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/pin/ Pinball General: Fresh Hot Pretzel Edition Anonymous Fri Jun 3 16:02:22 2016 No.3266509 [Reply] [Original]

Talk favorite tables, music, designers, companies, arcade locations, etc.

Previous thread hit the bump limit: >>3196354

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 3 17:28:02 2016 No.3266694 >>3266509 Really enjoying Ghostbusters, pretty goddamn challenging, love the modes , lights, and music

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 3 21:25:39 2016 No.3267326 First for Popaduik

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 3 21:38:24 2016 No.3267349 >>3267326 Send him your money then

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 3 21:44:09 2016 No.3267357 >>3267349 I lost it all to the Black Knight.

Anonymous Fri Jun 3 22:00:11 2016 No.3267393
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I played a few tables today. Been years since I've played pinball.

Played: Robocop, Ghosbusters (Newer model one?), Adams Family (Really fun).

Tried playing nightmare on elm street but I don't think it was plugged in

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 3 22:06:47 2016 No.3267415 Hey guys. I live in PA and am confused. So I can't just go to PAPA and play pinball? It's not like an open arcade or anything?

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 3 23:44:01 2016 No.3267597 >>3267415 No. It's only open to the public during the major tournaments.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 4 00:11:48 2016 No.3267632 >>3267597 So how do I become a Professional and/or Amateur Pinball Associate and gain access in June when I'll actually be close by?

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 4 00:58:35 2016 No.3267720 >>3267326 Goddamnit you had to flare that one anon up didn't u can or this wouldn't be 4clan

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 4 00:59:59 2016 No.3267723 >>3267393 Ghostbusters is the newest of the new brotha

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 4 01:37:08 2016 No.3267784 >>3267723 The inferior, stripped-down Pro version is newer than the top-of-the-line Limited Edition though.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 4 02:10:41 2016 No.3267847 >>3267723 >>3267784 I'm not sure which one it was. Limited or pro

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 4 02:12:17 2016 No.3267851 >>3267847 Maybe the LE came slightly after the Pro. Premium is always last though since it's the same as the LE but $1000+ cheaper. Were the slings made of magnets instead of rubber bands?

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 4 02:13:45 2016 No.3267856 File: 108 KB, 400x303, ghostbusters-stern-pinball.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>3267847 It was one of these. Can't remember the color. It was really loud and flashy. Next time I'll check if it's green or not

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 4 02:14:51 2016 No.3267858 >>3267851 Slings? Sorry I'm really not into pinball. Trying to play it more. I can't say I noticed.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 4 03:50:58 2016 No.3268004 File: 923 KB, 960x540, bangback.webm [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] they kinda fixed the easy Black Hole bangback

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 4 03:56:50 2016 No.3268009 >>3268004 aren't bangbacks illegal anyway?

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 4 09:14:18 2016 No.3268519 >>3267856 The green is the the LE

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 4 16:05:08 2016 No.3269426 File: 2.98 MB, 3264x2448, 20160604_153930.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Brand new Ghostbusters in Sydney

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 4 16:28:33 2016 No.3269484 >>3266509 you killed the pinball thread. I hope you're proud

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 4 18:12:54 2016 No.3269731 >>3269426 >dat art Any pics of the playfield? >tfw pinball isn't big in my ghetto-ville and will never get to play this >or any good pinball machine

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 4 18:18:35 2016 No.3269753 File: 1.01 MB, 1280x2342, stern-ghostbustersle-playfield.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>3269731 >Any pics of the playfield? http://www.ign.com/images/games/ghostbusters-pinball-pinball-20050640

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 4 18:24:47 2016 No.3269769 >>3269753 Thanks /vr/o! That looks kick-ass. I especially like the little detail where they painted a little pinball machine in the station miniature

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 4 18:28:49 2016 No.3269781 >>3269769 it's pinballs all the way down

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 4 18:37:20 2016 No.3269798 >>3269753 looks like the cards bottom left and right can be removed. Are there other cards included with the game?

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 4 18:52:49 2016 No.3269834 File: 1.70 MB, 1801x2124, blackrose.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>3269798 probably standard pinball design, in case instruction cards need to be replaced or... you DIY or download other cards to use

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 4 20:29:15 2016 No.3270018 File: 2.54 MB, 3264x2448, 20160604_154020.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Took some pics last night of the ghostbusters

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Anonymous Sat Jun 4 21:49:10 2016 No.3270212

Played some PBA arcade earlier.
Managed to get some decent scores on twilight zone and white water, 5.6b and 3.9b respectively

ww and tz are pretty much my fave tables ever, love the features and sound of tz, and the flow and table design, theme and feel of ww

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 4 21:57:56 2016 No.3270232 File: 293 KB, 478x346, amazement.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>3270205 >>3270018 >all that detail Please let all Stern games have this kind of artwork from now on.

Anonymous Sat Jun 4 22:07:08 2016 No.3270256

Okay guys, say I had 10 grand to spend on a pin, would you guys say I should get

a. twilight zone - my favourite machine, one i've always wanted. my 'holy grail' would just be excellent to have a twilight zone obviously since im such a fan of it

b. medieval madness - well now that the reproductions are out in circulation, its probably more affordable then its ever been, could be a good one to get. madness is one of my favourite pins, would probably be my 2nd pick if i couldnt get a twilight zone

c. my third choice would either be ghostbusters OR a wizard of oz OR a Hobbit

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 4 22:11:52 2016 No.3270268 >>3270256 Twilight Zone rules are wide. Madness rules are Lyman Sheats deep. Ghostbusters has no rules, the entire scoring mechanic is based on playing a DMD video game where you guess the correct card. It will have rules years from now.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 4 22:13:14 2016 No.3270271 File: 3.77 MB, 3024x4032, IMG_20160501_180245.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>3269731 Here is one at a local bar, sorry for the shit pic. It's alot of fun, the music is great, but it is also pretty hard

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 4 22:13:45 2016 No.3270272 >>3270256 With 10 grand you could get The Shadow, Judge Dredd, Bram Stoker's Dracula, and $2500 more on a pinball of your choice.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 4 22:14:21 2016 No.3270275 >>3270256 Medevil Madness you absolute MadMaN

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 4 22:15:06 2016 No.3270276 >>3270271 >Pro version cuts out a wireform that feeds to the left flipper and makes the table much more playable >$2000 extra for a bent piece of coathanger

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 4 22:20:54 2016 No.3270292 >>3270256 Listen to this guy >>3270272 TZ and MM are amazing, but consider getting a few great tables that don't demand outrageous prices. With those choices though, I'd personally go with Twilight Zone.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 4 22:25:54 2016 No.3270298 File: 2.52 MB, 3264x2448, 20160604_153910.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Ok. Who brought the dog? Looks great, outlanes suck your balls up like Vanessa Del Rio

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 4 23:15:50 2016 No.3270379 >>3270298 Multiball is hard to get going too. You're right about the outlanes also, sometimes my ball goes flying over those cheap little metal guards which is kinda bs.

Anonymous Sun Jun 5 00:24:00 2016 No.3270516
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What would /pin/ recommend for a Virtual Pinball cabinet? I like pic related since it looks a lot like a 90s Williams machine.

I know there's another one out there that resembles a modern Stern machine.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 5 03:53:51 2016 No.3270945 >>3270516 So that's a new reproduction cabinet and not just an old Twilight machine that's been butchered/refitted?

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 5 04:12:18 2016 No.3270969 There's a whole lot of not retro in this thread.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 5 04:28:45 2016 No.3270992 >>3270969 Start an 18th century French bagatelle table thread then.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 5 04:45:49 2016 No.3271012 >>3270992 Well I'm sure that's perfectly acceptable too but you could at least, you know, try not to post PS3 games and Ghostbusters tables that came out mere months ago.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 5 04:50:27 2016 No.3271019 >>3271012 pinball tables are exempt from the 1999 rule. PS3 games are posted because the pinball thread is usually relaxed about pinball video games, especially current ones used in Virtual Pinball cabinets

Anonymous Sun Jun 5 04:54:08 2016 No.3271023 [DELETED]

>>3271019
Who the fuck says Pinball games are exempt?

>Retro gaming means consoles, computer games, arcade games (including pinball) and any other forms of video games on platforms launched in 1999 and earlier.

Don't make up your own rules to suit you.

Anonymous Sun Jun 5 04:58:48 2016 No.3271030 [DELETED]

>>3271023
>(including pinball)
>games on platforms launched in 1999 and earlier.

Pinball as a platform has existed for near on a century my friend. Anything released on it is retro by this boards definition.
Go shit up one of the many other threads on this board that is barely fucking retro like GX or the video game cuck.
Faggot.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 5 04:59:01 2016 No.3271031 >>3271012 /vr/ isn't allowed to talk about emulators anymore?

Anonymous Sun Jun 5 05:02:18 2016 No.3271036 [DELETED]

>>3271030
So by that logic can I post threads about Time Crisis 5, and shitty ticket redemption machines? Arcades have existed for near a century my friend. Anything released in an arcade is retro by this board's definition.

Except no, that's not how it works.

Anonymous Sun Jun 5 05:05:04 2016 No.3271040 [DELETED]

>>3271031
Emulators are used to play retro games.

You guys are talking about non-retro games.

I would prefer if people did stop talking about emulation since it inevitably leads to emu vs real shitposting and I'd rather people just talk about the games, but emulation is way more retro than some Ghostbusters shit that pretty much came out yesterday.

Just face it, nobody fucking plays pinball and there's no place on 4chan where you are technically allowed to discuss modern pinball games. Go complain to Hiroshima.

Anonymous Sun Jun 5 05:06:59 2016 No.3271043
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>>3271036
Yes and Yes, you must be new here.
This is the last response you'll get from me.
>inb4 your shitposts are deleted

>>3271040
Enjoy your 3 days off dipshit

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 5 05:08:56 2016 No.3271046 >>3271043 technically that's medieval madness

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 5 05:10:26 2016 No.3271048 >>3271012 Jersey Jack shill here trying to shut down discussion of Ghostbusters since no one gives a shit about The Hobbit.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 5 05:10:28 2016 No.3271049 File: 205 KB, 1920x1080, maxresdefault.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>3271046 no this is

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 5 05:11:58 2016 No.3271051 >>3271040 By "PS3 game" I assume you're talking about Pinball Arcade. Which is comprised almost entirely of retro pinball recreations.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 5 05:12:15 2016 No.3271052 >>3271048 pinball is an expensive hobbit anyway, so few people will pursue it

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 5 05:13:17 2016 No.3271054 >>3271049 that too

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 5 05:14:14 2016 No.3271059 >>3271048 I don't even play pinball games. I just think that people who break the rules need to fucking kill themselves ASAP.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 5 05:14:54 2016 No.3271061 >>3271049 how so?

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 5 05:17:49 2016 No.3271064 >>3271049 I want to buy one of the little martians to hang around on my desk.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 5 05:19:21 2016 No.3271065 >>3271043 I made a thread: >>3271056 Let's see if it lasts.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 5 05:21:46 2016 No.3271068 >>3271065 >Absolutely Autistic

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 5 05:25:22 2016 No.3271076 >>3271068 Not autistic, I just wish you would kill yourself and stop ruining /vr/ with shitty modern pinball tables.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 5 05:26:56 2016 No.3271078 File: 12 KB, 372x286, 1.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>3271068 He's new as fuck and absolutely retarded to boot

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 5 05:29:27 2016 No.3271080 >>3271078 >new Lol, I've been here since a couple months after the board opened. I just didn't ever check the pinball thread since nobody gives a shit about pinball, and now I realise it's full of rule breakers.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 5 05:29:59 2016 No.3271081 Ghostbusters Pro doesn't have any patented features from after the Y2K cutoff. The Premium and LE versions can't be discussed though, due to the new magnetic slingshots. Those tables aren't retro.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 5 05:31:45 2016 No.3271083 >>3271081 So are "retro" indie games allowed? They don't have any gameplay mechanics from post-Y2K, right?

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 5 05:32:46 2016 No.3271085 >>3271080 By your butchered spelling I realize (Z) that you're an Australian shitposter. I thought your kind were supposed to be clever in your shitposting, what happened? You must be an Abbo.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 5 05:33:35 2016 No.3271086 >>3271083 newly made games on old engines/hardware, including mods, are usually accepted

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 5 05:34:11 2016 No.3271087 >>3271083 Indie pinball games? What do you think of America's Most Haunted?

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 5 05:34:50 2016 No.3271089 >>3271085 >British English >Must be Australian You're a real genius.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 5 05:35:38 2016 No.3271092 >>3271076 I'm not even the guy who triggered you. Why would you link /pin/ to your other thread ? Fuck dude keep the general out of your shitfest

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 5 05:36:26 2016 No.3271093 >>3271092 This general is a shitfest because it's not retro. When will you dumbasses learn?

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 5 05:36:56 2016 No.3271094 >>3271089 The haram nature of the wicked pinball gambling device must really be upsetting you. Why not go rape some more children, Aladdin?

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 5 05:37:34 2016 No.3271096 >>3271087 >Indie pinball games? Aren't they all indie? There's no publisher layer when it comes to pinballs, is there? If you want to go production size, I suppose Stern and Jack are majors and the rest is indie, or what?

