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Launch party at Mortimer's! Thanks for the heads up on the Metallica release party. Minneapolis seems to have a lot of good spots for playing tables.
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Family Values posted:It isn't. Atari had a niche making widebody tables, including some ridiculous oversized ones. I think their Hercules is supposed to be the biggest production pinball table. After the novelty wears off, they play pretty boring. As an aside, Minneapolis bis a good city to play pinball in. Mortimers has around 9 Stern tables and a T2, SS Billiards has about 20 machines, and there are maybe 30 or 40 tables at Blainbrook Bowl.
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Jun 10, 2013 18:57
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Niwrad posted:It's weird but I've never played a "bad" machine. I mean I've played ones with maintenance issues, but none that I just couldn't get through because the game was so bad. I'd put both Atari's Hercules and Bally's Orbital as "bad" pinball games. Maybe I just don't get the mechanics. Hercules is just boring, and Orbital is neat to look at, but not all that fun to play.
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Jun 28, 2013 21:22
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Bloody Hedgehog posted:Where is this fantasy land where these "arcades" exist? Depends where you live. When I lived in Wisconsin, the best bet was when Midwest Gaming Classic would roll into town and there'd be a big vendor hall with all the machines set to freeplay. For the rest of the year? Not much, aside from a few oddball places. Here in Minneapolis, we have Blainbrook bowl, which has around 40 machines, Mortimer's with about 8 Stern tables, S.S. Billiards with some 20 machines, and other places with a few tables here and there. It's a good area for pinball, I was loving The Pinball Arcade, but now I just try to make it out to these places once a week and spend too much money. It makes me feel like I'm doing my part to keep the hobby alive.
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Jun 29, 2013 05:10
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Verdugo posted:I'm glad I don't have access to physical Funhouse table because I'd be flat broke in seconds. It's like they put a giant magnet under the flippers that draws the pinball to drain down the middle half the times I play. I found I did well on the physical table, but not so well on the virtual.
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Jul 2, 2013 21:23
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Mr.Trifecta posted:On the fence to sell my X-Men Pro I have. While I love it, I am tempted to sell and just make my own virutal pinball machine and have 100's at my disposal instead of just one. Hmm...decisions decisions. I don't know. Have the virtual pinball tables gotten better? I have an older collection, and a lot of them are blocky/ugly and glitchy.
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Jul 12, 2013 17:39
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insidius posted:
I requested Oculus support on their facebook and they replied today. They said "Maybe someday, not at release however."
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Jul 16, 2013 03:05
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My favorite tavern with pinball in Minneapolis, Mortimers, just got a few new tables. Terminator 2, in beautiful shape with LED lighting, a beautiful Dracula, and Theater Of Magic, which wasn't running and I'm hoping to play soon. I'm also told they're getting a Wizard of Oz soon. I'm not sure how it came to be, but pinball seems to be pretty popular around here.
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Jul 20, 2013 08:41
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cat with hands posted:Ugh, center target bank of doom. Yes, there were a lot of obscenities leveled at the table because of those. However, the "haunted ball" that limped side to side on the playing field more than made up for it.
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Jul 20, 2013 17:14
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Niwrad posted:Plus when it comes to TPA, it feels like they are running out of good tables. There are some still left, but by next year it'll be barren. Heck, I'd rather pitch in for a Kickstarter to have them build a system for Stern games if it meant us getting titles like Metallica, Tron, and Avengers out on the iPad. I know it's complicated, but I think long term it's their best strategy. There are a ton of DMD and pre DMD tables I'd love to see. Many licensed, but also stuff like Junkyard, Police Force, Road Show, Black Knight 2000, Fish Tales, all those William's Rollercoaster tables (Comet, Cyclone, and Hurricane), Fire!, and, well, I'm sure there are others.
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Jul 21, 2013 02:18
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dick wizard posted:Yeah they haven't even begun to burn through the non-licensed stuff like WhoDunnit, Black Rose, Golden Cue, Jackbot (poo poo they've already made the playfield for this with Pinbot), High Roller Casino, Party Zone, etc... and all of those are from the dmd era minus Party Zone. I'm ashamed to say I've only played Jackbot out of those. braden posted:Spent yesterday at SS Billiards in Minnesota, drove over from Eau Claire, WI! Been playing the Rolling Stones machine at the bar near home, the only machine available in town it seems, so this was a treat. Spent most of my time on Medieval Madness and Taxi, so much fun. I've been meaning to make it out to SS Billiards again to try out Oz. The owner gave me a long speech about how he wouldn't be getting Oz because the collectors all own one already and it wouldn't pay to put it on location. That was a pretty fast turnaround. I love playing Taxi, but the one at Billiards is fairly worn. If you feel like making another trip out this way, you really should check out Blainbrook Bowl in northern Minneapolis. They have around 40 machines set-up. Classics too, like Indiana Jones and Funhouse.
