Now that there are so many of us making pinball machines , what is your favorite classic arcade game to transfer into a pin??
I would go with Robotron: 2084 or Sinistar. 
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Toronto, ON
Quoted from zarco:Steve
Wow, I've never heard of that one, is it good?
Crystal Lake, IL
Arkanoid and Rush N' Attack is one of my favorite arcade games and a cool theme, so maybe that too. I thankfully own a great one.
Quoted from trunchbull:Wow, I've never heard of that one, is it good?
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Would go well with WOZ!
Quoted from zarco:Arkanoid
P3 could easily do that, with their pop-up wall of targets.
Defender was a pretty fun game that's already been done in this vein, but I'm having a really hard time thinking of any classic arcade game with enough meat on it to stand up to a pinball machine on current day standards... =\
Quoted from trilogybeer:The only video game worth playing .
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A friend and I would play MULE for hours on the Atari 800.
Quoted from PiperPinball:Marble Madness
Using flipper buttons (ala Shadow) to tilt ramps so the ball gets to different holes in them could be interesting.
I was thinking tempest too. It ate all the quarters I didn't put into pinballs.
You could easily do something like Twd hoard mode that would feel like the game.
Might be a little one dimensional though.
Veendam
Quoted from Pickle:Now that DMD is done.....Dragon's Lair is an obvious choice. So much you could do with that theme
And Space Ace would be cool as well.
I'm sure a pinball based on those games would be 100x better than the video games themselves because those games are total ass.
Quoted from CrazyLevi:Atari Video Pinball.
The P3 system (is that what the name is?) system could emulate Atari Pinball perfectly I would think.
Ghosts and Goblins might be fun and has possibilities for cool artwork.
Further into the realm of ridiculous (though definitely possible - at a price), how about BurgerTime, Mappy, or Elevator Action in a multi-level format like Pinball Circus or Bonzai Run?
This reminds me of an idea my friend and I had for a CFTBL style game where you play a grounded kid sneaking out with their friends to go to the arcade, and the pinball machine would visually emulate all the great arcade games during the arcade frenzy multi ball.
Quoted from mamawaldee:Tempest...somehow.
I've always thought that Rapid Fire & Hyperball's gameplay has a Tempest kind of vibe to it.
The flyer would make an awesome translite.
The NES sprites would work wonderfully for DMD animations.
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The music is some of the best ever put into a game. You could even include the ability to switch from the OST to the arranged and 8 bit versions.
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Quoted from PoMC:A friend and I would play MULE for hours on the Atari 800.
We would play for money . I played on planet mule for a while but it got really lame when dickbag hosts would shut down the game when they were losing .
Quoted from PiperPinball:Marble Madness
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Quoted from moto_cat:I've always thought that Rapid Fire & Hyperball's gameplay has a Tempest kind of vibe to it.
I remember hearing those were both designed to mimick Space Invaders, and Tempest was build as a 3D version of Space Invaders, so I totally see that link...
I can't think of many classic arcade games that would directly translate to a good pinball machine, but it would be neat to come up with some sort of Breakout / Super Breakout / Arkanoid game physically that would really work.
Quoted from goatdan:I can't think of many classic arcade games that would directly translate to a good pinball machine, but it would be neat to come up with some sort of Breakout / Super Breakout / Arkanoid game physically that would really work.
Isn't that a Bally Spectrum?
Double Dragon is one of my favorite games and would be a great choice but having said that I'm going to say Mortal Kombat
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Head to Head Cyberball. Game "tilts" when you don't advance the ball far enough to get a first down or touch down.
Exploding players.
I think P3 would be awesome format for Cyberball.
Marcus
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