/vr/ - Retro Games

Bobby Fischer played pinball to relax. It's true.

Captcha: GAY4HT

What's HT?

>>9124836
pinballmap.com

>>8078901
Any number of things. Here are the things that generally make a game good:
Layout (how the shots flow together, how they feel to make, etc)
Code (the objectives and rules specific to that table)
Toys (unique interactive playfield toys)
Art, sound, voice acting, animations

Like a movie, some aspects of a pinball machine are easier to understand and appreciate than others.

You can read reviews of pinball machines on pinside if you're curious. Here's TZ, for example.
https://pinside.com/pinball/machine/twilight-zone/ratings

>>7871596
I wonder when the last time Bobby played pinball was?

>>7484371
Speaking of Fischer, did you know he liked pinball?

>>6996904
1994, it says on wikipedia

>>5758897
If you don't know who Bobby Fischer is then look him up.

My obsession with pinball is the only thing that makes living to the age of 1000 appealing on a gut-level.

I want competitive eating pinball, claw machine pinball, Studio Ghibli pinball, the works.

>>4711347
Staging upper flippers is a way to hold the lower flippers up while not activating the upper flippers. It's present on all modern (physical) tables with upper flippers. You press the button in halfway. It's pretty important for optimal multiball play. Often you'll be cradling a ball in each flipper and need to shoot a jackpot. But the upper flipper will be up, and blocking the shot. Or you're cradling a ball on the lower right and want to shoot a jackpot with the upper right flipper but can't without risking the cradled ball.