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Offline felixthadog

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Favourite Pinball Year of Release
« on: May 28, 2009, 11:23:00 AM »
We all have our favourite pinball machines, but what about your favourite Year of Release?  !@# Was there a year in which pinball produced the highest percentage of your favourite machines, or perhaps just a year that you enjoyed the releases the most or have pinball memories that will stay with you forever?

My favourite Year of Release is 1993 - TZ, WH20, ST:TNG, JD, IJ, BSD, LAH. It was also the year that I was an exchange student and have fond memories of playing Rocky & Bullwinkle & The Getaway at the local take-away shops.

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Re: Favourite Pinball Year of Release
« Reply #1 on: May 28, 2009, 11:43:55 AM »
For me definitely 1978 - all those classic SS machines, challenging enough to play without too many bells & whistles
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Re: Favourite Pinball Year of Release
« Reply #2 on: May 28, 2009, 11:53:53 AM »
i will run with 1993 aswell <.>
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Re: Favourite Pinball Year of Release
« Reply #3 on: May 28, 2009, 12:36:26 PM »

I'll go with 1979 ;

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Re: Favourite Pinball Year of Release
« Reply #4 on: May 28, 2009, 12:38:17 PM »
Yeah it was a toss up for me between 78 & 79 - Flash still rocks my world :)
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Re: Favourite Pinball Year of Release
« Reply #5 on: May 28, 2009, 02:25:27 PM »
I'm going with 2007 - and it wasn't Stern, it was the only other manufacturer on the planet...
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Re: Favourite Pinball Year of Release
« Reply #6 on: May 28, 2009, 03:13:36 PM »
70-83 represents my 13 fav years of pinball

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Re: Favourite Pinball Year of Release
« Reply #7 on: May 28, 2009, 03:21:12 PM »
Quote from: Extra Ball on May 28, 2009, 03:13:36 PM
70-83 represents my 13 fav years of pinball

Cheat  <.>

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Re: Favourite Pinball Year of Release
« Reply #8 on: May 28, 2009, 04:25:34 PM »
cant cheat unless I take the glass of
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Re: Favourite Pinball Year of Release
« Reply #9 on: May 28, 2009, 06:46:09 PM »
1976 of course for me as my machines were both from then.But can i cheat and say 1970 to 1977, lol.
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Re: Favourite Pinball Year of Release
« Reply #10 on: May 28, 2009, 06:59:14 PM »
Easy - 1980, the year classic Stern ran hot - Galaxy, Ali, Big Game, Cheetah, Seawitch, Quicksilver, Star Gazer and Nine Ball.  To boot Firepower,Black Knight, Nitro Groundshaker, Space Invaders, Skateball and  Xenon all came out in this year.

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Re: Favourite Pinball Year of Release
« Reply #11 on: May 28, 2009, 07:08:25 PM »
Hmmm, tough one - I would like to say 1981 but I will have to think about it.
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Re: Favourite Pinball Year of Release
« Reply #12 on: May 28, 2009, 07:17:25 PM »
Difficult to nut it down to just one - would say 79-80
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Re: Favourite Pinball Year of Release
« Reply #13 on: May 28, 2009, 08:17:50 PM »
Any year was a good year  *%*

If I had to name one would be the same year I was born 1964 - just a series of beautiful, classic Gottlieb pins:

Big Top
Gigi
Ship-Mates
World Fair
Bonanza
Bowling Queen
Majorettes
Sea Shore
North Star
Happy Clown
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Re: Favourite Pinball Year of Release
« Reply #14 on: May 29, 2009, 09:11:43 AM »
Quote from: felixthadog on May 28, 2009, 11:23:00 AM
We all have our favourite pinball machines, but what about your favourite Year of Release?  !@# Was there a year in which pinball produced the highest percentage of your favourite machines, or perhaps just a year that you enjoyed the releases the most or have pinball memories that will stay with you forever?

My favourite Year of Release is 1993 - TZ, WH20, ST:TNG, JD, IJ, BSD, LAH. It was also the year that I was an exchange student and have fond memories of playing Rocky & Bullwinkle & The Getaway at the local take-away shops.

Matthew
Mighty hard to pin one year on production of early ninety Bally/Williams pin's.
So many great titles came out in the early ninety's. Gonna have to go with the year my favorite pin was made which is CFTBL in 93. Also was lucky to meet the games designer John Trudeau at last years U.K. Pin Show (what a great guy).
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