Oh yeah and to start the Story Mode, you have to beat the CPU on a rig where your playfield is joined to the CPU's by a giant ramp and you are trying to mess with each other. You can play this vs a human opponent too.
Mind blown.
Each TH has:
Its own mini-playfield sub game
its own multiball modes (irrespective of BH)
certain multiball modes specific to the current BH
its own jackpot conditions
The basics are as follows, not very clearly explained via the in-game rule sheet...
There are 3 top halves (TH) of the Akira pinball table, these are like stages 1-3:
TH1) The Lab
TH2) The A Room (where the 3 telekinetic kids live)
TH3) The Akira dome
Then there are 3 bottom halves (BH) of...
I had never heard of Akira Psycho Ball until yesterday (Nov 2023) lol, despite it being released in both Japan and my native PAL region 20 years ago...
Emulating the PS2 game on my laptop has been very easy, and I've been able to use the additional anti-aliasing options to pleasing effect.
It...
So there are developer patches for 360 games that get delivered from Microsoft, and there are DLC add-ons that are optional.
Are you saying that the access to pro menus was a developer patch, that unlocked pro menu on all the tables you owned that could have one? Or was it delivered as part of...
Thanks so much for coming back on this. The reason I even asked is because the Wikipedia page for TPA shows pro menu upgrades in the 360 column of its cross-platform table guide:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pinball_Arcade
Is that defo fake news then? If so I might edit it out!
steps into the silent message board…
Hi all, if anyone sees this…
I’m trying to find out how the ‘Pro Menu’ updates were delivered to Xbox 360 users, all those years ago.
According to the Wikipedia page on TPA, a number of the tables received these updates on 360 as well as other platforms...
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