What is the best pinball machine ever?

There were a lot of great ones, but for me, it will always be Pinbot. One of the high points of pinball play in the 80s.

Addams Family is my all-time personal fave.

BTW OP - have you been to The Pinball Museum in Vegas? I could spend a week there.

Thats funny. I was thinking about getting one earlier today

Taxi was also pretty goddamned fun.

I liked playing the Adams family pinball game in college.

High Speed.

I made a virtual machine using a 32 inch 165Hz monitor as main display and 23 inch as back screen.
A bit like this:

Eight ball deluxe.

It had multiple orb-asms

TILT

DAMN I MISS PINBALL
THOSE WHERE THE DAYS
so many to choose from

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Nice!

Funhouse

I forgot about Funhouse. Yeah, that was really fun too.

Bally's Fire Ball.
RELEASE FIRE GODS !

Nostalgia overload! I can smell it even.

Black hole or banzai run 2

Stargate

I am the pinball world champion. One game could take up to 2, 3 hours, sometimes more. It was my way to get free drinks when I was a teenager.

3 pinball machines next to each other? I had to have my initials on every machines from position 1 to 5.

My personal favorites are Mr. Robot and Indiana Jones.

Fireball, without a doubt.

Twilight Zone gets a lot of love but Attack from Mars (lots of people call it Mars Attacks) is also great.

"Sacre Bleu! The martians are destroying ze Eiffel Tower!"

Starting a game:
Male announcer: "This is an emergency broadcast: the Earth is being invaded by flying saucers from Mars!"
Male announcer: "This just in: reports are coming in from all over the World, the Earth is under attack, an attack from Mars!"
Martian: "You again?"
Martian: "Earth will be ours!"
Martian: "Greetings earthling. Ha ha ha!"
Martian: "Greetings earthling. Bwa ha ha ha ha!"

Attract mode sounds:
Martian: "Come here, tasty human!"
Martian: "Hey look, your shoe is untied! Ha ha ha ha!"
Martian: "Aaarrgh!"

Ball save:
Man: "Return to battle, soldier!"

Buy-In:
Martian: "Had enough?"

Replay:
Man: "Replay!"

Dirty Pool:
Martian: "Not so fast!"

3-BANK TARGET

Martian: "Your cities will be destroyed!"
Martian: "We are invincible!"
Martian: "You can´t defeat our forcefield!"
Martian: "Nothing can defeat us!"

ATTACK WAVES

Paris, France
(All quotes said with a french accent)
Man: "Sacre bleu, the Martians are destroying the Eiffel Tower!"
Man: "We must destroy the stinking Martians!"
Man: "Remove that saucer from the sky!"
Man: "Take that, you ugly, green, stinking, disgusting Martian!"
Man: "You Martians will never take France!"
Man: "Go away from France, you Martians from another planet!"
Man: "Viva la France!"
Man: "Destroy the saucer!"
Man: "Oh la la!"
Man: "Outrageous!"
Man: "You are very skillful!"

Berlin, Germany
(All quotes said with a german accent)
Man: "We must save the Brandenburger Tor!"
Man: "The Brandenburger Tor is in danger!"
Man: "We will fight for Germany!"
Man: "They´re Martians, they´ll never take Germany!"
Man: "Take that, you ugly green Martian!"
Man: "Germany will kick your Martian butt to the moon!"
Man: "Look out Martians, Germany coming through!"
Man: "Destroy the saucer!"
Man: "Destroy the Martians!"
Man: "Germany is victorious!"

Pisa, Italy
(All quotes said with an italian accent)
Man: "Mama mia, the Martians are straightening the Tower of Pisa!"
Man: "Mama mia, save the Tower of Pisa!"
Man: "What´s the matter you, you ugly Martian?"
Man: "I pasta your face, you ugly green Martian!"
Man: "Take that, you pasta head!"
Man: "Excellent!"
Man: "Blow the saucer out of the sky!"
Man: "Italia, Italia!"

London, England
(All quotes said with an english accent)
Woman: "Blimie, London Bridge is falling down, isn´t it?"
Woman: "No time for tea, blast those Martians!"
Woman: "Destroy the bleedin´ saucer!"
Woman: "Destroy the silly little Martians!"
Woman: "Take that, you horrible green Martian!"
Woman: "I say, good shot!"
Woman: "Super shot!"
Woman: "Blow the saucer out of the sky!"
Woman: "Ta da for now!"
Woman: "Well done!"

