OP

Quoted from Doc_VanNostrand:

Hi all,
This'll be my first post here as I generally use Pinside for browsing and checking Marketplace, so I'm sorry if I'm doing this wrong or am in the wrong place. I'm someone who has played plenty of pinball on location, but I've only ever owned a virtual pinball machine in my home. I have young kids and VERY casual friends and family who occasionally like to play a few arcade games/virtual pinball in my basement. The games that get play are simple ones like Attack From Mars, World Cup Soccer '94, etc. Nobody has the attention span to learn deep rules or listen to me explain rules to them. And since there are hundreds of choices on the v-pin, there's never any need for me to do that. They'd rather just play NBA Fastbreak or something easy to follow.
Anyway, I'm selling the virtual pinball to partly fund the purchase of a real machine, and I want a Jurassic Park premium. I've played the game plenty and love it.
Does anyone here have experience sharing this game with casual friends and family? Have they been able to pick up on the rules easily? Is it a game that "beginners" or "casual" players should steer clear of? For what it's worth, it's either Jurassic Park Premium or the Cactus Canyon remake (which I know would be okay for casuals, but it's my second choice).
I've played JP on location, I understand the rules, and I love it. But I'm having a hard time figuring out if this game is intuitive enough for casual players. Let me know if this makes sense.
Edit: I plan on being a single pin owner (I know, almost impossible). But, I only have space for one machine. Even on the v-pin, I would pick one table and play it for 10 months straight without loading up anything else. I have no problem playing the same game over and over again and trying to master it. I'd also welcome suggestions for a "single pin home with casual players" outside of those two games.

OP

Quoted from Doc_VanNostrand:

Thanks again to everyone for the feedback. I guess it's not such an easy task to find the "perfect" game when you only have room for one machine. On one hand, you want it to be deep enough that it doesn't get old quickly, but not complicated enough to deter others from playing. I'll have to add a few more games to my list before making a final decision. The problem with that is I research each game for weeks/months, including playing them on location, watching Youtube tutorials, reading threads, etc. This might take a while!
Theme is important to me since I want this to be the centerpiece of my basement. Will take a deeper look at the following:
-Stern TMNT (my favorite IP growing up, and my kids love it... but I've actually never played the game)
-Ghostbusters (love the theme, but I found the game hard for some reason)
-GOTG (game is excellent, but I cannot stand Marvel.... I know, throw tomatoes at me)
-Stranger Things (haven't tried this one, but it looks awesome. my wife hates the show so might not work)
-AFM/MM/MB/WCS94 (love all of these but not sure how long they last in a single game collection)
-Fish Tales/Indy 500 (I have a nostalgic love for these two games that is hard to explain)
-CFTBL (my favorite game of all time, but I feel like the hologram can be a PITA - never really considered buying this game)
Back to the drawing board!