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So I own Hot Tip, Grand Prix, and have an Argosy on loan.
I was thinking I haven’t played a better set of Williams games ever.
I owned Dipsy Doodle for years and years and loved it, but I think I’d take all of these over that at this point.
That said, what are your top 3 and why especially if it’s not a common choice?
Quoted from Isochronic_Frost:4 Aces isn’t on here! I picked one up because of the magnet feature. Never seen or played another EM with magnets in it!!! Very very cool.
Added! The doodle bug games have a magnet too. I was surprised so many EMs used them.
Quoted from Isochronic_Frost:Where is the magnet? I couldn’t find a list of EMs that use magnets. At least the IPDB doesn’t denote any others using it.
Under the playfield. It’s the doodle bug feature. A captive ball is in there and once it starts running the magnet makes the ball run up and down scoring 10 or 100 or 1,000 or 10,000 depending on what you’ve accomplished.
I’m tapped on choices! Dammit. Well I tried to grab all the game that were in mass production and clearly missed some. My bad.
Gottliebs are great, but Williams has at least three that are amazing too. Haha
But yeah, more based on gameplay than looks.
Quoted from radial_head:Any reason you specifically are looking at 70s?
Those are the ones I like and know the most about. I’ve played some awesome ones from the 60s when I visited VFW, but I’ve probably played less than 10 of them total.
Quoted from MVCO:Dealers Choice
Seen a couple for dealers choice. This always looked like hell to me. Gameplay really good then?
Found a dealers choice video. Triple bonus is a great feature, but kind of disappointing all the card targets do is light EB/special since I use EMs for tournaments a lot and those features don’t do me much good.
Quoted from KenLayton:Satin Doll was another good earner for us but is not on your poll.
Pat hand is. 
Quoted from John_I:Grand Prix is definitely a good tournament game. We've used it many times here in Florida. Aside from being one player, Spanish Eyes is also a popular tournament game.
To me I think of drop targets when I think of Gottlieb EMs, even though there are some great ones with no drop targets. For Williams I think of spinners, super strong pop bumpers and flippers. The action from the Williams pop bumpers is superb when they are rebuilt and tweaked. Apologies to the people suggesting Space Mission, but the Williams games I really don't like are the ones with the moving center target and the shooter holes in the slings. Those also don't make good tournament games. Further apologies, as I also don't like bowling games with the obligatory ten rollover targets representing pins.
The other nice thing about Williams EMs is they are much easier to repair and troubleshoot issues than Gottliebs.
Oh yeah. Grand Prix will never leave. Perfect tournament game.
Surprised at the lack of Hot Tip love. Such a good game. The captive ball is so satisfying and the drop targets rules are way better than Grabd Prix.
Quoted from John_I:Funny I have never seen or played that game. It looks really great. Dang, now I have a game to hunt for!
Hell yeah! That’s my goal with this thread. Get everyone thinking about a Williams EM they didn’t previously think about.
Quoted from ataritoday:I have never heard of or seen argosy before, I love when that happens. Did they make a lot of them ? Why is it in the top 3 ?
Over 2k made. Last EM by Williams I believe. Great asymmetric layout with decent drop target rules, spinner abs 3 slings.
Very challenging/rewarding single lane up top that’s crucial for scoring big.
I love the challenge of advancing the bonus on Hot Tip EM. It’s not a guarantee at all like Grand Prix. Have to really go for it. Doesn’t just happen. Makes the captive ball crucial.
Getting the captive lit is huge. Then each shot to it is effectively worth 50k. 30k for the target and two bonus advances.
Yeah it’s cool that doodle bug has the possibility of getting to 10k, but it’s basically impossible.
Quoted from Runbikeskilee:Not impossible. I could get to 10,000 once or twice/year.
With how much I played, this is what I consider impossible. Haha. I’m sure it’s fun to roll the game in 5 seconds though! I only ever completed 1-4 three times in one ball a couple times in years of owning Dipsy doodle. But my game was restored with a cleared playfield and steep. Crazy fast game.
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