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 5 05:37:45 2016 No.3271097 >>3271094 I just wish you'd all stop ruining my board.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 5 05:38:34 2016 No.3271098 >>3271093 We have some good discussion until autists come shit up the thread arguing about fuckall. Go to /b/ or /pol/ for that shit

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 5 05:39:22 2016 No.3271102 >>3271043 WELL WOULD YOU LOOK AT THAT THE TIME CRISIS 5 THREAD GOT DELETED Guess I'm right. Now please kindly fuck off.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 5 05:40:11 2016 No.3271103 >>3271085 >>3271092 He's the autistic fuck who posts the Genesis sounds like shit threads, all his shit just got deleted

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 5 05:42:11 2016 No.3271104 File: 3.36 MB, 4032x3024, IMG_20160131_121305.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] please ban the shitposters thx

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 5 05:42:31 2016 No.3271106 File: 125 KB, 800x600, KISS.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] wew lad, that was a lot of fun. Let's keep it on-topic.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 5 05:55:34 2016 No.3271124 >>3271083 Your thesis was being mocked, diphthong.

Anonymous Sun Jun 5 05:56:36 2016 No.3271126 [DELETED]

>>3271106
Why not keep it on board topic, as in retro?

>>3271103

I would never shitpost. I actually like the Mega Drive sound.

>got blocked for 15 minutes for pointing out rule breaking
>rule breakers get off scott-free

I guess now we know why /vr/ went to shit in the past year or two.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 5 06:05:10 2016 No.3271136 >>3271106 MOVE

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 5 06:07:25 2016 No.3271140 >>3271126 You're meant to report rule violations, not point them out. Pointing them out counts as shitposting because it invariably devolves into arguments.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 5 06:09:59 2016 No.3271147 >>3271140 That's fair, but the janitors/mods came in here, deleted my shit and still haven't deleted the rulebreaking non retro posts.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 5 06:16:06 2016 No.3271152 >>3271136 YOUR

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 5 06:23:25 2016 No.3271160 >>3271152 CAR

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 5 06:42:31 2016 No.3271201 File: 401 KB, 467x597, Putin.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>3271152 TSAR

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 5 06:43:25 2016 No.3271203 >>3266694 Not retro

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 5 07:01:21 2016 No.3271217 >>3266694 Not retro

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 5 07:04:09 2016 No.3271218 File: 293 KB, 850x1074, LanemanPinball.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>3271217 >ghostbusters >not retro Here, let this image trigger you some more newfriend. It's Ironman, and it's retro

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 5 07:08:55 2016 No.3271219 >>3271218 You are a cancer and you are ruining this board

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 5 07:13:22 2016 No.3271225 File: 303 KB, 1027x640, GoT_Pinball.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>3271219 I like pinball. Why are you here?

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 5 07:14:55 2016 No.3271227 >>3271225 This isn't the pinball board. This is the retro games board. Retro pinball games are retro but modern ones are not. I like retro games and come here to discuss retro games, not modern ones.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 5 07:17:43 2016 No.3271230 File: 105 KB, 640x910, williams.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>3271227 Have you played this? It's got some great retro pinball titles on it :) FunHouse is fun.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 5 07:45:56 2016 No.3271256 >>3268009 Only if the method risks damage to the machine due to it being outside of its normal operation.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 5 07:48:42 2016 No.3271258 >>3271256 how would any bangback be within "normal operation"?

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 5 07:54:02 2016 No.3271267 >>3271258 If the flipper mechanism is strong enough to cause the ball to jump when used, that could be counted as within normal operation. Not sure if any, even tiny ones, manage that though.

Anonymous Sun Jun 5 09:42:26 2016 No.3271365

>>3271256
>Bangback

>Damage to machine

You must not be very experienced with bangbacks. The sharpness of the impact required means that you'll bust your wrist before you can damage the game.

One good way to damage a game is to lurch it way the hell to the side. If the floors are sticky, it will tweak the legs, tearing up cabinet decals, and it's possible to scuff the heads of adjacent games.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 5 11:14:47 2016 No.3271510 File: 41 KB, 452x285, TwilightZone.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>3270945 They're made with genuine Williams/Bally cabinet parts, but are in no way refitted machines. Twilight Zone is just a decal package you can add to your VirtuaPin.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 5 11:22:17 2016 No.3271538 >>3271227 This board specifically states pinball subjects should be posted here. Nobody is going to go start another pinball thread on /toy/ or some shit, just for Stern and JJ games, so they don't trigger your retro autism anon for fuck sakes

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 5 11:25:39 2016 No.3271549 >>3271227 >>1392415

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 5 11:42:35 2016 No.3271586 File: 174 KB, 1024x768, image-6.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>3269753 The green trim reminds me of Godzilla's backbox.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 5 11:45:11 2016 No.3271593 >>3269753 That is a thing of beauty. The arcade near me is very pinball savvy, so I hope they pick this up.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 5 11:45:42 2016 No.3271594 >>3271538 >>3271549 >Before 1999 Did I say pinball isn't allowed here? Pinball is fine, but this is the retro games board, not the pinball board, and non retro pinball games are just as much not retro as any other type of game.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 5 11:48:30 2016 No.3271606 >>3271538 Retro pinball games belong on Craigslist. It follows, then, that modern pinball games belong on v. It's not our problem if v is a cancerous place, it's where modern games belong, pinball or otherwise.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 5 11:49:32 2016 No.3271608 >>3271606 I have no idea why my phone corrected vr to Craigslist.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 5 12:57:13 2016 No.3271743 >>3271606 >Video games >Pinball Dude there is just no reason to subjugate ourselves to /v/ just to be exclusive to post 2000 pins. The community is small enough, only that one guy has a problem when people wanna talk about newer pins

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 5 13:37:45 2016 No.3271860 >>3271743 It just seems stupid to me that sometimes Dreamcast threads get deleted for not being retro, despite the sticky saying they are, meanwhile pinball games that came out last month are just fine. Where is the justice in this world?

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 5 13:38:38 2016 No.3271865 How do I get good at pinball?

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 5 13:41:05 2016 No.3271873 >>3271865 practice

Anonymous Sun Jun 5 13:42:30 2016 No.3271878

>>3271865

There are two different skillsets :nudging and flipper skills. Nudging will make you amazing at older games, and vice versa.

To learn flipper skills, start by aiming for a shot from a cradle. If you missed, you were either too early, or too late. Adjust accordingly until you're accurate.

Beyond that, there are plenty of resources that teach more advanced skills online, such as papa.org. The video tutorials there are really good.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 5 13:43:52 2016 No.3271883 >>3271878 Btw the two different skillsets are very applicable to both new and old games, it's just they're kind of two different beasts

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 5 14:21:07 2016 No.3271975 >>3271865 Just keep playing, some of the moves will become muscle memory after a bit, like catching the ball, juggling your Multiballs, slap saving at the right time, etc...

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 5 14:25:03 2016 No.3271980 >>3271878 >Nudging how do you start nudging? Been playing a few machines so far, but I'm too chicken to manhandle them in any form

Anonymous Sun Jun 5 16:01:43 2016 No.3272150

>>3271865
Learn that keeping your flippers down / getting them back down quickly is as important as known when to flip.

Learn that every piece of rubber on the machine is meant to allow manipulation of ball trajectory by way of your input...without the buttons.

Anonymous Sun Jun 5 16:05:45 2016 No.3272162
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>>3271980
The tilt determines how much you can nudge, this is a designed feature. Experiment to see how tight the tilt is, and nudge as much as you can without tilting.

"Slide" nudges are different from "impact" nudges. A slide nudge is when the ball is coming down the middle, and you move it to >>3271980
the side to get a flipper on it. If you find a game on route with no tilt, you can do these all day, even to prevent the ball from entering the inlane/outlane area.

Impact nudges are where you strike the game with a sharp impact. I do it open-palm on the corners of the metal lockdown bar. This type of nudging is more advanced.

The theory is, the ball touches rubber, you see it coming, and you give a sharp upward or sideways nudge. If your timing is right, the post on the playfield will strike the ball, changing its trajectory (hopefully for the better).

Eventually you get future-vision and start preventing drains 2 bounces in advance.

Anonymous Sun Jun 5 16:16:37 2016 No.3272193

>Bowen says on camera that he wishes they could get those fancy 60fps cameras at PAPA
>they film in 1080i and broadcast at 720p
>the 1080i cameras are already filming at 60fps and they're just not handling the video properly

Someday maybe they'll figure it out and we'll be able to see twice the strategy in action.

Anonymous Sun Jun 5 16:21:06 2016 No.3272197

>>3272162
>The tilt determines how much you can nudge, this is a designed feature
again, just so we're clear, I'm afraid of damaging a very expensive machine and hence don't nudge. That's my problem. I'm well aware of the tilt mechanism, the theory and all that jazz, but when the opportunity comes up, my body refuses to do something bad to the machine

Anonymous Sun Jun 5 16:54:54 2016 No.3272286
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>>3272197

The operator put it out there for you to play. If he doesn't want you to excessively move his machine around, he sets his tilt tight.

As a pinball player on location, you have the right to move the game as much as it allows. Speaking as someone who's been doing precisely that, including on games with no tilt: Loud noises from scraping the ground, multiple deathsaves in one ball, etc. The operator is the only one to blame.

If he sees warped cabinet decals around the legs, he'll learn a good lesson about tilt settings and the usage of those oversized plastic cab "protectors"

(img pulled off google but you catch my drift)

Regular tournament-level nudging is pretty tame in comparison to what you can get away with on route. The games are built tough, don't worry.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 5 21:53:46 2016 No.3272997 File: 269 KB, 850x1099, 13001501.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] I found this site with a good collection of high res pinball stuff http://flyers.arcade-museum.com/?page=archive&db=pinballdb

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 5 21:58:52 2016 No.3273005 If any of you live near York Pennsylvania the Timeline Arcade there has the new Ghostbusters

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 5 22:57:22 2016 No.3273128 >>3272997 Why do I love Data East more than the other pins. How did they get so many sweet licenses

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 6 00:35:28 2016 No.3273257 >>3271061 Layouts are incredibly similar

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 6 01:57:43 2016 No.3273440 >>3273128 Throwing money around

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 6 01:58:35 2016 No.3273442 >>3272997 What does it mean by solid state flipper? Trying to learn more about pinball

Anonymous Mon Jun 6 02:51:04 2016 No.3273515

>>3273442
From Google
>Solid State flippers are supposed to hit harder or softer depending on how
hard the player taps the flipper button. Data East tried this for a while. I
don't think they're doing it anymore. They had reliability problems and also
were inconsistent (my nature). I hate 'em cause even if I time a shot perfectly
I also have to hit the button with a certain amount of force to get the ball
to go where I want it to.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 6 02:54:17 2016 No.3273523 File: 201 KB, 724x968, sega.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Reminder that Japan pinball was progressive and decades ahead of its time

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 6 03:27:41 2016 No.3273557 >>3273515 Ah ok. I was wondering while playing robocop if that was happening

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 6 03:41:09 2016 No.3273576 File: 62 KB, 492x640, 955879-rockybullwinkle1.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>3273557 I've not played Robocop and I'm not sure I've played a "Solid State Flipper" unless Data East used them in their Rocky and Bullwinkle table...

Anonymous Mon Jun 6 10:13:02 2016 No.3274014

>>3273515

Later in that thread people correct him. That isn't the case.

Solid state flippers are designed to be less likely to burn out the flipper coils. However, they don't feel as good as the old style, and Stern has actually reverted back to the old style of flipper coils with their new "Spike" system. (Wrestlemania, Game of Thrones, KISS, Ghostbusters...)

Solid state flipper coils have 2 lugs instead of the normal 3. They feel different, and are less likely to burn out the coil due to not relying on the end-of-stroke switch being activated to turn off high voltage.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 6 10:24:08 2016 No.3274036 >>3268009 Only in tournaments

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 6 10:32:04 2016 No.3274047 File: 1.89 MB, 1800x2356, MM-PreProPF.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>3274014 Also, this is part of why 90's Bally/Williams games feel so good: They never switched to solid-state flipper coils.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 6 10:41:28 2016 No.3274052 >>3273576 There is something inherently comfy about that image. I cannot quite explain it, but it is very comfy.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 6 13:00:08 2016 No.3274242 >>3274052 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIbFJmCUxsA

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 6 13:43:09 2016 No.3274360 Has anybody been to Tilt in Birmingham, UK? Never played pinball before (or even seen a table IRL for that matter), looking to get into it but it doesn't seem too widespread.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 6 14:11:24 2016 No.3274429 >>3274360 Get the pinball locator app. UK has some pins, so you can definitely find a table, it's alot of fun

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 6 16:58:29 2016 No.3274816 >>3274429 >Scout new location and discover a single pin in good condition >Add to pinballmap and pinside map function >Collector immediately buys it from the location ...o...ok

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 6 17:41:25 2016 No.3274904 >>3274816 UK? That's fucked

Anonymous Mon Jun 6 18:28:13 2016 No.3275002

>>3274904
New England, but still. Sure we're lousy with pinballs, but if I want to play Lord of the Rings I want to play it on normal settings at 50 cents per credit, not hard settings at 1 dollar per credit with a tight tilt. Gone.

If I want to play Wheel of Fortune where do I go now? Anonymous collector's house?

And what if I want to hit up Shrek? All gone the next time I go, right after I add to the map. Nuts to that. Keeping this Monopoly to myself.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 6 18:54:23 2016 No.3275064 >>3275002 >New England You close to New Hampshire? The Pinball Wizard Arcade is goddamn amazing. Or, if you ever take a trip to Canobie Lake Park, they have a decent arcade with most tables set to 25¢

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 6 18:59:35 2016 No.3275073 >>3275064 Have you opened your ass to her Lord of the Rings table yet?

