I think I will stick to machines that are fun to play, bit of a challenge and not to expensive to buy or just what I am willing to spend.

That's what it's all about, not arguing "my X is a better player than such and such A-list game". Unfortunately that is what a discussion like this seems to bring out of some people.

Of course, there's no published "A-list", just a group of games that seem to command collector attention due to some group of factors that elevate it above the pack. Within that are games some like and some don't. But someone who collects only supposedly "A-List" games seems to then have a "Cookie Cutter Collection" - I'm not even sure that's a compliment to such a person, I wounder if it's more a sort of insult??