Request Apollo (1967)

[AtomicDragon]

TPA has done a great job so far.
Apollo is an EM table from 1967. I would love to see this one. It looks simple but it's quite complex. It's a (ehm) blast to play.

 

[Kolchak357]

We could use some more EMs in TPA. That is a beauty. Is it yours?

 

[night]

Is that a little pin table in the backglass, the yellow thing? I try to figure out what it is. Beautiful retro space-theme.

 

[AtomicDragon]

No, it's not mine. I am not so lucky to have the room for it. It is a game a played as a kid at a club my dad belonged to. They always kept it in good running condition.

 

[AtomicDragon]

It is a flipperless extra little pin table. You had to hit the target to light up all of the lights on the rocket. Once you did that the little table would come into play after you ball get drained for extra points.

 

[night]

It is a flipperless extra little pin table. You had to hit the target to light up all of the lights on the rocket. Once you did that the little table would come into play after you ball get drained for extra points.

Very cool.

 

[AtomicDragon]

I meant targets. I can't remember exactly which groups of targets lit the lights on the rocket.

 

[SilverBalls]

Would love this and just about any other EM.

 

[Mick Morry]

We do need more EM's on TPA.

 

[Kolchak357]

We do need more EM's on TPA.

My fear is that if FS decides to go to only one table per month, that we will never see another EM.

 

[AtomicDragon]

There is a Visual Pinball version of this table but it hasn't been updated and it doesn't do the game any justice. Too slow.

 

[night]

What about an Apollo / Apollo 13 pack?

 

[jazzman]

I've played this table a lot and it would be a dream to see this in TPA. Unfortunately, it didn't make it in any of the Polls that were done this year so sadly, Farsight won't think there's any demand for it and it is unlikely that they decide to do it. Quite a shame really.

 

[Zorgwon]

That backglass game makes it harder to program. I already imagine camera switching problems. Centigrade 37 is another one with backglass activity.

EMs anyways: none will come

 

[Espy]

That backglass game makes it harder to program. I already imagine camera switching problems. Centigrade 37 is another one with backglass activity.

EMs anyways: none will come

Not really. I'd imagine it's a single ball game. So when a ball drain is sensed, move the camera to the backglass until the ball drains on there.

Remember there is no software to emulate on EMs so they have much more control when it comes to sensing what is happening on the table.

 

[Kolchak357]

Or they could place it in the corner like the monkey on Central Park.

 

[AtomicDragon]

I don't think the backglass is a problem. It worked out well in Scared Stiff.

 

[AtomicDragon]

I see this exact same table titled as Blast Off. I wonder if that's a title used in overseas versions.

 

[Zorgwon]

I dicovered an EM rating chart at Pinside. Must be new considering the changes of the list since last week. There's almost no similarity to the ipdb chart.

Apollo is now #33.
http://pinside.com/pinball/top-100/em

 

[night]

I dicovered an EM rating chart at Pinside. Must be new considering the changes of the list since last week. There's almost no similarity to the ipdb chart.

Apollo is now #33.
http://pinside.com/pinball/top-100/em

Fun-Fair is on top. Look at that awesome backglass!! http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=965