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 6 20:44:13 2016 No.3275305 >>3266509 >need to KISS my date >keep shooting the snackbar instead I doubt she wants anything to do with me after a hot dog, hot buttered popcorn and an ice-cold pop.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 6 21:16:44 2016 No.3275357 >>3275305 If you time your skillshot right, you can complete KISS or PAID off the first ball

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 6 21:36:20 2016 No.3275396 >>3275305 >not plunging all 4 letters and getting F immediately

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 6 21:47:32 2016 No.3275419 >>3275396 >then going straight to the slide for M and the double letter combo

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 6 21:50:33 2016 No.3275427 >>3275419 Sequential F I L M for 8 million though

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 6 22:04:39 2016 No.3275464 Is there an easier way to relight the snack bar after first multi ball? Hitting those targets is a pain in the ass.

Anonymous Mon Jun 6 22:25:33 2016 No.3275526

>>3275357
I'm decent at doing this for PAID on a real machine, but forget about it on TPA. After inserting a coin, you can pick which lane you want for the skillshot by timing the Start button right, making this much easier.
>>3275419
I actually got that bonus once, on a real machine. Felt like a hotshot.
>>3275464
IIRC repeatedly shooting the snackbar lights the targets on its own. You may have to hit at least one of them, though. Will have to test this again.

Anonymous Mon Jun 6 22:54:23 2016 No.3275603

>>3275464
Dude watch the Creature tutorial on YouTube from Papa. If you keep hitting the snackbar, it will relight so you don't have to keep making sketchy target shots. I love this game, it helped me understand pinball basics, and it is definitely challenging

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 6 23:27:19 2016 No.3275665 >>3275464 After first multiball you have to hit the targets. Them's the breaks

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 6 23:39:53 2016 No.3275692 Sigh... $8199 for a repro MM... who the Mitchell is Plantary Arcade anyways? Another new pin company?

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 7 00:55:16 2016 No.3275824 File: 27 KB, 286x397, qbert.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 7 00:56:17 2016 No.3275827 File: 30 KB, 295x392, qbert_pf.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

Anonymous Tue Jun 7 01:02:27 2016 No.3275832

>>3266509
First time I've peeped in one of these threads. I wanted to know what OPs picture was from, and found the description for Creature from the Black Lagoon

http://pinball.org/rules/creaturefromtheblacklagoon.html

To be honest, I had no idea how complicated tables could get. I really wish there was a pinball arcade around where I live, but I haven't even seen a single machine in the area since I moved here over 2yrs ago.

What are some really fun mechanics of your favorite tables?

Also, since well maintained machines are so rare, what do most of you do?

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 7 01:02:29 2016 No.3275834 >>3275824 >>3275827 @!#?@!

Anonymous Tue Jun 7 01:12:09 2016 No.3275843
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>>3275832
>since well maintained machines are so rare
Not at all, maybe I have the luxury of living in a large city but there are plenty of pins to be found not far from me including a ton of shiny new Sterns like GOT and ghostbusters and Kiss and Metallica...
At one point there were 2 Elviras in 2 separate pubs on the same street near my gf's place.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 7 02:13:19 2016 No.3275923 >>3275692 Jersey Jack shell corporation

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 7 02:14:29 2016 No.3275925 >>3275832 Worst mechanic is the bug in Creature that resets your bonus multiplier from the rollover lanes when you go past 6x, back to 2x

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 7 03:20:53 2016 No.3275995 >>3275832 >Also, since well maintained machines are so rare, what do most of you do? Look for a cheap older game, and keep it working well yourself. Nothing wrong with older games.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 7 04:27:41 2016 No.3276076 File: 173 KB, 534x800, startrek-pro-detail-10.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] How many games have a behind-the-flipper shot like Star Trek?

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 7 04:47:55 2016 No.3276101 >>3275692 They've been around for a few years now. They're primarily a parts company, but they've got the rights to repro machines as well.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 7 05:26:33 2016 No.3276126 >>3276076 Spidey Sense. Is Steve Ritchie game, he invent. Not steal from other designers like copycats. Is Crazy Cat.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 7 05:28:44 2016 No.3276129 File: 888 KB, 1024x2048, spiderman.ve.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>3276076 >>3276126

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 7 05:47:24 2016 No.3276141 >>3275832 We have a huge pin scene in my city, so it is pretty common to find pins in great. Condition, with the owners coming in weekly to replace parts/upgrade the machines

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 7 05:53:27 2016 No.3276149 >>3275832 Getting that video mode going in Creature is always pretty rewarding to me, as well as completing the playfields challenges in other pins, especially ones like Adams Family, or Sopranos where you have to make it to Boss(yet to accomplish)

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 7 06:53:23 2016 No.3276226 File: 179 KB, 1200x800, DSC_0452-Custom.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>3276076 WOZ has it too

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 7 14:17:18 2016 No.3276720 >>3276226 >WOZ hmm, an Apple pinball. Probably only has one flipper, operated by a touch sensitive panel on the side of the machine. Also, you can't remove the glass, obviously

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 7 15:39:48 2016 No.3276875 File: 8 KB, 238x138, a8d4548b-2ea8-4d55-8e1c-0e2884e98617_1.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>3276720 >associating modern Crapple shenanigans with the wrong Steve

Anonymous Tue Jun 7 15:53:02 2016 No.3276902 [DELETED]

>>3276875
Woz Steve part of crApple or not? And where did I claim that he's responsible for crApple's current situation? All I did was jumping subjects, and having a thought about something that I considered chuckle-worthy enough to share. Yet here you are, chuckle-fuck, complaining about a mindless little sidepost, because you just need something to be outraged over. So, with the utmost disrespect, go fuck yourself, your mother, and your dog, then off yourself. Thank you.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 7 19:47:32 2016 No.3277346 >>3276720 Oddly enough you just described the third as-yet unreleased game by the WOZ pinball company, which requires a cell phone in order to play.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 7 19:49:43 2016 No.3277356 >>3276076 Not quite the same, but the camera shot in Twilight Zone is much easier to hit if you raise the upper left flipper.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 7 20:30:01 2016 No.3277424 >>3277346 >which requires a cell phone in order to play Bullshit Quit hating on Lawlor

Anonymous Tue Jun 7 20:35:41 2016 No.3277430

>>3277424
It's titled "Dialed In" and is a game where a cell phone located on the game calls you and the guy tells you what shots to make. A robot's arm stops a shot on the upper ramp when lit. Pat is using his 4 magnets again to throw the ball around the playfield below the cross cross ramps. Lit inserts move toward the player and you must stop them before they reach the flippers. There is another lcd display that has 2 way mirror that you have to shoot at like pin 2000. His 3rd flipper on the right middle shoots the ball up a ramp. Pat has moving target in the middle playfield blocking shots to the jets. Pat is directing this narrow game to the engineer like he did with us at WMS using someone named Wally and some Mexican as a cad drafter. I guess Jack will have to get some more investors to produce this game......as we all know of the delays from Hobbit. They are more than 4 months behind and still working with the same 2 year old white wood. Don't look for this game anytime soon.

3 new games Jack has in the lineup are Muppets, Pirates of the Caribbean, and Toy Story. He has the Disney license for them now. The Muppets is a poor choice as is only one of many Jack has made with JJP.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 7 20:48:40 2016 No.3277454 >>3277430 https://inventively.com/search/trademarks/owner/JJ%20PINBALL%20LLC Hope you guys like redemption games.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 7 20:56:47 2016 No.3277472 >>3277430 Coincidence that Ghostbusters has 2 of the big features mentioned in this leak? Or par for the course? Guy in brown jacket in this video used to work for JJP. Love the matching oligarch haircuts. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oCrVKww0oQ

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 8 00:11:07 2016 No.3277871 >>3268004 >>3268009 That's not a bangback, that's a death save. They're both illegal. Illegal to attempt to move the ball back up past the flippers once it's beyond them. There is no honor in it. DQ.

Anonymous Wed Jun 8 06:32:03 2016 No.3278263

>>3277871
That was a bangback. Bangbacks are where the ball is rolling along the bottom wall, and you strike it hard enough to pop it off and directly onto the flipper.

Deathsaves are where you bounce it off of the left drain wall from the right outlane.

They're illegal in tournaments but fine on route. Deathsaves are very easy on most Stern machines from 2001-present

Anonymous Wed Jun 8 07:55:07 2016 No.3278332

>>3278263
Nope. Bangback is the ball going down the left outlane and being driven past the flippers by means of a sharp blow from the wrist to the left center of the machine.

Death save is shifting the ball from draining down the right outlane over to the left, past the scoop, then performing a bangback type save.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 8 08:14:16 2016 No.3278347 >>3277430 Is this a new pasta? You posted the same shit 2 threads ago without source. Furthermore >which requires a cell phone in order to play I called bullshit and you have yet to disprove me.

Anonymous Wed Jun 8 11:04:20 2016 No.3278584

>>3278332

You are entirely wrong about what a deathsave is. What you described is just a really weird bangback. In real life a death save would be far easier than popping it over to the left for a bangback. That was just a virtual exploit.

Death saves:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZljaPDYpXs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfFLk2aXW1c

Bangbacks:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KB8Xp4PMvbQ

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 8 11:22:56 2016 No.3278620 So I'm assuming this board hates Pinball Arcade?

Anonymous Wed Jun 8 11:28:27 2016 No.3278628

>>3278620

Not necessarily. The general opinion is ambivalence coupled with somewhat positive feelings. It's fun. It's kinda wonky, things don't really work the way they should, but it's close enough to still provide a fun enough experience - despite Farsight trying to fuck up at every opportunity.

There are a few people (or maybe just one guy) that lose their shit about Pinball Arcade, though. They absolutely hate it.

Anonymous Wed Jun 8 12:00:18 2016 No.3278686
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>>3278620
I like it. It's a nice mainstream exposure to classic pinball tables compared to something more niche and technical like Visual Pinball.

Speaking of VP, I'm not doing so well playing it. Maybe I should set up a controller config like TPA so I can nudge.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 8 12:10:43 2016 No.3278709 >>3278628 >>3278686 Good to know, it's nice being able to kind of play games I enjoyed as a kid. Everything is crazy overpriced though. The only machine I have left is a Bally's Galaxy Ranger, would kill for a TMNT.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 8 12:24:23 2016 No.3278732 Played GOT tonight. Only because I'm drunk as fuck.,.

Anonymous Wed Jun 8 15:48:08 2016 No.3279098
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>>3268004
>>3277871
I was working on a bangback example and in BH you could just nudge up on the left side before, the clip showcases a piece of their code that 'removes balls from behind a flipper'.

>example of the ball not being hit down by a falling flipper

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 8 16:07:05 2016 No.3279135 >>3278347 >anything I say is true until someone specifically disproves it

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 8 16:57:33 2016 No.3279247 >>3279098 Just started playing Haunted House today, still trying to get the hang of that area.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 8 17:28:29 2016 No.3279296 File: 1.13 MB, 428x120, why can't I hold all these EBs.webm [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>3279098 >could just nudge up on the left side before I meant the right side

Anonymous Wed Jun 8 20:13:45 2016 No.3279558

>>3278620
I like it as an easy, accessible way to play pinball, but the more I play it the more it pisses me off. The table recreations are great and it looks nice in DX11 mode, but the game doesn't really feel like real pinball at all and it's buggy as shit. I'm still waiting for them to fix simple audio issues like Whirlwind missing the Multiball Ready music in DX11.

Anonymous Wed Jun 8 20:23:34 2016 No.3279572

>>3278584
But your videos of death saves are exactly what I described, saving a ball by moving it from a right outlane drain with a shift over the scoop and propelling it from the left past the flippers.

Just like in the video of the Black Hole "bangback".

Also Pinball Arcade is garbage. PhysMod5 is real physics.

http://tinyDOTcc/PhysMod5

>>3278347
Source is the leak, mong. Trademark is real. Former JJP employees are real. JJP is an asshole company. Assholes leak. Plug yours up, you're shitting up the discussion.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 8 21:11:31 2016 No.3279667 File: 58 KB, 640x433, dog-sitting-at-a-desk-using-a-computer-dogs-acting-like-humans.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] If you can't see how >>3268004 is different than https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZljaPDYpXs, I'm done arguing.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 8 21:29:17 2016 No.3279694 >>3278620 I like it. It has it's flaws, but it's great to try out different tables and figure out some strategy for the real tables

Anonymous Wed Jun 8 21:37:56 2016 No.3279706

theres a semi-functional stern ironman machine, and a black lagoon machine where I work. sadly the black lagoon machine's 3d projection thing doesnt work, but damn those voice clips and such are sassy.

I've got all the hall of champions scores on the lagoon machine, but they're relatively low still. I would just abuse MOVE YOUR CAR since its an easy shot to chain once I get into the groove.

The ball on the Ironman machine gets stuck in one of the bottom lanes by the right flipper though, so its pretty much unplayable.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 8 22:21:29 2016 No.3279769 File: 26 KB, 607x567, 4ZMIRo4.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>3279572 >the leak

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 8 22:34:15 2016 No.3279784 >>3279769 >he doesn't know about the most famous Pinside post in the last year >he didn't see it during the 20 minutes it was up

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 9 00:28:42 2016 No.3279952 File: 35 KB, 245x454, image-5.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>3279572 Isn't there a tutorial somewhere on converting tables to PhysMod5?

