OP

Quoted from dmarston:

Posts 129-130 in this thread have more tips for registering games you will bring.
Bring a Game That Earns Bonus Points
We want to encourage you to bring a distinctive game to the show! Your pinball machine can earn Bonus Points if your game meets one or more of the criteria below. Many pitch-and-bat baseball games also qualify for Bonus Points. Video games and other arcade games may earn points if one of this year's Special Guests was involved in the creation of the game.
Most Wanted: games on Pinside's Most Wanted list earn 2 Bonus Points. This includes all variants and remakes.
Manufacturers: most of the companies that are out of the pinball business and made fewer than 100 titles get some level of Bonus Points, 2-5. Many foreign manufacturers qualify.
Special Guest: if a game designer, artist, sound creator, software developer, or engineer is on our seminar program, then the games they worked on earn 2-3 Bonus Points. Note that Bonus Points are credited when the game arrives at the show, so if you choose to bring a game before knowing that the designer was a Special Guest, you still get the points!
Older: Any pinball or pitch and bat game released before 1960 earns an extra point. Other electromechanical arcade games made before 1960 also earn 1 Bonus Point.
Rarity: based on IPDB production quantity data, 2-9 points. Modern Limited Edition games earn 5 points if their limit is 1000 or less.
Custom games: points for artwork re-theme, new software and art, new P3 modules, and new-from-scratch pinball games, if you designed the custom features. You'll earn 4-10 points depending on how much is original.
Pitch and bat games from any manufacturer other than Williams or Chicago Coin earn 3-8 Bonus Points.
Early registration, over a month before the show, gets an extra point.
I hope the above gives the general idea of how we use Bonus Points to sway your choices of games to bring.
.................David Marston

OP

Quoted from dmarston:

Posts 129-130 in this thread have more tips for registering games you will bring.
Bring a Game That Earns Bonus Points
We want to encourage you to bring a distinctive game to the show! Your pinball machine can earn Bonus Points if your game meets one or more of the criteria below. Many pitch-and-bat baseball games also qualify for Bonus Points. Video games and other arcade games may earn points if one of this year's Special Guests was involved in the creation of the game.
Most Wanted: games on Pinside's Most Wanted list earn 2 Bonus Points. This includes all variants and remakes.
Manufacturers: most of the companies that are out of the pinball business and made fewer than 100 titles get some level of Bonus Points, 2-5. Many foreign manufacturers qualify.
Special Guest: if a game designer, artist, sound creator, software developer, or engineer is on our seminar program, then the games they worked on earn 2-3 Bonus Points. Note that Bonus Points are credited when the game arrives at the show, so if you choose to bring a game before knowing that the designer was a Special Guest, you still get the points!
Older: Any pinball or pitch and bat game released before 1960 earns an extra point. Other electromechanical arcade games made before 1960 also earn 1 Bonus Point.
Rarity: based on IPDB production quantity data, 2-9 points. Modern Limited Edition games earn 5 points if their limit is 1000 or less.
Custom games: points for artwork re-theme, new software and art, new P3 modules, and new-from-scratch pinball games, if you designed the custom features. You'll earn 4-10 points depending on how much is original.
Pitch and bat games from any manufacturer other than Williams or Chicago Coin earn 3-8 Bonus Points.
Early registration, over a month before the show, gets an extra point.
I hope the above gives the general idea of how we use Bonus Points to sway your choices of games to bring.
.................David Marston

OP

Quoted from dmarston:

Navigate as follows, from the top menus:
Top 100 --> Various --> Owned or Wished --> Most Wished
I take a snapshot on January 1 each year, but the list is pretty stable and is a good estimate of the so-called "A-list" games.
.................David Marston