Themes that (always) produce good/bad pins?

[cooldan]

Controversial opinion..... The more influential the band, the worse the game....
Beetles, Rolling Stones, Elvis, Led Zep, epic musicians, bang average games
Metallica, Rush, Elton, Iron Maiden, GnR, Foo Fighters. pinball bangers, just turn down the volume

i'm not buying that, Kev.
i've not played The Beatles or Foo Fighters or Iron Maiden yet. Or Queen. or ABBA. or the new GNR.
But Elvis is a fun game, ACDC is a belter, DE Guns n Roses is a blast, Rolling Stones is a bit tricky (sorry Sarge), er...

i've forgotten where i was going with this one

 

[kev a]

i'm not buying that, Kev.
i've not played The Beatles or Foo Fighters or Iron Maiden yet. Or Queen. or ABBA. or the new GNR.
But Elvis is a fun game, ACDC is a belter, DE Guns n Roses is a blast, Rolling Stones is a bit tricky (sorry Sarge), er...

i've forgotten where i was going with this one

darn you spotted I missed ACDC, Elvis.... fun but not enough for the King of rock n roll, Beetles actually plays well enough, but 30k puts it on the bad list.

 

[crsedgar]

Cooking meat on an outside grill.

 

[Fantazia2]

Are there any bad pins with a Knight on them?

Good ones off the top of my head

Black Knight
Black Knight 2000
Black Knight SoR
Medieval Madness
Swords of Fury

 

[Fantazia2]

darn you spotted I missed ACDC, Elvis.... fun but not enough for the King of rock n roll, Beetles actually plays well enough, but 30k puts it on the bad list.

Is Beatles not classed as a Nautical themed game though, it is based on the Seawitch layout.

 

[VeeMonroe]

Is Beatles not classed as a Nautical themed game though, it is based on the Seawitch layout.

 

[kev a]

Is Beatles not classed as a Nautical themed game though, it is based on the Seawitch layout.

Interesting, Liverpool's by the sea too..... how about CFTBL?

 

[Jay Walker]

Are there any bad pins with a Knight on them?

I quite liked Game of Thrones, even though it was what I later realised was the Pro edition, and it having a game-threatening hang-up above the top rollover lanes.

Also, on kev a's call about "top band, mediocre pin, and vice versa"; no-one's mentioned Kiss. In either version. While Bally Rolling Stones was a stone by my reckoning. And Nugent didn't really appeal, either.

 

[steve brum]

Dragons are cool. I miss not owning a dragon game now when once I could muster MM GOT and D&D

HOBBIT I quite like too

PS
D&D looks great. Delivery is typical 6803 unfortunately

 

[dave]

Putting on my flameproof underwear

standard procedure. Not into the pirates either, Hook is possibly the worst game of all time. You could take the water out of it and it won't get any better either.

 

[johnwhitfield]

What about themes that feature “wheels”.

Wheel of fortune
Every race car game
No fear
Munsters with the Dragula on the backglass
Full throttle
Viper night driving
Harley davidson
That 90s game with the slow moving ferris wheel

All utter clangers

 

[Taxiturn]

What about themes that feature “wheels”.

Wheel of fortune
Every race car game
No fear
Munsters with the Dragula on the backglass
Full throttle
Viper night driving
Harley davidson
That 90s game with the slow moving ferris wheel

All utter clangers

Possibly one of my more controversial pinball opinions is that No Fear has a lot in common with White Water, but has superior rules and is actually way more fun…

Indy 500 is a pretty good race car game.

Are High Speed I and II “wheel” games?

 

[johnwhitfield]

HSii is a good game. Banzai run also missed the curse of the wheel.

 

[cooldan]

what about games with L in the title?