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 9 01:49:23 2016 No.3280092 >>3279952 https://github.com/c-f-h/vpinball/wiki/Table-Upgrade-Guide#upgrading-to-vp10-physics https://github.com/c-f-h/vpinball/wiki/VP10-Physics http://www.vpforums.org/index.php?showtopic=27416&page=32

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 9 01:50:11 2016 No.3280094 Does anyone have some oldschool pinball arcade photos late 80s and 90s? Prefably taken by themselves, I love nostalgia arcade photos

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 9 19:45:42 2016 No.3281489 Bumpin for bumpers

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 10 02:04:38 2016 No.3282290 File: 2.96 MB, 3264x2448, 004.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Two new games at my local place tonight. The Doctor is in.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 10 02:05:48 2016 No.3282293 File: 2.85 MB, 3264x2448, 003.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>3282290 Also, Diner. Yum.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 10 02:08:44 2016 No.3282298 >>3282290 >The Doctor is in. Who?

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 10 02:10:13 2016 No.3282302 >>3282298 Yes. ur 1 cheeky kunt m8

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 10 03:20:06 2016 No.3282409 File: 15 KB, 462x501, 1465543206103.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>3282302 >>3282298

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 10 03:23:52 2016 No.3282420 File: 2.95 MB, 694x536, DoctorFace.webm [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>3282409 SPLINK

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 10 06:49:24 2016 No.3282639 >>3282293 I never really cared for Diner. When it came to Mark Ritchie, I always enjoyed Taxi much more.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 10 07:01:05 2016 No.3282642 >>3282639 I like Big Guns better than both.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 10 07:46:17 2016 No.3282670 >>3282639 Agreed on Taxi being the better game, but I'm excited because I've only been able to play Diner a few times before. There used to be a Taxi machine a mile from my house I would play every weekend.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 10 10:49:48 2016 No.3282940 Worst feeling ever. Score a shit ton of points on your first or second ball, and then instantly lose your next one.

Anonymous Fri Jun 10 12:49:38 2016 No.3283120

>>3282940
Even better:
>finally get that extra ball
>ball immediately flies into an outlane

Or:
>launch ball
>immediately goes down the drain because I'm an idiot and not paying attention
>"DON'T MOVE."
>ball launches
>drain it AGAIN because I'm nervous about losing it a second time

Lastly:
>shoot a ramp/target a million god damn times when you're trying to hit something else
>when you desparately need to shoot that ramp/target for a jackpot or hurry-up, even if someone had a gun a to your mother's head and his dick in her mouth, you are suddenly an expert at shooting everything on the table EXCEPT that ramp/target

Bloody pinball: the highs are so high, but the lows are so low.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 10 14:36:58 2016 No.3283305 >>3282290 Where is this?

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 10 14:44:02 2016 No.3283315 >3283120 This all just sounds like an average pinball experience for me. No highs, all lows.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 10 15:00:56 2016 No.3283337 >>3278620 it has it's flaws not being free ,the physics are bit wonky but still fun. and it's the best and onlyto play real licensed pinball tables on current gen consoles great way to introduce people to pinball outside of going to an actual arcade

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 10 15:45:09 2016 No.3283439 >>3283315 Where the fuck did my second > go?

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 10 15:51:42 2016 No.3283459 >>3283439 left outlane, it happens

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 10 16:06:52 2016 No.3283505 >>3283439 Delete this

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 10 19:41:21 2016 No.3283919 >>3283305 Neon Retro Arcade, Pasadena CA.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 11 00:07:30 2016 No.3284285 >>3283919 Nice selection of pins they have

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 11 00:11:36 2016 No.3284296 >>3266509 >dr pavel Im cia

Anonymous Sat Jun 11 01:00:17 2016 No.3284376

>>3283120

>>>shoot a ramp/target a million god damn times when you're trying to hit something else
>>when you desparately need to shoot that ramp/target for a jackpot or hurry-up, even if someone had a gun a to your mother's head and his dick in her mouth, you are suddenly an expert at shooting everything on the table EXCEPT that ramp/target

The GTA/LEGO effect. I saw that god damn car/piece a thousand times, where the fuck is it when I need it.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 11 01:14:38 2016 No.3284406 >>3283120 become proficient

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 11 01:26:36 2016 No.3284427 File: 3.43 MB, 3264x2448, 20160610_151122.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] What you high scoring on lads?

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 11 01:41:13 2016 No.3284446 File: 55 KB, 320x240, 1341587429811.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>3284427 Nothing.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 11 01:53:14 2016 No.3284464 File: 46 KB, 450x562, 82635836.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>3284446 Don't you ever reply to me again weebatron

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 11 01:57:15 2016 No.3284471 File: 80 KB, 425x419, 1323756917454.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>3284464 Sorry.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 11 05:43:27 2016 No.3284756 Is Pinball Arcade's telekinetic nudging backwards? Not the controls, but the ball's movement compared to the movement of the machine.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 11 07:40:33 2016 No.3284853 >>3284756 >telekinetic Not retro.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 11 07:53:29 2016 No.3284863 >>3284853 I mean that nudging gives you too much control like you're moving the ball itself with your mind. It's so easy to slap save middle drains, usually without a single warning.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 11 17:44:37 2016 No.3285823 >>3284863 been that way since at least 2013, no one tests their game as a video game https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_ZvKVb0p7I small nudges likely get a benefit that isn't scaled down.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 11 18:45:39 2016 No.3285981 Peaked in my waterhole earlier, looks like Dracula is out but Creature is in and Attack From Mars ILL TAKE IT

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 11 21:42:11 2016 No.3286337 >>3285981 >but Creature is in That's almost always an improvement.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 12 10:49:08 2016 No.3287392 >>3286337 It's such a great game, that feeling when the movie gets going is the best

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 12 10:52:22 2016 No.3287401 >>3286337 >almost when is it not?

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 12 17:10:45 2016 No.3288004 File: 127 KB, 424x470, RAGE SUNS.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >TFW your playing Twilight Zone and you get all the way to LITZ, then you drain the ball and you're denied the wizard mode.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 13 01:52:36 2016 No.3288871 >>3286337 Yup. Dracula was still there as well luckily, just repositioned. We lost Demolition Man, T2,, SF2, but got Creature, Attack from Mars, and Star Trek in return so I'd say that's square deal

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 13 08:23:32 2016 No.3289282 Just ripped some Madness in PhysMod5. Crushed Payne's castle and beat Royal Madness. Bonzer. Almost got all those blue lights leading to the castle lit up too.

Anonymous Mon Jun 13 11:16:44 2016 No.3289469

>>3289282

Cool, now go win a pinball tournament in real life

Hint, you'd drain in 5 seconds because tournies set up their machines tough and the skills don't transfer from virtual pinball.

Seriously though, real pinball is the next step, if you enjoy the challenge of trying to do good at pinball :D

Real pinball feels so much more rewarding when do good as well

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 13 11:47:24 2016 No.3289495 >>3289469 Who the fuck do you think you're talking to? Just because you suck at pinball don't fucking project on me. Fuck yourself you walking anus.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 13 12:00:21 2016 No.3289507 >>3289495 >Who the fuck do you think you're talking to? Whoa there Kieth Elwin, didn't mean to upset you. Enjoy basking in the glory of almost getting those blue lights lit.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 13 12:03:45 2016 No.3289515 >>3289507 Hurr, pinball more rewarding when do good. Go talk your fucking caveman retard talk somewhere else, mong.

Anonymous Mon Jun 13 12:04:46 2016 No.3289518

>>3288004

Cool, now go win a pinball tournament in real life

Hint, you'd drain in 5 seconds because tournies set up their machines tough and the skills don't transfer from virtual pinball.

Seriously though, real pinball is the next step, if you enjoy the challenge of trying to do good at pinball :D

Real pinball feels so much more rewarding when do good as well

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 13 12:05:38 2016 No.3289519 File: 150 KB, 399x450, 6croKo5di.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>3289515

Anonymous Mon Jun 13 17:01:20 2016 No.3289938

"Ghostbusters is not retro" shitposter here, back again.

Having never played pinball IRL before, me and a couple friends checked out this pinball place today, it was really fun. From memory, I believe they had:

Star Trek
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Baby Pac Man
Game of Thrones
The Hobbit
Ghostbusters
Batman
Cirqus Voltaire
The Getaway
The Party Zone

There were a couple others too but they were switched off. My favourite was The Party Zone. My friends preferred Batman and Cirqus Voltaire. We weren't big fans of Ghostbusters because the ball felt really heavy and we all got game over really quick on it. I think we're at the skill level where our score essentially depends on luck, but still, it was fun. I could see myself making it a regular visit, although the train ride is a hassle.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 13 17:58:54 2016 No.3290013 >>3289938 That's a decent selection, glad u had fun shitposter anon. Ghostbusters is a pretty challenging pin for beginners for sure, the ball has a tendency to fly around very quickly.

Anonymous Tue Jun 14 01:34:22 2016 No.3290814
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>>3266509
>stern pinball machines post high roller casion, and ripley's believe it or not are going to be getting digital conversions
does this mean mean were going to finally have music rips for SAM and Spike systems games?

also
>join a "small" pinball league
>one of the higher ups is an actual pin operator
tournaments are hosted on machines operated by him in which we have to put money into the machines
>he formed a pinball league just to line his coffers with even more cash
fucking brilliant

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 14 21:21:31 2016 No.3292478 Bump

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 14 21:23:52 2016 No.3292481 >>3290814 That's fucking stupid. It takes less than a minute to go into the menu and switch it to free play. That guy's just a douche.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 14 23:34:24 2016 No.3292662 File: 174 KB, 1697x1085, 1465921491732.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>3289938

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 15 02:26:26 2016 No.3292874 >>3292662 I don't know what I'm looking at here.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 15 02:29:19 2016 No.3292881 >>3292874 Shitty /pol/ meme. Don't respond to it, filter and report.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 15 05:26:21 2016 No.3293095 >>3292881 >Reporting an innocent meme Things are really changing around here

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 15 06:43:58 2016 No.3293154 >>3293095 I don't know what's worse; the reportfags or the janitor who acquiesces to them

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 15 23:00:45 2016 No.3294473 Get in here fags and keep /pin/ going. Any new games in the wild?

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 16 03:17:17 2016 No.3294843 File: 65 KB, 400x300, Flippers 3.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>3294473 Not sure what we can post about now that just about anything is being arbitrarily deleted

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 16 03:20:55 2016 No.3294847 >>3294843 Inb4 your post gets deleted Mine too

Anonymous Thu Jun 16 09:02:41 2016 No.3295131
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>>3294843
Ahhh yes I see my meme got deleted. WTF mods chill the fuck out, it's still an image board for fuck sakes, we use images to express reactions to post. For the love of fuck did these guys come straight from Reddit?
>>3294843
Delete this

Anonymous Thu Jun 16 10:57:23 2016 No.3295229

>>3290814

>does this mean mean were going to finally have music rips for SAM and Spike systems games?

We're talking about Farsight here. They get a lot of flak from people, a lot of it rightfully so, but I never see people slagging them off for their atrocious sound quality - I feel like I'm the only one that really complains about it.

Here, just compare. I recorded these two videos with the same settings way back when. It's Youtube, so the reproduction is worse than what it originally sounded like, but it's worse for both, so it should even out.

Here's me playing Starship Troopers (terribly) in VP8: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfiqBAKJWjY

And here's me playing Starship Troopers in TPA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgUlUM-9mCM

The sound in TPA is absolutely horrendous compared to what VPinMAME can do, and it's made some tables unplayable to me.

I really hope that they don't fuck things up for the new tables, but I fear that my hope will not be rewarded.

Anonymous Thu Jun 16 11:06:33 2016 No.3295247

>>3295229

Oh, right, and I forgot that I also did some more direct recordings and put them on Tindeck - if you want something closer to source:

VPM: http://tindeck.com/listen/trmyr
TPA: http://tindeck.com/listen/iijsg

The quality difference is staggering.

Anonymous Thu Jun 16 13:59:03 2016 No.3295575
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>>3295229
TPA's sound is usually recorded straight from the machine's speakers. I kinda like the quality it adds to it.

My one complaint is how Cue Ball Wizard's main tune isn't the full loop, just the second half.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 16 14:11:44 2016 No.3295594 File: 32 KB, 480x360, hqdefault (1).jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] I've been playing Black Knight on Pinball Arcade. Holy shit, this game is absolutely god tier.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 16 23:04:59 2016 No.3296736 File: 129 KB, 736x951, Hardbody.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

Anonymous Thu Jun 16 23:16:44 2016 No.3296756
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>>3294473
I found a nice pub recently with a game of thrones pro, aCreature from the black lagoon, demolition man, Metallica LE, heard they just swapped out creature with fishtales though
I like fishtales better
if wild means new games being made
spooky pinballs domino pizza pinball machine playfield should finally be revealed some time next week

Anonymous Thu Jun 16 23:44:30 2016 No.3296794
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>>3296736
>After some operators complained about the shape of body-building world-champion Rachel McLish, BALLY WULFF has reacted quickly. Now you can buy HARDBODY with brave girls and the new name SUPER SPORT or you still choose the original game with the world-champion. The SUPER PRICE naturally also applies for the SUPER SPORT.

