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    If FS is after authenticity, why the rule changes?

    And an infuriating sound sample: Marina Sirtis as Counselor Troi saying "I'm sensing you want to continue."
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    How many people own Williams phof

    I own it, but on the Wii, not my XBox. The Wii version doesn't have ToTAN, Medieval Madness or No Good Gofers, and of course the graphics are lower-resolution (though, on the other hand, I like the Wii control scheme a lot). If I'd bought PHoF for the XBox, I might well be less interested in TPA.
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    Favorite video game based table

    Yeah, I remember seeing that and thinking: Space Invaders seems reminiscent of something, but what? WHAT??? ...Jonesy?
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    Hocus Pocus magnets not always working

    Hmm. Does that happen sometimes on the real table?
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    Polygons

    It'd make no sense to use a mesh without solid surfaces; it'd actually be harder than doing it the right way. I interpreted the images in the video to just mean that the objects were represented in the physics model by polyhedra with flat faces, not necessarily as numerous as the polygons in...
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    Dlc packs date release & update info

    I still fire up the XBox 360 version every so often, mostly to play Theatre of Magic, because it's so good on the console. But it'll certainly get more attention when the new tables arrive.
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    If FS is after authenticity, why the rule changes?

    ...Not to mention the high-score lists in the game itself. Do you somehow set up separate high-score lists for separate table settings, disable the high-score list for non-default settings, wipe the list when the settings change, or just let the high scores fall where they may and tell the...
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    If FS is after authenticity, why the rule changes?

    Speaking as a coder, I can actually sympathize with them here. Implementing the operator settings would be easy; the problem is that once you implement something you have to support it, and there are that many more combinations of settings under which the tables have to be tested and debugged...
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    What are your most-wanted tables?

    ...give or take a year, I guess. I'm not sure if the art changed in 1978 or '79.
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    What are your most-wanted tables?

    Could be just for the curiosity value. It's visually anomalous: such an old-fashioned table, yet the backglass art got updated at the last minute to be consistent with the 1979 movie, which is nothing like it in overall style. Only in 1979 could that have happened...
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    Is there a comprehensive list of pinball "firsts"?

    ...aha, I see, the sequence of purchases was Stern->Data East->Sega->Gary Stern.
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    Is there a comprehensive list of pinball "firsts"?

    Hmm, I hadn't realized that the current incarnation of Stern is arguably really Data East.
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    Pinball Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection Table Rebuys?

    I'll likely rebuy most or all of them. On Android, because I want them on my phone. On XBox 360, because they'll be paired in DLC packs with new material (and while I prefer the Wii controller scheme to the XBox, high definition video would be nice).
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    Lookee what I found just 20 mins away!! Oh yeah!!

    I live about half an hour away from Pinball Wizard Arcade in Pelham, NH, which I've heard is an amazing place to play. But I only learned of its existence recently, and I've actually never been there; my family's complete disinterest in pinball means that it probably wouldn't be a place to go...
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    Practitioners of the (Software) Dark Arts, Unite!

    The answer to the first question might be subcultural/generational. Technically inclined nerds who came of age in the 1980s and 1990s often came to an interest in software via videogames. In the Eighties, the golden age of video arcades, that was where you generally found the most impressive...
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    Request General Wish List Thread

    My fondest wish for all tables and platforms is consistently persistent settings. On the consoles, they should be per-user-profile.
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    PS3 DLC Impressions

    I think there's some logic to it: if your regular camera mode is one that zooms and pans when a ball is in the upper part of the playfield, you obviously don't want that to happen during multiball. But it might make more sense to just give every camera a locked sub-mode in that situation...
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    Bug Android Version 1.0.9 Bugs

    When I start TPA, I occasionally just get a black screen on startup and I have to reboot the phone. I assume it's just some kind of low-memory/thrashing condition rather than any bug in TPA; my Sidekick 4G is probably near the low end of the range of devices that are actually capable of running...
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    Official - Creature from the Black Lagoon & Black Knight Are Next Tables

    If we're lucky and Farsight has their act together, the consoles might see them in August. Generally speaking, the Android and iOS versions come out first.
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    The Scoring On This Table Is Terribly Unbalanced

    Generally speaking, with the tables whose score displays have a limited number of digits, TPA and PHoF will still record scores that are too large for the machine's display to handle and cause it to roll over. This is often well within the limits of possibility, though I haven't done it yet...

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