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Jun 26, 2014 14:00
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Ryuga Death posted:I bought the one cent bundle for Pinball Arcade, it's been pretty enjoyable but I've been really wanting to play some of the tables from Season 1. Is it worth getting? I kind of get the feeling that it won't go any lower, but I'll still wait until the last day; though it's probably already a miracle that farsight bothered to even bother discounting any of their stuff. Season One is the best season of TPA. I like all of them, but if you're going to get any of them, the first season is pretty much all of the big hits that everyone loves. At some point they'll patch it to DX11 which should make it look great, but don't plan on that being soon.
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Jun 26, 2014 14:03
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Next game in TPA is Stern's High Roller Casino.
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Jun 26, 2014 16:32
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Thoughts on the Deadpool Zen game? It looked interesting and the design was appealing. It looks gimmick heavy, which is fine but I was wondering if it got too distracting.
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Jun 26, 2014 20:42
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Domus posted:Wait, what is that last picture of? I see a leaf switch, and a standard arcade button for some reason, but how does it all go together? So right above the leaf switch is this little guy  An RGB LED attached to a small board with some resistors which will then attach to the LED Wiz that will control all my LED lights. http://groovygamegear.com/webstore/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=83&products_id=238 those buttons with the RGB-Drive II Also, I scored an older Midway coin door of off ebay last night for $10! Needs to be cleaned up repainted, but for $10 I couldn't pass it up. 
mattfl fucked around with this message at 23:32 on Jun 26, 2014 |
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Jun 26, 2014 23:29
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Lockback posted:Thoughts on the Deadpool Zen game? It looked interesting and the design was appealing. It looks gimmick heavy, which is fine but I was wondering if it got too distracting. So far, I think it's one of their better tables. It's actually not all that gimmicky. There are a few as there always are, but the gameplay is pretty pinball oriented. A bit more like a real table in terms of sling strength and things being aimed to put you in a bit more danger than is typical for an FX2 table, which I like. I've mostly been playing to complete issues and haven't gotten too much into the other modes and multiballs, but the ones I've started along the way have been mostly normal. I did do the "blind" one where everything goes dark, but aside from the reduced visibility it's still just playing pinball, so I think it works well. I ended up disabling voiceover in the operator menu because Deadpool never really shuts up, but other than that I don't have many complaints.
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Jun 27, 2014 03:29
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breaks posted:So far, I think it's one of their better tables. Which version are you playing on? I ask because the 360 version needs a few tweaks. At least, in my experience it does. The skill shot actually put the ball into play almost directly into the right outlane a few times, and the center target is a 100% SDTM shot. The whole table seems to be falling into that mix of interesting play but bad habits we saw in the very first Marvel pack.
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Jun 27, 2014 04:12
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I'm playing on the PC. The skill shot can drain, but you can nudge it to safety, or the ball saver will help you. The middle shot does return in a dangerous way sometimes, but I haven't had one come back that I thought couldn't be saved. Sometimes a nudge is required, but most of the time just holding up a flipper will get it. If it can't be saved on the 360 it ought to be tweaked a bit. But on the PC at least, I think it puts you in danger pretty often (for a Zen table) but it's fair.
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Jun 27, 2014 06:07
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I really wish there was an option to turn of voice samples, particularly on this Deadpool table. I've even mildly enjoyed some of the comics, but the one-liners he spouts in this game are actually grating to the ears they're so awful. Really terrible, unfunny stuff even upon first listen.
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Jun 28, 2014 10:52
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breaks posted:I ended up disabling voiceover in the operator menu because Deadpool never really shuts up, but other than that I don't have many complaints. There was this.
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Jun 28, 2014 10:55
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petewhitley posted:I really wish there was an option to turn of voice samples, particularly on this Deadpool table. I've even mildly enjoyed some of the comics, but the one-liners he spouts in this game are actually grating to the ears they're so awful. Really terrible, unfunny stuff even upon first listen. It's almost as annoying as the Epic Quest voiceovers. And the giant delay between balls because he's got to act out some little scene at the bottom of the screen -- worse than the soccer table. Not to mention the fake-out it has to do every time at the end of the game, where it pretends you have one more ball. 
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Jun 28, 2014 11:29
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prefect posted:It's almost as annoying as the Epic Quest voiceovers. And the giant delay between balls because he's got to act out some little scene at the bottom of the screen -- worse than the soccer table. Not to mention the fake-out it has to do every time at the end of the game, where it pretends you have one more ball. I tend to turn all sounds off after I play any pinball table in either Zen or TPA a few times and just listen to music while playing. It makes things a lot more enjoyable in a majority of the cases I've found, and sound cues are rarely critical to figuring out what's going on. This isn't really any kind of a real work-around but just figured I'd post in case it helps. e: Except TNG because the voicework and music on that table is just too good.
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Jun 28, 2014 12:59
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Pingiivi posted:There was this. Holy poo poo I didn't even realize that was a thing! A million million thanks. edit: yeah that stupid end-game fake is a goddam waste of time too. Fly Ricky fucked around with this message at 14:52 on Jun 28, 2014 |
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Jun 28, 2014 13:35
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Any one else going to California Extreme in a few weeks? Other than Big Bang Bar, do any other rare tables stand out to check out? I'm not good at knowing which tables I may never see again. http://www.caextreme.org/games2014
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Jun 28, 2014 20:36
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Nurge posted:I tend to turn all sounds off after I play any pinball table in either Zen or TPA a few times and just listen to music while playing. It makes things a lot more enjoyable in a majority of the cases I've found, and sound cues are rarely critical to figuring out what's going on. This isn't really any kind of a real work-around but just figured I'd post in case it helps. I have to mute tables to play well because the music and sound make me panic.
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Jun 28, 2014 20:38
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Smoking Crow posted:I have to mute tables to play well because the music and sound make me panic. That's what hurry-ups are all about. They start counting down a timer and playing dramatic music to make you panic and screw up. 
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Jun 28, 2014 20:49
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prefect posted:That's what hurry-ups are all about. They start counting down a timer and playing dramatic music to make you panic and screw up. GO! RUN! HURRY!
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Jun 28, 2014 20:57
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You guys are weird, one of the things I love about TPA is that I can clearly hear all the sounds.
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Jun 28, 2014 21:07
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Luigi Thirty posted:GO! RUN! HURRY! Use the Atomic Blaster, now! Squashy Nipples posted:You guys are weird, one of the things I love about TPA is that I can clearly hear all the sounds. I don't turn off any of the sounds -- I wouldn't know what the heck was going on without them. (This is more true in TPA than Zen -- Zen likes to have explanations on the display screen so that the ball can drain while you're reading. )
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Jun 28, 2014 21:07
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I bought the one-cent Pinball Arcade pack for Ripley's, but I keep coming back to Black Hole. I haven't spent a lot of time with them before, but something about those pre-dotmatrix tables is oddly compelling. I might sell some Steam cards and get PinBot or something.
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Jun 28, 2014 21:10
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Vonnie D Pinball is running a Kickstarter to produce a machine with an original theme: Pinball Gremlins. The boss idea sounds kinda neat especially for experienced players, but some things like the lights out and reversed flippers bit might turn off casual players: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2065029795/pinball-gremlins-pinball-machine
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Jun 28, 2014 21:13
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One of the weird things about BK2000 is that one of the wheel awards is Hurry-Up but the wheel target ejects to the upper playfield and the hurry up is hitting the ball through the lane to the top playfield so you can never get the full 200,000 from it.
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Jun 28, 2014 21:15
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Ryuga Death posted:I bought the one cent bundle for Pinball Arcade, it's been pretty enjoyable but I've been really wanting to play some of the tables from Season 1. Is it worth getting? I kind of get the feeling that it won't go any lower, but I'll still wait until the last day; though it's probably already a miracle that farsight bothered to discount any of their stuff. Season 1 is probably the best season in terms of quality tables for your buck, season 3 is pretty good and season 2 is mostly garbage with some gems. They probably won't get a further discount but you never know I guess. Edit:I should look at dates before I post
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Jun 28, 2014 21:38
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ImPureAwesome posted:Season 1 is probably the best season in terms of quality tables for your buck, season 3 is pretty good and season 2 is mostly garbage with some gems. They probably won't get a further discount but you never know I guess. Yeah, I'll probably be picking up Season 1 on the final day of the sale. What's going to be in Season 3?
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Jun 28, 2014 21:43
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Billy Gnosis posted:Any one else going to California Extreme in a few weeks? Kingpin - Along with BBB it's a Capcom prototype that was never put into production. 9 were made. Varkon - A pinball disguised as an arcade game. It's got a tiny playfield squeezed into an arcade cabinet. 90 ish were made. Cactus Canyon had a small run (~900 produced) but isn't super rare though it's special in being Williams' last "real" pinball machine. Apart from somewhat unfinished rules it's a good game and you should play it if you haven't. A lot of EM/early SS games are fairly rare nowadays, not because of limited production runs but because so few have survived. So you should at least try most of them.
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Jun 28, 2014 21:44
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I looked at the list and thought the World Series pitch and bat machine was the 1920s one (some still exist and I've played them at shows) but it's the 1960s one.
