Ignoring everything else, what are your favorite themes of existing games?
Jurassic Park
Monster Bash
Theater of Magic
Cactus Canyon
Godzilla
Wrath of Olympus
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Monster Bash
Elvira
Funhouse
Ghostbusters
Game of Thrones
Centaur (Well, the art more than the "theme" i suppose)
Decatur, IL
Any and all horror themes. I don’t know why as I haven’t watched a horror movie since I was a kid.
Creature from the Black Lagoon
The Walking Dead
Dracula
Monster Bash
Elvira
Also enjoy western themes. Lived out west for years and was always fascinated by cowboys & Indians.
Fast Draw / Quick Draw
Cactus Canyon
And magic works well with pinball.
Theatre of Magic
Houdini
Abra ca Dabra
big fan of the show 
Game of Thrones (Premium/LE) so i love the pinball machine and hope to own one.
Quoted from Sleaterkiss:
Any and all horror themes. I don’t know why as I haven’t watched a horror movie since I was a kid.
Creature from the Black Lagoon
The Walking Dead
Dracula
Monster Bash
Elvira
Also enjoy western themes. Lived out west for years and was always fascinated by cowboys & Indians.
Fast Draw / Quick Draw
Cactus Canyon
And magic works well with pinball.
Theatre of Magic
Houdini
Abra ca Dabra
I agree with all of yours. Those are basically the reasoning behind my choices of Monster Bash, Cactus Canyon, and Theatre of Magic.
Caerphilly
I like themes that lend themselves to humor; Monster Bash, Scared Stiff, Batman 66...and Bad Cats.
Personally, I like unique themes. Not a fan of the Super Hero or Rock Bamd trend going on lately with Stern. Dialed In is a good example of a unique theme IMO.
Historical examples:
- Funhouse
- Roadshow
- Catcus Canyon
- TOM
- MM
- Circus Voltaire
- Monster Bash
- Haunted House 1980’s
Theme is a huge part of my pinball enjoyment.
Doctor Who is my favorite show and it's no coincidence that it was my first pin.
Lord of the rings (guess Hobbit too)
Monster Bash
Medieval Madness
America's most haunted
Funny themes like junkyard
Blue Chip
Cirqus Voltaire
Voltan Escapes Cosmic Doom
Canada Dry
TWD is a great pin with a great theme. TWD is a modern theme (which seems all-too rare now-a-days where new pins with 90's themes are actually some of the newer ones 
), an adult-horror and current-culture resonant zombie theme, best dots in pinball (very graphic dots with impressive artistic merit, and using the DMD color/style artistry), and maybe the best coding in pinball (super deep, but not a long playing story-based game). Many alternate sound codes to satisfy all types of tastes. Both Borg and Lyman call TWD special, acknowledging it to an improved Metallica. Great game and great fun.
Theme matters. Cheers.
Quoted from DBLM:
We need more like Fathom, Atlantis, Sea Witch, etc. Jaws, anyone?
I'm with ya, we need more of that and more original space themes, I always thought something like "event horizon" not based on the film which I love but an original theme, more space, more ocean, more wildlife and less hero's, pop tv programs and old bands, unless its Maiden, Sabbath, Motorhead, Deep purple, Slayer, Judas priest............Damn it. I would also like to see a generic pin, plain cab with a generic translite and simple but fun ruleset that worked well with whatever music I desire, so you could add 15 mp3's to ur usb stick and easily transfer into the pin where they work in the 15 modes or whatever so within minutes you change the game from Death Metal to Jazz if thats ur thing or dare I say country western, I dared.......Damn it.
Tron and Twilight Zone stand out for me.
I like the corny stuff...
Mousin' Around
BadCats
Diner
FishTales
Indiana Jones (Williams) -- with pinsound.
Both take me back to movies I enjoyed before everything was done in front of a green screen.
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