Thanks, Germany.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 16 23:52:11 2016 No.3296803 >>3296794 You're welcome

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 17 00:36:10 2016 No.3296858 File: 611 KB, 1280x1752, Yo-Noid.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>3296756 Shame they didn't make Noid the main character.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 17 00:43:02 2016 No.3296864 >>3296858 I don't remember the Noid, but it's been funny learning thru this thread

Anonymous Fri Jun 17 00:46:26 2016 No.3296869
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>>3296864
I just think it's odd that they wouldn't cash in on a nostalgic character for a nostalgic device. As far as I know Dominoes has no other "identity" or mascot. SO why not?

Hell I'd give a coupon for a free deep dish at 1 Mil instead of a free game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j696bHtrYTM

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 17 03:51:53 2016 No.3297094 File: 225 KB, 533x794, _pinball21.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 17 08:14:21 2016 No.3297351 >>3296756 Kind of a missed opportunity to not have the DXP as the delivery car, considering how much they've been advertising it as a big new thing.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 17 09:09:32 2016 No.3297410 >>3296869 He's on the backglass anon, did you not see him?

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 17 09:11:35 2016 No.3297412 http://store.steampowered.com/app/444930/ So this is a thing.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 17 15:53:10 2016 No.3297989 >>3297412 is it a thing outside of steam?

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 17 15:57:20 2016 No.3297994 File: 193 KB, 1280x854, febo3.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>3297412 I was watching this cuck play this yesterday on twitch. Looked alright. Seemd like Pinball Arcade to me.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 17 20:01:57 2016 No.3298396 >>3297994 >Febo That looks so good right now. On topic I finally got my name on Transformers, in a solid 4th place ha, I'll take it. I love that game

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 17 20:28:24 2016 No.3298445 >>3297989 Aside from mobile versions, doesn't look like it.

Anonymous Fri Jun 17 20:48:20 2016 No.3298474
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>>3297412
I wish TPA had the same level of visual options that Zaccaria does. Tinkering around a bit let me give all my tables scratched up playfield art with dirt and filthy glass.

On a dark, stormy night.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 18 00:10:15 2016 No.3298896 File: 246 KB, 1024x786, 39bbebdb62033acacb9129898136c079.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>3298474 I wish TPA had more older tables like the 70's Zaccaria ones

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 18 04:46:08 2016 No.3299313 >new Pinball Arcade UI has The Who for background music Tommy table soon?

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 18 04:48:27 2016 No.3299315 >>3299313 Did you know The Who did a work or two about pinball? It makes these tunes suitable for a pinball video game even if a particular pinball machine, based on that work, is not included in it

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 18 06:33:12 2016 No.3299425 >>3299315 You sure are a stick in the mud, aren't you?

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 18 07:31:47 2016 No.3299478 >>3299313 Well, they had Pinball Wizard as the BGM before, just that it was an amateurish instrumental instead of an amateurish cover.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 18 08:00:37 2016 No.3299501 Who here actually owns a machine? I've seen a couple of people post their tables, but I'm assuming pretty much everyone here belongs to the poor college kid crowd.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 18 08:52:55 2016 No.3299534 >>3299501 I've owned a few. It's not really worth it. If you have public locations where you can play pinball, go there and don't bother trying to buy your own machines. You'll end up spending far less money overall.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 18 14:09:52 2016 No.3299896 >>3299534 >You'll end up spending far less money overall. sometimes the price of playing one is more than money

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 18 14:49:43 2016 No.3299968 File: 390 KB, 920x920, mosaic2508929482d7d286ad8d90eb2d38e10014637788.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] post 3x3s

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 18 15:17:58 2016 No.3300014 >>3299896 You suckle the root to play pins? Going to get to play Lebowski soon. Will keep you posted.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 18 15:46:22 2016 No.3300056 File: 43 KB, 375x500, cueballwizard.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>3299501 Getting my first one on monday. I can barely contain my excitement.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 18 20:19:18 2016 No.3300623 >>3299968 Is this going to be a thing now? +1 Pub +1 Sopranos +1 MM -1 Star Wars

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 19 06:04:48 2016 No.3301662 any good docos on Gottlieb or the early days of pinball? I've seen Tilt

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 19 07:01:38 2016 No.3301707 File: 451 KB, 920x920, pinmosaic.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>3299968 7/9 Not a big fan of Sopranos or Episode 1. This is a good site for backglass pictures. http://www.nypinball.com/gallery.php#cid=0&pid=369&imageId=4308

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 19 07:36:35 2016 No.3301739 >>3301707 no Stern/10

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 19 07:39:17 2016 No.3301741 >>3301739 corporate whore?

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 19 08:56:06 2016 No.3301840 >>3301662 Roger Sharpe's book

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 19 08:58:15 2016 No.3301847 >>3301741 Stern is all about the profits. They're making their own playfields now instead of Churchill. Tons of shit quality since GoT. Ghosting like a mother

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 19 09:36:03 2016 No.3301916 >>3301662 Check out Special When Lit on YouTube. Helped educate me

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 19 10:49:15 2016 No.3302052 >>3301707 Hmm, not bad. Only one of those I don't care much for is BK2K.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 19 20:32:18 2016 No.3303253 >>3301916 is that the one with the stereotypical neckbeards trying to win a comp?

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 20 02:14:28 2016 No.3303942 File: 1.32 MB, 2048x1536, zacc.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 20 02:18:33 2016 No.3303947 File: 107 KB, 640x480, phof1.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>3303253 The fuck you say to me you little bitch? I'll have you know I scored over 2 billion on Pinbot on 1 ball without even nudging the cab . . .

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 20 05:25:33 2016 No.3304220 >>3303947 Imagine the smell emanating from those two

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 20 07:20:08 2016 No.3304327 File: 106 KB, 500x652, Moon plays some pinball.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 20 14:12:00 2016 No.3305060 >>3299501 >>3299534 Own 2. Pain in the ass to maintain (never have gotten either 100% gameplay wise - nevermind art) really and ultimately they're quite the moneypit

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 20 14:20:25 2016 No.3305084 >>3305060 >never have gotten either 100% gameplay wise - nevermind art got some names? And what state were they in when you got them?

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 20 14:22:19 2016 No.3305090 >>3305060 >they're quite the moneypit and got some numbers? Like, how much do you dump on them per year? Just a ballpark figure is plenty

Anonymous Mon Jun 20 14:56:58 2016 No.3305146

>>3305084
>>3305090
I have a Bally Mr & Mrs Pacman, and a Bally Special Force. I also had Gottlieb High Hand which I ended up selling. The Gottlieb and Pacman were in players state (so gameplay mostly working but the aesthetical part was pretty worn - both needed/need some major touchups) and the Bally Special Force was aesthetically good just needed gameplay tweaks and other random things (like shorting causing playfield fuses to blow, dead speaker, bad battery on the board, etc).

It may not sound that bad, but when you dive into it head first without any help it really will overwhelm you. A simple dead bulb could mean a number of things : a short on the board? Dead capacitor? Bad Wire? Bad Connector between a board? If you're not into electrician work/general handy work involving electronics you're going to end up needing to buy voltage testers, fuses, special bulbs, soldering irons, new batteries for leaking boards, etc. Then when you get around to painting the thing, also expect to spend loads on random crap like the actual paint, this special icing type material to make the surface flat, a spray gun for the paint, gas mask so you don't die, etc. And then finally, you got the general stuff like new pinballs, wax, cleaner, etc.

Long story short - in order to get the machines 100% I would need to spend around 400 for the Pacman and 300 or so for the Special Force. Anually after that i'd say 100 a machine - random fuses the might blow, cleaning, lights, etc.

Of course, alot of this material you may just have laying around (such as soldering irons and all) - I am autistic when it comes to handy work so this was all new to me and I had no prior experience with these tools/had these tools so they added a good amount to the money spent as well as too the learning curve.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 20 15:13:02 2016 No.3305182 >>3304327 >tfw no alcohol >my feet are cold >I wish I was home poisoning myself

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 20 15:37:48 2016 No.3305259 File: 2.29 MB, 1466x1427, 007a.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] any worth-while pinball podcasts out there?

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 20 21:04:08 2016 No.3306021 File: 138 KB, 740x987, 23Gmusj.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] whaccha think?

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 20 21:27:42 2016 No.3306065 File: 149 KB, 1024x768, image-A21.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>3306021 Looks kinda empty and simple. The Noid should've either been a bash toy or like the ringmaster's head from CV.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 20 21:54:19 2016 No.3306121 >>3306021 Looks pretty simple. About what I expected.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 20 22:17:29 2016 No.3306158 >>3306021 I hope u win a free pizza

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 20 22:19:45 2016 No.3306163 >>3303947 Poor guys I felt kinda sorry for that one white dude. The black dude has some sort of science job, and seemed like he wasn't a full on weirdo. The other guy with the hat, hooo boy.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 20 22:54:35 2016 No.3306228 >>3306021 Why does the delivery guy have massive knockers?

Anonymous Mon Jun 20 22:56:27 2016 No.3306231
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>>3306065
Ben Heck would never incorporate any feature of a Popadiuk game into one of his tables ever again after having him try to glom onto his success.

Included find Ben Heck's annotated commentary on the RAZA table. Sick burns.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 20 23:03:38 2016 No.3306237 >>3306231 Sauce on this? Was that game one of Papaduiks scam tables? I see the ball back from Circus

Anonymous Mon Jun 20 23:23:34 2016 No.3306276

>>3306237
Yeah that's RAZA (Retro Atomic Adventureland). The other two Doc Brown style bomb casings full of used pinball machine parts built in order to steal our plutonium were Magic Girl (based on the titcow from Theatre of Magic) and Alice in Wonderland.

Read more at the site designed to rip on him and spread the truth.

http://www.johnpopadiuk.com/

More info on this news post

https://pinballbayarea.com/2015/06/10/its-official-magic-girl-raza-aiw-bailout-abandoned/

Anonymous Mon Jun 20 23:26:38 2016 No.3306281

>>3306276
"It’s also certain that John Popadiuk’s legacy is obliterated. Once revered as the designer of Williams titles such as Cirqus Voltaire, World Cup Soccer and Tales of the Arabian Nights, at best he’s now considered a complete flake – the stereotypical aloof artist who can’t focus and see anything to the finish line unless surrounded by a support team and managers.

At worst, a con artist, a thief and a liar who repeatedly lied about the status of the project and continued to accept pre-order money even when the project was in serious jeopardy."

rekt

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 21 00:49:26 2016 No.3306414 File: 7 KB, 200x200, big poppa duck.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Popaduik here, you fags better stop talking shit about me. How many tables have you designed and sold in your miserable lives? None, losers.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 21 08:58:49 2016 No.3307034 >>3306276 >>3306281 Good read. He kind of comes off as a bit of an anti social personality. He blames the lack of production on worried investors instead of himself, and seems he doesn't have the drive to finish these grandiose visions

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 21 16:00:30 2016 No.3307778 >>3307034 He calls them "investors" like buying a pinball machine is some sort of act of market speculation. They paid up front for machines promised in 2013. He's out of his damn mind. Anti-social personalities are usually smart.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 21 16:23:06 2016 No.3307819 >>3307778 True they aren't investors in such a scenario, but customers or consumers. Still messed up.

Anonymous Tue Jun 21 17:15:05 2016 No.3307929

>>3307819
Last I heard his whole legal defense was that they were evil investors whose greed prevented their clear thinking and wound up costing them big. Hope they televise it or stream it. Not sure if it's still a bunch of individual lawsuits or if they got the class action going by now.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 21 17:19:56 2016 No.3307936 >>3307929 Well he said anyone was welcome to stop by anytime to check his progress out, someone needs to swing by

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 21 17:28:35 2016 No.3307952 >>3307936 He revoked that offer when the professional MMA fighter who'd sunk $30,000 into his bullshit offered to take him up on it.

Anonymous Tue Jun 21 18:39:39 2016 No.3308109
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>mfw trying to get Warp Factor 9.9
Getting to Warp Factor 9 isn't very difficult, but those last nine shots are strict as fuck. Lose control of the ball a single time and you might as well give it up.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 21 19:19:04 2016 No.3308181 >>3308109 In TNG or Star Trek Pro/Premium/LE? Picard Maneuver for life.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 21 21:19:47 2016 No.3308382 >>3308181 Is there a Kirk maneuver?

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 21 21:31:49 2016 No.3308404 >>3308382 No, the Stern Star Trek combo system is robust though. Doubles scores for your shots. Warp 6 (or higher at operator discretion) lights extra ball, getting to Warp 9.9 kicks out an extra ball even if you're not in multiball.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 21 21:39:55 2016 No.3308415 File: 31 KB, 500x339, ramones-2UH5_o_tn.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 21 21:47:16 2016 No.3308425 >>3308181 TNG. I can't count how many times I've gotten to 9.7, then missed the left ramp and timed out while my ball is in slingshot hell. At least the whole process racks up some good points.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 21 23:08:59 2016 No.3308550 >>3307952 Oh man that's hilarious

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 21 23:12:37 2016 No.3308554 >>3308404 >>3308181 Man o man. Stern Star Trek just arrived at my bar, I fuckin love it. I'm not a Star Trek fan by any means, but what a pin. That away team shot, and the warp speed ramp just make it a pinball player's pin

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 21 23:14:33 2016 No.3308559 >>3308554 I like being able to backhand the left ramp and the spinner shot back to the left flipper then shoot for a combo.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 22 02:50:53 2016 No.3308909 >>3308559 >tfw I keep it in the pop bumpers to complete the lanes just to make that sweet sound The regular drunks are gonna hate me

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 22 03:15:37 2016 No.3308941 >playing trek pinball >the upper right flipper is sticky goddammit, the only modern Stern pin that we can all agree is actual quality

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 22 03:18:34 2016 No.3308946 >>3308941 Yup you need that upper flip son. I was playing Twilight Zone the other day and had the same issue shooting into the piano. Can ruin the game sadly

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 22 04:56:21 2016 No.3309029 >>3308941 >goddammit, the only modern Stern pin that we can all agree is actual quality It's that Steve Ritchie magic.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 22 09:43:43 2016 No.3309282 >tfw broke and job hunting >tfw missed a pinball festival I've been waiting for all year Oh well. Always next year. I wanted to check out Rob Zombie's game and other old pins I never get to see.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 22 16:06:59 2016 No.3309912 File: 1.17 MB, 3264x1836, 20160622_133552.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] My coveted prize arrived last night. Childhood dream come true.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 22 16:10:50 2016 No.3309924 File: 678 KB, 3264x1836, 20160622_133552.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] My coveted prize arrived last night. That's one childhood dream come true.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 22 17:43:13 2016 No.3310058 >>3308941 What about AC/DC and Game of Thrones (Premium only, Pro and LE have disgusting playfield art colors). No Steve Ritchie magic there?

