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I've hit Musée Mécanique every time I've been in San Francisco, but it's not a pinball focus. Went to Emporium the last time, and they had the Stranger Things pinball machine. I can assure you all that if you play it, you will have a good time, no matter how you feel about the Stranger Things franchise.
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Mierenneuker posted:The best pinball machine is I was watching some YT channel of pinball nerds and they were talking about overrated boards, and Twilight Zone was right up there. They were like "yeah when you get serious about buying machines [The Twilight Zone] is always one of the first ones people buy because it looks so cool, and then realize it's just not that good compared to some others."
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Jan 25, 2023 12:14
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I played an X-Men pinball machine once where if you hit a certain spot Magneto captures the ball and a second ball is released that you can use to free it. It was cool.
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Jan 25, 2023 12:16
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My uncle who insisted on looking rich even though he very much was not; had a Centaur pinball machine at his house. My brother and I used to sink hours into that thing everytime we had to go over to his place. Kinda miss playing pinball if I'm honest.
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Jan 25, 2023 14:19
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mind the walrus posted:I was watching some YT channel of pinball nerds and they were talking about overrated boards, and Twilight Zone was right up there. They were like "yeah when you get serious about buying machines [The Twilight Zone] is always one of the first ones people buy because it looks so cool, and then realize it's just not that good compared to some others."
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Hyperlynx posted:Silent scope was fun until it started making you do ordinary shooter crap instead of sniper stuff. Then it got silly. yeah in Silent Scope EX (iirc), the end game gives you a choice between three stages: + MGS-style sneaking mission. You’re still only using a sniper rifle, but from 5 feet away. If you get caught once, game over. + Sniping while hang gliding. + Sniping underwater. All this stuff was badass but I felt like it was impossible to me.
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Jan 25, 2023 14:30
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Smirking_Serpent posted:yeah in Silent Scope EX (iirc), the end game gives you a choice between three stages: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jt7jV9UqjCw I love how the sniper underwater feels/sounds like you're shooting a torpedo.
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FreudianSlippers posted:I played an X-Men pinball machine once where if you hit a certain spot Magneto captures the ball and a second ball is released that you can use to free it. Magnetic effects are some of the coolest things on pin tables. Star Trek has one underneath the USS Vengeance that's a ball lock and initiates multiball (just like your X-Men table; I think this is a pretty common implementation of magnets in the games). Twilight Zone has a minigame in the top left of the field where your paddle buttons control two diverter magnets. The craziest one I've seen is 'the power' on Addams Family; two BIG diverter magnets under the center of the playfield that gently caress with the trajectory of the ball. If you thought pinball was frustrating before, try anticipating where the ball is going to come at you with that poo poo turned on.
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Jan 25, 2023 15:30
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I played a shitload of the adams family pinball game and it had magnets also. Part of my college was at this small school and they had it in their rec room, which meant that me and the student worker in charge of maintenance and I were in a constant battle for highest score on the machine since we were the only people that played it. Great times.
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Jan 25, 2023 15:34
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One time I was playing a pinball machine (I think it might have been Sonic the Hedgehog themed?) and when i hit a certain thing it captured my ball, a little hatch opened in the middle of the table, and a second smaller game of pinball started. I was not prepared!
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Jan 25, 2023 15:37
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Yeah X-Men has two magnets and the Magneto effect is pretty cool. I have my X-Men machine at work right now for play on breaks and it’s been really cool to see the young guys learn the rulesets and develop skills in a format that wasn’t really available in their youth. Best magnet feature is in Bram Stokers Dracula. At the start of Mist Multiball a ball gets drug across the playfield by a magnet on a screw drive underneath the playfield. You have to use your other ball to knock it free which makes every shot worth 10 Mil + another 10 Mil per other multiball running it’s a hell of a rush to get all three running together. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hHxdPw4ambk
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projecthalaxy posted:One time I was playing a pinball machine (I think it might have been Sonic the Hedgehog themed?) and when i hit a certain thing it captured my ball, a little hatch opened in the middle of the table, and a second smaller game of pinball started. I was not prepared! Yeah I had that happen too and then the little pinball table winked at me!
