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[ChanceKJ]

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[Slippyblade]

Oooo, good question.

I'd have to go with:

Dungeons & Dragons: Tower of Doom
4-player version.  Spent SOOO much money on that game, especially when we decided to kill the dragon.

R-Type
I don't really know why, but I still drop a quarter EVERY TIME I SEE IT!!

Joust
I'm not a huge fan but the wife and kids go bonkers over this one.  I love the cocktail cab.

[Thenasty]

if money and space was not an object, I'll take this:

Vector Games (Asteroids, AST.Deluxe, Star Castle, etc...)

Of course my childhood will come with:
Top Ten:
Pacman
Ms.Pacman
Galaxian
Galaga
Vanguard
Robotron
Defender
Donkey Kong
Space Invaders (any1)
Berzerk
Centipede
ooops....that's already 11.
I think much more........

I'll take a nice 52" LCD shove into PINBALL with Visual Pinball (forgot who sells this, but like what I saw).

Oh....never gonna happened 'till I hit the Mega or Powerball

[harveybirdman]

Double Dragon

Star Wars

Quantum

[drventure]

Targ (or Spectar)
Red Baron
Defender

[mgb]

Missile command
Tempest
Timber

[RetroGreg]

Off the top of my head I'd say:

Robotron
Donkey Kong Jr
Rampart

[Le Chuck]

Three pins. 

Addams Family (already own it)
Creature from the Black Lagoon
Monster Bash

then I'd take a Zeke's Peak

then I'd get Deadstorm Pirates: for the kids


Everything else I'll build. 

[keilmillerjr]

Neo geo mvs-6-25, an mvs-4-25 for mame, and a random pin I might enjoy.

[ark_ader]

Hmmm money is no object?

Three pins all in mint condition:

Addams family
Funhouse
Space invaders.

Make a YouTube film, showing all three pins being delivered off a semi.

Then filming me with a sledgehammer smashing the pins to smithereens.

Sweeping up the remains into a dumpster and buying three more pins of the same quality and having a bit more hammer time.  What a luxury.

[yotsuya]

^
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I'd want

R-Type
720
Doctor Who pinball

[stan2323]

Top Three.

1. Tron. Found a guy parting one out.  I was the first to get to his house and bought all the pieces.  He could not get it working.  I was able to.

2. STNG pinball.  Bought one in 1997 and kept it at my dads house until 2007 when I lived close enough to get it.

3. Star Trek Voyager. I got one for a good price because it was missing the hood piece.  I will make one some time but I am not sure when I will have time.

Three that I want to get some day when the wife hits the lottery

1. The new Star Trek pinball

2. Discs of Tron

3. Big Buck Hunter Pro

Stan

[eds1275]

MKII
Narc
Addams Family Pinball for my wife

[Ginsu Victim]

Donkey Kong
Medieval Madness
Taxi

[RandyT]

Three is too limiting....but....

Adam's Family Pinball (best pin ever, next to Black Knight )
Star Wars (cockpit version.  No explanation necessary)
Galaxian (Iconic early game.  Mostly for nostalgic reasons..plus I already have it.)

[Bayne666]

Narc

I'm restoring one as we speak

Maybe you'd be interested when I'm done?

[smartbomb2084]

STAR FIRE (cockpit)

DEATH RACE

JOUST Pinball

and a cocktail WIZARD OF WOR for backup   

[pbj]

Hrmm... well, since it's all about recapturing that childhood....

Ms PacMan cocktail.  Must come with a Shirley Temple and greasy slice of pizza every time I play it.  I'll never get one of these for less than $750.  :-P

A ratty JAMMA conversion.  Maybe something like a Bad Dudes in a Centipede cabinet with BLACK TIGER burned into the CRT.  Controls would be 100%, but I want that patina.

Flash pinball machine.  I've got a Firepower and Alien Poker, and while both are similar, they don't quite scratch that itch.  Another one I've never found at a good price.  Been looking 15 years.

 

[DaveMMR]

Marble Madness (the one game I wanted in my childhood)
Star Wars (everyone would want to play this.)
Dr. Who pinball (the one with the moving Dalek - a lot of players hate this game; I happen to enjoy it quite a bit.)

Honorable mention:
Donkey Kong

[DeLuSioNal29]

1)  Smash TV (oh wait, I already have it)
2)  X-men 6 player (Used to have it but sold it since I had no room).  I'd want it in MINT condition.
3)  Zookeeper - This is a game I discovered in MAME and would love to play the original.

DeLuSioNaL29

[DeLuSioNal29]

Star Wars (everyone would want to play this.)

+1 (can I change my vote on my top 3 that I picked?)

D

[Well Fed Games]

I started a similar thread a couple years ago (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,117769.msg1248157.html#msg1248157)
and my response was:

1. Warlords Cocktail
2. Outrun 2SPsdx- 4 player linked driving cab.
3. Pac Man 25th Anniversary upright (Pac, Ms., and Galaga)

I think now I would say..

1. Keep the fancy linked Outrun 2 setup
2. Skee Ball! Some sort of multi-lane competitive setup
3. Sorcerer Pinball- Williams, 1985, and has all the cool stuff. Drop targets, extra flipper, spinners, multi-ball. Played one a while back and fell in love. But due to the general price and rarity of pinballs nowadays it is probably not going to happen.

[postmortem]

(I'm not including any of the arcades I already own)

Sega R360 (if I had the room)
Medieval Madness
Mortal Kombat 1

[roknrol]

Maybe something like a Bad Dudes Cabal in a Centipede Zaxxon cabinet with BLACK TIGER JOUST burned into the CRT.  Controls would be 100 80%, but I want that patina.

I could make this happen if ya want. 

I think my three would be:

1. Spy Hunter (stand-up)
2. Star Wars (cockpit)
3. Toobin' (just always loved the waterfall marquee)

[epetti]

Star Wars cockpit
6-player X-Men
Donkey Kong

The first two because they're really hard to recreate in a BYO project and were tons of fun. The last for just pure nostalgia classic-ness.

[thatpurplestuff]

Probably all pins...
Dr. Dude
T2
Black Rose

Honorable cab mentions:
Rolling Thunder
Wrestlemania
Joust

[Paul Olson]

Three rock pins would keep me happy.

AC/DC
Metallica
Gn'R

[Louis Tully]

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[HaRuMaN]

Virtual On (2 Player)
Medieval Madness
Killer Instinct