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Jun 28, 2014 21:54
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Ryuga Death posted:Yeah, I'll probably be picking up Season 1 on the final day of the sale. What's going to be in Season 3? A good chunk of season 3 is out already, but I really enjoy the Williams tables in it
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Jun 28, 2014 21:56
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Billy Gnosis posted:Any one else going to California Extreme in a few weeks? Not going, but from the list I'd check out in the following order: Kingpin - Capcom only 7 in the world, Mark Richies last game, supposed to be really fun Spirit - rare Trudeau Gottlieb, his 2nd game - same era as Black Hole, not seen in the states much Big Juicy Melons - only 4 custom built by Dennis Nordman(Whitewater, Dr Dude) and Greg Freres(Dr Dude, Star Trek) Transporter The Rescue - not many around Jolly Park - by Spinball a european manufacturer Varkon - Stand up pinball, pretty fun if shallow only 90 of them made Whirlwind with Industrial Fan is supposed to be fun to play Barracora and Fathom just for the art packages I'd also check out any early 80's Stern titles that are there, they're a lot of fun, and play some woodrails they're interesting. ReverendHammer posted:Vonnie D Pinball is running a Kickstarter to produce a machine with an original theme: Pinball Gremlins. The boss idea sounds kinda neat especially for experienced players, but some things like the lights out and reversed flippers bit might turn off casual players: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2065029795/pinball-gremlins-pinball-machine Could they be bothered to maybe look at the camera when talking and not reading the script off to the side. It's not a live read, you can record it until you look natural. Pet peeve aside, it's nice they're talking to Oursler, but I'm at a loss on how your supposed to make some of the shots, and how will this be unlicensed? In other news a company called CircusMaximus is going to make Python's Pinball Circus, which looks cool http://www.circusmaximusgames.com and Oursler and Trudeau got interviewed at the Southern Fried Game Expo Trudeau - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWBAvNWmZbA Oursler - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeqQFuAcQak
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Jun 28, 2014 22:03
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MarxCarl posted:Whirlwind with Industrial Fan is supposed to be fun to play Their link just takes you to the Whirlwind ipdb entry. Please tell me that this is a Whirlwind with some crazy over powered fan attached. The standard one creates a nice little breeze. The idea of someone making it so that the fan actually affects your ability to play is just awesome to me. Edit : I should copyright this immediately if that's not what they've already done. 
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Jun 28, 2014 22:21
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Tony Phillips posted:Their link just takes you to the Whirlwind ipdb entry. Please tell me that this is a Whirlwind with some crazy over powered fan attached. The standard one creates a nice little breeze. The idea of someone making it so that the fan actually affects your ability to play is just awesome to me. I look forward to seeing your Earthshaker mod. 
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Jun 28, 2014 22:31
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Tony Phillips posted:Their link just takes you to the Whirlwind ipdb entry. Please tell me that this is a Whirlwind with some crazy over powered fan attached. The standard one creates a nice little breeze. The idea of someone making it so that the fan actually affects your ability to play is just awesome to me. Industrial blower hooked up instead of the original fan  Someone playing it in 2013 - http://vimeo.com/70376617
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Jun 28, 2014 22:51
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Tony Phillips posted:Edit : I should copyright this immediately if that's not what they've already done. MarxCarl posted:Industrial blower hooked up instead of the original fan Man I'd hope the volume on the games around them were cranked up because those would be loud as gently caress.
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Jun 28, 2014 23:05
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MarxCarl posted:Industrial blower hooked up instead of the original fan It's beautiful.
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Jun 28, 2014 23:05
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Whirlwind: XXTREME Edition! Have Whirlwind attached to those hurricane simulators you see every year on the news down South when hurricane season gets into full swing. 
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Jun 29, 2014 17:56
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Tony Phillips posted:Their link just takes you to the Whirlwind ipdb entry. Please tell me that this is a Whirlwind with some crazy over powered fan attached. The standard one creates a nice little breeze. The idea of someone making it so that the fan actually affects your ability to play is just awesome to me. In a similar vein that Earthshaker needs to have all the legs replaced with power drills.
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Jun 29, 2014 18:46
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Don't underestimate the shaker motor in Earthshaker. I played one at a pinball club and holy poo poo that thing SHAKES. There was another person in the room playing on a machine and he could even feel it shaking.
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Jun 29, 2014 21:12
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Lone Goat posted:Last sale had every Pinball FX table except the newest one at the time (Dr Strange?) going down to 75% off as a Flash sale, so DON'T FLIP Today is the last day of the sale and FX never went below 50% so if you don't feel like waiting for the Thanksgiving sale, FLIP.
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Jun 29, 2014 21:21
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I picked up the Season 1 pack of TPA this morning and I've been having so much fun! I love finally being able to play Attack from Mars again.  How's the Plants vs Zombies table for FX2?
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Jun 29, 2014 21:33
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Ryuga Death posted:How's the Plants vs Zombies table for FX2? It's really really terrible. Essentially just the games go on forever and ever and ever and the ruleset is even more boring than a majority of Zen's fare. If you want good PFX2 tables Mars and Fear Itself are probably the best. Some of the newer tables are kind of ok too, but those are my personal favourites for cool rulesets and balanced scoring.
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Jun 29, 2014 22:22
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Busy weekend! So remember the coin door I bought? It looked like crap, a few hours and a dremel with a wire wheel and we now have a nice fresh coin door! I'll get some kinda of sticker to put on it to break up the black a little. It's a really early midway door so maybe I can find a nice midway sticker.  Also, vent holes and fan holes. Main power and computer power buttons.  So that was this weekends worth. I'll order all my fans this week and this weekend build my speaker/dmd panel.
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Jun 29, 2014 22:31
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