Chris Stevens

Who loves pinball? I do.
I've spent hours and hours on VPinMAME playing all my favourite old tables,
and wishing that a shinier, nicer, better-physics-ier version were
available.
Not the complete solution by any means (as I notice no Data-East logo, which
cuts out at least 50% of my all time favourite tables), but something lovely
is coming early next year:

http://www.pinballarcade.com/

It seems to be coming out on every imaginable platform as well, which is
nice. I can see myself grabbing the XBLA and iOS versions in a flash. And,
what's more, two of the initial line-up of tables are amongst my top 10
tables ever - 'Tales of the Arabian Nights' and 'Theatre of Magic'. If 'Fish
Tales' and 'The Addams Family' come up in the promised regular DLC, I may
just fall in a heap and die of happiness.

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Chris

GT: SomethingWitty

Hakk

"Chris Stevens" <news@thestevensfamily.plus.com> wrote:
> Who loves pinball? I do.
> I've spent hours and hours on VPinMAME playing all my favourite old tables,
> and wishing that a shinier, nicer, better-physics-ier version were
> available.
> Not the complete solution by any means (as I notice no Data-East logo, which
> cuts out at least 50% of my all time favourite tables), but something lovely
> is coming early next year:
>
> http://www.pinballarcade.com/
>
> It seems to be coming out on every imaginable platform as well, which is
> nice. I can see myself grabbing the XBLA and iOS versions in a flash. And,
> what's more, two of the initial line-up of tables are amongst my top 10
> tables ever - 'Tales of the Arabian Nights' and 'Theatre of Magic'. If 'Fish
> Tales' and 'The Addams Family' come up in the promised regular DLC, I may
> just fall in a heap and die of happiness.

I love the Addams family table, my almost local arcade in Seaburn has it.
Also, Terminator 2, which had absolutely amazing sound.

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deKay

On Fri, 9 Dec 2011, Chris Stevens wrote:

> It seems to be coming out on every imaginable platform as well, which is
> nice. I can see myself grabbing the XBLA and iOS versions in a flash. And,
> what's more, two of the initial line-up of tables are amongst my top 10
> tables ever - 'Tales of the Arabian Nights' and 'Theatre of Magic'. If 'Fish
> Tales' and 'The Addams Family' come up in the promised regular DLC, I may
> just fall in a heap and die of happiness.

3DS version GET!

deKay
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Carl Cross

"Chris Stevens" <news@thestevensfamily.plus.com> wrote:
> Who loves pinball? I do.
> I've spent hours and hours on VPinMAME playing all my favourite old tables,
> and wishing that a shinier, nicer, better-physics-ier version were
> available.
> Not the complete solution by any means (as I notice no Data-East logo, which
> cuts out at least 50% of my all time favourite tables), but something lovely
> is coming early next year:
>
> http://www.pinballarcade.com/
>
> It seems to be coming out on every imaginable platform as well, which is
> nice. I can see myself grabbing the XBLA and iOS versions in a flash. And,
> what's more, two of the initial line-up of tables are amongst my top 10
> tables ever - 'Tales of the Arabian Nights' and 'Theatre of Magic'. If 'Fish
> Tales' and 'The Addams Family' come up in the promised regular DLC, I may
> just fall in a heap and die of happiness.

What are the chances of getting the Star Wars table in the dlc do you
think?

Carl.

Chris Stevens

Carl Cross wrote:
>> Who loves pinball? I do.
>> I've spent hours and hours on VPinMAME playing all my favourite old
>> tables, and wishing that a shinier, nicer, better-physics-ier
>> version were available.
>> Not the complete solution by any means (as I notice no Data-East
>> logo, which cuts out at least 50% of my all time favourite tables),
>> but something lovely is coming early next year:
>>
>> http://www.pinballarcade.com/
>>
>> It seems to be coming out on every imaginable platform as well,
>> which is nice. I can see myself grabbing the XBLA and iOS versions
>> in a flash. And, what's more, two of the initial line-up of tables
>> are amongst my top 10 tables ever - 'Tales of the Arabian Nights'
>> and 'Theatre of Magic'. If 'Fish Tales' and 'The Addams Family' come
>> up in the promised regular DLC, I may just fall in a heap and die of
>> happiness.
>
> What are the chances of getting the Star Wars table in the dlc do you
> think?

At this stage, I would say 'doubtful'. They've splashed the logos of
Williams, Bally, Stern, etc all over the front page but, as I said above, no
sign of a Data East logo.
That also rules out Jurassic Park, Last Action Hero, Indiana Jones (I
think), Lethal Weapon and a lot of the other absolutely essential early 90s
tables. Maybe they will get them signed up in time, especially if the
initial version sells bucketloads, but I've never seen any Data East tables
licensed anywhere before - presumably where the tables were movie licences
(which a lot of the DE tables were), it increases the complexity of
licensing the tables for use in video games...

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Chris

GT: SomethingWitty

Chris Stevens

Chris Stevens wrote:
> That also rules out Jurassic Park, Last Action Hero, Indiana Jones (I
> think), Lethal Weapon and a lot of the other absolutely essential
> early 90s tables.

Bah. Should have checked before posting. Indiana Jones was a Williams table,
so maybe there's some chance of that at least.

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Chris

GT: SomethingWitty

Carl Cross

"Chris Stevens" <news@thestevensfamily.plus.com> wrote:
> Carl Cross wrote:
>>> Who loves pinball? I do.
>>> I've spent hours and hours on VPinMAME playing all my favourite old
>>> tables, and wishing that a shinier, nicer, better-physics-ier
>>> version were available.
>>> Not the complete solution by any means (as I notice no Data-East
>>> logo, which cuts out at least 50% of my all time favourite tables),
>>> but something lovely is coming early next year:
>>>
>>> http://www.pinballarcade.com/
>>>
>>> It seems to be coming out on every imaginable platform as well,
>>> which is nice. I can see myself grabbing the XBLA and iOS versions
>>> in a flash. And, what's more, two of the initial line-up of tables
>>> are amongst my top 10 tables ever - 'Tales of the Arabian Nights'
>>> and 'Theatre of Magic'. If 'Fish Tales' and 'The Addams Family' come
>>> up in the promised regular DLC, I may just fall in a heap and die of
>>> happiness.
>>
>> What are the chances of getting the Star Wars table in the dlc do you
>> think?
>
> At this stage, I would say 'doubtful'. They've splashed the logos of
> Williams, Bally, Stern, etc all over the front page but, as I said above, no
> sign of a Data East logo.
> That also rules out Jurassic Park, Last Action Hero, Indiana Jones (I
> think), Lethal Weapon and a lot of the other absolutely essential early 90s
> tables. Maybe they will get them signed up in time, especially if the
> initial version sells bucketloads, but I've never seen any Data East tables
> licensed anywhere before - presumably where the tables were movie licences
> (which a lot of the DE tables were), it increases the complexity of
> licensing the tables for use in video games...

My only real experience of playing pinball was while working in a pub
between school and university in 1993 or thereabouts.

The ritual after work was a pint or two and a couple of games of pinball.

Out if the tables I remember I'd love versions if Star Wars, Twilight Zone,
Fish Tales (assuming this was the one with the fishing rod launcher) and
the Addams Family complete with cool flipper clicking intro/attract mode.

Bet they're all Data East aren't they?

Carl.