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I didn't like Whirlwind much in the early 90's, but I seem to go to it in TPA when I'm looking for a simple but fast "controlled" game - if you don't keep the ball under control at all times, you're dead. Whirlwind doesn't punish missed shots as much as STTNG, but it's much more unforgiving to...

+1 I am so far very impressed with the options, improvements, and polish you've brought to TPA, Stuart. Many thanks!

...and Riker saying "The Rockford Maneuver! Nicely done."

Well, not a lot of strategy here, but here's what I keep in mind: - The spot targets are useless until you're down to one ball; they don't light the roll-under gates (or score anything?) if you're running two or three balls. - With three balls in play I send two as high as I can and peg the...

Huh? Vertical (up) nudging works great with the touch schemes.

Now THAT is cool. I've often noticed the yellow "Auto-Saved" flashes but never the "Restore Auto-Saved Content" @ lower left. It works! :) But you know what? The Restore button overwrites anything you've got in the window - be forewarned!

Way!

I also dislike "mobile" website versions and always view their Desktop versions (sometimes seen as "View Full Site" down at the bottom of the mobile version's screen). But I do know that changing to the desktop view doesn't affect the timeout. One of you Droidy people tell Squid what notes app...

I don't know the answer to your question, although I used to get "timed out" when writing lengthy posts until I started composing them in Notebooks (great iOS text editor, but whatever stock "notes" app you've got on your phone will work as well), then cutting & pasting them into the forum...

A similar (same?) bug just gave me Wizard Goal #5 without actually hitting 2M points.

Me three! :( Then again, in the past I've received it up to a day behind everyone else... :confused:

Confirmed - iPad4, iOS 6.1.3 I was playing my second game of Flight 2000 when The "Goal 5 Achieved" text appeared. My score at the time was ~250K, but I saw ~2805000 (looks a lot like local high score #1) flash briefly on the score display before the "Goal 5 Achieved" text disappeared. My...

I'm one of the hopelessly (and happily) addicted. When a new TPA pack is released I just buy it. I don't care if I liked the machine IRL or if there may be bugs - I just buy it. I don't play the free demo version, I just buy it. What about you?

I've seen that happen in the past, but it appears to be working okay from here. ...except that I don't see a TPA update. :)

Aggregated Top Ten after 22 voters: rank. Game (total points, change in ranking since 7/5) 1. Attack from Mars (131.88, +0) 2. Medieval Madness (106.88, +0) 3. Monster Bash (84.88, +0) 4. White Water (65.5, +0) 5. Twilight Zone (63.5, +2) 6. Theatre of Magic (61.0, +0) 6. Star Trek (61.0, -1)...

FarSight's making a Jaws original for a stretch goal? :)

That (fairly difficult) shot seems to be about the same difficulty as the previous update to me. I'm about 15% successful from a right flipper trap, 5% successful from a rolling inlane feed (to the right flipper, of course), and maybe 2% successful from an "in-air" flip from the right flipper...

I'm familiar with different bearings and all, but aren't pinballs manufactured *as* pinballs? (another childhood illusion shattered...)

Photo 5's caption: "A worker opens up a box of ball bearings used for a pinball machine at Stern Pinball in Melrose Park, just outside Chicago, Illinois." Uh, ball bearings?? Nice photography though. :)

From this thread: +1, very interesting. Just think - if Stern recreates a TPA original and it doesn't play quite right, will Stern have to change the IRL machine? :eek: