/vr/ - Retro Games

>>1296942

Data East. C'mon.

>SEGA Pinball
>They never made a Sonic Pinball machine

I don't think I've ever even seen the Sega one before now.

Data East is the better one in my opinion but as much as I like star wars I'm not a big fan of the table.

What do you guys think of the Episode 1 table?

>>1296954
We have Sonic Spinball. We don't need one.

aww sheeit a pinball thread on /vr/?

what have you guys been playing lately

>>1297234

It was an awesome experience, an arcade in my area had one table between 1999 and late 2000 and IIRC it was one of the last new tables I've seen.

>>1297629
We had this one at the bowling alley. Good times.

They got this bad boy at the place I get my nicotine juice at. Usually spend an hour in there just playing pinball

Is pinball /vr/?
Wouldn't it be /tg/, or are they strictly board games?

>>1297698
>Is pinball /vr/?
Yes. Read the sticky.

>>1297702
Shhheeeit.

God damn, I haven't played an actual pinball in months. Fucking rural Bavaria, and fucking lazy-ass ops that don't give a shit.

My dad's been trying to arrange buying a Mr. And Mrs. Pac-Man, but apparently the MPU is fried and it needs to get to a specialist first. It's going to be great once we get our hands on that one.

As for the Star Wars games, I preferred the Pin2K one out of the three, mostly because the other two just blended together for me. I mean, it's '92 Data East (where they were still getting into the swing of things as far as DMD pins go and pushed out some fairly generic stuff as opposed to '94 Data East which hit some real home runs) and Sega Pinball (which was also fairly notable for producing a slew of games that could best be summed up with "functional but mediocre" apart from the rare good one like Frankenstein, a motif that would be continued with Stern, but then again, the three teams of DE, Sega and Stern were directly created from each other, so maybe they're just consistent), at least Pin2K was new and interesting, even if it died way too early.

Recently, I've been trying to scratch my itch with The Pinball Arcade, and while some of the recreations are lacking and the price is rather high, at least the Champion Pub recreation is great fun. Looking forward to seeing Who Dunnit from them.

>>1297234
They still make them for collectors, and hardcore markets, but pinball machines are a rare breed. Theres a pinball database.

>>1297695
That's the same one I have!

This is one of the coolest tables I've ever seen/played on. The backglass has flippers, which I've never seen. Pretty neat.

Pinball has never really clicked in my head. I mean, sure, keep the ball in play as long as possible, try to score a lot of points, but then there are all these machines with the little screen and it's always alluding to these cryptic goals the game wants you to achieve and none of it makes any sense.

How do I into pinball, /vr/?

>>1297234
>Episode I
Sorry, I just threw up in my mouth a little.

>>1299140
I don't see any flippers on the backglass in that photo. Can you explain what you mean by "the backglass has flippers"?

>>1299164
Look closely at the bottom right, there's a flipper. It seems there's a clear plastic track leading from that to the hoop on the left, my guess is that you get to shoot a basket when you perform certain actions.

>>1299164
>>1299170
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=GHZPd9F7Spk#t=87

>>1299152
Shoot for the flashy thing.

But seriously, more modern machines have objectives you need to do in order to score big points, in addition to other little sideshows (loops, ramps etc.) which may or may not be helpful with getting stuff like multiballs

>>1299140
There's table called Banzai Run that has a very elaborate backglass flipper section.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owQYSjmuTFE&t=2m22s

>>1299152
I got into pinball with the Pro Pinball series of games. You don't need to waste tons of quarters to get to know the table and the graphics and physics are top notch. Also, the announcers are pretty informative and the light and DMD instructions guide you well.

>>1297234
Fantastic. It's the table that made me discover Visual Pinball.

>>1299152
The movie makes you frow up, but the table almost redeems it.
>ALMOST

>>1297234
always wanted to play this and revenge from mars, the whole pinball 2k thing seems neat to me

Anyone here played the Wizard of Oz game that was released this year?
I'm just glad to see someone finally break Stern's monopoly on the pinball industry.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKiPJI_BHOw

>>1301294
That's a damn fine machine. Apparently Jersey Jack is making an original/non-licensed table after they release The Hobbit, and some Dutch company is making a table based on The Big Lebowski. Really glad to see Stern get some competition finally.

http://www.thebiglebowskipinball.com/

This was my shit

>>1301445
What I'd give to play that again; the coin slot for the machine in my town stopped working it's essentially out of service

>>1301445
That, T2, and The Simpsons machines were all awesome.

>>1301518
And let me guess: The operator is the kind of person who not only refuses to have it fixed, but would also rather see it sit and rot than sell it to someone who would actually take care of it?

