8 Ball
I played many, many a game of 8 Ball on location in a suburban pool hall in Omaha, Nebraska during 1966 and 1967. I still want to play more!8 Ball was the first machine to use “split banks” to keep track of the solids (player 1) or stripes (player 2) on the two-player game. Once a player completed her 7 balls, the 8 ball (in the center horseshoe) would light for Special. A perfectly timed horseshoe shot could be duplicated using alternate flippers several times in series, with the most satisfying sequence of game-award knocks I've ever experienced!
Bally's later Eight Ball machine is the one that usually comes to mind to most people when they hear the name (and I enjoy that game as well), but I want the Williams game of 1966!! Apparently no one within driving distance ever has a reasonable one for sale...