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Jul 21, 2013 05:19
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I'm not that good of a pinball player, but Wizard of Oz seems like an easy game to keep going for a long time. Also, they have the "free game" score set ridiculously low. I think they're trying to entrap players, but while everything looks nice, it just doesn't seem that exciting.
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Jul 26, 2013 03:39
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I had to talk myself out of buying a Secret Service table for $750. So cheesy but it's cheap. My main consideration here is that if I get tired of it, I have a feeling I'd have a hard time unloading it on someone else. It's probably a better idea to get something a bit more spendy, but easy to swap or sell if need be.
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Jul 27, 2013 20:30
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Niwrad posted:Had not heard of Secret Service before but it has some cool artwork. Looks a lot like High Speed. Quick glance at previous sales and it seems that $700 is a fair price for it. Probably right though that for a little more you can find an early 90's B/W title or some Stern's from 5-10 years ago that would be easier to flip. Also likely to be a little deeper in terms of gameplay. It plays the music from Mission Impossible and the cabinet's side art looks like James Bond. It's not a deep machine. I was looking at a William's Comet, but the art style and simple playfield are a bit of a turn off. I wouldn't mind something like a Taxi though.
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Jul 27, 2013 23:07
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zoux posted:Whirlwind. Yes. But it's kind of a fun feature.
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Aug 2, 2013 16:16
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There's a Taxi machine near me for sale at $1500. Someone talk me out of it please.
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Aug 3, 2013 20:50
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Authorman posted:If its clean and not a lemon, I will do no such thing. gently caress rent you can sleep under the machine and let Drac and Gorby sing you to sleep. 3 flights of stairs in an apartment and I have concerns about maintaining such a monstrosity. What sort of maintenance will something like this need with home use?
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Aug 3, 2013 21:06
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Yeah, the stairs thing is a pretty big deal. I have a roommate, but, it seems like too much of a hassle. He's willing to help, but there's so much pinball in my area that I should probably be content with how many games $1500 will get me. Many of the machines around me are in good condition, unfortunately the Taxi table at SS Billiards near Minneapolis is in sad shape with a weak flipper and music and sound effects missing part of the time.
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Aug 4, 2013 04:09
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And, this is probably a loaded question, but how often would it need those rubbers and the like changed? Every 1000 games?
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Aug 4, 2013 04:53
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FishBulb posted:Yeah I'm not going to buy it or anything, I love the Simpsons but that table sucks and I dont even like the art on it. I love the art - it reminds me of all the Simpsons' "Don't have a cow man!" merchandise from the early 1990s. I can't vouch much for the gameplay - it didn't seem to be anything special, but I like the look of it at least.
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Aug 4, 2013 21:15
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I have a question for anyone in on the beta testing of The Pinball Arcade on the PC: Does it support vertical 16x9 resolutions? I've just received a 1080P TV that I'd like to make a very basic Virtuapin with. I don't want to get my hopes up too high, but I'm hoping since they support both wide and tallscreen on Android, they'd accommodate PC users as well.
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Sep 2, 2013 23:09
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Clouseau posted:I am so drat happy that the table art isn't photoshopped faces. It always looks bad. This looks nice and clean. Is the only reason for not having a traditional artist do the playfield budgetary? Metallica, even though I don't care at all about the band, is a pretty nice looking table. Hopefully Stern is getting away from the photoshopped faces.
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Sep 10, 2013 20:57
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802.11weed posted:Anyone else going to the ottawa pinball show this weekend? Seems like a really nice lineup so far: My brief list of games I've played and like or games I'd like to try: Diner Elvira and the Party Monsters T2 NBA Fastbreak Rollergames Pinbot Junkyard The Addams Family Jurassic Park Party Zone Dr. Who
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I played Rollergames today. I want to buy Rollergames. I am not going to call it a great game, but it's a fun System 11 game. I worry that the theme music will haunt me until the end of time though, unlike something like the music in Taxi or Fire!, which is kind of soothing. Also have a Fire! that I was considering, but I think if I'm to buy 1 pin, Fire! is probably a poor choice. It's a beautiful game, and I quite enjoy it, but there's also not much to it.
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Sep 15, 2013 03:30
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I keep debating on buying a real table. My big hangup is that I'm on the 3rd floor of my apartment and my lease is up and I might need to move. I'd hate to have to move one twice in a year.
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xarph posted:super mario bros: mushroom world. It's tiny. It's neat looking, but I didn't care so much for it when I played it at Midwest Gaming Classic. Good idea though!
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Bloody Hedgehog posted:While you should definitely buy a real table, you could also build a VPinball cab. Since the size is dictated by the size of screens you purchase, you could build anything from a full-size table to a portable table-top unit. Someone around here was looking to get rid of a Data East Ninja Turtles on the quick to fund his Star Trek table purchase. I know it's not a well loved table, but it's beautiful looking and oozes nostalgia for me. I put a dent in the side bringing it up the stairs, unfortunately. I can have some fun on this for a while. The virtual cab was an option, but I was hoping to score an empty wide body machine on the cheap. I think the real machine should fill the void though. And I have no shortage of machines here in the wild - I have a good 20+ machines with-in walking distance. My arms are tired from bringing it up 3 flights of stairs and I couldn't muster the energy to get it in position or set it up. roffels fucked around with this message at 05:48 on Sep 20, 2013 |
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Shock Trooper posted:But right away I noticed that there's input lag. Someone told me that the lag goes away if you have your keyboard hooked up over a ps/2 connection rather than USB. Seems a little funny to me.
