Quoted from pinworthy:

Top 10 reasons I have EMs
10: Purchase price is low
9: Enjoy that I get to tune them occasionally to keep them going
8: Variety of game play ... you can find a pin with pretty much anything from simple to busy playfields depending on what you want in the line up.
7: Memories of days past
6: Purchase price (did I mention that they are cheap?)
5: Artwork and colors - nothing compares to the older artwork ... it is art, newer machines not so much
4: Sounds and smells (ozone from the arcing) spinning score reels, spinners, chimes, no annoying voice overs
3: Cabinet knocker ... nice and loud so people look and know you won a game
2: Simple easy to understand rule sets, I don't need a YouTube video to understand them
Number 1 reason I like my EMs:
SPECIAL WHEN LIT , where has the good old red special light gone? I REALLY miss that

Quoted from Astropin:

I'm not a huge fan of EM's for single player but for multiple players they are the best!
I love to compete (casually) and on an EM it's usually much more competitive "closer scoring" games. You always feel like you have a shot to pull out the win on your last ball. Plus the games tend to be much shorter so you can get a lot of games in and keep track of who's ahead. "Okay you're up 3 games to 2....lets go again".
On a DMD usually one person runs away with it and then the other players are just waiting for that game to end so maybe they can have a shot in the next one.....and they wait......and they wait.

Quoted from o-din:

Here's all the "software" they need.

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Quoted from maf-mi:

This was the technology that got us to the moon.