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Finally got paid. TODAY I PITCH IN MY TEN BUCKS! Sorry excited.
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WhiteHowler posted:Counterpoint: Yes, Shaq Ataq loving rules. You shoot the ball off a ramp into a moving basket, it's a lot of fun.
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BiggerJ posted:Sorry to double-post, but where the gently caress did that money actually come from? My mathemacalculatron tells me that the average pledge was almost 94 dollars - dwarfing the previous day's 27.26! Perhaps one or more guys donated a large amount - if a big amount, it won't be a complete disaster, but it won't be cool. All of that came in within like 2 hours so probably a giant pledge. Also dunno if it's old news or not but according to several vpforums posts Farsight's working on Stern SAM emulation which seems to imply we'll get some newer Stern tables at some point, probably Monopoly because I'm guessing the licensing wouldn't be much compared to the rest of their tables. I have no problem with this at all because Monopoly owns.
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If the amount of pledges didn't increase significantly, there might also be lots of people increasing their existing pledge to help reaching the stretch goal. Hopefully they'll make several new kickstarter projects after they release the TZ table, I'd donate again and again to get star trek, indiana jones and the addams family.
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My local Funhouse table has been replaced by an Indianapolis 500. I hope the Xbox DLC comes out soon so I can play hit Rudy in the face some more, but does anybody know if that Indy 500 table is any good?
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As much as it would be great (and easier) to bring back some original pinball machines. It would be hella rad if Pinball Arcade would bring back weird licensed tables like Johnny Mnemonic or The Shadow. Also I dropped $15 on tables for Pinball Arcade and it after exiting the game it doesn't acknowledge I bought any of them. :|
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bucketmouse posted:probably Monopoly Welcome to Pinball Arcade, where you can play tables designed by Pat Lawlor and John Popadiuk, but absolutely no one else.
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Jun 2, 2012 20:21
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Disease posted:Welcome to Pinball Arcade, where you can play tables designed by Pat Lawlor and John Popadiuk, but absolutely no one else. 
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Disease posted:Welcome to Pinball Arcade, where you can play tables designed by Pat Lawlor and John Popadiuk, but absolutely no one else.
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Jun 2, 2012 21:25
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Zip posted:uh and? What's wrong with Lawlor tables? Nothing, but some more variety would be nice.
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Jun 2, 2012 21:42
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I don't like the sound emulation on Black Hole, honestly. It's really low quality and sounds step over themselves and don't start and stop in the right places. The table sounds great in PinMAME but Farsight's sound emulation rips it to pieces.
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Jun 2, 2012 21:46
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I just had an error trying to download Funhouse and CV. I would start the tables and all I saw was the HUD over a grey screen. The only solution was to delete the entire app and re-download everything. Lost all my high scores and wizard goals 
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Jun 2, 2012 22:44
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Groucho Marxist posted:I just had an error trying to download Funhouse and CV. I would start the tables and all I saw was the HUD over a grey screen. The only solution was to delete the entire app and re-download everything. Lost all my high scores and wizard goals Yeah, I've learned to not get too attached to my goals or scores on the Android version. 
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Jun 2, 2012 22:54
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I want this table to make it in to PA. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cgx85BBMH3w
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I want to punch that guy in the mouth and then hit him in the head with a delicious root beer bottle for some reason.
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Teenage Fansub posted:I want this table to make it in to PA. Ok, now I'm going to have to go install this one on my cabinet to check it out.
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Interesting question for you guys: are there any pinball urban legends? Bad luck machines? Scary stories involving anything? I mean for regular arcade machines there's stories like Polybius and then of course regular urban legends about things you can or can't do in gaming. Kind of wondering if there's any pinball equivalent.
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WhiteHowler posted:Counterpoint: Someone get Shaq's attention on Twitter! Let's get this on TPA! For an example of a good Gottlieb DMD table, I submit Stargate. PardonMeHippo fucked around with this message at 07:19 on Jun 4, 2012 |
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Zip posted:Interesting question for you guys: are there any pinball urban legends? Bad luck machines? Scary stories involving anything? I mean for regular arcade machines there's stories like Polybius and then of course regular urban legends about things you can or can't do in gaming. Kind of wondering if there's any pinball equivalent. I think the idea of a ghost communicating through a DMD is the one thing less scary than a haunted N64 cartridge.
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Boxman posted:I think the idea of a ghost communicating through a DMD is the one thing less scary than a haunted N64 cartridge. ...and then a skeletal arm holding a photo of my family popped out from between the flippers and the thing that knocks the cabinet when you get a free game hammered out YOU ARE NEXT in morse code!!!
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I posted this in the Things you just bought thread but thought that it makes sense to post it here too. I just bought 2 pinball machines. #1 - Grand Lizard Not my actual machine but mine is in near perfect condition.  #2 - F-14 Tomcat Also not my actual machine.  These will go next to my Pinbot that is currently torn about for cleaning/repair. I will post some pics of all 3 when I get Pinbot back together and pickup the f-14 in a week or so.
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Regarding urban legends, the only ones I've heard involve weird factory modifications to Twilight Zone machines and have a basis in reality: http://gameroomblog.com/guides/twilight-zone-pinball-prototype-vs-production And why would you want a ghost in a DMD when you could have cthulhu? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrPs9-_5vmc More interesting DMD easter eggs and such here. http://hem.bredband.net/b257182/Cows&Easter.htm
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bucketmouse posted:Regarding urban legends, the only ones I've heard involve weird factory modifications to Twilight Zone machines and have a basis in reality: Just a word of caution on that last easter egg link. My baracuda at work stopped the site... Barracuda Web Filter posted:The Web site you are trying to access has been blocked by the Barracuda Web Filter because it contains the following spyware: Spyware.Exploit.Misc.MU.hem.bredband.net
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Bloody Hedgehog posted:Funhouse had terrible audio even in it's original pinball table release. I was hoping they might be able to get a hold of the original recordings of the actor doing the lines and remaster it, but it looks like they just used the original ROM as is. By the way, the voice actor is Mortal Kombat's Ed Boon.
