i have a "pro football" on the way that can't get here soon enough... my bro and i practically wore one out one summer, and i can't wait to play it again...
and i really want an em pitch and bat...
i've never played a "big hurt", maybe there will be one at allentown in free play...
a hockey pin would be cool... unfortunately, "generic" themes (cards, pool, sports, etc.) that used to work in the em/early ss days don't lend themselves to "modern" pinball...
using hockey as an example... short of a multiball based off of a power play, or a few other things, there really isn't much to work with... a storyline to exploit is a necessity for today's machines, and there's no storyline with a generic theme... "specific themes" (especially aged rock bands, since they play straight into the buying demographic... ) give a designer a lot more to work with in terms of modes and so on...
the only way it would "work" is if someone really committed to the "throwback" models (old school, open playfield, see target/hit target pinball) and the one attempt at that didn't seem to work out so well... too bad, as i would be a buyer... i can't be the only "em guy" out there who wouldn't mind having the gameplay of an em controlled by a chip rather than a bagillion little switches...
and since the game would be "simple", incomplete software couldn't possibly be an issue...