The Best 1968 Pinball

[Retropin]

From the top 300 EM list on IPDB

32.     1968 Royal Guard by Gottlieb 25 ratings:   7.84/10     
Audio:7.4  Playfield:8.0  Art:7.7   Fun:8.1

50.     1968 Doozie by Williams  14 ratings:   7.79/10     
Audio:7.0 Playfield:7.9   Art:7.4   Fun:8.3

73.      1968 Ding Dong by Williams 10 ratings:  7.74/10     
Audio:6.9 Playfield:7.7  Art:7.7   Fun:8.2

93.      1968 Fun Land by Gottlieb 14 ratings: 7.69/10     
Audio:7.6 Playfield:7.7  Art:7.6   Fun:7.8

121.      1968 Lady Luck by Williams 19 ratings: 7.60/10     
Audio:7.3 Playfield:7.6  Art:7.5   Fun:7.8

161.      1968 Domino by Gottlieb 11 ratings: 7.24/10     
Audio:7.8 Playfield:7.2  Art:6.8   Fun:7.2

173.     1968 Spin Wheel by Gottlieb 10 ratings: 7.04/10     
Audio:6.8 Playfield:6.8  Art:7.6  Fun:7.0

179.      1968 Paul Bunyan by Gottlieb 11 ratings: 6.93/10     
Audio:6.5 Playfield:7.5  Art:6.5   Fun:7.1

note all the Bally's from this list are missing. Very strange ratings, as none of these games are half as fun as Dogies, Gator or Joker. Seriously, Ding Dong is one of the most boring titles of all time. Doozie is the pick of the bunch, but still no where near Dogies or Hayburners II.

Typical ratings from US collectors who are blind to anything other than GTB or WMS

[Pop Bumper Pete]

I enjoyed playing the VP version of Doozie/Daffie

[Strangeways]

Never seen or played the games you are talking about Nino (I don't get out much  ) but gotta agree Zipper Flippers are great fun and one day I am going to get a game that has them .

I have a shipment of Bally EMs about to leave and nearly all of them are Ballys with Zipper flippers. These titles are SUPER rare and great players. Some are so good they are slipping straight into my personal collection.

[goodolddays]

Never seen or played the games you are talking about Nino (I don't get out much  ) but gotta agree Zipper Flippers are great fun and one day I am going to get a game that has them .

I have a shipment of Bally EMs about to leave and nearly all of them are Ballys with Zipper flippers. These titles are SUPER rare and great players. Some are so good they are slipping straight into my personal collection.

There's always a temptation around the corner in this hobby isn't there  . Don't suppose there would be a Fireball up for grabs ?

[Ant68]

Never seen or played the games you are talking about Nino (I don't get out much  ) but gotta agree Zipper Flippers are great fun and one day I am going to get a game that has them .

I have a shipment of Bally EMs about to leave and nearly all of them are Ballys with Zipper flippers. These titles are SUPER rare and great players. Some are so good they are slipping straight into my personal collection.

I'm going to have to report you to a mod , that behavior is just selfish and not tolerated here . Unless share the good titles around I'm telling nick . Sharing is caring nino ! 

[Retropin]

Never seen or played the games you are talking about Nino (I don't get out much  ) but gotta agree Zipper Flippers are great fun and one day I am going to get a game that has them .

I have a shipment of Bally EMs about to leave and nearly all of them are Ballys with Zipper flippers. These titles are SUPER rare and great players. Some are so good they are slipping straight into my personal collection.

There's always a temptation around the corner in this hobby isn't there  . Don't suppose there would be a Fireball up for grabs ?

Xmas is over... Fireball up for grabs indeed...

[Strangeways]

Never seen or played the games you are talking about Nino (I don't get out much  ) but gotta agree Zipper Flippers are great fun and one day I am going to get a game that has them .

I have a shipment of Bally EMs about to leave and nearly all of them are Ballys with Zipper flippers. These titles are SUPER rare and great players. Some are so good they are slipping straight into my personal collection.

I'm going to have to report you to a mod , that behavior is just selfish and not tolerated here . Unless share the good titles around I'm telling nick . Sharing is caring nino ! 

List will be finalized shortly. Once they are on the water, I'll list them here.

Never seen or played the games you are talking about Nino (I don't get out much  ) but gotta agree Zipper Flippers are great fun and one day I am going to get a game that has them .

I have a shipment of Bally EMs about to leave and nearly all of them are Ballys with Zipper flippers. These titles are SUPER rare and great players. Some are so good they are slipping straight into my personal collection.

There's always a temptation around the corner in this hobby isn't there  . Don't suppose there would be a Fireball up for grabs ?

Xmas is over... Fireball up for grabs indeed...

No way - Fireball is STRAIGHT into the collection 

[The pinballist formally known as Dean Morgan]

I was born in 1965 and I am restoring a Gottlieb Ice Revue from 65

[Mr Pinbologist]

Interesting topic  I cant offer any suggestions im sorry to say 

I too was born in '68 (popular year that)  I never really thought about getting a pin from my birth year 

I've got one from '69 though (Gtb Mibs) thats near enough for me i guess 

[4_amusement_only]

I have a restored 1968 Bally Dixieland.. Great game which has the zipper flippers. Maxing out the clarinet saucer then accruing a letter of Dixieland which carries over from game to game. Top stuff. 

[Classicpinballs]

Gottlieb's Royal Guard would be my 1st choice. Simple enough playfield layout, but as its got the moving targets too, it makes for some good shots during play.

WMS's Doozie is good too - I think that was made in 68 too. All those zipper-flipper machines are good to play [if set up properly  ]