I have many fond memories of playing EMs in milk bars, barbers and fruit shops and learning all the skills and ways of popping free games.
My 5 favourite EMs that are plastered in my head for life are:
1. North Star - Gottlieb 1964
2. Golden Arrow - Gottlieb 1977
3. Centigrade 37 - Gottlieb 1977
4. Flying Carpet - Gottlieb 1972
5. Jacks Open - Gottlieb 1977
As you can see, I favoured Gottliebs for EMs, and for me 1977 was the pinacle of EM play. This may be biased as I loved the new EMs while I was a teenager and the speed of play was faster in the later years of EMs. I must say that earlier EMs have fantastic art and detail, every machine has it's own character but these 5 keep coming into my head when anyone mentions EMs.