New York, USA
(All quotes said with an american accent)
Man: "We gotta save the Statue of Liberty!"
Man: "Take that, Martian!"
Man: "We´ll fight for our freedom!"
Man: "We´ll blow the snot out of you, Martian!"
Man: "Blast the saucer!"
Man: "Destroy the saucer!"
Man: "Nobody messes with the USA!"

Attack Mars
Man: "We must finish them off! Let´s take their ship and attack Mars!"
Martian: "Ha, we won´t be defeated so easily!"
Martian: "Not so fast, human!"
Martian: "Martians: superior, Humans: pathetic! Ha!"
Martian: "Puny humans, we have four arms!"
Martian: "No, no, noo! Can´t we just be friends?"
Martian: "But we´ll be back!"

MULTIBALL

Man: "Get the troops ready!"
Man: "Take every available man!"
Man: "Missiles on standby!"
Man: "Missiles locked on target!"
Man: "Multiball!"
Man: "Jackpot!"
Martian: "Jackpot!"
Man: "Super Jackpot!"
Martian: "Oh baby!"

CAPTURE
Woman: "Aaahhh!"
Martian: "Ha, ha, ha!"
Martian: "Aaarr...women!"
Woman: "Help...oh, no!"
Woman: "Get your hands off me, all four of them!"
Martian: "Aaarr...more women!"
Woman: "Put me down!"
Woman: "Get your hands off me!"
Woman: "Save me, save me!"
Woman: "Oh thank you, thank you!"
Woman: "You´re the best!"
Woman: "You´re my hero!"

BIG-O-BEAM

Man: "A crab fish!"
Woman: "Would you look at the size of that cow?"
Woman: "It´s hideous!"
Woman: "Ah!"
Man: "Watch out man, they´ve got a Big-O-Beam!"

TRACTOR BEAM

Man: "Hey, they got our shop!"
Man: "They took our car!"
Man: "No, not our Hot Dogs!"
Woman: "Oh no, Sparky!"
Woman: "Oh no, they got our live stock, treasures and historical monuments!"
Man: "Stop them!"
Man: "Get them!"

ATOMIC BLASTER

Man: "We´re gonna build an Atomic Blaster!"
Martian: "It will never work!"
Man: "Use the Atomic Blaster, now!"
Martian: "Run away!"

HURRY-UP

Man: "Excellent!"
Man: "Great shot!"
Man: "Well done, soldier!"
Man: "Wohoo!"

MARTIAN ATTACK & MARTIAN MULTIBALL

Man: "Look out, Martians!"
Woman: "Look out, Martians!"
Martian: "Attack!"
Martian: "Not you again? Aaarrgh!"
Martian: "Bwa ha ha, attack!"
Martian: "Oh no!"
Martian: "Na-na, missed me!"
Martian: "Oh, not multiball!"
Skull (from No Fear): "Again!"
Man: "Look out, more Martians!"
Man:"God damn, you some ugly Martians!"
Man: "Take that, muffinhead!"
Man: "I hate Martians!"
Woman: "You know, I enjoy killing these Martians!"

TOTAL ANNIHILATION

Man: "Total annihilation, yohoo!"
Man: "Take that, bristlehead!"
Man: "Take that, wrinklehead!"
Man: "Take that, muffinhead!"

SUPER JETS

Man: "Super Jets!"

EXTRA BALL

Woman: "Go for the extra ball!"
Man: "Extra ball!"
Man: "Shoot again!"

SNEAK ATTACK

Martian: "Surprice, ha ha!"
Martian: "Hey look, your shoe is untied! Ha ha ha ha!"
Martian: "Na, na-na, na-na-na! Phffrrrt!"
Martian: "Na-na, missed me!"

RULE THE UNIVERSE

Martian: "So, you want to rule the Universe? You don´t stand a chance!"
Man: "Take that, bristlehead!"
Man: "Take that, wrinklehead!"
Man: "Take that, muffinhead!"
Martian: "You rule the Universe!"
Man: "Five billion!"

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I remember it well. Nice layout and special effects for its time EXCEPT that there was no escape from the gutterballs on the sides. If the ball came down extreme left or right, you lost the ball. Period. I think they did this because they knew that for its time its aesthetics were so nice, people would play it anyway.

Also note how small the flippers were. You were gonna lose that ball easy, but because the games lights, sounds, and effects were so good for its time, people would play anyway. But most people I knew eventually figured out it was a ripoff.

looks good!
Never got to play this table

It is well documented that the Addams Family pinball machine is the GOAT.

I feel like they are formulaic but fun: Creature from the black lagoon, Theater Magic, and Elvira Scared Stiff.
Williams games are some of my favorites.

If you are into the newer stuff....

Guns N Roses CE from Jersey Jack.

The best machine I have ever played hands down.