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Beatnik-Filmstar posted:
Eh. I don't have direct experience with them, but one of the guys I traded pins with told me they have a habit of removing the coin doors from their tables so you don't put them on route. That seems kind of shady to me. You could probably talk them down on price, it's been listed on Craigslist for a few months now. And I wouldn't base prices on Ebay. For reference, I paid $600 for my Elektra, and the lowest on Ebay is $2000. That's the norm for ebay, it seems. Regarding Orbitor 1 - there's a piece of plexiglass over the textured playfield, you play on the plexi, not the molded plastic. Granted, the plexi is also warped. roffels fucked around with this message at 01:39 on Apr 17, 2014 |
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Rollersnake posted:Orbitor 1 (Stern, 1982) Classic Game Room did a pretty good review of Orbitor 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPvMCBQA1yw
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Yes, that is a textured playfield. Reviews seem to be evenly split between "THIS IS AWESOME" and "it plays like poo poo," and all I know is I have never wanted to play a pinball machine more in my life. Even if it totally sucks, I don't think I'd be disappointed.
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Rollersnake posted:Fathom (Bally, 1980) 
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Apr 17, 2014 10:26
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I played Orbitor 1 at MGC and you can put me on the "like" side of it. Flipping at a ball and then having no idea of what will happen next reminds me of playing pinball when I was three and I didn't understand aiming or anything. You're just fighting against this very uncooperative piece of machinery and I think that's just great.
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Apr 17, 2014 13:03
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I would totally get a Fathom if I could afford it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smHWrLKsH2Q Unfortunately, the VP recreation that's out right now plays like poo poo.
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Apr 17, 2014 13:11
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Bovineicide posted:I would totally get a Fathom if I could afford it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smHWrLKsH2Q Inlanes and outlanes are reversed?  Edit: this video walkthrough is really good -- I just wish the camera were closer to the playfield.
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prefect posted:Inlanes and outlanes are reversed?
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Beatnik-Filmstar posted:Just played for 90 minutes or so. Really liking the table. Keeping a little sticky note regarding roulette results. Evidence points to random as far as I can tell, but small sample size and all that. I'm surprised to hear you say that - here's me so far (iPad TPA) : 328 Red Win 592 Black Lose 1208 Black Win 490 Black Win 1377 Black Win 5 - 4W 1L 2250 Black Win 1500 Red Win 1250 Black Lose 2000 Black Lose 550 Red Win 10 - 7W 3L 440 Red Win 795 Red Lose 931 Black Win 916 Black Win 1250 Black Win 15 - 11W 4L 1000 Black Win 125 Black Win 180 Red Win 764 Red Win 25 Black Win 20 -16W 4L 165 Black Win 380 Black Win 250 Black Win 1500 Black Win 1000 Black Win 25 - 21W 4L 2000 Black Win 500 Red Win
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Same Great Paste posted:I'm surprised to hear you say that - here's me so far (iPad TPA) : Go buy lottery tickets or something. Was going to collect 100 before tabulating, but as a counter example.... I've played roulette 30 times since keeping track - every time I could I think. I went 16 wins 14 losses for those 30 games. 2-1 when betting over a billion at least. Would find it just hilarious if farsite managed to make the odds different based on platform. Same Great Paste posted:Either I'm super lucky or something else is up here. Farsight being :farsight: would not be the least likely explanation. Making their cross-platform leaderboards that much more ridiculous as well. Does seem to me that the friends boards are being a bit better lately though. Going to continue to write down notes until I get to 100. Bovineicide posted:Speaking of Who Dunnit, how the hell do you get the super skill shot? I have no idea where the sweet spot is for the soft plunge. I guess I could try exploiting the three switches trick until I get it. I come sorta close to getting it consistently, but have trouble releasing the right analog stick on my gamepad the same way each time - making it all a moot point. Tony Phillips fucked around with this message at 19:01 on Apr 17, 2014 |
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Beatnik-Filmstar posted:Go buy lottery tickets or something. Was going to collect 100 before tabulating, but as a counter example.... Either I'm super lucky or something else is up here. Farsight being :farsight: would not be the least likely explanation. I'm still going all the way to 100 to make this remotely valid, but the way things have gone so far are in line with what I've been getting off my wheel the whole time. Really surprised that you're so close to 50%.
