-edition#post-5573218

Voting has closed for Round 3. Voting for Round 4 is open. It can be found here:

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/round-4-greatest-pinball-game-of-all-time-tournament-edition
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Hi Everyone,

Welcome to Round 3, where we have 16 games left. Voting will end at 10pm EST/7pm PST on Saturday night. Stats, results, and brackets are below.

For those of you who missed how this started, or are not familiar with the rules, please see this post:

If you're interested in the consolation bracket, Round 3 can be found here:

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/consolation-bracket-round-3-greatest-pinball-game-of-all-time-te

Again, I appreciate everyone participating, this has been fun. Enjoy Round 3!

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Statistics:

1. 385 Pinsiders voted a total of 5535 times. That's a total of 14.37 votes per person (16 matchups). Thank you to everyone who voted.

2. Biggest upset, if you call it that (and the only one), was #17 Star Trek (Williams) over #16 Tales of the Arabian Nights.

3. Jurassic Park won by the largest margin for a matchup by eating Lebowski - 79% to 21%.

4. Records by Pinball Company (Winning Percentage): (See screenshot below)

5. Records by Era (Winning Percentage): (See screenshot below)
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Round 3 Matchups (resized).JPGSweet Sixteen Bracket (resized).JPGRound 2 Results (resized).JPGRecord by Company (resized).JPGRecord by Era (resized).JPG

Post last edited 4 years ago.

#2 4 years ago

JCW

LOTR_breath

Pinside member

Fultondale, AL

11y 125K 5,679 9 101

I guess Jurassik Park(JJP) should say Stern?

#3 4 years ago

DAD

Yelobird

The Mod Couple

Wheaton, IL

20y 160K 10,056 44 37

Let the fun begin.

#4 4 years ago

DAD

PtownPin

Pinside member

A lot of great games on that list

#5 4 years ago

JCW

LOTR_breath

Pinside member

Fultondale, AL

11y 125K 5,679 9 101

I really hated to have to choose between LOTR and Metallica. I own and love both. But you know where my vote went.....

#6 4 years ago

???

freeplay3

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Waterford Township, MI

7y 119K 1,641 6

Feeling pretty good. At some point in my life I have owned 14 of the 16 games. Pirates and imdn being the 2...so far.

#7 4 years ago

MLB

AFM95

Pinside member

Quoted from LOTR_breath:
I guess Jurassik Park(JJP) should say Stern?

Fixed. Thank you for pointing that out.

BTW - You spelled Jurassic wrong.

#8 4 years ago

DAD

MK6PIN

Pinside+ Pro!

Quoted from Yelobird:
Let the fun begin.

and games...

#9 4 years ago

SMK

TheLaw

Pinside+ Addict

Ann Arbor, MI

12y 162K 48,066 19 30 1

This one was easy for me. 5-3 Favorites

#10 4 years ago

DCH

dc2010

Inactive member

Natalia, TX

12y 62,600 954 35

I picked 5 dogs, and rightly so

#11 4 years ago

MWM

Hayfarmer

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Quoted from LOTR_breath:
I really hated to have to choose between LOTR and Metallica. I own and love both. But you know where my vote went.....

Met , right?

#12 4 years ago

MWM

Hayfarmer

Pinside+ Frequent

OP
Quoted from AFM95:
*Full 64 game bracket is currently being updated and will be posted soon. In the meantime, I posted a bracket below with the final 16 games for easier reading.*
____________________________________________________________________________
Hi Everyone,
Welcome to Round 3, where we have 16 games left. Voting will end at 10pm EST/7pm PST on Saturday night. Stats, results, and brackets are below.
For those of you who missed how this started, or are not familiar with the rules, please see this post:
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/greatest-pinball-game-of-all-time-tournament-edition#post-5573218
If you're interested in the consolation bracket, Round 3 can be found here:
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/consolation-bracket-round-3-greatest-pinball-game-of-all-time-te
Again, I appreciate everyone participating, this has been fun. Enjoy Round 3!
____________________________________________________________________________
Statistics:
1. 385 Pinsiders voted a total of 5535 times. That's a total of 14.37 votes per person (16 matchups). Thank you to everyone who voted.
2. Biggest upset, if you call it that (and the only one), was #17 Star Trek (Williams) over #16 Tales of the Arabian Nights.
3. Jurassic Park won by the largest margin for a matchup by eating Lebowski - 79% to 21%.
4. Records by Pinball Company (Winning Percentage): (See screenshot below)
5. Records by Era (Winning Percentage): (See screenshot below)
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So maybe to calm down the em guys, can you do a em bracket, then do the top 16 from each to see a final winner?

