both addams and mm are equally as easy. actually addams may be easier as there is never an unsafe shot so long as you always make everything. chair ramp, chair ramp, chair ramp

Nice collection
I guess my point was we don't know if CV or TOTAN will be remade, CGC or PPS have hinted TOM is on the list,

Anyway..... my pick is TOM

I think JPOP is HIGHLY overrated. The more that comes out from the past the less he actually designed himself. Left on his own he gets less than nothing accomplished. ALL of his success was due to many others helping him get from A to Z.

I won't buy another "JPOP" game but I did enjoy WCS while I had it.

Love me some TOM. It's a great shooting breather when I'm getting my ass kicked by my "players" games. Once you slip in Ingo's trunk fix and the auto Edy boards it is a super fun reliable game. Also, guests love it. Almost made the mistake of selling it once when I was desperate for room and really glad I decided not to! Definitely would not have it in a small collection though.

Until Jpoop pays everybody back he can......

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Eh. MM Battle for the Kingdom is nowhere near as easy as any of JPOP's machines. TOTAN is the only one of his Wizard modes that comes close, but it's not THAT close. ToM and CV you can practically finish in your sleep. That is not true with MM.

I like WCS and it doesn't go for stupid money like CV, TOM, and TOTAN. TOM is probably my favorite of the others but they are all fun games. Just not my favorite so I wouldn't call them masterpieces. Curious to see how well they will sell if any get remade. I would expect a hefty price tag and not sure how many really want those games that bad.

They shouldn't make a JPOP game, at least for a while. From a business point of view they need to focus on the top 10 and also the rarest and most sought after machines.

If CGC actually ends up making 5-10 or more of these remakes I think TOTAN or TOM would be first. They made a ton of WCS and it can be found for 2k pretty easily. TOTAN and TOM could be dolled up with improvements that might even lure in current owners.

MMr was/is not 7k. I don't know the exact numbers but it was much higher than that plus you had to throw in hundreds extra for color display. AFMr is cheaper because playfield is fairly empty. I wouldn't expect any other remakes to be that cheap.

With TOTAN's with cab fade and normal wear/tear listing at $7,500, I don't think pricing should be an issue for a remake. I think the CGC treatment would be awesome and TOTAN is already one of the most beautiful machines in my opinion. That would get my vote.

I know it's not super hard, but I hope to accumulate a nice mix of deep/complex/fast/brutal games for Pinheads and some more casual games for casual players. Trying to explain Ripleys to casual friends was a very quick turnoff and AFM is just brutally hard with SDTM drains galore because they can't stop themselves from shooting the ship in single ball mode.

Jar Jar multiball!! I will admit i owned one, it was my first pin and I didn’t know any better. I didn’t like it, kids loved it

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I could not agree more with the above. I never understood the attraction to his games. Find some games with good artwork AND fun to play and remake them. I have never missed a Jpop game after it left my house. To me that subconscious longing, or lack there of, is the best indicator of unbiased opinion that there is.

Agree. WCS is his best game in my opinion, but doesn't warrant a remake for the obvious stated reasons. The rest of his games are pretty to look at--but at some point you have to press the start button, and then it all falls apart.

However, with NIB games sitting in private collections for years with less than 200 plays on them and the recent morbid interest in JPop's Magic Girl light box, maybe "looking games" ARE more popular than games that actually play well.

World Cup Soccer '94 is the only J-Pop game I actually enjoy. I won't pass up a ToM for a play or two, but it's really the only other game I will entertain arguments for. His games are usually pretty boring, though they are pretty.

WCS94, easily.

My vote is for Tales of the Arabian Nights to be remade. That is for selfish reasons as it's the only one I do not own
I enjoy all of these games, due to their themes, artwork and yes their play. WCS is a lot of fun as well. Another reason I like these games is because you can have a pretty good experience in 10 ~ 20 minutes. It is possible to have a quick game or two on WCS. With games such as the Hobbit you really have to invest like 40 minutes, at least if you want to plumb the depths of the experience. This fact is amazing if you want to have some epic play. But if you want a game or two while waiting for your significant other for example, then this collection fits the bill well.

