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Centaur
Bally, 1981-
Embryon
Bally, 1981
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Fathom
Bally, 1981
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Genie
Gottlieb, 1979
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Medusa
Bally, 1981
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Paragon
Bally, 1979
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Star Gazer
Stern Electronics, 1980
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Tales of the Arabian Nights
Williams, 1996
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Boerne, TX
Wow nothing from the eighties? This is pinball blasphemy
Quoted from iceman44:BHZA (don't know what it looks like yet)
DMD snobs.
How can you make a top five list of art and not include any of the Bally masterpieces from the late 70s to 80s.
Ottawa, ON
Hands down Phantom of the Opera has the most beautiful and detailed artwork (IMO), a Faris masterpiece!! Have a close look. Centaur is a very close second.
POTO
Centaur
Fathom
Paragon
Earthshaker backglass
There's TOTAN and then there's everything else. Playfield, cabinet, and backglass are all gorgeous. It truly is in a class of it's own.
Quoted from jarjarisgod:There's TOTAN and then there's everything else. Playfield, cabinet, and backglass are all gorgeous. It truly is in a class of it's own.
That's what I'm talking about Jar!......I was playing it in Austin a week ago and spent a ton of time just looking at the detail and creativity......it really is amazing.....that a big reason I popped on BHZA...no pun intended 
I want Jpop to say there is BHZA, a piece of art......then Totan a distant second and then everything else!
Quoted from TheLaw:NOTHING IS EVEN CLOSE!
Fair enough looking over the posts...Paragon can be a close call; Fucking Beast's lair.
BUT...I think Paragon gets trumped up by backglass art. It is great, but Centaur is all time all around perfect.
phantom is a good time. LIttle on the easy side, but it's nice to have a old school style game scoring in a bigger collection. Art and sound package POTO is awesome.
Quoted from iceman44:TOTAN
CV
WOZ
BHZA (don't know what it looks like yet)
Predator (early signals are looking great)
Totan is just freaking amazing....
So let me get this straight. Two of your top 5 all time best looking pins are two that don't exist yet and you've never even seen?
For me (in order):
Totan
Xmen (pro probably)
Cirqus Voltaire
Theatre of magic
Cactus canyon
Quoted from barakandl:DMD snobs.
How can you make a top five list of art and not include any of the Bally masterpieces from the late 70s to 80s.
Lol some of us have not even so much as seen those old things 
I'm biased toward pins I own, but I own them because the artwork rocks!
1-Black Knight
2-Fathom
3-Embryon
4-Quicksilver, Barracorra (tie)
Quoted from Crispin:PAUL FARIS!
+1
Quoted from markmon:Lol some of us have not even so much as seen those old things
Respect your elders, dammit!
Sorcerer is stunningly gorgeous
BOP
BK2K (80's badassery combined with a charging knight)
Judge Dredd (I am a sucker for comic art)
and revenge from mars. The original work done for this title is great. you can tell they were giving it their all to try and save pinball
I seek out titles that have beautiful artwork to my eyes. Sorcerer is one i have not been able to find in acceptable condition.
Quoted from DEVILinIRON:Hot Line
Wow! That one came out of left field! But approve (first arcade I worked in in the early eighties had one).
Magic Castle
Centaur
Fathom
Star Gazer
Viking(Bally)
Lots of Zaccaria games have bright, vivid color schemes. Farfalla european backglass would rank up there, too.
JD - the pf and bg is great and has so much detail. I wish the detail would have carried over to the cab which looks a little bland imho
Quoted from shock_me:Your loss
Pretty much my response; This thread was headed for irrelevance based upon the first post boldly delcaring 2 unreleased/unfinished games as having "THE BEST ART EVAR".
Then the number of lists that do not include games that should be no brainers is... kinda shameful but not shocking.
Here is my Top 5 Best art EVAR:
WPT: Bold new direction; daring. Fearless execution of a plan some might consider "ill advised".
IM: This game wins everything. Look at the translite. BOOM!
The Hobbit:Because each of these lists NEEDs to have at least two unrelased games in it; it is what all the cool kids are doing. And you want to be cool don't you?
Star Trek Into Darkness: see above
Centaur: One of the rare absolute masterpieces in terms of playfield art.
Even I had a hard time making a completly janky list.
WTF is with absolutely zero mentions of Lord of the Rings even by DMD snobs? Does everybody own the "enhanced" hair schlong version?
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