Judging by the pictures of the new building. I'd say more than a few, 6 to 10 wouldn't surprise me. Plus the original family members. And they use them quite effectively. At some point during their shift they change to other tasks.

LTG : )

Maybe the 70s, but it would be hard to argue Gottlieb not being #1 in the
50s and 60s, (and really, a good chunk of the 70s). I have to give Gottlieb
the #1 All-Around..

EM: Gottlieb
SS: Bally and Classic Stern
Alpha Numeric: Williams System 11
DMD 1991-1999: Williams/Bally
DMD/LCD 2000-Present: Stern

I agree with this completely

Of course who am I lol.

Exact same list I was thinking. But, it's Gottlieb as #1 overall for being the best, the longest. I'd give them 30 years as king. 50's 60's and 70's EM's. Yeah, yeah I know all the modern Stern and Williams/Bally fanboys are gonna say how great their games are and I agree they are "now" better games. However Williams/Bally only ran #1 for 10 years and Stern I would only say their first 12 years. After that their games, well you know the story.

1. Stern
2. Stern
3. Stern

Honorable mention - Stern

Sincerely,
Who-Dey

Gottlieb made the most reliable games during the EM era, and although their DMD games may have less appealing themes or gameplay, in term of mechanical reliability they probably were even better than Bally/Williams at that time. At least that what operators kept telling me. Early SS years Bally would get my vote. DMD era has to be Bally/Williams as they even topped quality, creativity and gameplay, even for many years after they quit making games. These days it appears JJP and Chicago Gaming are delivering both in quality and quantity.

but you know the irony is, that zaccaria produced more games than Sega and 3 of the people in the list combined.

and in all honesty. Sega really has a poor good to shit ratio. Probably the worst of anyone. They really only have 2 great games in their catalogue and 3 others that are fairly good, but could be considered DE titles. Out of all DMD manufacturers. Sega is the weakest link.

This is a very true statement.

A 3 horse race, each had their era of dominance. If you go strictly by the amount of time that dominance lasted then Gottlieb wins, if you look at who brought pinball into the SS age, then Bally, and of course in the modern era it was Williams who set the standard.

A 3 way tie may be closest to the truth!!

By having Dutch pinball in the running against Capcom or Spooky tells me the numbers are stupid.

During the Midway years...a lot of good ones, TAF being largest production of all time

The Addams Family
Cirqus Voltaire
Creature from the Black Lagoon
Safe Cracker
Scared Stiff
The Shadow
Theatre of Magic
Twilight Zone
World Cup Soccer

almost spot on

EM: Gottlieb (honorable mention to williams woodrails)
SS : Zaccaria
Alpha numeric: Williams and honorable mention to early DE
DMD: B/W
PB2K: Williams
Post 1999: Stern

Take a wild guess who I voted for...

I am a big Zac fan as well, they produced great games, but if I had to keep one pin for the early 80's it would rather be a Bally (Centaur or Medusa).

According to their Interview Deeproot is the greatest Company in existence.

I'll bite.... Williams? Cause that is who I voted for.

for me it would be Zankor.

To be the greatest is a tall task. But I can only think of one company that spent over a half century of innovation, and trying to improve pinball every step of the way. And hired and employed all the best people available for the job. That list of men is staggering.

Well, back in the day it would have to be Bally/Williams but today it's Stern.

For me would have to be gottlieb, having invented flippers !

Shortly thereafter the designer Harry Mabs left and went to work for Williams, which started a 50 year run of hiring most of the best design, programming, and art talent this industry has known as they became available. Some of who are still tops in the industry today. As I said, that list of men is staggering.