Quoted from Bmad21:Back in the em days as it seems makers seemed to gamble on an odd layout but ever since Stern and subsequent companies seem to exist in the 2000s it seems that the fan layout is the thing.
What changed from Target Alpha to Fan Layouts?
You might need to get out a little. There’s a lot of cool, unique layouts in pinball. Just to name a few:
IMDN
JJPOTC
Wonka
AIQ
Deadpool
Ultraman/Halloween
Rick and Morty
Jurassic park
Oktoberfest
Godzilla
WOZ
Hobbit