I would be remiss if I didn't mention that JPop still needs to apologize and make whole the people he lied to and defrauded.
I know that these items are independent but this fact should not be forgotten. So having that be the case, Alice in Wonderland, Adventure~Land Zombies, A fully realized Magic Girl (not just a lightbox), Kiss (Jpop version) and whatever foam core project he collected monies for should be made before any of his old work is remade.

You keep calling TOM, TOTAN and CV "Masterpieces". I don't think that word means what you think it means

I'm being snarky with you but honestly there are MUCH better games out there. Not one of those games falls in the top 10...however they do fall into the top 25...which I personally think is still too high. They'd make my top 100 for sure but probably the lower half. TOM might make the top 50 but dang it's easy.

CV,TOM and totan are great pins and their rating is justified. Because of the magic girl debacle it's hard to discuss jpop old work but i would guess those pins remake would sell ok regardless of this chat here. Also the fact that they are easy doesn't change the fact that the art is great and the fun is here but it's only my opinion. I also don't enjoy that much recent games with complex rules, older games were much more fun but it's again my opinion.

I'd say re-pop J-Pops games at your own risk. You've been warned, they are style over substance--most pinheads won't buy them. How any of his games are in the top 25 is baffling.

many more games out there that dont have 'issues' attached

Cv and totan regulaly sell over 7500 and if they are very nice with color dmd and other upgrades they sell over 8k pretty easily . Tom is getting up there also but can still b found under 7k . Those 3 are fun pins and are all original themes so i think they will remade at some point. They aren't the most difficult pins but are fun with lots of neat toys and tricks that alot of folks love.

Other than WCS, he made extremely nice looking, playing, & sounding games. People saying that they wouldn't sell are completely deaf to what is going on in this hobby. Whether they are "good" or "too simple" has nothing to do with anything related to new sales.

Top 10, or 20, or 100 is all completely irrelevant.
Half of those games aren't as "good" as Flash Gordon or Centaur.
It's just internet votes that are as worthless as any other.

Ha. This thread is great. With all the j poop hate, I either missed or didn't realize the deuche nozzle actually made some well liked games.

Who'da thunk?

I think the jury is still out on what he's done as far as his actual level of contributions to the games he gets credit for designing . As far as I can tell his only real skill is picking out other people's eye catching artwork and slapping it on a game.

WCS94 is a really fun game. It will never get remade but that’s what I would vote for.

You’re bringing the green for a game you yourself rated a 4??? You keep touting pinside ratings as holy, when you give Gilligan’s Island a perfect 10... Pinside is no place for a Jpop fanboy. If I had to place a bet I’d say you’re the man himself, trying to stroke his own ego. Or possibly a Russian troll farm.

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JPOP games are pretty, but not that fun for me personally. I wouldn’t be buying any of them. If you are drawn to his art style, then I can see the attraction.

My casual observations are that JPOP fans tend to be more aesthetic collectors than players and tinkerers. The “JPOP makes artful masterpieces” group usually doesn’t care for WCS94. Conversely, WCS seems to be the only JPOP game most regular players and tinkerers are drawn to.

Considering that this is an enthusiast forum and JPOP recently took a lot of money from collectors and gave them nothing, he’s not the most popular name in Pinball right now.

My pic below is a quick search of IPDB using the JPOP name.

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Why is the OP responding multiple times in his thread, and there IS NO POLL?

LMAO I had no idea people were so OCD for polls around here.

It’s like it doesn’t count if there’s no poll!

On topic - ok I give up. J pop sucks but I’ll play - TOTAN would make the most sense as a remake. It’s the highest price and only mildly stupid.

Do you have a link to the CGC press release? I follow them on Facebook and don't see it. Are you referring to Rick's post (from PPS) regarding possible future titles?

See... that's not how that's supposed to work. That's "gaming" the system. You'd think as a career teacher you would have a better grasp of ethics.

I think Cirqus Voiltaire deserves it the most, that’s a neat game that never really got the love it deserved back in the day, especially with the backbox animations and trim, PF mounted DMD, and pop up bumper and Ringmaster toys. TOTAN seems a little more likely tho, as it’s more in line with what CGC has been making so far.

The only thing I can't believe in this thread is I'm the first to say "hey John".

Sorry, had to do it.

Normally, I would agree with you, but then I think about how many times people on here have been screwed by the prepaid purchase system. It makes you realize that emotional purchases will always prevail over common sense for a huge number of people.