Warren, PA
Hey guys, just wondering what you guys thought was the best looking game ever created. Feel free to attach images 
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Asteroid Annie and the Aliens
Gottlieb, 1980-
Batman 66 (LE)
Stern, 2016
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Batman 66 (Premium)
Stern, 2016
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Batman 66 (Super LE)
Stern, 2016
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Big Bang Bar
Capcom, 1996
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Farfalla
Zaccaria, 1983
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Fathom
Bally, 1981
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Ghostbusters (LE)
Stern, 2016
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I vote for Stern STLE. Unmodded, it just has a ton of bling. From the stainless steel speaker panel with starfleet insignia, to the side armor with enterprise cutouts and two-tone animated led backlighting, how can you beat it?
Quoted from mrbillishere:I vote for Stern STLE. Unmodded, it just has a ton of bling. From the stainless steel speaker panel with starfleet insignia, to the side armor with enterprise cutouts and two-tone animated led backlighting, how can you beat it?
Too much photoshop.
Fathom and Centaur are great looking. But for me the overall package of a great looking game is TOTAN.
Most new games are out. The playfields are uninspired clip art. Except for maybe games like Hobbit, Ghostbusters and Aerosmith. But they are nowhere near best looking. Heck, PBR tried harder than most.
Quoted from mrbillishere:I vote for Stern STLE. Unmodded, it just has a ton of bling. From the stainless steel speaker panel with starfleet insignia, to the side armor with enterprise cutouts and two-tone animated led backlighting, how can you beat it?
Most are focusing just on the playfield art which star trek is pretty weak. As an overall package star trek LE is by far the best, nothing even close.
Pretty weak? It just plain sucks.The playfield is the main piece of the look of the game. It is based on a bad movie about a bad reboot of the Star Trek universe so there isn't much to work with, but throwing a couple of baked potatoes on the ramps makes it comical.
Back to the serious discussion. I'll also give props to Pharaoh and POTO. Something about those games catches your eye.
Toronto, ON
Quoted from Taxman:Pretty weak? It just plain sucks.The playfield is the main piece of the look of the game. It is based on a bad movie about a bad reboot of the Star Trek universe so there isn't much to work with, but throwing a couple of baked potatoes on the ramps makes it comical.
Back to the serious discussion. I'll also give props to Pharaoh and POTO. Something about those games catches your eye.
All 3 movies were great. The playfield artwork was weak, but it doesn't look terrible. The light show more than makes up for it, at least for me it does. The LE is a beautiful pin in so many ways.
Quoted from Taxman:I don't know. I'm starting to rethink my choice. NOT!
Haha, playfield lights aren't even on. Try again.
Added over 6 years ago: I've already admitted that the playfield art is pretty weak on Star Trek. I think most would agree with this. In order to really appreciate this pin, you need to see it with the lights on, staring at this pin with the machine turned off doesn't do much for me either. With the lights turned on it really comes to life with the color changing inserts and the warp ramp LED chase lights. The laser starfield projector is beautiful and my favorite feature is the LED side armor. That led illuminated emblem on the backbox looks great also. I think this is a great overall package and one of Stern's best LEs. Also forgot about the stainless steel speaker panel with the emblems and mirrored backglass. Put on a bunch of Zitt's awesome mods and it looks even better!
Quoted from mrbillishere:I vote for Stern STLE.
Lit cut outs on the backbox, the side lighting on the rails. This games design is outstanding. Having one in between 2 other games does it no justice, it has to sit on the end of a line up.
Quoted from pcprogrammer:The light show more than makes up for it, ...
Quoted from pcprogrammer:Haha, playfield lights aren't even on. Try again.
The man likes his lights!
Quoted from pcprogrammer:Haha, playfield lights aren't even on. Try again.
That is all IPDB had. I don't have to try and make it look bad.
Here are your lights -
My only point is that most are focused "only" on the playfield artwork. I was just looking at the overall package. Star Trek is beautiful when turned on and playing it, I do agree the playfield artwork does nothing, it doesn't look bad though, just kinda plain.