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 22 18:57:11 2016 No.3310202 >>3309924 Very nice

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 22 19:11:42 2016 No.3310216 >>3309924 Oh man, I played that table at the Gold Mine in the Fort Henry Mall back in the early 90's. It was a good 'un.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 23 04:07:53 2016 No.3311181 >>3310058 Trek is better than those

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 23 04:16:26 2016 No.3311189 >>3311181 AC/DC has Lyman F Sheats Jr. software. Star Trek is Lonnie D Ropp with Sullivan backup. Clearly AC/DC is superior if not equal.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 23 04:19:17 2016 No.3311194 >>3311189 Are those names meant to impress me?

Anonymous Thu Jun 23 15:45:33 2016 No.3312051

>>3311194
It seems as if you're ignorant of what they mean. Lyman F. Sheats Jr. and Dwight Sullivan and Keith Johnson make a game deep and good. You get Lord of the Rings/Simpsons Pinball Party and it's got Keith Johnson with Dwight Sullivan. Best Stern software ever? You get Metallica or Star Trek with Lonnie D. Ropp and it's weak until Lyman or Dwight come along to make it good. But you still want the pure skill and vision of the pros to make the game flawless. Medieval Madness style. Terminator 2 style. If it's Steve Ritchie game, you need Lyman or Dwight on that software. Compare the two Brian Eddy games with Lyman's software to that upon which Eddy did the software himself (Shadow). Lyman said no no; the software must be his domain, and Eddy must bring his magic to the playfield alone. Otherwise you get unlimited loop combo score progression.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 23 17:41:31 2016 No.3312259 File: 135 KB, 1280x806, ccfVBZW.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] What are the best pinball simulations/games?

Anonymous Thu Jun 23 17:43:19 2016 No.3312264

Why did pinball tables bother with music and SFX? When I've played pinball before, the sound is always drowned out, either by nearby tables or by people in the venue. The SFX and stuff seem like they were pretty much just designed for collectors.

I always wondered this with arcade cabinets as well. It's impossible to actually hear anything from the game in a public venue.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 23 18:05:51 2016 No.3312310 File: 214 KB, 1280x720, zaccaria-pinball-201669102856_14.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>3312259 I'm loving Zaccaria Pinball. The amount of options and customizations, including physics, is amazing.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 23 18:15:12 2016 No.3312327 >>3312264 So plug your headphones into the jack.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 23 18:16:54 2016 No.3312332 >>3312264 I like when some of them used FM.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 23 18:18:08 2016 No.3312338 >>3312327 Wait, there are headphone jacks on pinball tables? I never saw any when I played.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 23 18:38:23 2016 No.3312380 >>3312338 Standard on new ones.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 23 18:40:14 2016 No.3312385 >>3312380 Oh, OK. I'm a newcomer to pinball but when I checked out the local pinball place me and my friends much preferred the older ones. We didn't think the Stern ones were very good.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 23 18:56:03 2016 No.3312423 >>3312259 My personal favorite is Pinball Arcade, but it's fucking expensive, is occasionally buggy, and they just recently destroyed their entire UI.

Anonymous Thu Jun 23 18:56:14 2016 No.3312424

>>3312385
Lord of the Rings, Ripley's Believe It or Not, World Poker Tour, Simpsons Pinball Party, Family Guy, AC/DC, Star Trek, Iron Man (and VE), Tron LE, Spider-Man (and VE), Ghostbusters, Game of Thrones, and possibly Metallica should not be ignored.

Anonymous Thu Jun 23 18:59:03 2016 No.3312429

>>3312424
We played Star Trek, Game of Thrones and Ghostbusters. Star Trek was pretty good. Game of Thrones we thought was OK, but not as good as the older ones they had there like Cirqus Voltaire and Star Trek TNG. Ghostbusters was our least favourite table out of all of them.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 23 19:32:52 2016 No.3312479 >>3312429 Nordman expects players to have nudging skill. Cirqus Voltaire is a scammer table. TNG is good.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 24 00:46:33 2016 No.3312907 >>3312479 >scammer table a what? Because it requires more work to keep the balls in play, or what?

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 24 01:07:05 2016 No.3312942 >>3312907 Because the entire concept is stolen from Python's Pinball Circus by a scam artist who steals people's money.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 24 01:10:29 2016 No.3312950 >>3312942 makes more sense, thanks. Shame about the drama in that "industry" though >concept is stolen Ideas are a dime a dozen, no? It's all in the execution. Or were they directly copying layouts and stuffs?

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 24 01:12:43 2016 No.3312956 >>3312950 ctrl f Popaduik He's not that well liked among the pinball community, there's some earlier posts elaborating on this.

Anonymous Fri Jun 24 01:15:58 2016 No.3312964

>>3312956
from what I gathered about Pop-a-dick he's just a Molyneux. Big promises, maybe big ideas, but unable to handle the business part and planning, and hence regularly not delivering on the promises. A real shame about the money that was spent, because it rightfully upset a lot of people, just kind of a bad situation all around.

Anonymous Fri Jun 24 01:58:26 2016 No.3313014

>>3312956
>>3312964
You think [Williams] had a plan to do a magic game before [Pinball Magic]? And who did Theatre of Magic? John Popadiuk...the guy doesn't even feel about pinball...he will do anything, he is a chameleon, a lizard...and Python knows it because Python is the king of snakes...[he] eat[s] Popadiuks for breakfast!

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 24 02:23:34 2016 No.3313041 >>3313014 Arabian Nights is a brilliant and fun game

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 24 03:11:16 2016 No.3313096 The reason I dislike Popaduik games is because he relies too heavily on giant HIT ME toys on the playfield. All of his games have them. I'll admit, I do like WCS. That's pretty much the only one I enjoy playing.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 24 03:35:04 2016 No.3313130 >>3313041 It's garbage, the whole thing is shooting Lightning Lamp. No point to any of the other shots.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 24 05:28:04 2016 No.3313245 >>3313130 You can't get the rubies doing that

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 24 07:22:06 2016 No.3313347 >>3313130 >Not wanting to get to the busted genie battle mode and rack up stupid points through exploits. Anon pls

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 24 09:21:00 2016 No.3313465 >>3313130 >shooting a dangerous midfield hazard >not getting comfy in the bumpers for stupid high harem value Know your cheese strats, son.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 24 13:18:39 2016 No.3313676 >>3309924 No offense, but you could have done much better than that for the amount you likely paid for it.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 24 13:45:53 2016 No.3313718 >>3313676 Someone is jelly

Anonymous Fri Jun 24 13:56:31 2016 No.3313740

>>3312264
There's only so much you can do with bells and chimes. If pinball machines never upgraded to proper sound systems, they would've died off FAST once arcade games became popular.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqweTqyxZk8

>>3312332
Which ones were those?

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 24 14:10:59 2016 No.3313768 >>3313740 Don't get me wrong, the music sounds great. But it seems like a waste of money and effort when chances are you won't be able to hear it.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 24 14:16:38 2016 No.3313776 >>3313768 So open the coin door and turn it up to 31

Anonymous Fri Jun 24 14:52:35 2016 No.3313832

>>3313768
Not every venue has 100 people in it at every minute of the day nor does every venue feature hundreds of machines/tables.
There's a place where I go to play GOT that has 3 pool tables and a big buck machine and if anything the pinball is too fucking loud, unless it's friday or saturday night but then again I usually avoid drunken crowds if I can help it.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 24 15:23:16 2016 No.3313908 >>3313740 >Which ones were those? A majority. Best known example is probably Black Knight 2000? Maybe?

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 24 16:48:03 2016 No.3314084 >>3313908 Every System 11 machine uses the Yamaha YM2151. Yes, BK2K is one example, but every machine that uses that system also has it.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 24 16:49:14 2016 No.3314089 >>3314084 Yeah but I think it's the most memorable one. These systems also had a chip for samples, didn't they? The YM2151 really is one of the best chips.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 24 17:00:46 2016 No.3314117 >>3314089 I prefer Chris Granner's 50s-themed soundtrack on Earthshaker. I've yet to play a machine with better-fitting music on it.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 24 17:17:25 2016 No.3314139 >>3313832 The machines at my arcade are fairly quiet, except for their White Water. It always makes me smile when I hear a faint "whiiiiiite wateeeeer!" from the other side of the arcade.

Anonymous Fri Jun 24 18:34:53 2016 No.3314271
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>>3313676
I paid 500 bucks. I bought it from my buddy who owns the pinball place I always go to. He even fucking delivered it for free. It's in outstanding shape, just a few lights needed replacing and I had to monkey around with the motor that controls the rotating 8 ball, but shit man, I feel like a goddamn king with this in my living room. It's been a fucking fun game and I can finally git gud at some of those trick shots from the comfort of home.

Anonymous Fri Jun 24 19:53:55 2016 No.3314495

>>3313347
>>3313245
>>3313465
Talk to Bowen. Lightning Lamp cheese is the reason the game isn't run at PAPA tournaments. Listen to commentary on the IFPA vs. PAPA friendly competition video where they run that and Champion Pub since there are no other times they're playable for competition other than friendly laughs.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 24 22:35:06 2016 No.3314718 >>3314495 But Bowen's strategy of choice is keeping the ball in the bumpers. http://papa.org/2010/01/08/tournament-approaches-one-hit-wonders/ I would like to see that video, though. Sounds fun and I can't find it.

Anonymous Sat Jun 25 00:51:54 2016 No.3314883

>>3314718
But on that page he says that there are many viable tournament strategies for playing The Shadow, while in his Shadow tournament strategy video he mocks all of the methods he cites there except for loop combos.

Just like how he says the pinball community needs to become more family-friendly but when Pinside issues bans against people for evil language he says REEEEEEEEEEEE and quits forever.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 25 05:16:20 2016 No.3315179 File: 181 KB, 480x640, Pinbot 2 Bride.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 25 05:19:45 2016 No.3315184 >>3315179 Top-notch presentation. Not so great rules. I wouldn't own one, but I still play it when I get the chance.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 25 05:22:30 2016 No.3315186 >>3315184 It was the only table I could play with any competence when I was a kid.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 25 05:46:31 2016 No.3315215 >>3315186 It's not a very difficult game. Just keep shooting that shuttle ramp.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 25 05:48:45 2016 No.3315225 File: 1.96 MB, 400x225, huehuehue.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>3315179 >"I can speak" >"OH. NO."

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 25 05:54:19 2016 No.3315229 >>3315179 One shot game, still fun though.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 25 14:22:03 2016 No.3316012 >>3315229 a literal one shot game would be funny. Some silly complicated shot (or combo) worth a single point, plenty of opportunities to lose the ball. High score in the single digits

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 25 14:51:54 2016 No.3316096 >>3316012 You understand the truth of it being a one shot game, yes? A single shot is worth 1 billion points while nothing else is worth more than a few million. And it's variable as to when it will actually reward 1 billion. Quarter-pumping tactic.

Anonymous Sat Jun 25 14:55:13 2016 No.3316101

>>3316096
the pinbot games don't mesh with me on a theme level, so I never looked too much into them. I just liked the mental picture of going all flappy bird on a pinball machine. As unfortunate as that 1 billion shot is, it does mean you make points through other means, and ultimately, they're the ones that separate the players with the same number of that 1 billion shot. Also, it's a fuck-huge number, I mean, number of digits and all that. Just feels better to get a billion for it, than 1

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 25 15:03:00 2016 No.3316114 >>3316101 I imagine the rules will be better in Bride off Pinbot 2.0 Will keep you posted when I see it in a few weeks.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 25 15:52:29 2016 No.3316225 >>3316114 >we've realized that shot is a bit imbalanced >so we changed its value to 2 billion

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 25 16:12:39 2016 No.3316289 >>3316225 Unlikely http://www.dutchpinball.com/project-bride https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8DW9yky580

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 25 16:19:21 2016 No.3316305 >>3316289 yeah, from what I understand the folks involved aren't exactly noobs. Just laughing at my own bad jokes

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 25 16:53:17 2016 No.3316375 >>3316289 It looks as if wheel awards are replaced by wheel modes. Will be hard to earn the billion once lighting it.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 26 00:51:57 2016 No.3317283 >>3316289 MOVE YOUR SHUTTLE!

