you fags talk about literally everything other than the grandfather of video games.I would argue pinball machines aged much better than most early video games did, and I think they're much more fun.What's your favorite table? What are you playing on and what tables are you trying?My favorite table by far is cyclone. I love the amusement park theme and sound effects/music. Reminds me off going to theme parks with my parents when I was young. Mainly playing that and some other "simple" tables like pinbot on vpx.
have any of y'all ever played in a tournament?
this is what the local bar has on the floor right now. They're all limited editions where applicable. Most are $0.75 per game. $1.00 for James Bond 007 (60th Anniversary) because it's ~$20k and slapsThe row of 70s table are $0.50. Target Alpha is the only full EM. The rest have VFDs.Which of these would be your priority?Also hyped for Dungeons & Dragons to get there
>>11514656they closed the arcades and turned them into a JW church and a bar
>>11514656yestrday I went to my brother's town near the coast and there was a small arcade place with Super Mario Bros and Revenge From Mars, $1 for a creditI always liked the SMB pinball, but RFM gets me everytime, it just too soulful. Do anyone have some RFM tips or lore?
>>11514796divide your Revenge From Mars score by ten to compare to other pinballs
>>11514812more like 50 actually
I've started squatting so I can jam my dick in the coin return slot as I play pinball. Fucking the game while you play it actually helps a lot, try it sometime.Simpsons Pinball Party is okay when it isn't bullshit. Fuck that garage door.
My dad had this when I was a kid. I played it constantly. It had the voice of Satan shouting commands at you in crunchy audio
>>11514842https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQtjrvzYupk
>>11514712>Funhouse>Mousin' Around>No Fear>World Cup SoccerI'm a simple man who hates LCD.
>Game over, Indiana Jones!
>>11514868Lmao, wow. The flames match too 0_0
>>11514690no>>11514656my favourite is elvis or bally's gsme show but that's because those are the ones i remember as a kidi don't play enough to make qualified criticism
>>11514886give Bond 60th chance if you ever encounter one. it has only a small LCD under the playfield and mechanical score counter on the backglass, and the most satisfying drop targets. i mistook it for a vintage table the first time i saw it.
>>11515084Well, you're right. It looks interesting, and the spinning hat calls me like TOTAN's magic lamp.Don't the constant chimes become unbearable pretty fast?
>>11515098i don't remember noticing while playing it, but that's also what i'm there fori play some EMs that do nothing else when i'm at Can Can Wonderland for a show
>>11515113but also, i'm less skilled so most of my play time is not spent scoring, just waiting for the ball to return after missed shots and catching/holding it before another
>>11514842I love the artwork on those old pinball machines. It just jumps out at ya.
I have never thought pinball machines should be allowed. It's not a video game.
>>11515146most of them have at least DMDsenthusiasts generally don't put much time into pins older than that because the rulesets are comparatively shallow
i like pinball but theres really not too much to discuss for me. my favorite machine was medieval madness. it was the only pinball machine i would go to the arcade specifically to play. i think around that time there was also the gun game point blank and the shmup raiden 2. god tier games for me. i also have fond memories of terminator 2 pinball. that was one of the more widespread machines
>>11514842helloween wrote a song about thishttps://youtu.be/V-11P0ZMMlM?si=n7Smvn57yd4OMNBv
>>11515191are you too rural to continue playing Medieval Madness?
>>11514656favorite real world Pinball table has to be PinBot as my dad owned one when I was a kid for a couple years
>tfw want to get a pinball machine>tfw looking at the absurd prices for thembrehs...
>>11515146Despite the v in the board letters, the name of the board is actually just "retro games" instead of "retro video games". I'm not saying that to suggest fucking every old game like chess or billiards etc should go under this board, just kind of funny the "video" part isn't explicitly mentioned.I'm glad physical pinball is allowed here though, because yeah, I agree with OP that it really is the true precursor to arcade video games in my mind.
>>11515162they're probably very expensive now but owning baffle ball would be pretty neat
>>11515326I know. It's a never ending rise, and I blame manchildren for paying absurd prices.t. lucky enough to have purchased a couple of machines for ~2000$ six years ago, now they're worth at least double. What the fuck man.
The prices for pinball machines have gotten too expensive. Even unwanted less popular machines that are also restoration projects are going for like 6000 dollars.
>going to play no good gofers at my local bar this afternoon>barman probably hates me since I only buy a coffee or a diabolo and play for one hour>mfwCan't wait :)
Anyone heard of or have any thoughts on the rokr 3d pinball machine? It's a fully functional pinball machine you build yourself. It's expensive but it seems like it would be a fun way to kill a long weekend.
>>11516145Never heard of this. It looks more fun to build than to play.
>>11515326>>11516081you should look into virtual pinball machines if you want something cheaper. The physics on vpx are actually really accurate and close to the real thing, the tables also look very pretty on the highest settings.>>11516145Looks interesting, I'd buy this as a decoration piece though than to actually play it.
>>11516145are there no paint instructions for it?
>>11516171Do those virtual pinball video games support portrait 16:9 screens? Because taking a cheap 50 inch TV and putting it on a stand like a real pinball machine sounds pretty good and would only cost a few hundred dollars
>>11516314>like a real pinball machine
>>11516314they do, and they come with a decent set of visual options if you want to tweak things according to your liking. It's basically an emulator for pinball tables.I mainly play on my pc, but I'd love to make a dedicated pinball setup of my own when I get the time some day.Just look up how to set up vpx on youtube and try it out, it's super easy and a ton of fun.There's also companies that sell you prebuilt setups with the proper stands and everything included if you want to go for something more high end but don't want to make it yourself.
