Quoted from mystman12:Yep! At this rate that's probably what I'll try to get. My Dad and I got pretty addicted to Mousin' Around at Pinfest last year, There's a Big Guns at a nearby arcade that I really enjoy (That is, when it's working. Haven't played it in forever because the left cannon doesn't keep the balls locked *and* it's sitting next to a LOTR that's in amazing condition!), Earthshaker is a game I'd consider (It just has some amazing art and sound, imo, love the layout, although I would need to find a family ROM to go with it and I worry I'd always think of it as "Not Whirlwind" ), the list goes on!
The only thing I worry about with the earlier system 11s is, especially if it's my only pin, will I eventually be able to max out the display on a regular basis? F-14 is an extremely fast and challenging game that I think I would really enjoy, but I worry that I would eventually get good enough that getting 9,999,999 points would be fairly easy. Is this true, or am I underestimating the amount of challenge in these game? (And yes, I realize I can adjust settings/playfield to make it more difficult)
They are much more difficult in real life than on The Pinball Arcade, if that is where you are getting your score basis from.
Also, as you mentioned, you can tune a game to be as challenging as you want.