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Warbird posted:The best pinball table ever is Black Knight 2000 and you can gently caress off if you think otherwise. Black Knight can suck a bag of dicks, Defender was the greatest. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88Zs8af_pcw
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projecthalaxy posted:One time I was playing a pinball machine (I think it might have been Sonic the Hedgehog themed?) and when i hit a certain thing it captured my ball, a little hatch opened in the middle of the table, and a second smaller game of pinball started. I was not prepared! did you uncle work for Bally?
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Thanks, Frog Wizard, I needed that.
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Much appreciates, Wizard, but I kinda already share this beach with a shark named Terry on Wednesdays.
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tonedef131 posted:Nah TZ is a pretty incredible game and had the highest BOM of any game made to date when it was manufactured. Even though it had the second biggest run of any table it still commands a $10k+ price tag and there’s a company rumored to be remaking it for a release later this year. The main reason you don’t see them around in public anymore is because they’re and absolute nightmare to keep running correctly due to the high number of playfield toys and overall mechanical complexity. 
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Wait i wasnt done dont goooooo
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Grassy Knowles posted:Much appreciates, Wizard, but I kinda already share this beach with a shark named Terry on Wednesdays. Maybe it's just personal perception, but I feel like Terry has abandoned us. I welcome Frog Wizard, and would like to see more of their favorite places.
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Jan 25, 2023 17:36
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 And the ones that apply to me:  I loving love dad humor.
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personally i just scroll past the bad memes and the three page long conversations about pinball or whatever
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You take away the bad memes and tedious off topic discussion there's been like three pages of content posted n the last ten years
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I deployed "See that giraffe? It's outstanding in its field" on my nieces recently e: VVV Poops Mcgoots posted:Ime going "we needed this rain" is a California thing, not a dad thing Can it be both? (My dad has been keeping enormous weather charts for the last 50 years in the rural NorCal valley where he spent his whole career as the manager of the water district. The valley gets all its water from non-snowpack runoff and the house is on a well) (I have heard this phrase a lot lately) Data Graham has a new favorite as of 18:25 on Jan 25, 2023 |
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dpkg chopra posted:
Ime going "we needed this rain" is a California thing, not a dad thing
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Do people not usually point out horses while they're driving? I would feel rude not acknowledging the horses. Or cows, or goats.
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Stoatbringer posted:Black Knight can suck a bag of dicks, Defender was the greatest. I hear no sick rear end midi bass lines and guitar solos so you’re objectively in the wrong here bucco.
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Poops Mcgoots posted:Ime going "we needed this rain" is a California thing, not a dad thing My dad says it all the time and he's from Toronto. It's a gardening thing in his case (which is itself a classic dad thing)
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Jan 25, 2023 18:32
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I only got 9 out of 20. Need to work on my dadliness
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SpacePig posted:Do people not usually point out horses while they're driving? I would feel rude not acknowledging the horses. Or cows, or goats. The horses can't hear you. And even if they did I'm sure they wouldn't find it rude.
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LifeSunDeath posted:I played a shitload of the adams family pinball game and it had magnets also. Part of my college was at this small school and they had it in their rec room, which meant that me and the student worker in charge of maintenance and I were in a constant battle for highest score on the machine since we were the only people that played it. Great times. My dad owns an Addams Family pinball, though it's been in his garage for years now. All I really remember about playing it was THE MAMUSHKA
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dpkg chopra posted:
I got all of them and also somehow moon moon
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At least quote my post, dang.
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        My mother in law pronounces Spiderman and Batman like the -man in Jewish names like Goldman. Spiderm'n. Same with the "space man" toy when she's playing with the kids.
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dpkg chopra posted:
Who the gently caress doesn't like to point out horses when you pass them? What the gently caress.
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ikanreed posted:Who the gently caress doesn't like to point out horses when you pass them? Hi Dad.
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ikanreed posted:Who the gently caress doesn't like to point out horses when you pass them? Also the correct Dad move during drives through rural areas is to simply exclaim "Oh hay!" when you see bales.
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Yes, it's like a lava lamp.