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Doesn't their emulator load the same state of the ROM every time you start the game? I'd imagine that's why I keep getting Trixie as the killer like all the time  Speaking of Who Dunnit, how the hell do you get the super skill shot? I have no idea where the sweet spot is for the soft plunge. I guess I could try exploiting the three switches trick until I get it. prefect posted:Inlanes and outlanes are reversed? Yeah, there's only so much they can do with the camera for these videos outside of just showing the playfield in portrait. I think their 3-camera setup is a pretty good compromise. By the way, this is a pretty extensive documented restoration of a water-damaged Fathom (  ) if anyone's interested. http://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/pmd-%E2%80%93-fathom-restoration-let-the-spending-begin
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Rollersnake posted:I've been browsing IPDB for the first time and thought I'd post some tables I found interesting. Played one in Orlando. It's more like fighting a pinball table than playing one. I preferred the Guns N' Roses that was next to it.
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While it's a gimmick, it's a HUGE gimmick. Quite possibly the largest pinball table ever built. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HxZVj664jE
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From last night's episode of "The Americans." (For those that don't know - a show following some Russian spies that takes place in the early 1980's - currently in mid 1982.) FBI guy meets Russian guy at a bowling alley. Russian guy is busy.  (The audio being played was definitely not Firepower. My insistence in pointing this out definitely did not impress my girlfriend. A bit later you can see two more unidentified tables to his right. Another few seconds later and you get this.  My nerd level was sadly not high enough to immediately know that "Laser Cue" wasn't actually released until February 1984. I will be informing the SO when she gets home.
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I'm actually kind of impressed that someone went to the effort of rounding up some early 80s pinball tables.
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Spotting pinball machines and arcade games in movies and TV is always fun. Starting up a database like this one might be cool. I just started watching The Wire for the first time and there's a Whirlwind machine in episode 5. Also just watched The Straight Story recently and there's an out-of-focus machine in the background of a bar near the end, I forgot to get a screenshot.
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Discount Viscount posted:Spotting pinball machines and arcade games in movies and TV is always fun. Not for Jodie Foster. Edit - there's a site for movie sightings already. http://www.pingeek.com/film/film.htm and TV it seems http://www.pingeek.com/tv/tv.htm Tony Phillips fucked around with this message at 00:05 on Apr 18, 2014 |
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Apr 17, 2014 23:54
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I forgot they used to give out pinball machines on Price is Right a lot. I also watch Bar Rescue and you can spot a lot of machines in the bars. Saw a couple Sopranos in there.
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Apr 18, 2014 00:24
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Mr Bungle used a bunch of voice clips from Cyclone in their song Carousel. http://www.whosampled.com/sample/209418/Mr.-Bungle-Carousel-Williams-Electronics-Cyclone-Sound-Effects/
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Beatnik-Filmstar posted:Not for Jodie Foster.  quote:Edit - there's a site for movie sightings already. Ahh, cool. I just did a cursory search and didn't see anything.
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For me 'Black Rose' will always be that pinball machine from 'The Stand' tv-series.
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Game Center CX had an episode where one of the arcades in their arcade touring segment had The Getaway. Pinball in Japan is kind of a rare thing so that was a nice surprise to me.
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I just got farsited so bad on Twilight Zone, but somehow it worked for me. Made my way to lost in the zone, but after it timed out there were two balls in the plunger for some reason. Then it kicked out a third that I was supposed to launch. Tried the attendant call but after going through the countdown it acted like things were good. Tried to launch a single ball. Accidentally launched two. Free multiball? Sure, except it counted as a drain when one of them was lost. And of course, it never left the plunger camera angle. This continued throughout the entire rest of the game. Very careful ball launching, and playing from my new favorite angle:  Unorthodox, but the angle worked well for me. Ended up getting back to lost in the zone a second time. (Frantically launching everything didn't help with the situation.) Managed a new high score at 2.4 billion and even picked on of my remaining wizard goals. (#2 - the super power ball jackpot whatever the heck.) Edit - more or less the same thing just happened. Played some more trying for the last wizard goal I need. Got to Lost in the Zone and the game just shits the bed hard. Thanks, farsite. It's not a popular table or anything. And checking their forums - people have been talking about this error for over a year. Awesome. Tony Phillips fucked around with this message at 19:29 on Apr 18, 2014 |
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Galaga Galaxian posted:And how did the Kacho do at pinball?
