Whether it be EMs or solid state - it is more than just the game. It is knowing that the big clunky thing has stood somewhere and witnessed kids growing up or men refusing to. I love my EMs because they remind me of a time gone by; I love the smell inside the cabinet; I love how making a switch open or shut can make all sorts of things happen. Call it nostalgia - EMs were part of my "wonder years". But it is still more: its the artwork, its the thrill of lighting specials, its know the history of how these things developed.

Nominated for April's post of the month.

While I'm still waiting to find my first EM, I do recall the feel and fun as a little kid at the milk bar, the way the score clicked over, and all those solenoids resetting. I have a number of DMD's, and as may early SS. Frankly, the most played game is Asteroid Annie - an SS with an EM layout and rules, and just **hard** to play well and beat. DMD's offer a pinball entertainment more in line with competing with the feedback given by the (yuck) video games with which they were needing to compete. I love AFM, but I get as much fun out of Asteroid Annie. Just different. As long as the main game is controlling a silver ball with flippers, then it's all good.