It's such a shame that they did that. I guess it's a good incentive to play in an arcade, but in home use it's a real bummer. That's an experiment that I'm glad didn't last too long!

I own two Sys11 games: Swords of Fury and Black Knight 2000. They're both in my all-time top 5.

Pat Lawlor's Sys11 games are every bit the equal of his DMD games: Banzai Run, Earthshaker, Whirlwind. Earthshaker is my personal favorite but you can't go wrong with any of them.

The 500K-4M jackpot is all too common in Sys11s but among skilled players, it rarely goes above 1M. (Though, some reset it to 1.5M when credits go to 0.) Black Knight 2000 handled its jackpot differently; it started at 1M and only increased during (jackpot) multiball. This also provided incentive to keep multiball going after collecting the jackpot, to increase the jackpot for the next multiball. Earthshaker had 7 different fixed values for the jackpot, from 500K to 2.5M, with one also giving special and another also giving extra ball. Whirlwind has its Million+ where jackpots start at 2M and increase to a max of 10M.

nice catch on birthday bash
also transporter 11B

I really like Whirlwind, MK2000, Party monsters and Taxi the best.
There are some very strange and unique pins I would not mind playing more.
Alot of them are in this era

Best of luck

Whirlwind is awesome!
Dr Dude is very rough.
I've got a rollergames for sale. It's a mix between Whirlwind and T2 IMO. Game works great but the playfield is in rough shape. Lookin for 8.

Rollergames is a fun game, sure the theme is cheesy but it makes the most of it. I'd describe its layout as closer to High Speed than anything else, just with the addition of 'The Pit' VUK and the magnet on the upper flipper. It's another Steve Ritchie design, like High Speed and Black Knight 2000.

If you want a system 11 cocktail pin. Look for a Caribbean Cruise, It's pretty fun

I actually did not know that! Thank you!

Wouldn't it be easier to list what system 11 games to avoid?

Williams System 11 where always my favorite machines back in the day.
Just picked up a whirlwind and love it!

I love the progressive jackpots on system 11's. It makes it so much more random on who wins it and makes for a great incentive for good play.

Just yesterday, after I got done building up taxi's jackpot to 4million, but buddy rocked it. It was funny... he jumped up and down a few times. He was thrilled that he got to enter his initials into the top score.

I have Space station and F14.. both really rock. You cant go wrong with either IMHO.
I'm hunting for a Pinbot and Bk2k right now.

Never played wirlwind, taxi, or diner but I'm going to have to at least check out wirlwind. Maybe earthshaker. The taxi or Diner themes dont appeal to me.

Both are on my short list. So if anyone has a lead, let me know.