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So an update just hit for the iOS version of PA that fixes The Black Hole camera bug, as well as adding in a post processing option that just seems to add a grey filter to the game and it makes my new iPad run at a much lower framerate.
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Toady posted:By the way, the voice actor is Mortal Kombat's Ed Boon. One of the writers for Giant Bomb said they asked Boon about voicing Rudy during an interview. His response was something along the lines of "I don't remember how he talks. That was a very long time ago." Maybe he's more proud about Mortal Kombat than kontinuing to be associated with a talking dummy.
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On the same Ed Boon vein, he also did the programming on a lot of machines. Including Black Knight 2000 - in which the voice of the Black Knight is identical to the Mortal Kombat announcer.
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BetterWeirdthanDead posted:One of the writers for Giant Bomb said they asked Boon about voicing Rudy during an interview. He's tweeted about Pinball Arcade's release of Funhouse, so it's not like he doesn't want to be associated with it. I'm willing to bet "not remembering" is a nice way to avoid getting asked to do the voice all the time.
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Gann Jerrod posted:So an update just hit for the iOS version of PA that fixes The Black Hole camera bug, as well as adding in a post processing option that just seems to add a grey filter to the game and it makes my new iPad run at a much lower framerate. Wow, I can't believe they even released that post-processing mode. It's pretty much unplayable even on the new iPad. Also, I hate having to redownload tables every update.
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iopred posted:On the same Ed Boon vein, he also did the programming on a lot of machines. Including Black Knight 2000 - in which the voice of the Black Knight is identical to the Mortal Kombat announcer.
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The Kins posted:That'd be because Steve Ritchie - the designer of the Black Knight tables (and Star Trek TNG!) - was the announcer in MK2 and 3. Surprising amount of pinball in that series' bloodline, to be honest. Well MK was created by Midway, think that accounts for the cross-pollination.
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petewhitley posted:Wow, I can't believe they even released that post-processing mode. It's pretty much unplayable even on the new iPad. That sounds really dumb. What's it supposed to do? Make the table look more like you're playing in a smokey bar? And yeah the redownloading thing is really dumb and it's screwed me over a few times when travelling. 
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petewhitley posted:Wow, I can't believe they even released that post-processing mode. It's pretty much unplayable even on the new iPad. Also, I hate having to redownload tables every update. I don't have a new iPad, is there a video anywhere or anything showing it off? I assumed from the description that it's supposed to be the same lighting that the console versions get, which would be cool. The description also implies that it's very much a "beta" feature though... Ramagamma posted:Well MK was created by Midway, think that accounts for the cross-pollination. also on Theater of Magic if you do something (hold down a flipper when you launch the ball? not sure) it will give you Mortal Kombat cheat codes if you hit a certain ramp
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goferchan posted:I don't have a new iPad, is there a video anywhere or anything showing it off? I assumed from the description that it's supposed to be the same lighting that the console versions get, which would be cool. The description also implies that it's very much a "beta" feature though... Not sure if there's a video (I'm probably the wrong guy to attempt to make one); I appreciate what they're trying to do, the lighting sorta looks better but it does seem like it just has a filter on it as Gann Jerrod said. Definitely not PS3 quality. If you have an iPad 1 and have been playing from day one, the frame rate seems to be worse than the Ripley's table was on the original iPad at release. So yeah, more or less unplayable. They did a good job optimizing Ripley's for older devices though, so here's to hoping they can work some magic on this.
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They did a great job optimizing Ripley's -- it was choppy as poo poo and I resigned myself to never playing it when I downloaded v1.00 of the app on my OG iPad but now it remains smooth even during multiball modes. Also I think that fix coincided with the improved textures they released so it both looked AND ran better. I'm frustrated with the bugs (and worse-- how the hell could they release Medieval Madness without even noticing that two of the game features were inaccessible thanks to Pinball Arcade's control scheme?) that keep popping up but it looks like Farsight is committed to fixing them all promptly. It makes me a little hesitant to recommend the game to everyone but as for me, personally, I'm having enough fun with the tables that I can definitely put up with the occasional weirdness.
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 I just joined the cirqus in Cirqus Voltaire on the iPad Pinball Arcade and got the Party Multiball, where basically everything scores 1,000,000 points and the game locks me in the plunger camera view where I can't move the flippers. Soooo frustrated right now!Edit: Oh look, new update  Could it be that they straightened the CV table a bit? I usually felt that the ball would tend to fall to the right a little, which it looks like it doesn't anymore.
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goferchan posted:I don't have a new iPad, is there a video anywhere or anything showing it off? I assumed from the description that it's supposed to be the same lighting that the console versions get, which would be cool. The description also implies that it's very much a "beta" feature though... I don't see the console's lighting system on my The New iPad. It looks like a subtle gray haze over everything along with a choppy framerate. I'm not sure why they included it since it practically does nothing. quote:also on Theater of Magic if you do something (hold down a flipper when you launch the ball? not sure) it will give you Mortal Kombat cheat codes if you hit a certain ramp Medieval Madness will say "Toasty" and "Fatality" if you hit the right ramp enough times. A big list of pinball easter eggs is here.
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