>>11514656Aliens, medieval madness, epic quest, and maybe because I have brain damage I always go back to hurricane even though I only experience pure loathing for this table.
>>11516145>expensiveFor what it is it isn't expensive. Fully working pinball machine with score behind kept by little glowing stars, ramps and bumpers and everything counting points and making noises, satisfying clacking flippers. The coolest toy I ever saw. https://youtu.be/VJwpoSywEoc
>>11516386It looks way sturdier than I thought it would be. Not bad at all for like 200 bucks, looks kind of antique too if you just want to put it in a display. Painting this thing could probably be another fun project.
>>11516407Damn it got pretty expensive I remember seeing it at 130 for Christmas
>>11516386>https://youtu.be/VJwpoSywEoc [>Ball literally got stuck on the flipper at 15 seconds into the videoBuy an ad losers
>>11516447Woah that's crazy that a diy table made of wood with smaller balls than a real flip can get stuck. Retard.
>>11516492Gosh why would anyone buy such a shitty cheap product. I think I speak for many of the potential customers you're trying to native market at, that we'll just save up for the real thing.
>>11515308I enjoy pinbot but I don't play it when I want to relax, the outlanes are brutal. The ball will sometimes just go straight to the outlane before you can even do anything lol. At least in jackbot you'll get another try. Don't remember how bride was, need to check that table out again.>>11516375I know a lot of people hate hurricane, but I don't think the table is that bad. Yeah it's a downgrade from cyclone, but I think it's still playable. Though I may just be biased because I'm a sucker for the circus theme it has. I've seen a lot of people describe it as one of the worst tables lol.
>>11516525I think it's neat and that's why I save videos of it to share it online faggot. Shills aren't browsing obscure back alley threads about niche hobbies to shill one single product you mongoloid they go on tiktok and pay bots to rack in views and get exposure. Fucking retard. >>11516539Maybe the table is better in real life but that one played in fx3 sucks, in fact most hard tables do and I'm getting center drains and gutter all day when trying to play it. And the main argument to criticize this table comes from all the down times and that's not gonna change on a real table I guess. Ferris wheel doesn't give much for how long you wait for the ball to come back down, juggler is even worse all for shitty bonuses or even "absolutely nothing" yeah so great. And the dummy baits you into hitting him only for your ball to fall in the center. So why am I going back to that piece of shit table? Hitting the comet and the hurricane repeatedly is addicting I guess...
>>11516092Turns out it sucked, because the machine is extremely poorly repaired by the operator. The switch in the left ramp (used for the jackpot!) didn't work, neither did the skill shot.Fucking operators!
>>11516605I played a ton of it on pinball arcade instead of fx3, and the table is easier over there because the nudging is more impactful. I haven't really played fx3 for years, but I remember the nudging on there being extremely useless which is basically a death sentence for certain types of tables with bad outlanes or ones that require frequent shots up the center.Give the pinball arcade version a try if you're willing to download a crack or use creamapi to unlock the dlc on the steam version, they stopped selling almost all of their tables because they lost the licenses.I can post the 3 files you need to place in your steam folder to unlock all tables if you want. They just trick the game into thinking you already paid for the dlc tables and let you access them (they already come pre-installed with the game.
>>11516684Thanks but I only play it on switch. You're comforting me when talking about nudging. I thought I was just that bad and it was only my fault I couldn't fight against tables such as hurricane or... White waters. A table where you're as good as dead if you can't nudge.
>>11514690yes
>>11516742no nudging is basically like playing it in a tournament, and people do play differently there depending on the table.For example in fish tales, people will avoid shots towards the boat in the center even though it gives the most points, because it's extremely easy for it to drain. Instead, they'll shoot towards the sides most of the time and also try to get multiball that way.I haven't actually seen how hurricane is played in a tournament, but I imagine they mostly leave that center shot alone and instead try activating clown time by hitting the side targets, and then just spam the ramps over and over until repeating.
>>11516742>>11516876>tfw I can't nudge at allI know I'm only a 60kg twig, but I physically can't shake the damn thing to save a ball.
>>11517157Jews put weights in the legs so you wouldn't move the table too much
>>11516145I see this at MicroCenter and always curious about it.
i think all pinball machines without a dot matrix suck dick
>>11517157if there's no cameras/witnesses, slip a playing card under each front leg and even a child can slide it around
i remember when i was a teen, the arcade market as a whole had already imploded because people could just stay home and play multiplayer haloanyway, a local arcade was closing and liquidating all their shitthe collector market hadnt really become a thing yet, so things were going for just like $400-$500 dollars. like a fuckin fire saleand FUCK ME i loved dumping quarters into their addams family and theatre of magic pinsif only teenaged me had a thousand bucks....
My favorite of all time has to be Road Show. I love everything about it - the theme is unique, great sound and voices, widebody, memorable wizard mode...The only machine I play on site regularly is a TZ in a comics store nearby, I just don't have the time to go to a $20 entry arcade and play machines for hours, as much as I'd love to. I really like all of the Williams machines on FX3. Any Pat Lawlor machine, Space Station, Dr. Dude, MM, AFM are some of my favorites. Even Hurricane is fine, I don't really get the massive hateboner for it.