#13 4 years ago

RLM

Reaper802

Pinside member

Lexington Park, MD

7y 57,800 360 3 96

Can we get another loser bracket from Round 2? Those are much more fun and really make you think.

#14 4 years ago

MLB

AFM95

Pinside member

Quoted from Hayfarmer:
So maybe to calm down the em guys, can you do a em bracket, then do the top 16 from each to see a final winner?

Once the dust settles on this bracket, I can make a 32 pinball bracket, with the top 16 EMs and the top 16 games from 1990-2019.

I just don't want everyone to get bracket fatigue with two running already.

#15 4 years ago

DAD

PtownPin

Pinside member

Quoted from Hayfarmer:
So maybe to calm down the em guys, can you do a em bracket, then do the top 16 from each to see a final winner?

I get the nostalgia factor with EM's, but they can't hold a candle to modern games....they need to compete in their own bracket

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#16 4 years ago

BIO

MrBubbles

Pinside member

5y 47,650 202

Quoted from PtownPin:
I get the nostalgia factor with EM's, but they can't hold a candle to modern games....they need to compete in their own bracket

Agreed, except for the fact I don't even get the nostalgia factor. Old, ugly and boring to play in my humble opinion of course.

#17 4 years ago

NTR

TheFamilyArcade

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New City, NY

11y 104K 9,961 5 37

Quoted from MrBubbles:
Agreed, except for the fact I don't even get the nostalgia factor. Old, ugly and boring to play in my humble opinion of course.

Gameplay can be fantastic, but a large % of the time an EM game in the wild is gonna have weak flippers and play like shit.

#18 4 years ago

MLB

AFM95

Pinside member

Quoted from PtownPin:
I get the nostalgia factor with EM's, but they can't hold a candle to modern games....they need to compete in their own bracket

Very good point. Maybe I need to renege on my earlier post, as it might not be worth the time?

If we're being honest here, we could slice and dice the Top 100 any way we wanted to. At the end of the day, it's tough to please every one.

#19 4 years ago

MWM

Hayfarmer

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Quoted from PtownPin:
I get the nostalgia factor with EM's, but they can't hold a candle to modern games....they need to compete in their own bracket

Agree big time. But people are bitching here, imagine that. It's fun to vote, but I dont care what game wins. But really, pirates is best all time?

#20 4 years ago

DAD

PtownPin

Pinside member

Quoted from Hayfarmer:
Agree big time. But people are bitching here, imagine that. It's fun to vote, but I dont care what game wins. But really, pirates is best all time?

Its the best game I've played....although I love MM, IJ, and AFM....

#21 4 years ago

DAD

PtownPin

Pinside member

OP
Quoted from AFM95:
Very good point. Maybe I need to renege on my earlier post, as it might not be worth the time?
If we're being honest here, we could slice and dice the Top 100 any way we wanted to. At the end of the day, it's tough to please every one.

yea everyone lives in their own reality (which is great)....I haven't played many EM's, but the ones I have played were pretty boring....comparing new modern games to old school EM's is the like the Niners playing a local high school team

#22 4 years ago

DAD

Azmodeus

Pinside+ Addict

Fullerton, CA

12y 97,400 5,099 1

I had to throw my money at theater, but what a list what a list.

#23 4 years ago

MLB

AFM95

Pinside member

Quoted from PtownPin:
yea everyone lives in their own reality (which is great)....I haven't played many EM's, but the ones I have played were pretty boring....comparing new modern games to old school EM's is the like the Niners playing a local high school team

If I had to guess, I'm assuming the EM's would be blown out of the water with general voting. Nothing wrong with EMs - if I grew up in that era, I probably would love them too.

#24 4 years ago

DAD

MK6PIN

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OP
Quoted from AFM95:
Very good point. Maybe I need to renege on my earlier post, as it might not be worth the time?
If we're being honest here, we could slice and dice the Top 100 any way we wanted to. At the end of the day, it's tough to please every one.

I think this bracket thing is alot of fun. You stated "pin criteria" at the beginning....your thread, we're playing it..... makes sense to me.