There's a vintage pinball arcade near my house, but they're all electromechanicals. I'm not knocking EM, it's still fun, but I love the "overdesign" of the (especially later) digital era, with all the crazy shit going on.

Theater of Magic is my favorite machine of all time.

>>1301546
It's either that or there's nobody nearby who can fix it. One of the slots has been keen to getting stuck and the DMD has trouble displaying everything. The owner's other machines/cabinets are alright; the only problems I've found is that the trolls won't come up for the Medieval Madness machine and the Neo Geo cabinet is a little wobbly. Thing have been like this since the last 6 months in the least, so I have a feeling the issues are not going to get fixed.

This looks promising

>>1304075
Is that an actual well built machine or those cheap ones you can buy from a Christmas catalog for like $100?

>>1304321
It's an actual well built machine
Well, it will be once it comes out in late 2014

The remake of Timeshock! was supposed to come out this year, but apparently it's being delayed because they don't have enough CPU power for rendering the final graphics.

>>1304321
>$100
Wait what? Is that a real thing?

>>1297234
Episode 1 is a style over substance table, it looks and sounds great but gameplay is mediocre at best.
Still a more enjoyable experience than watching the movie, despite its inclusion of Jar Jar and Young Anakin call outs.

>>1304075
Holy shit, a new release pinball that's not made by Stern?

>>1306446
Did you miss the Wizard of Oz that was posted earlier in the thread?

>>1306483
I only look at the purdy pictures :)

So how much does it cost to design and produce a new pinball table, anyway?

Where do you all go to play pinball?

There is a really awesome place in Grandy, NC that has a ton of classic tables all in good condition and a lot of limited edition versions too. I recently played the new Star Trek table there which is really cool and they have the Wizard of Oz too.

>>1306945
well, they charge at least 5k for a new one

Anyone else excited about the Medieval Madness remakes Planetary Pinball are doing?

>>1309669
News to me. Doesn't really affect me all that much, though, since my local arcade already has a copy of the original.
Still, it's nice to see reproductions being made. I wonder if they'll remake any other classic tables?

>Expected Price: $7995
See, I still can't wrap my head around how this industry works.
At $0.75 a play, it'd take over eleven thousand games on that machine just to break even. And it'd probably end up requiring maintenance or some replacement parts before you even get to that point. How do the operators make a profit?

>>1309734
It costs more to make pinball machines these days (Medieval Madness was $3k back in '97) and more people played them back in the day.

Most of the people who buy pinball machines use them in the home on Free Play nowadays anyway

>>1307289

No shit?

I live in Manteo, the place where I work only has a broken Adam's Family machine.

>>1309669
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFq2s8HuCHg

>>1309792
I wouldn't think the collector's market would be THAT big. The price tag alone would exclude most people.

>>1309804
>>1307289

Oh wow, I didn't even realize.

All the machines at that place used to be at an arcade in Nags Head next to where windmill point was, owned by the same person, and when the lady who owned it closed the arcade, she stored all the machines truck trailers somewhere in Grandy.

She died a few years ago, and I had just assumed the machines would disappear. Feels great to see them back in such good condition, and some new tables too.

>>1306432
Yes there are really shitty pinball machines you can buy for around that price that are usually made entirely of plastic.

Am I the only one who thinks Stern tables are pieces of shit?

>>1310661
Well, they were the only pinball maker for over a decade, so they probably found ways to cut costs over the years.

>>1310661
Well that's just, like, your opinion, man

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ab61yY8i_CE

>>1310661
They are for the most part.

>>1310792
Different company.

>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQPGtzmStq4

>I AM THEE BLACK KNIGHT
>OH FUCK THAT MUSIC.
>I WILL OWN ONE OF THESE PINBALL TABLES SOME DAY

>>1311327
How much better is Black Knight 2000 compared to the original Black Knight?

>>1313318

BK2K has better music and a more hectic, busy board. Definitely recommend it over the original.

YOU'VE GOT THE POWER
>HAHAHAHA
YOU'VE GOT THE MIGHT
>NO WAY
GET READY FOR BATTLE
>GIVE ME YOUR MONEY
BEAT THE BLACK KNIGHT
>HAHAHAHA

>>1296942
Anyone know any deals on Pinball Arcade? Bit disappointing the Steam version only has full packs when all I want is White Water.

Also, I know some of the Pinball FX/Zen Pinball tables are mechanical remakes of existing tables. Do either of the Star Wars tables in the OP match any of the tables in the game?

>>1315432
>Also, I know some of the Pinball FX/Zen Pinball tables are mechanical remakes of existing tables. Do either of the Star Wars tables in the OP match any of the tables in the game?

Is that a fucking joke?