Corvette
Bally, 1994
Elektra
Bally, 1981
Family Guy
Stern, 2007
Firepower
Williams, 1980
Iron Man
Stern, 2010
Jack In The Box
Gottlieb, 1973
KISS
Bally, 1979
Pinbot
Williams, 1986I have a small collection, and all my games are pretty shallow (early SS). My question is what is the shallowest game you own or have played that you cannot get enough of? For me I think EBD fits the bill. Really only one goal to the game, but for some reason, I cannot stop playing it.
Flash Gordon. Simple, fast, brutal. Doesn't even have multiball.
Mystic. Even simpler, not as fast and brutal, and yet I still love playing it.
I installed the Pinball Arcade from an "arrgh matey" exchange, thinking that before I drop a 4-figure wad on a machine, I'd better have an idea what I like to look for. Every table they had up to November 2014: tried 'em all, found some favs, found some duds, found some to build a short wishlist. But the one I kept playing time after time after infuriating muthaf-----you-stupid-gardd**--game-I'll-get-you-NEXT-time is...
Fire! POWER!
Love it so damn much I picked up a $300 wreck to resurrect, which I'm in the midst of, probably over my head at that. 
Don't care. Compared to so many other tables both real and virtual, I have to EARN that damn multiball. And a constant early-SS diesel-drone revving to a fever pitch, to where the machine *literally sounds like it's crying in pain* when you hit the 1000-point spinner? LUST! 
Such a simple ruleset, but I just keep coming back. Prolly helps that I suck...
Quoted from chuckwurt:For me I think EBD fits the bill.
Yep, me too. My wife actually told me the other day that out of all my pins, 10 of them, that's the only one she sneaks off to play when I'm not home. Definitely full of the "one more time" factor. Taxi is a very close second but its a little deeper then EBD.
SMDM, cup, rince & repeat, 10K cup lit - maximum satisfaction.
Meteor, knock M-E-T-E-O-R down - full bonus multiplier lit up - ohlala!
Braindead, I love it.
For DMD, DW, Sonic Boom - best combo shot in pinball, takes more whit but I love it!
I just got an F-14, same melody, spell TOMCAT and right orbit, rince & repeat.
Gilligan's Island and WNBJM
All of mine are shallow and much loved. Taxi and EBD are my favorites, but Seawitch is great too, thanks in large part to the ability to score the bonus repeatly mid ball by knocking down DTs in the proper way. Meteor is my least favorite of the five I own, but only because I've played the most games on it since it was my first pin; it's still fun. Galaxy, set up HARD, is hard to walk away from. Early SS happiness.
Quoted from Evets:Seawitch is great too
I would love to have a seawitch sitting next to my big game. If only I could find one.
Any of a number of EMs. Target Alpha, Quick Draw, Volley, Centigrade 37, and the shallowest of them all is College Queens. There basically are no rules in that game, but it is very fun.
Quoted from BobLangelius:Solar Fire
Let me know if you decide to sell your Solar Fire.
I only have Mystic right now and it keep me coming back. I've thought about selling it, but i still enjoy it.
I'm not a super star player. I haven't rolled over the score yet, I'd imagine once I get to that level of skill I'd be less into this game.
hearing some interesting ones, especially Lectronamo and Bally Monte Carlo. I see these come up for sale around me from time to time. Maybe I should take a closer look at them. 
Another one that is super simple but satisfying is Aztec (Mine is busted, but I have played a nice one on location a lot). Really the only thing to do is lite the spinner and rip it all day. But, it is not the easiest thing to repeat over and over again, so that alone keeps me coming back to this one.
Not sure how shallow it is, but I played Whoa Nellie at Sountern Fried last night and couldn't walk away. What a fun game! Fantastic artwork and fun callouts!
Sounds like FP is a huge one with this thread. Not surprising. Might be at the top of the mountain of the "Just one more" games.
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