Do I agree w the top 100? Of course not, no one does. It is also fun to watch and has its own trends.

There are good cases to be made for some games to be ranked higher, and equally good ones for some to be (a lot) lower.

Thanks again for doing this, and taking our minds off other stuff for a moment....

#25 4 years ago

BIO

MrBubbles

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5y 47,650 202

Quoted from MK6PIN:
I think this bracket thing is alot of fun. You stated "pin criteria" at the beginning....your thread, we're playing it..... makes sense to me.
Do I agree w the top 100? Of course not, no one does. It is also fun to watch and has its own trends.
There are good cases to be made for some games to be ranked higher, and equally good ones for some to be (a lot) lower.
Thanks again for doing this, and taking our minds off other stuff for a moment....

Agreed, fun distraction. Like someone else said above though, voting between LoTR and Met was actually quite difficult. And really this is just for second place. PoTC is the winner anyone who voted otherwise hasn't played it.

#26 4 years ago

???

cavalier88z24

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9y 108K 1,929 25

C'mon addams family! Lord of the rings over metallica? You people are crazy

#27 4 years ago

DAD

MK6PIN

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Quoted from cavalier88z24:
C'mon addams family!

I tried (but love both games, actually)

#28 4 years ago

DAD

PtownPin

Pinside member

Quoted from MrBubbles:
Agreed, fun distraction. Like someone else said above though, voting between LoTR and Met was actually quite difficult. And really this is just for second place. PoTC is the winner anyone who voted otherwise hasn't played it.

Totally agree....POTC is hands down the most complete game, but there were very few made so not sure a lot have played it....I struggled with LOTR vs Met as well....they are totally different games...one is fast a furious and the other is a long journey....in the end I voted LOTR

#29 4 years ago

MWM

Hayfarmer

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I've played pirates, just not a fan. I'm sure it's a great game, but I'm not a tourney or code guy, just a player

#30 4 years ago

MLB

AFM95

Pinside member

I agree that Pirates is as close to a complete game as you can get. I sold mine a few weeks ago, as I promise myself to rotate out my third game every spring to keep my small lineup fresh.

Now finding out JJP #6 might not come out until the fall is making me rethink my choice.

I miss it already. It also had no playfield issues either which made it a gem.

#31 4 years ago

DAD

MK6PIN

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Cool to see the total # of votes in each match virtually even, 8 hours in.

The real stars are starting to shine!!!

#32 4 years ago

MLB

AFM95

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Do we already start speculating about next round? Most likely:

Pirates vs LOTR
JP (Stern) vs Monster Bash
MM vs Twilight Zone
AFM vs Indiana Jones (unless Iron Maiden makes a comeback)

#33 4 years ago

DAD

MK6PIN

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OP
Quoted from AFM95:
Do we already start speculating about next round? Most likely:
Pirates vs LOTR
JP (Stern) vs Monster Bash
MM vs Twilight Zone
AFM vs Indiana Jones (unless Iron Maiden makes a comeback)

Agree w your speculation matchups, w arguably (not) the top 2 ranked pins in modern-day era to face each other in the elite 8 - TZ and MM.

Another tragedy (@thelaw)

#34 4 years ago

MLB

AFM95

Pinside member

48 hour warning... which I guess is plenty of time to still vote.

#35 4 years ago

MLS

MMGB

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Niwot, CO

11y 60,050 259 22 1

Good to see IJ holding its own. Took me a while to fully appreciate, now one of my all time favorites.

#36 4 years ago

DAD

MK6PIN

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Quoted from MMGB:
Good to see IJ holding its own. Took me a while to fully appreciate, now one of my all time favorites.

A great pin!!

#37 4 years ago

DAD

Yelobird

The Mod Couple

Wheaton, IL

20y 160K 10,056 44 37

OP
Quoted from AFM95:
Do we already start speculating about next round? Most likely:
Pirates vs LOTR
JP (Stern) vs Monster Bash
MM vs Twilight Zone
AFM vs Indiana Jones (unless Iron Maiden makes a comeback)

I suspect with honest voting your premonition is spot on.

#38 4 years ago

VNO

Vino

Pinside+ Addict

8y 168K 6,148 59 3

Met over LOTR only bc I can get a buzz going waiting so long for my turn. Wind up losing my dollar. Not cool!
Not- cool.

