/vr/ - Retro Games

>>9581778
It's a reasonable choice for number 1, I'd say. It's by Keith Elwin, who was the greatest pinball tournament player for longer than anyone and now is an extremely popular pinball designer. And Godzilla is his most recent game, and it's seemingly universally liked by everyone.

As for what's so good about it:
The playfield is innovative, and the experiment is successful, I'd say. Lots of careful attention paid to geometry. Some interesting stuff that's either never been done before or hasn't been done in this way.
The code is good. Lots of breadth and depth. Not sure what else to say about it, other than that it's full of clever original wrinkles like a lot of other games (particularly Elwin games maybe), but moreso.
People like the theme. As do I.

Rumored upcoming pinball machines from Stern:
Venom
James Bond

Just officially announced from Pinball Brothers:
Queen (the band)

Multimorphic is probably making Sonic the Hedgehog.

>>9098223
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkjJ9VjCEas

>>8944835
That one does a have a scoop. It's funny that you said that though, because it's a Keith Elwin game. And Keith Elwin said he doesn't like scoops and doesn't want to put them in his games. But then he put one on Godzilla and said he couldn't figure out a way around doing so.

But almost all non-Keith Elwin Stern pinball machines do have scoops. But most Keith Elwin ones don't. But Godzilla does. It's above the pop bumper, on the lower right side of the playfield.

>>8893642
The way you progress through the map like a choose your own adventure book is cool, and the way the dinosaur modes are all variations of one (interesting) template is cool.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmAdOKwMS6A

How to find pinball and pinball tournaments in your area:
US, Canada, Australia, Japan, Finland, London
https://pinballmap.com/
Worldwide:
https://pinside.com/pinball/map
Europe:
https://findapinball.com/en/

Tournaments:
Depending on where you live, there may be a facebook group for players in your area.
You can also find tournaments near you here:
https://www.ifpapinball.com/calendar/

Pinball Simulators that will give you a free virtual pin or two as a sample:
Pinball Fx 3 (Sorcerer's Lair, Fish Tales)
Zaccaria (Time Machine)
Pinball Arcade (Mary Shelley's Frankenstein)
Stern Pinball Arcade (Also Frankenstein)
There's also Visual Pinball, which is a freeware pinball simulator.

How to become Good at Pinball (wholly optional):
https://www.deadflip.com/tutorials/ (techniques in gif form)
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-WQLGFMr97DnxeE1Rmi-wAwa-Vm7D-7i

>>8005975
Jurassic Park (Stern)
Deadpool
Iron Maiden: Legacy of the Beast
Metallica
Lord of the Rings
etc
Please tell me what you don't like about these games. I'm not going to disagree with you because it's subjective, I just honestly want to know.

>>7932072
How to find pinball and pinball tournaments in your area:
US, Canada, Australia, Japan, Finland, London
https://pinballmap.com/
Worldwide:
https://pinside.com/pinball/map
Europe:
https://findapinball.com/en/

Tournaments:
Depending on where you live, there may be a facebook group for players in your area.
You can also find tournaments near you here:
https://www.ifpapinball.com/calendar/

Pinball Simulators that will give you a free virtual pin or two as a sample:
Pinball Fx 3 (Sorcerer's Lair, Fish Tales)
Zaccaria (Time Machine)
Pinball Arcade (Mary Shelley's Frankenstein)
Stern Pinball Arcade (Also Frankenstein)
There's also Visual Pinball, which is a freeware pinball simulator.

How to become Good at Pinball (wholly optional):
https://www.deadflip.com/tutorials/ (techniques in gif form)
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-WQLGFMr97DnxeE1Rmi-wAwa-Vm7D-7i

Jurassic Park is incredibly innovative. Both the map system and the way the dinosaur modes work.

>>7847790
Background:
Avengers Infinity Quest is designed by Keith Elwin, a new designer who I consider to be a visionary. He also designed Iron Maiden: Legacy of the Beast, and Jurassic Park (Stern).
https://www.thisweekinpinball.com/this-week-in-pinball-july-8th-2019/
"LK: Do you feel like you have a design style even though you’ve only done one game?

Elwin: My goal is to not make the same game over and over. I like upper flippers, so I can’t imagine doing a game that doesn’t have upper flippers. I am a big fan of flow, but I’m also a big fan o state change. My ideal would be a game that has good flow but also has a number of toys that change states. I think there is nice medium in there, that is what I’m trying to do right now. We’ll see if I can keep doing that, but if it runs stale and I start recycling designs, then I might switch over to more dominate with state change toys or lots of shots and flow."

He also said somewhere that he doesn't like scoops and he'd prefer to use things like up-posts to hold the ball instead, which I agree with and think reflects his keen insight.

How to find pinball and pinball tournaments in your area:
US, Canada, Australia, Japan, Finland, London
https://pinballmap.com/
Worldwide:
https://pinside.com/pinball/map
Europe:
https://findapinball.com/en/

Tournaments:
Depending on where you live, there may be a facebook group for players in your area.
You can also find tournaments near you here:
https://www.ifpapinball.com/calendar/

Pinball Simulators that will give you a free virtual pin or two as a sample:
Pinball Fx 3 (Sorcerer's Lair, Fish Tales)
Zaccaria (Time Machine)
Pinball Arcade (Mary Shelley's Frankenstein)
Stern Pinball Arcade (Also Frankenstein)
There's also Visual Pinball, which is a freeware pinball simulator.

How to become Good at Pinball (wholly optional):
https://www.deadflip.com/tutorials/ (techniques in gif form)
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-WQLGFMr97DnxeE1Rmi-wAwa-Vm7D-7i