8 Ball (Williams 1966) 1.3

8 Ball is the #1 game on the Pinside’s EM Top 100.

Before they cozied up to the media giants, pinball company themes for their tables were simpler. A billiards themed table and support for two players was a perfect match. Player 1 tries to score the solids, player 2 goes for stripes. If you’re skilled enough to sink all seven of your balls, a special horseshoe trick shot will get you the 8-ball and the game.

And speaking of skills, 8 Ball has a unique flipper arrangement featuring a pop bumper right in the center of the flippers and rubber posts just below that sometimes (sometimes!) save your ball from the drain. The odd flipper placement means some of your ball handling tricks won’t work on this table — but then there are new tricks to discover.

8 Ball really shines when you go head to head with another player. Try it 2-player and maybe you’ll see why it is so highly regarded.

While as usual this was a communal @EMUnderdogs effort, I wanted to highlight in particular the extra effort by @Cliffy and the all new playfield, plastics (and backglass art) by @Silversurfer.

Once again, as huge fans of EM tables, we salute the late @loserman76 for gifting the community with the original version of this table.

8 Ball Res Files for download if you play in Desktop mode with the new b2S server.