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Sep 20, 2013 05:50
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I need to get it leveled out as my floors are uneven, but hey, there it is. The guy selling it was a pretty cool guy, even followed me home in his pick-up to deliver it. A previous owner put a light fixture behind the topper, which gives it a nice, green glow. 
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I'm not sure, but I haven't seen any photos of them with red coin takers. I don't believe the legs are original - I've only seen them in black before.
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Sep 20, 2013 15:20
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Niwrad posted:On the TMNT, does it have a multiplayer winner mode? I know a lot of Data East tables have them so I'm assuming it does. Something like a 30 second multiball for the winner at the end to add to their score. Just tested this out with my roomie and yes, it does. Unfortunately the autoplunger is a bit goofy and doesn't always get the balls up the lane. Kind of annoying especially if it spends 30 seconds trying to get them going, and then the game is over. I think the manual plunger is dampening the effect of the autoplunger, because if I pull back on the plunger, it launches the other balls without any issue. My other issue is that when I launch a ball, sometimes it triggers a hit on something, denying me a chance to make a skill shot. Not sure what's up with that.
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Sep 21, 2013 07:27
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpzuHF2C7yk Just a little video I made of my Ninja Turtles pinball machine. It's a pretty simple playfield, and it gets a lot of that Data East hate, but it's ok! I mean, it's no Addams Family or Theatre Of Magic, but it feels ok when it's put next to a lot of late 1980s games - the DMD doesn't add much, but it's useful for telling people not to do drugs. And the game is fairly difficult to make proper shots - makes me feel like a pinball amateur. But lord, the problem with buying one machine is now it seems really easy to buy another one. And another. Probably wouldn't be a big problem if I was going to route them. I want to share the pinball love, but that seems like a huge hassle.
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Sep 24, 2013 03:16
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insidius posted:Yes. I started with one. The thing that works in my favor is that I have a ton of great machines nearby. A mere 15-minute/5 minute drive walk brings me to a location that has Theatre of Magic / T2 / Dracula / Addam's Family / Revenge from Mars / and many modern Stern tables. A further 15 minute walk brings me to Indiana Jones and Medieval Madness. And a 25 minute drive brings me to a location with some 40 odd tables, so thankfully I have a lot to keep me busy. No need to have the fancy tables when I can play them on location.
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Sep 24, 2013 04:13
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You should! I consider myself lucky. A combination of playing Pinball Arcade and moving to a place with so many tables on location has really gotten me into the hobby. I am friends with the local operator on facebook, and he pretty much responds to any mechanical issues with his machines with-in a day or two. Nice guy, and keeps his machines working and looking great. I'm not ashamed to say he easily gets at least $30 of mine a week. Or I can go to pinsider legend LTG's (Lloyd) SS Billiards. That man loves to talk pinball.
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Sep 24, 2013 04:50
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I love the DMD look. Hell, the late 80s alpha numeric displays look fine to me. I mean, LCDs are ok and all, and probably cheaper to produce, but eh. It's not offering me anything a PC monitor/smartphone can't already do. Is this the pinball equivalent to preferring real books over an ebook? And I think the Trek table looks boring. Really, most of the Stern tables aren't all that interesting to look at, save for maybe Metallica. They're fun, at least.
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Sep 25, 2013 04:37
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zoux posted:Wait, is that a remake of the table or are they just releasing some with color DMDs?
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Sep 25, 2013 15:21
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Dre2Dee2 posted:"The basement is FULL of wonder!" Yes! It has such a good feel to it. In Hat Magic, after the 3rd of 4th shot to the trunk, the magician's assistant answers the phone, and it has a reference to the Creature from the Black Lagoon table - "MOVE YOUR CAR!" I feel like a nerd catching pinball references. Looked like Junkyard did the same sort of thing by copying The Addams Family Mamushka mode. Any other references like that in games?
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Oct 2, 2013 03:12
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Beatnik-Filmstar posted:
You missed pinball circus on the weekend! Big ol' pinball party. I like SS Billiards but it smells like urine all the time. The owner is a nice guy, but his machines could use some love. Taxi especially. right now, the best place around here to play well maintained tables is Mortimers in Minneapolis. Used to be mostly new games, but he has a lot of good classics in great shape.
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She's a good dog. Blainbrook is good too, but the Mortimer's tables are just great. If I have any issues, I message the operator and he gets things working in a day or two. And they run tournaments at both Mortimer's and Blainbrook. Check it out, it's pretty fun.
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I'm afraid to check pinside. Hopefully this will drive prices down across the board.
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