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Agreed. The Guys Dolls experimental "flipper alternative post" idea was an abysmal failure. Multiple gobble hole games, like Quintette, can indeed be frustrating. For me, Queen of Hearts is the most successful multiple gobble hole game because the rules integrate the gobble hole objective so well, far better than any other multiple gobble hole game. The Queen of Hearts player really wants to sink the ball into a particular hole and the reward for doing so is satisfying. I feel the same way about Niagara, as a trap hole game. It certainly doesn't hurt that Queen of Hearts and Niagara both have first-class art packages. Niagara also has backglass animation. Thanks for posting the two videos.
Quoted from OTTOgd:I haven't had huge exposure to woodrails but have owned a few that popped up online for a decent price. Important to own two at the very least, imho.
That said, I have done my IPDB research and played a bunch of virtual tables on my computer via Future Pinball (www.futurepinball.com), especially from IRPinball (www.irpinball.org). Visual Pinball is also a great source (www.vpforums.org). Not the same experience, obviously, but does provide a sense of ball flow and narrows down pins to keep my eyes out for.
Owned a '53 Gottlieb Quintette for a couple years and it was gorgeous and had several objectives, which was great, but the five gobble holes were too frustrating. Good game but not fun. Nerve-wracking.
'53 Gottlieb Guys Dolls was just terrible. The "Six High Powered Pop-up Posts" were silly. That left quickly.
For a couple years, I was overly excited to own a '58 Gottlieb Rocket Ship but disappointed with ownership. Nifty, great looking game but found it catered more to the Operator than the Player. The lower half of the playfield should just be avoided, especially that tempting but SDTM roto-target. Glad I experienced it, nonetheless.
I fairly recently picked up a '59 Gottlieb Straight Shooter that was far from home, after paying for the game 6 months previously. Needed a LOT of fixing up to play properly. Got it done! Tough game! Not easy to align (and keep aligned for 100,000's) those yellow, purple and white lights, darnit! Haven't played it enough to be certain it's a 'keeper' yet. Will make a gameplay video soon.
'49 Gottlieb K. C. Jones is a keeper! What a game!
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