Attack from Mars
Bally, 1995
Medieval Madness
Williams, 1997
Monster Bash
Williams, 1998
No Fear: Dangerous Sports
Williams, 1995
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Williams, 1991I've seen quite a few comparisons of some of these games, but for me, it all comes down to flow. The faster, the better. I'm a little opinionated here, so I'll let you guy's do the talking and the voting for now. I know that I may have left some off the list, but these are the ones I'd like to compare.
Shadow is not a fan pattern. Where is MB, or RFM. They all play about the same. No Fear technically isn't a fan pattern either, since the ball doesn't just loop around. Goes to the top of the playfield for another area.
TOM would be considered a fan pattern as well, since it's pretty much like MM, MB, RFM, AFM. they all play about the same, just like all Stern Fan layouts play about the same. Boring and uneventful.
I would edit the poll to include every game mentioned, but it is too late. I decided to keep it simple. But all opinions welcome. and it gives you guys something to do.
you guys don't know what a fan pattern game is then. means the playfield layout shoots like this and comes right back to the flippers. Orbits, Loops and ramp returns and not much else except maybe a dead stop target somewhere in the center.
Hence the name FAN pattern. Not fan as obsessed fan of the game.
fan pattern.JPGMost all Steve Richie games have the best flow ever! Look at f-14.,,,way off topic and not even wpc BUT..Possibly the fastest game ever made when set up right.
For this poll I would say No Fear hands down but it is not a standard fan layout as mentioned and attack from mars fits the description better. If we pull the fan layout out of the equation and go for best flowing game of 90's era W/B games.
The answer for me is ...no fear.
Quoted from Max_Badazz:No Fear flows like an undammed river
My sentiments exactly. It looks like AFM is ahead in the poll by 6 votes. So far more pinsiders think AFM has better flow than No Fear. I guess if you were one to brick shots, then that would be the case. AFM is definitely an easier game for the novice player.
Quoted from Erik:but I guess I never considered NF to be a fan layout because of the jump shot
Well if that's not a "fan" layout, then I don't have any idea what is.
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Quoted from CaptainNeo:you guys don't know what a fan pattern game is then. means the playfield layout shoots like this and comes right back to the flippers. Orbits, Loops and ramp returns and not much else except maybe a dead stop target somewhere in the center.
Hence the name FAN pattern. Not fan as obsessed fan of the game.fan pattern.JPG 487 KB
I didn't know people interpreted "fan" any other way.
I like fan.Fan is good . Got corrected some time back that an upper flipper negates a fan layout.I'm always a student of the hobby.
Why not start a thread on the best stop and go pinball? That would put a cat in the works or a spanner amongst the pigeons.
Quoted from CaptainNeo:which is funny because No Fear isn't even a true fan pattern game.
It is 'THE' friggin' definition of a fan layout.
Look it up in the dictionary. There's a picture of No Fear by it. No kidding. 
Quoted from chalkup8:Why not start a thread on the best stop and go pinball?
No such thing. Stop and go games are just different versions of the same bad... 
Quoted from davewtf:Monster Bash
Quoted from schwarz:Yep, MB.
Are you guys serious?
MB has better flow than NF and AFM? I don't think it comes close to either one of them in terms of flow. No contest, really.
AFM for me. Super easy to keep the flow going. MM and No Fear are both great, but MM can slow down a bit with raising the drawbridge and making the lock shot (especially after you've already done your first multi-ball via it), and No Fear needs a little more control to hit the mode start shot and the upper flipper area can slow things down as well if you don't make a clean shot.
I think No Fear has the best flow, and having the magnetic accelerator and no pops makes it play faster than most.
Quoted from Pinchroma:I'm not sure it's a fan layout but ToM like the inner and outer loops flow nicely.
I was originally going to add this one to the poll, and in retrospect it would have been quite a contender. Very fast with lots of flow.
Quoted from RobT:Are you guys serious?
MB has better flow than NF and AFM? I don't think it comes close to either one of them in terms of flow. No contest, really.
No fear isn't a fan. Neither is Spider-Man. Just ask markmon.
Quoted from o-din:I was originally going to add this one to the poll, and in retrospect it would have been quite a contender. Very fast with lots of flow.
ToM is without question one of the best flowing pins that I've ever owned. In fact, I would say that it *is* the best flowing pin I've owned. Even better than SM.
Quoted from kwiKimart:STTNG is a very flowy pin, but it's not a fan layout.
Neither is GnR.
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