I actually liked WOF. I kept completely missing the plunger skill shot, but the game is not the turd that some people make it out to be. The Free Spin lanes at the bottom are an interesting touch, as is the flipper layout with two lanes down the middle.

I nominate The Pin.

Worst gameplay so far for me is Big Ben.

http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=232

Hi-Score Pool.

that Big Ben i can see what you mean.. its like the recent Sterns with an empty playfield lolol.

Worst one I ever played? Street Fighter.

+1 to that. Also I remember Super Mario Bros being pretty crappy, as was TMNT when I played them when I was younger. That was a while ago though. If I come across them in the wild, I'll give them another shot.

Until recently, I didn't even know Atari made pinball games at one point. Were they really that turdtastic?

I agree Street Fighter 2 was the worst machine I have owned. The animations on it are not even attempts at doing something...

TMNT is pretty bad... but thats more likely the condition of the game than the design. If you were to find one with a nice set of ramps it could be fun. Mine is nuts fast... I mean lightning... and higher end players love it at my house. For me its sentimental, thats the only reason I keep it. Heh. Would kill for a nice new set of repro ramps...

Orbitor 1 is actually a great game once you figure out how to play it. It requires totally different skill than a regular pinball machine.

The animations are pretty lame, but the game play is pretty solid. I enjoyed playing it BITD, and I enjoy playing it now.

It's difficult for me to come up with one "worst game ever" just like I can't come up with just one all time favorite. I did play it a lot BITD, but Bad Cats has to be in the running now that I think of it. The one I played, it seemed like it spat out extra balls like some rednecks spit out used chewing tobacco. The 20 million shot on the last ball unbalanced the scoring completely and since I think Williams games of this era had a replay score maxing out at 9.9 million, you were basically guaranteed a replay if you hit it. I wasn't even a wizard then and I played what had to have been 30 minutes or so on two tokens (50 cents).

I actually owned one for a while. There is so much going on in this pin, but its all thrown together horribly. The sound is the worst ever.

Worst game I ever played was Big flipper. Avengers is a close second.

Wizard of oz,bad game flow....

Sorry but no.
Not owning WoZ, not planning to buy one, not drinking the JJP potion or wearing pink glasses whenever WoZ or Hobbit pops up...

...but you can't say it is the worst pin ever. Because there are much, much worse choices for EM, early SS, late SS...
Ever played Pink Panther for example ??

Worst ever? Your trolling dude.

now that just plain silly...

Another vote for SFII... I actually bought one in parts and did a full restore for my first time on this game, and should have left it dead where I got it from!

I haven't played a ton of pins but out of what I personally played I'd have to say Avengers, cool theme but gameplay is so boring.

I'm in the Hercules/Orbitor 1 band camp. The only time I ever played them was on location; Hercules at Hershey Park, PA and Orbitor 1 at a, now, defunct local mall arcade. I actually put money into each of these tables. Played them each one time for 50 cents a piece. Atari and Stern...I want my money back. :p

What makes a game the 'worst'? Game play? Theme? Art Work? It is really your own opinion. Yes some are just poor playing machines. Art work that is so bad that makes me wonder, Who signed off on this one?

The one that would make me think it is the worst, is the last one that ate my money.

i take back my Hercules answer and submit Rolling Stones. mick on a stick. no fun.

Jurassic Park
I wouldn't play this pin if I were standing in front of it and someone filled it with quarters.

I like street fighter 2...

Disco Fever. Second worst, Roller Disco. Oh, did I mention I hate disco!

WOZ no contest

Rolling Stones, just plain ol lame.

no- they just made quiet a few wide bodies, and with poor rubber and wax they slow more than a smaller scale machine. properly set up there just as fun as other game makes of the era.

Popeye by a country mile, friend has a mint condition one and I'll give it another try. To much clutter from the upper playfield, blocks view.

Some old electromechanicals would get old faster than Street Fighter but I would still forgive some of them for their art. Most of the pinballs that made me angry were broken. I can't stand broken pinballs. Probably, the most popular pinball that completely disappointed me was Creech.

Yep, SP is a big steaming pile. What makes it worse is what could have actually been done with the theme!

It was made too early in the series. It could be redone now because the show is now more than piss and fart jokes but that is what the show was at the start.

I think Gold Wings is the worst game ever. But it's so hard to choose just one from the Premier line up.

I did a container deal once where I was supposed to get an AFM but I got a Shaq Attack instead! Talk about the biggest gap in quality ever! Needless to say there were serious words involved.

BBBB gets my vote.

I would very much be interested in an updated version of this game, there is so much new stuff they could add, and I bet it would be a location winner by a ton!

Ive never played a pin that wasnt fun.

Would that be like getting the family truckster from the Vacation movie when you ordered the sports model in metallic blue??

For DMD, it's a tie between SF2 and Xfiles. for old ones, there are a ton of bad ones out there.

Spy Hunter is pretty lame with that big drain out the side.

For art it would have to be some of those 80's Gottliebs. Hard Bodies, Genesis, Monty Carlo, etc

Although I do find Southpark some what funny, ok, sometimes very funny. The pin does nothing for me. I do not understand having Mr. Hanky, as a large feature on the game.

I linked Popeye. It's just boring as __k!
And who thought up that mode to guide sweat pea thru the maze by making the 3 lane shots on the upper playfield?
I had a hard time doing it with the glass off.
Any papa guys able to do this with the glass ON?
Just completely idiotic IMHO.
slow lethargic and uninspired are my words for it.
ack!

My runner up? Waterworld.

I'm in agreement on Street Fighter 2, I can't stand Rollergames either....

Maybe, but a close second is the Stern Star Trek,
It is my true opinion, I really don't get the hype or love for these?
Sorry.
I do love my GI and BBH though, figure that out

My # 1 dUD , is Twister ... I'll Never own it again !!!! I Hate LOTR also it's # 2 , but I will buy it 2 Trade ..

What are you talking about? Twister quite possibly has one of the best toys in pinball with the spinning multiball start.

In full disclosure, I own it and love mine. Probably because of all the ties it has in it to Oklahoma.

Sorry you didn't like yours but to call it the worst pinball is plain silly IMO.

I forgot about X-Files. There's one on route here and basically everything about the game is a stinker IMHO.

For modern Bally/WMS games, I am surprised no one has said Hurricane. What a one trick pony. And then there is Stern's NBA...the purposely stripped down dog that was supposed to sell big in Asia.

Popeye is actually really fun when you learn what to do. There's a lot of strategy and the game is not easy. People are way to quick to dismiss it and many who dismiss it have never even played more than a couple games on it...if any games at all. The Sweet Pea video mode maze is the a really unique interactive video mode and it is damn hard. Really cool idea to have the shots correspond to movement in the video mode. I have done it before, but it is so difficult I think it should be worth more points than it is.