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I sent the kacho a postcard with a picture of this amazing pinball and arcade game museum in Aichi I frequent and suggested he stop by the next time they do a cross-country trip. They usually stick pretty close to home though, so I doubt they'll ever make it.
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Never mind I was wrong and stupid. Ignore this.
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I can not score for poo poo tonight on any of my machines. I did at least encounter a new problem and got to troubleshoot and fix it so it wasn't a total waste of time. If a flipper starts doing its best machine gun impression then the low power winding on the solenoid has probably poo poo the bed. If you're lucky the break is at the lug and can be resoldered. I was not lucky but have about half a dozen of the correct flipper coils in stock so back in business and ready to put up some more terrible scores.
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I spent multiple dollars of U.S. currency on Addams Family this morning, and I cursed the name of Pat Lawlor every time the ball went down an outlane or straight down the middle.  (I still had fun.  )
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Zeether posted:He didn't play it, sadly. There was an episode where he played an EM machine with the owner of the arcade, with them each controlling one flipper. I think The Getaway was in that same episode. He also played Lethal Weapon 3 in another episode
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Luigi Thirty posted:Played one in Orlando. It's more like fighting a pinball table than playing one. I preferred the Guns N' Roses that was next to it. I played Orbital at the Pinball Hall of Fame in Vegas. Cool to play once, from a technical standpoint it's a crappy table.
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Just got my best score ever in AFM in PA, 14.7 billion. I lit every objective except for Super Jackpot. I used to struggle with the 5-way combo, but I can pull that off now. But I don't think I've EVER hit that Super Jackpot.
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Super Jackpot is the hardest for me as well, not because it's really hard but I always get nervous when it's lit and then fail to hit the shot and lose all the balls.  5x Combo just tends to come by itself after a while, it's rarely something I have to focus deliberately on.
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Squashy Nipples posted:Just got my best score ever in AFM in PA, 14.7 billion. I lit every objective except for Super Jackpot. I used to struggle with the 5-way combo, but I can pull that off now. Keep in mind that the flashing super jackpot lane will stay lit for a surprising amount of time after you lose the multiball. If you have a ball stalled on a flipper and the lane you want is about to light you may still have a shot at it even if you lose your other balls. It's definitely the hardest of the standard goals, but you'll get it. The drat billion point hurry up wizard goal on the other hand..... Ugh. Collateral Damage posted:That one's not too tricky. I always try to go for it when playing AFM just because it feels so satisfying to get that billion + TA. I'm the opposite. Once I got the goal, I've never tried again. A billion point hurry up is nice, but on a table where a billion points isn't that big a thing - too much effort. Tony Phillips fucked around with this message at 18:31 on Apr 20, 2014 |
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That one's not too tricky. I always try to go for it when playing AFM just because it feels so satisfying to get that billion + TA. The hurryup countdown resets for each additional hurryup you start, so you have something like 10-15 seconds for each shot after the first, just make sure you only have one shot remaining on each first, and never shoot a loop or ramp for super skillshot (take the shield super skillshot if it's up, otherwise don't bother with super skillshot). You don't even need to hit the saucer after the fourth shot, you automatically get the billion hurryup when TA starts.
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A quick one. Why is lighting non existent in PA? Is this an issue across all versions / tables? Has Farsight commented on the issue or they are farsighting?
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Nellistos posted:A quick one. I assume because the mobile version takes precedence over all the other versions, and it probably can't handle lighting so no other version gets it either. But supposedly once the PS4 version is out and/or gets the new lighting system implemented we'll see an update for PC.
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Thank you. Is good to hear that is planned.
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Farsight's focusing on an XBONE port at the moment, so the PC DX11 update's been delayed for god knows how long.
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Xbone port? God... Just read about how they are 50% percent towards the implementation of the lighting system. It would be better if their engine supported that from scratch and have it disabled until they decide to go all out on PS4. I doubt the xbone will be able to handle the lighting at 60 fps considering how peggle performs so I guess no progress will be made on this part during development on the bone port. Sometimes I think what if..zen team had the licenses. Nellistos fucked around with this message at 20:48 on Apr 20, 2014 |
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