Quoted from pcprogrammer:My only point is that most are focused "only" on the playfield artwork. I was just looking at the overall package. Star Trek is beautiful when turned on and playing it, I do agree the playfield artwork does nothing, it doesn't look bad though, just kinda plain.
I think the point opposing you is stating that the pf art on ST is God-awful and for that fact alone cannot be in the running for best looking pinball machine. The pf should be a pretty big part of the overall score...I mean, that’s what you look at while actually playing the game. I agree with them.
To be fair, the question was what is the best looking game. I agree that STLE is lacking in the art department on the playfield and the cab art but overall it is a very appealing total package. Not my favorite but I see why people like it.
Quoted from Pimp77:I think the point opposing you is stating that the pf art on ST is God-awful and for that fact alone cannot be in the running for best looking pinball machine. The pf should be a pretty big part of the overall score...I mean, that’s what you look at while actually playing the game. I agree with them.
I don't think it's "god awful", just kinda plain. Everything else they did more than makes up for it in my opinion.
Maybe you just have to be a Star Trek fan, but I love looking at this machine...
Quoted from pcprogrammer:My only point is that most are focused "only" on the playfield artwork. I was just looking at the overall package. Star Trek is beautiful when turned on and playing it, I do agree the playfield artwork does nothing, it doesn't look bad though, just kinda plain.
OK, still don't see it.
I really don't like playing TOTAN, it's too reliant on the lamp for scoring AND it's too easy to progress to rescue the princess via collecting jewels at the scoop. HAVING said that, it IS a beautiful machine and I'd say it's top 5 for best looking machine, above Star Trek at least.
In order to be a candidate for this thread, the pin needs to create the "World under glass" feel.
Quoted from pcprogrammer:I don't think it's "god awful", just kinda plain. Everything else they did more than makes up for it in my opinion.
Maybe you just have to be a Star Trek fan, but I love looking at this machine...
Quoted from TheLaw:I love Star Trek so much I don't even consider those shit movies as Star Trek
Exactly! I've been a fan my whole life. Until the abominations came along.
Quoted from jonesjb:I really don't like playing TOTAN, it's too reliant on the lamp for scoring AND it's too easy to progress to rescue the princess via collecting jewels at the scoop. HAVING said that, it IS a beautiful machine and I'd say it's top 5, above Star Trek at least.
In order to be a candidate for this thread, the pin needs to create the "World under glass" feel.
Yes I totally agree, the game play is too easy to collect jewel by skipping with wishes. But this thread is about looks. Still, getting a Lightning Lamp with Multiball is great. Art, sound and animations are great.
Quoted from Taxman:Exactly! I've been a fan my whole life. Until the abominations came along.
Yes I totally agree, the game play is too easy to collect jewel by skipping with wishes. But this thread is about looks. Still, getting a Lightning Lamp with Multiball is great. Art, sound and animations are great.
So here are my picks from top of my head, not locked in stone as there are some I'm sure I'm forgetting:
Scared Stiff
Creature from the Black Lagoon
Ghostbusters
The Shadow (With Aurich Package)
Total Nuclear Annhilation
Indiana Jones Pinball Adventure
Cirqus Voltaire
Big Bang Bar
Quoted from jonesjb:So here are my picks from top of my head, not locked in stone as there are some I'm sure I'm forgetting:
Scared Stiff
Creature from the Black Lagoon
Ghostbusters
The Shadow (With Aurich Package)
Total Nuclear Annhilation
Indiana Jones Pinball Adventure
Cirqus Voltaire
Big Bang Bar
Ghostbusters is where it's at.
Quoted from snaroff:My favorites...
I agree those all look great! Here's amother good one:
Kaiserslautern
WOZ, by a mile. WOZ is a gorgeous game. I owned one for a couple years, and when people walked into my house they were instantly attracted to WOZ.
Pingeads just because there were not that many around. Non-pinheads because it was a stunning machine. That clear coat can, the big screen, the art. It was always interesting to watch it happen.
Quoted from Taxman:Exactly! I've been a fan my whole life. Until the abominations came along.
Oh you mean the one where they went to find God? Or was it the whale one?
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