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    Bug Android Version 1.11.0 Bugs

    Device/OS: Jellybean tablet Bug Description: Pausing/resuming entire app causes all solidly lit playfield lights to go dark Steps To Reproduce: 1. Start playing any table 2. Hit the home button to return to the launcher 3. Select Pinball Arcade to resume playing The playfield may initially...
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    Beta 1.11.0

    I just got the release version. Oh, man, Firepower. I think I'm going to be playing this a lot. Firepower was one of my favorite tables in PHoF, and the physics in the TPA version feels more realistic and quite a bit more brutal. In PHoF, you could usually bounce the ball into the upper lock...
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    Flash Gordon

    Yeah, the Queen soundtrack is the greatest thing about that movie, but it was just a bit too early for that to get into the pinball.
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    Dr. Dude Gameplay Video

    A game very much... of its time.
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    Live Catching - Is it possible?

    I wondered about that possibility myself. I'm not sure. It's even possible that the physical mechanics of these advanced flipper techniques hasn't been studied in sufficiently great detail. If it has, it doesn't seem to be online.
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    The Official Latest NEWS And INFORMATION Discussion Thread

    One way to think of it is that that multiball is the table's "wizard mode". Unlike most subsequent multiballs, there isn't a special goal or anything in the multiball mode; you just want to keep those balls in play. But it's the culmination of the table's ruleset, and it's not that easy to get.
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    Space Shuttle.

    Space Shuttle's popularity was, I think, largely because it was a relatively easy game, which drew newbies in who had thirty-second games on most pinballs. I wouldn't expect it to have as much of a draw for highly skilled players. I had fun playing it on PHoF, and didn't hate it, but if you...
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    That first ball sucked. Yeah, restart.

    This page (by a guy who'd apparently just had a conversation with Steve Ritchie) says the match algorithm is pretty elaborate, and indeed depends on a lot of things, including how well you've just done: http://cheaptalk.org/2009/11/17/the-economics-of-pinball/
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    That first ball sucked. Yeah, restart.

    It's not actually 1/10, but I had the impression that the match probability was just something the operator could set. Is there really something more complicated going on?
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    The Official Latest NEWS And INFORMATION Discussion Thread

    ...Firepower is a Steve Ritchie design with programming by Eugene Jarvis, and it strikes me that in some ways this is like a leaner, meaner successor to Atari's Superman, which the two of them also worked on. The layouts resemble each other in some regards, though Firepower isn't a widebody and...
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    The Official Latest NEWS And INFORMATION Discussion Thread

    There's a Firepower at Pinball Wizard in Pelham, NH. Unfortunately, the last time I was there the left flipper started sticking, but they keep the machines in pretty good order, so that may well be fixed. The real thing is a great, brutal game, with the gameplay revolving around those risky...
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    Manhunt in Big Bear?

    Not only that, the cops have been shooting at innocent people's cars by mistake. It's a weird, messed-up situation.
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    Manhunt in Big Bear?

    Is this where Farsight is located? http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2013/02/big-bear-visitors-undeterred-by-ongoing-dorner-manhunt.html Stay safe and best of luck...
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    A VERY dangerous thread!

    Actually, I wasn't so concerned about the table state as about user options for shake, camera positions and HUD displays. It's irritating having to re-set them over and over.
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    A VERY dangerous thread!

    Another request I didn't mention: persistent settings. The general lack of them has been a problem ever since Pinball Hall of Fame.
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    Exactly how are TPA tables easier than the real thing?

    I think this is one of the differences between Star Trek: TNG and some of the other tables. The holes and scoops there don't have quite as much tendency to vacuum up shots that are a little off. It seems considerably more realistic, though I don't know if it's dead accurate.
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    Art needs improvement on Android

    You know, now that several of the other tables on the mobile platforms have gotten some TLC, I think Funhouse is overdue for a makeover. Rudy actually doesn't look bad, but the table art is still very blurry on the upper part of the playfield (it's particularly noticeable on larger screens).
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    Android Version 1.10.1 Discussion And Feedback

    I had to re-download those tables too, on both of my Android devices. It didn't seem like anything had actually changed.
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    If you score over 10 billion . . .

    Ridiculously exaggerated scores actually work well thematically on AfM, though, because that whole table is about ridiculous exaggeration.
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    The Official Latest NEWS And INFORMATION Discussion Thread

    Yeah, though I'm kind of surprised they were sold individually for so long. They're not on XBox, for instance.

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