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 26 06:03:16 2016 No.3317716 File: 60 KB, 400x359, MaidenPinball_Custom.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 26 15:59:36 2016 No.3318536 Blade Runner pinball coming from Stern in 2017 by John Trudeau with Zombie Yeti art package again. Hold onto your shit.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 27 00:49:07 2016 No.3319625 >>3318536 source

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 27 01:01:41 2016 No.3319638 >>3319625 Trudeau himself. The 2017 game will be something he's wanted to do for a long time and will be "a little edgy". EDGY. All Stern games have to have a license. Blade Runner 2017. Bang.

Anonymous Mon Jun 27 02:06:38 2016 No.3319748

Speaking of one-shot tables, I was playing my local Spiderman the other day and some crazy shit was happening. Hopefully you guys will be able to fill me in:

The game was broken in a way it confused pressing the flipper buttons with shooting ramps/targets/etc. For example, I could get the skill shot, hit Venom six times, and several other things just by mashing the flipper buttons. At one time, I had racked up 30 million points before I'd even plunged my first ball. It was particularly sad when I was building my "combo" (I think this is supposed to be done by hitting the pop bumpers): multiple times, when I wasn't trying to hit the ball, I was mashing the flipper buttons as fast as I could until the knocker went off. I survived on the same two credits for what seemed like an hour.

What was wrong, or, is Spiderman the easiest pinball table in existence?

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 27 03:05:07 2016 No.3319863 >>3319748 >Spiderman 2007 a "one shot" table >Spiderman the easiest table in existence >Spiderman just requires hitting flipper buttons without a ball in order to make combos and shots Low quality bait

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 27 03:13:54 2016 No.3319876 File: 24 KB, 500x500, happyCat.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>3319863 Your reading comprehension is top notch m8

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 27 03:41:34 2016 No.3319936 >>3319876 Comprehend the fact that you're a miserable cock-gobbling faggot.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 27 03:52:12 2016 No.3319953 >>3319936 You seem upset

Anonymous Mon Jun 27 04:20:12 2016 No.3319991

Speaking of one-shot tables, I was playing my local Lord of the Rings the other day and some crazy shit was happening. Hopefully you guys will be able to fill me in:

The game was broken in a way it confused pressing the flipper buttons with shooting ramps/targets/etc. For example, I could get the flipper/tower/lane skill shot, hit Orthanc during Ent Battle six times, and several other things just by mashing the flipper buttons. At one time, I had racked up 120 million points before I'd even plunged my first ball. It was particularly sad when I was building my "Gifts from the Elves" (I think this is supposed to be done by successfully completing modes): multiple times, when I wasn't trying to hit the ball, I was mashing the flipper buttons as fast as I could until the knocker went off. I survived on the same two credits for what seemed like an hour and got to There and Back Again and some place called Valinor.

What was wrong, or, is Lord of the Rings the easiest pinball table in existence?

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 27 04:30:50 2016 No.3319996 >>3319991 stop

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 27 04:35:16 2016 No.3320003 >>3319996 Make up more stories because you're so humiliated that Doc Ock Bank Busted his nut all over your face and left you humiliated and quarterless.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 27 04:40:47 2016 No.3320006 >>3319991 Sterns are pretty retarded. I was playing an Elvis that never ended multiball. I even tried to intentionally let the balls drain, but it just kept re-plunging them. It went on for like half an hour before I just walked away from it.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 27 04:45:07 2016 No.3320012 >>3320006 Sounds like cheating / disqualification

Anonymous Mon Jun 27 07:22:53 2016 No.3320117

>>3319991

Completely busted, likely a fault being caused by something faulty. Had a similiar issue on a Pirates where it was scoring about 1 mill per second due to an opto issue. Yes you get to valinor by winning modes and getting Elf gifts, usually takes a long time and ive never seen anyone get there.

Anonymous Mon Jun 27 09:48:59 2016 No.3320269

Is this brief overview of Stern's history generally correct?
>made pinball machines in the old days
>went under mid 80s and sold to Data East with Gary Stern running the division
>Data East sold the division to Sega
>Sega sold it to back to Stern who founded today's Stern Pinball

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 27 13:07:22 2016 No.3320565 >>3320269 Sounds close enough to me but I'm pretty new. The Data East machines are kinda my favorite, them licenses and sweet colors

Anonymous Mon Jun 27 23:50:45 2016 No.3321728

Have to kill a few hours tomorrow or else drive home then immediately drive hours again. Can go to two different pinball places.

Do I go to a friendly place that leaves me alone yet has games with which I'm familiar and only like a couple (but 50 cent plays), or do I go to the Stern distributor's bar and play new titles for $1 each? Including Ghostbusters and Thrones. Employees are hardcore dicks at the bar.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 28 00:13:16 2016 No.3321773 As someone who's working on a pinball video game, and wants to get a better idea of how to make it more mirror real pinball, what are some things that bother you about virtual pinball?

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 28 03:51:39 2016 No.3322005 >>3321728 What are the 50c titles? That sounds like a place more deserving of your shekels >>3321773 lack of multiball

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 28 04:09:19 2016 No.3322018 >>3321773 Lack of ball spin.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 28 11:35:52 2016 No.3322410 >>3322018 Visual pinball PM5 has that. Probably the best physics I've ever seen in virtual pinball. Way better than TPA's floaty shit

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 28 15:11:11 2016 No.3322791 >>3322018 >ball spin How?

Anonymous Tue Jun 28 15:15:54 2016 No.3322797

>>3322791
balls don't just roll on the playing field. They may also exhibit a spin, a rotation along any axis, or even multiple axes at once, end up sliding a little bit on the playing field. That has an impact on how the ball behaves when it hits any objects, especially rubber objects, as the spin changes the trajectory from a simple reflection, but also can lead to a ball not going in a straight line. Complex sims handle ball spin along multiple axes and update the values many times per second. Spin is inevitable on a real table, just because of the way the ball interacts with the environment. So lack of spin in a simulation leads to different behavior

Anonymous Tue Jun 28 15:31:58 2016 No.3322841

>>3322797
>>3322791
Keep in mind that rolling itself is already a spin of some form. You can not simulate a pinball ... ball as a point mass floating over the playing field. Friction with the field leads to the ball rolling, sliding, inertia and momentum affect how it changes its direction when the spin is something other than what straight rolling would be, or when the rolling ball hits a target and gets deflected. It's pretty fundamental

Anonymous Tue Jun 28 23:59:29 2016 No.3323650
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>>3322791
consider this, when bowling do you notice the ball spins as it slides down the lane? What happens if the ball loses momentum before reaching the end of the lane? Now miniaturize it.

>>3321773
proper flipper response time for cradle separation skills, can't take any multiball game seriously if you can't do anything but flail them about.

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>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 29 05:49:12 2016 No.3324052 Since we're on the subject, how's the physics and flipper control in Zaccaria Pinball?

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 29 06:07:41 2016 No.3324065 >>3324052 Not bad, and you can tune it yourself if you want it to play differently.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 29 07:56:02 2016 No.3324178 >>3323970 Stolen from Python's dancer mech in Big Bang Bar.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 29 10:58:47 2016 No.3324384 >>3324178 Because Python invented strip clubs and stripping. Prior to Big Bang Bar pinball the world had no concept of scantily clad women dancing on a stage next to a pole for money. What an absolute genius.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 29 18:42:13 2016 No.3325165 File: 131 KB, 1024x768, bbb.dancer.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>3323970

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 30 01:06:08 2016 No.3325813 >>3324384 You sound upset that your stripper table is worth 1/10th as much as the table from the Great Capcom Pinball.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 30 02:21:56 2016 No.3325912 >>3325813 I quite amused that people like you care about such trivial things

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 30 04:01:11 2016 No.3326072 >>3325912 Care that the bantz in this thread leading to discussion on Pinside of "Anonymous" getting involved in the Popadiuk / SkitB / Kevin Kulek scam-fighting leads to my amusement.

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>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 30 06:23:49 2016 No.3326187 Is the Medieval Madness Remake more-or-less objectively better than the original, even if just for the modern conveniences? Not like I can throw around $8000, but I'm curious.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 30 06:40:57 2016 No.3326204 >>3326187 Doesn't have the wire Williams on it. Big Bang Bar remake had Capcom name on it and it's worth over $20,000. Without the name Madness is worthless.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 30 13:18:00 2016 No.3326719 >>3326204 >reading comprehension

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 30 17:29:24 2016 No.3327248 >>3266509 Is it the simulation or Zaccaria pinballs are way harder than the others? Or is it just me that suck at it?

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 30 19:16:51 2016 No.3327463 File: 2.73 MB, 390x358, 1467324320431.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>3327248 Tables are a lilttle drain happy and play fast in rl and in the sim.

Anonymous Thu Jun 30 19:43:03 2016 No.3327534

>>3326719
>gets told the difference between Medieval Madness Remake objectively compared to the original
>goes into autistic rage and complains about reading comprehension like he always does

Faggit. Or were you complaining about your own reading comprehension for not being able to parse an autocorrect from "word" to "wire"?

Anonymous Thu Jun 30 21:07:20 2016 No.3327669

>>3322797
>>3322841
>>3323650

I guess I'm just having trouble picturing what a ball would look like if it had no spin at all. Are there any examples of virtual pinball with zero spin that I could check out? Maybe it's just because I've only really played real pinball, I can't necessarily picture the lack of spin. Also it might be that I'm confused, since my idea of spin comes from tennis, where shots can be dramatically different based on ball spin.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 30 21:14:17 2016 No.3327676 >>3327669 Pinball Arcade has no ball pin. The ball is just a 1 dimensional point with a ball texture applied over it.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 30 21:24:14 2016 No.3327692 >>3327676 At first I saw it was on PS4 and questioned how they could justify that, but then I saw it was also on fucking ouya. I'll check it out, thanks.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 30 21:28:08 2016 No.3327703 >>3327692 It's on literally every current platform except 3DS.

Anonymous Thu Jun 30 21:34:51 2016 No.3327712

>>3321773
>wants to get a better idea of how to make it more mirror real pinball
Get a real table (doesn't matter which so long as it's in good playable condition) and a high-speed camera. Measure the real ball speeds and check it matches your simulation.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 30 21:54:19 2016 No.3327740 Make sure the ball doesn't just move on an X and Y axis but also on Z. Was playing Ghostbusters and that ball likes to fucking jump, I tell you what.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 30 21:58:44 2016 No.3327747 >>3327740 >tfw a ball airballs over the flipper during multiball The worst feel.

Anonymous Thu Jun 30 22:05:50 2016 No.3327771

>>3327712
I guess it's hard to say that I fully want a simulation, I had the notion that I'd like it to teach real pinball rules to newcomers, but I don't think I'm actually good enough to write physics that will do it justice. I'm tempted to take the easy route and pass them off as non-spherical objects, like how Galactic Pinball used an air hockey puck instead of a pinball. Of course, I've also considered making a mixture of objects with different behaviors. I think that this would make it more interesting to play.

Anonymous Thu Jun 30 22:15:44 2016 No.3327794

Everyone who complains that Visual Pinball is hard to install, there's a new installer up on vpforums.org that auto-installs all builds of VP from 9.9.1 to PM5 to VPX along with all scripts and VPinMAME. VPX is out of beta finally. Tables starting to roll in.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 1 01:08:23 2016 No.3328031 How do I reliably get more troll bombs so I don't get to the second part of Battle for the Kingdom with jack shit? Can you force Merlin's Magic to get you the troll bomb reward?

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 1 01:17:41 2016 No.3328043 >>3328031 By accurately shooting trolls during Trolls!

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 1 01:33:47 2016 No.3328071 >>3328043 Are you talking about that troll combo thing? What exactly is the shot for that?

Anonymous Fri Jul 1 03:44:28 2016 No.3328230

>>3328071
Just light Joust, Catapult, Damsel, Troll, and Peasant Madness then initiate Madness mode. Bash the shit out of the trolls. Defeat them and earn Troll Bombs.

Or fuck up your shots at the castle and hit those yellow deals to light Trolls! on Merlin. When they pop up on claiming your reward, bash the shit out of them to earn Troll Bombs.

Or have Trolls! lit on Merlin before entering Madness and use your multiple balls to bonk the shit out of them. You'll enter Troll Madness while already in Madness.

In any case, you get Troll Bombs by bashing trolls. So by lighting Trolls! at Merlin, you can earn Troll Bombs. Have to earn them though, by defeating the trolls with shots.

The software knows what rewards to give you at Merlin too. Only Lyman knows for sure, the software is practically AI levels of knowing just what you want and also screwing you over by giving you what it thinks you want.

During Trolls!, you may earn additional Troll Bombs by hitting the standups, or by banking a shot off a Troll and into either the Lock or Merlin's Saucer.

Anonymous Fri Jul 1 04:36:30 2016 No.3328296

>>3328230
>In any case, you get Troll Bombs by bashing trolls. So by lighting Trolls! at Merlin, you can earn Troll Bombs. Have to earn them though, by defeating the trolls with shots.
That's what's new to me. I thought killing the trolls only advanced toward wizard mode and lit Troll Madness/awarded jackpots.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 1 22:43:39 2016 No.3329975 How do I get analog working properly in VPin? I want to get analog nudge going, but the stick seems permanently bound to some weird ball control that instantly tilts.

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>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 3 04:32:54 2016 No.3333031 >>3332389 >showcase backbox What's special about that one?

