I prefer the art on Surf Champ because the upside down surfer image on Surfer, to my eye, draws the eye away from the comely female. I’m a sucker for the girl, I suppose. Also, the upside down surfboard and the jet are both the wrong proportion (much too large for a background image). That wrongly-sized surfboard coupled with the large jet render the composition unbalanced, in my opinion. It must be that 1 year of art history in college that haunts me. In the final analysis, both backglasses are attractive, though.

I can certainly appreciate all of the good points made here in favor of Surfer, the most important of which would be a height concern for a gameroom with a low ceiling. I pondered the same Surfer vs. Surf Champ question when I undertook to add a multiplayer EM to my collection. For my collection, the idea was to add a multiplayer for parties in a sea of single player games, so the 4 player does double time over the Surfer. I have pledged to someday visit that transparent, lexan laden Surf Champ someday at the Pacific Pinball museum or wherever it resides.
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