You Won't Believe the TOP 10 EM Pinball Machines of All Time!

CaptNRetro is back with another list! This time we count down the best of the best, the cream of the EM crop! The Top 10 EM (Electro Mechanical) Pinball Machines of all time ( as of 12/5/2024) (and according to Pinside User Reviews)
10. ABRA CA DABRA - GOTTLIEB
9. CAPERSVILLE - BALLY
8. BLAST OFF - WILLIAMS
7. BEAT THE CLOCK - WILLIAMS
6. SURFERS - BALLY
5. HEAT WAVE - WILLIAMS
4. NORTH STAR - GOTTLIEB
3. 8 BALL - WILLIAMS
2. MASQUERADE - GOTTLIEB
1. RIVERBOAT - WILLIAMS
Is your favorite on this list?
Top 10 EM Pinball Machines of All Time ~ (according to Pinside user Reviews)
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[@ed150arcade2]

Working on my Abra Ca Dabra currently. Looking forward to flipp'n it 🤟

[@CaptNRetro]

That is one of my personal favorites!

[@erbkaiser]

Amazing tables and the Capt'n is back!

[@TiltingT]

Woohoo! A new episode! Some dcent games and some duds on the list in my opinion.. but everyone has rhere own top 10 and mine changes weekly! Happy to see a new episode! CAAAPPPTNN!

[@SamSnips]

Thanks Kevin.. this was really cool.. I mean.. I would play once in a blue moon; at like a Pizza joint back in the day.. but even though I am not an enthusiast for this.. It was very entertaining.. You are great at the breakdowns. Very cool.. I'm sure you have seen this movie, based on this video.. but if not.. you should check out the movie Pinball: The Man who Saved the Game.. Amazing true story.. I'm sure you already know. I thought it was pretty good, and loved that it was a true story. Anyway.. hope all is well. Wishing the family all the best. Take Care and God Bless

[@CaptNRetro]

Appreciate that! And yes, I have seen the movie and enjoyed it!

[@firedoc5]

Would absolutely dig playing all these machines, but I'm pretty sure I have played 8 Ball many years ago, in the mid-70's. Great narrative, Kevin.

[@CaptNRetro]

Thanks yo!

[@viccamppinball]

North Star is one of my favorite Gottlieb wedge heads in my collection of 25 EM's machines. Thanks for sharing this video.

[@CaptNRetro]

Thanks for watching!

[@nicsamazingpinballchannel7688]

Mr. Cornucopia o' Metaphors, you've got an open invitation to review the EM's at my pinball B&B when it is finally ready. Glad to see the old gals getting some KZbin love. But as for Pinside's EM rankings... not one of these are even in my top 20. Good games, but best? Neuooooooooo. No. No way. Nein. Nuh uh. The crowd knows nussing. Nussing at all. Not even close. It's like the list was chosen by AI scraping the blogs of EM maintenance techs in their 90's reliving the good old days.

[@CaptNRetro]

You know what they say... everyone has their own top 10!

[@Emceemur]

There I was for a second

[@jcg9998]

These lists with EM's are basically useless since not enough people rate them. Is there anybody who would look at a list like this and say these are the top EM's of all-time. Nobody but owners would say that. As an aside... 'Heat Wave' is popular and a desirable game because of it's appearance in the sci-fi classic, John Carpenter's 'The Thing'.

[@thekeeperofthegatesofdelir9955]

Wow. almost zero love for late-stage EMs!