#39 4 years ago

DAD

MK6PIN

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POTC and LOTR

JP and MB

Both tied currently...crazy fun to watch unfold!!

Post last edited 4 years ago: “LOTR changes that... deadly!!”

#40 4 years ago

LMS

Tranquilize

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9y 84,550 3,781 35

I'm opposite to most. I can't believe Metallica can even challenge LOTR at all. LOTR is such an amazing game with such interesting shots and mechs... Metallica has absolutely nothing new in it. I do like the game, but I just don't see how it's so loved. I'd say I have over 50 games on it and... it's on par with Kiss, AC/DC and Aerosmith.

#41 4 years ago

NTR

TheFamilyArcade

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New City, NY

11y 104K 9,961 5 37

Quoted from Tranquilize:
I'm opposite to most. I can't believe Metallica can even challenge LOTR at all. LOTR is such an amazing game with such interesting shots and mechs... Metallica has absolutely nothing new in it. I do like the game, but I just don't see how it's so loved. I'd say I have over 50 games on it and... it's on par with Kiss, AC/DC and Aerosmith.

MET is like chopping wood. LOTR is like throwing that wood into a blazing fire and enjoying a nice pipe and some whiskey. While getting a mind blowing BJ. And Bill Gates puts you in his will. And Will Farrell agrees to be your golfing buddy. And Buddy Rich comes back from the dead to deliver drum solos at your New Years Eve bashes! And a NiB Monster Bash shows up in your driveway!

Wait, where was I? Oh yeah LOTR over MeT!

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#42 4 years ago

NTR

TheFamilyArcade

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New City, NY

11y 104K 9,961 5 37

I actually thought ACDC might upset JP. Remember when Pinside elevated ACDC to #1 and it was the greatest of all time?

#43 4 years ago

PHB

Chisox

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Frankfort, IL

9y 129K 4,278 9 37

Quoted from TheFamilyArcade:
MET is like chopping wood. LOTR is like throwing that wood into a blazing fire and enjoying a nice pipe and some whiskey. While getting a mind blowing BJ. And Bill Gates puts you in his will. And Will Farrell agrees to be your golfing buddy. And Buddy Rich comes back from the dead to deliver drum solos at your New Years Eve bashes! And a NiB Monster Bash shows up in your driveway!
Wait, where was I? Oh yeah LOTR over MeT!

Woah! *Runs to start a game of LOTR*

#44 4 years ago

PBD

Dr-pin

Pinside member

Trollhättan

5y 50,800 1,651 7

Quoted from Chisox:
Woah! *Runs to start a game of LOTR*

When are they vaulting that game with Led assets?

#45 4 years ago

ROB

RobDutch

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8y 94,800 792

Quoted from TheFamilyArcade:
MET is like chopping wood. LOTR is like throwing that wood into a blazing fire and enjoying a nice pipe and some whiskey. While getting a mind blowing BJ. And Bill Gates puts you in his will. And Will Farrell agrees to be your golfing buddy. And Buddy Rich comes back from the dead to deliver drum solos at your New Years Eve bashes! And a NiB Monster Bash shows up in your driveway!
Wait, where was I? Oh yeah LOTR over MeT!

Way to go TheFamilyArcade , now I have to play some games on it

#46 4 years ago

???

Captain_Howdy

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Unknown

6y 17,900 35 1

Quoted from MMGB:
Good to see IJ holding its own. Took me a while to fully appreciate, now one of my all time favorites.

Its the best pin!

#47 4 years ago

MLB

AFM95

Pinside member

Quoted from TheFamilyArcade:
MET is like chopping wood. LOTR is like throwing that wood into a blazing fire and enjoying a nice pipe and some whiskey. While getting a mind blowing BJ. And Bill Gates puts you in his will. And Will Farrell agrees to be your golfing buddy. And Buddy Rich comes back from the dead to deliver drum solos at your New Years Eve bashes! And a NiB Monster Bash shows up in your driveway!
Wait, where was I? Oh yeah LOTR over MeT!

Which LOTR edition is this?

#48 4 years ago

???

colonel_caverne

Pinside member

Biscarrosse

10y 80,800 3,262 3 72

IJ over Iron Maiden? Never played but never I thought it could happen.

#49 4 years ago

DAD

MK6PIN

Pinside+ Pro!