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 3 04:41:36 2016 No.3333057 >>3333031 It's curved, made to look somewhat like a TV of the time.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 3 06:13:24 2016 No.3333156 >>3333031 Sega tables were made cheaply so they didn't have anything to hype them up other than big old toys and licenses and gimmicks.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 3 06:18:57 2016 No.3333162 >>3333156 >Sega tables were made cheaply were they sold cheaply too?

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 3 06:20:02 2016 No.3333165 >>3333156 Are you the same guy that shits on everything and anything in this thread then spergs out when somebody has a different opinion?

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 3 06:21:46 2016 No.3333168 >>3333165 I don't think a pinball machine made cheaply is a bad thing, if the price matches. A wider price range for new machines would be nice

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>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 3 08:26:10 2016 No.3333292 File: 83 KB, 414x610, 1456436908736.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>3306163 >dat scene where he says he can't have a girlfriend AND document Pinball >as if it's impossible to do both Whatever helps him sleep at night I guess

Anonymous Sun Jul 3 09:09:10 2016 No.3333342

>>3333165
How many Sega machines can you list that cost over $2000 to this day? 3 pop bumpers, 2 plastic ramps, big cheap toys, empty playfield. You've got yourself a Sega. Gary Stern during the height of his Bill of Materials mindset, repeated during Stern's mid-to-late-2000 era. Data East scrapped, he was damn sure he'd make every penny count on the new label.

>>3333162
Sold cheaply now. Definitely cheaper than a Williams of the same era.

>>3333168
Stern is still cutting down the cost of Bill of Materials with the SAM system, but customers have yet to see the cost reduction reflected in new machines.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 3 09:15:55 2016 No.3333353 >>3333342 Why are you so obsessed with the market value of machines to the point it dictates what you consider "good" or "bad"? and I was right you're THAT guy

Anonymous Sun Jul 3 09:19:28 2016 No.3333358

>>3333342
>Stern is still cutting down the cost of Bill of Materials with the SAM system, but customers have yet to see the cost reduction reflected in new machines.
that's a bit different, I think. Stern's trying to improve the general profit, by selling the same "outwards quality", so to speak, for the same price, with more efficient components.

>Sold cheaply now
I meant the price of a new machine.

I was more thinking along the lines of
>3 pop bumpers, 2 plastic ramps, big cheap toys, empty playfield
Stern wouldn't do that today, although they probably could, and sell the results at a profit for a budget. Would open up a market of inexpensive machines for nice random pinball fun. As it is, the base price of machines is fairly high and requires quite a bit of upfront commitment.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 3 10:37:00 2016 No.3333438 >>3333358 >Indiana Jones (2008)

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 3 11:06:00 2016 No.3333481 >>3333438 >Anonymous (2016)

Anonymous Sun Jul 3 22:19:25 2016 No.3334910

>>3333353
Why do you refuse to acknowledge that Stern built their machines with a cheap Bill of Materials and this was reflected in their initial price as well as their price today?

Pinball being "done quick" at that streaming thing now. Bride of Pinbot 2.0 is present. Ghostbusters, Walking Dead, Getaway, Black Knight 2000, some other tables.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 4 07:14:03 2016 No.3335673 >>3333292 It's funny because he's actually married now.

Anonymous Mon Jul 4 07:30:52 2016 No.3335680

>>3335673
Actually, I might have to retract this statement. I emailed him once a few years ago to tell him about a pinball location (he lives near my area), and he responded with "we might have to check it out". I swear I remember him saying "my wife and I" instead of "we". I guess all the retron threads have been fucking with my memory.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 5 06:52:55 2016 No.3338092 Hope you all enjoyed a nice game of pinball on America Day.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 5 14:35:51 2016 No.3338923 File: 87 KB, 740x493, aa3ce80b529dc410ce15f1e704b8c36380d96761.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] r8 my battlestation

Anonymous Tue Jul 5 17:09:52 2016 No.3339201
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Looks like the Stern Pinball Arcade will also include Data East and Sega machines. Makes sense since it'll double the game library.

It's already out on Gear VR with
>Star Trek (probably the Stern one)
>Ripley's Believe It or Not!
>Starship Troopers
>Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
and it'll be on more platforms this fall.

>>3338923
8/8. The room decor really complements your machines.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 5 19:51:22 2016 No.3339542 >>3339201 >All of those tables are already in Pinball Arcade So it's a fucking useless game?

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 5 21:23:46 2016 No.3339685 >>3339201 >>3333276

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 5 23:43:40 2016 No.3339960 >>3339201 >Mary Shelley's Frankenstein Is this table good or no? I can't tell if I actually dislike it or if it's the ridiculous movie that's clouding my judgement.

Anonymous Tue Jul 5 23:54:57 2016 No.3339984

R8 my local arcade, /pin/. By "local arcade", I mean "arcade that's an hour's drive away and only open during the summer":

>Star Trek TNG
>No Good Gophers
>Fish Tales
>Tales from the Crypt
>Judge Dredd
>World Cup Soccer
>Theatre of Magic
>Rocky & Bullwinkle
>Klondike
>Aladdin's Castle
>Big Hit
>Slugfest (newer bat & ball game)
Went once this year and had a good time. Would like to get out there more, but it's a pain in the ass to drive all that way.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 6 03:01:40 2016 No.3340338 >>3339984 all those golden age pins... sounds glorious bro

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 6 15:55:24 2016 No.3341346 >>3339984 Get some good plays on the Dredd for me.

Anonymous Wed Jul 6 22:33:31 2016 No.3342143
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>>3266509
>tfw theres a nice little pub in san diego with a pinball machine machine corner
>metallica LE, Fishtales, Demolition man, and game of thrones pro
>start to get to know the operator of the machines who's buddies with the owner of the business
>hey anon were gonna bust a whole in the wall in the game room and add 3 more games in a couple months one of them is going to be a ghost busters premium!

Finally I'm not going to have to drive 2 hours just to finally play the game at all, let alone the pro version

Anonymous Wed Jul 6 23:12:14 2016 No.3342190
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>>3340338
I guess I'm lucky; my city is pretty dry for pins for the most part.
>>3341346
I'm pretty bad at Dredd, but I'll do my best, anon.

Aladdin's Castle and Klondike were honestly my favourites of the day; how often do you see EMs in the wild? Klondike has this nifty slot machine-type thing. Little rollover buttons in the upper playfield and targets in the lower playfield advance the corresponding slot by one. Shooting the ball through the proper lane scores you the value on the slot, including big points and even free games. When I got home, I looked it up on ipdb.org and found this:

>The designers were worried that once the reels were set players would intentionally tilt to preserve the reel position, scoring it on the next plunger shot. Certain values could be multiple free games. In order to prevent this the reels advance one left and two right on tilt. This allows you to tilt when you were one left and two right away from a valuable combo. Often someone watching who knew the game would shout out "Titl for wagons". The player would slam the machine into the wall to the confusion of those not in the know. Upon reset the reels shift to three wagons and you score free games on the next come out if you don't hit the upper advance buttons (big pressure). I loved this game.

Wish I knew this beforehand; I could've played the thing all day.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 7 11:30:28 2016 No.3343063 File: 130 KB, 800x503, arch.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>3342190 I like those rollover buttons, but you never see them past early 80's machines. Were they unreliable or something, so they stopped using them?

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 7 12:14:59 2016 No.3343125 File: 18 KB, 480x360, hqdefault.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>3343063 Walking Dead, Wizard of Oz, Woah Nelly has them

Anonymous Thu Jul 7 12:16:25 2016 No.3343127

>>3339984
>>Star Trek TNG
Good
>>No Good Gophers
Good
>>Fish Tales
Good
>>Tales from the Crypt
Not bad
>>Judge Dredd
Pretty good
>>World Cup Soccer
Not bad
>>Theatre of Magic
ok
>>Rocky & Bullwinkle
ok
>>Klondike
>>Aladdin's Castle
>>Big Hit
classics
>>Slugfest (newer bat & ball game)
literally why

Overall not bad/10

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 7 12:30:32 2016 No.3343164 File: 245 KB, 372x454, 1281937229021.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>3343127

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 7 12:39:22 2016 No.3343179 >>3343125 isn't Woah Nelly supposed to be an "old school" machine?

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 7 12:56:17 2016 No.3343204 >>3343179 yeah, plays like one but with modern solid state technology.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 7 12:59:19 2016 No.3343207 >>3343204 just saying, makes sense to use (superficially) old tech, if they're trying to resemble the old tech. Aren't we glad you don't hear digitized bells and clangs coming out of that machine's speakers, trying to poorly imitate EM?

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 8 06:41:49 2016 No.3344761 >>3343125 I haven't played Walking Dead. so why do the right two lanes use standard rollover switches while the other has buttons?

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 8 14:01:18 2016 No.3345242 >>3344761 probably dead wrong, but aren't rollover switches directional? Meaning, they can behave different when the ball's coming from a different direction. Buttons certainly aren't.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 8 14:03:46 2016 No.3345248 >>3345242 Nope. I'm sure there are some games with two-way switches, but most rollovers only have one function.

Anonymous Fri Jul 8 14:06:26 2016 No.3345256

>>3345248
I did not mean different functions. I meant that, the wire has an asymetrical shape, so the ball can roll over and trigger the switch in one direction, while being blocked by the wire from the other direction. Buttons just get pressed regardless of the direction you pass them (including sideways, which probably fucks badly with rollovers)

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 8 14:08:20 2016 No.3345260 >>3345256 Still no, it doesn't matter which direction the ball rolls from.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 8 14:09:37 2016 No.3345263 >>3345260 fair enough, was worth a wild assed guess. Why are they shaped asymmetrical anyway, if they are supposed to work both ways?

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 8 23:25:06 2016 No.3346295 Saw Steve Ritchie, John Trudeau, and Lyman Sheats today. Stood there holding my dick like a sperg.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 9 06:52:26 2016 No.3346708 >>3346295 Where at?

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 9 06:55:15 2016 No.3346713 >>3346295 could you see Trudeau's gap?

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 9 16:20:45 2016 No.3347604 >>3346708 Pinball convention >>3346713 He looks like Papa Surf I'm back there. The lady told me to go talk to Steve Ritchie, "he's approachable". What say?

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 9 16:23:28 2016 No.3347612 >>3347604 >What say? Hi

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 9 16:26:04 2016 No.3347617 >>3347604 don't you wish you had a table or two with you, so you could ask them to sign it?

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 9 16:32:24 2016 No.3347638 >>3347617 I just whipped out my dick and got Richie to sign that

Anonymous Sat Jul 9 16:36:29 2016 No.3347647

>>3347617
don't know about his tables, but some seem to have the option to swap out the rules cards in the bottom left and right corner of the machine. Might be a fun idea to grab an index card from a nearby shop, get him to sign it, and then put it there in your machine

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 10 13:19:39 2016 No.3349463 >>3347647 I've seen people who'll bring a toy or some other component of the machine and have them sign it. I've always liked that.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 10 13:30:17 2016 No.3349489 >>3347647 >>3349463 a backglass is the common thing to get signed

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 10 13:31:50 2016 No.3349492 >>3349489 backglasses aren't something you casually take with you though. Takes quite a bit of upfront planning. I agree though, it's a nice placement for a signature

Anonymous Sun Jul 10 19:07:01 2016 No.3350124

>>3343127
>literally why
I have no idea. I saw it and thought it was going to be like 10th Inning, a game I loved as a kid.

Well, it's fun for a few minutes, then it gets boring. I feel like it's really hard to lose (ie. the complete opposite of pinball) and therefore nowhere near as exciting. Apparently, back in the day, if you scored a home run, the machine would spit out a baseball card as congratulations. Maybe that hooked people in?

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 10 23:35:48 2016 No.3350715 /pin/ I have a confession to make Theatre of Magic is my favorite table of all time please forgive me

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 11 04:12:41 2016 No.3351096 >>3350715 it's ok m8

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 11 08:25:20 2016 No.3351304 >>3350715 Fun game in a big collection, shame it has the shittiest most disappointing wizard mode of all time.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 12 08:45:12 2016 No.3353632 >>3350715 >tfw I hate ToM but it's one of the four tables my local arcade has fug

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 12 09:08:15 2016 No.3353660 >>3353632 Now tell me that one of those other tables is a Circus Voltaire

Anonymous Tue Jul 12 09:27:21 2016 No.3353674

>>3353632

man but how can you hate ToM?

I get that some people don't like it because the grand finale is quite difficult to achieve but still the flow of the table is very good imo
I especially like how the trunk is so central to the game yet they didn't make it a dickish shot that causes easy drains

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 12 13:35:50 2016 No.3354061 File: 3.55 MB, 3264x2448, 20160712_182656.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] LOADED LIKE A FREIGHT TRAIN

Anonymous Wed Jul 13 02:13:48 2016 No.3355820

Had no idea what to say to Trudeau or Steve Ritchie or Lyman. Was walking past when someone told Steve Ritchie that Lyman had won the tournament though so I got to look at his face knowing that he feels Lyman is the best pinball player on earth and just needs more practice. Figured it could be a small bit of history in the making and possibly give us more Spiderman / AC/DC collaborations instead of Dwight Sullivan Star Trek / GoT tables.

Maybe not though, seems that Stern has Lyman working on everyone else's code these days trying to improve it. "Hey Gary, who's the programmer for the latest game?" "Why, the Stern Software Team of course". Gone are the days when Lyman can tell Brian Eddy to focus on the table and he'll wear the daddy pants in the software department.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 13 14:01:40 2016 No.3356701 File: 24 KB, 250x332, Medieval_madness_pinball_04_qvaw.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] threads done lads

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