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Really tough to say: hands down my favorite era...after this everything gets...rampy.
Williams titles: Firepower, Blackout, Alien Poker, Black Knight, Space Shuttle...
Stern titles: Meteor, Stars and Nine Ball...
Bally titles: Flash Gordon and Eight Ball Deluxe...
I've never seen or played a Joker Poker, but it is on my list.
I mean how could anyone choose?
Quoted from Daditude:Bally is the easy answer here.
All of them made a few very good pins in that era, but Bally put out TONS of top pins.
I understand and agree (sort of) but, but....the others.
I don't know...I mean Mata Hari, Embryon, Space Invaders, Medusa and Xenon can be slow...
Bally DID sell a TON of these for sure, but Williams also sold a ton of Flash, Firepower and Black Knight...
And then there's Stern...some fun pins...
By volume Bally was king but playability, "one more game" and fun?
I know I couldn't choose between Blackout and Flash Gordon or Firepower, Black Knight and Nine Ball.
Quoted from Methos:Ballys are too repetitive and I don't know how anyone can say that Fathom or Centaur is better than Quicksilver or StarGazer. I own them all, but there isn't any comparison. Stern had some duds as well, but the best Sterns are superior to the best Ballys. I agree to cherry pick from them all.
Dude, Flash Gordon CRUSHES any Stern. Facts are facts. 
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