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<blockquote data-quote="Crawley" data-source="post: 249613" data-attributes="member: 2300"><p><a href="http://s19.photobucket.com/user/Grugle/media/Chicago%20Pinball%20Expo%202016/IMG_1077.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b151/Grugle/Chicago%20Pinball%20Expo%202016/IMG_1077.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>So all three versions of the Batman '66 were on hand at the Expo. They look pretty fantastic. This is Sterns first game using a monitor on the backbox. The monitor shows various clips from the show and cartoon as well as your score. And the lighting on the game looks really good.</p><p></p><p>But that's all they are showing - some lit boxes. You actually couldn't play any of these.</p><p></p><p>So here's a video of the pretty lights: <a href="http://vid19.photobucket.com/albums/b151/Grugle/Chicago%20Pinball%20Expo%202016/IMG_1074.mp4" target="_blank">http://vid19.photobucket.com/albums/b151/Grugle/Chicago Pinball Expo 2016/IMG_1074.mp4</a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://s19.photobucket.com/user/Grugle/media/Chicago%20Pinball%20Expo%202016/IMG_1099.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b151/Grugle/Chicago%20Pinball%20Expo%202016/IMG_1099.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>Moving on. One of the things I like about the Expo is people bring in their home brew projects. There are one off pinball machines, typically using P-Roc to program them. The quality can differ between each of them. But Doom here looks to be one of the higher quality ones. </p><p></p><p><a href="http://s19.photobucket.com/user/Grugle/media/Chicago%20Pinball%20Expo%202016/IMG_1101.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b151/Grugle/Chicago%20Pinball%20Expo%202016/IMG_1101.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>Everything looks to be build from the ground up from the cabinet art, the back box videos, and all the ramps, decals, playfield art, and toys on the table. If this is based on another pinball table design I don't recognize it. </p><p></p><p>Unfortunately when I got around to checking it out it was not working - it couldn't find all the balls to start the game. So I have no idea how it actually plays. </p><p></p><p><a href="http://s19.photobucket.com/user/Grugle/media/Chicago%20Pinball%20Expo%202016/IMG_1065.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b151/Grugle/Chicago%20Pinball%20Expo%202016/IMG_1065.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>But another pretty amazing home brew pinball project is the Buffy the Vampire Slayer table. This has been at the Expo before but this time there were 2 and it looks like its had some additional improvements to it.</p><p></p><p>The table layout itself is using Sword of Fury but all the artwork on the table has been re-done. The video screen on the back box was there before but it looks higher resolution to me. The screen will show your score and videos from the show. I did notice all the call outs now are voice actors rather than the original actors - and the new voice actors were actually pretty good from what I heard.</p><p></p><p>The games were fully playable and seemed complete to me. </p><p></p><p>You can see a short video of the table here: <a href="http://vid19.photobucket.com/albums/b151/Grugle/Chicago%20Pinball%20Expo%202016/IMG_1067.mp4" target="_blank">http://vid19.photobucket.com/albums/b151/Grugle/Chicago Pinball Expo 2016/IMG_1067.mp4</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Crawley, post: 249613, member: 2300"] [URL=http://s19.photobucket.com/user/Grugle/media/Chicago%20Pinball%20Expo%202016/IMG_1077.jpg.html][IMG]http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b151/Grugle/Chicago%20Pinball%20Expo%202016/IMG_1077.jpg[/IMG][/URL] So all three versions of the Batman '66 were on hand at the Expo. They look pretty fantastic. This is Sterns first game using a monitor on the backbox. The monitor shows various clips from the show and cartoon as well as your score. And the lighting on the game looks really good. But that's all they are showing - some lit boxes. You actually couldn't play any of these. So here's a video of the pretty lights: [url]http://vid19.photobucket.com/albums/b151/Grugle/Chicago%20Pinball%20Expo%202016/IMG_1074.mp4[/url] [URL=http://s19.photobucket.com/user/Grugle/media/Chicago%20Pinball%20Expo%202016/IMG_1099.jpg.html][IMG]http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b151/Grugle/Chicago%20Pinball%20Expo%202016/IMG_1099.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Moving on. One of the things I like about the Expo is people bring in their home brew projects. There are one off pinball machines, typically using P-Roc to program them. The quality can differ between each of them. But Doom here looks to be one of the higher quality ones. [URL=http://s19.photobucket.com/user/Grugle/media/Chicago%20Pinball%20Expo%202016/IMG_1101.jpg.html][IMG]http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b151/Grugle/Chicago%20Pinball%20Expo%202016/IMG_1101.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Everything looks to be build from the ground up from the cabinet art, the back box videos, and all the ramps, decals, playfield art, and toys on the table. If this is based on another pinball table design I don't recognize it. Unfortunately when I got around to checking it out it was not working - it couldn't find all the balls to start the game. So I have no idea how it actually plays. [URL=http://s19.photobucket.com/user/Grugle/media/Chicago%20Pinball%20Expo%202016/IMG_1065.jpg.html][IMG]http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b151/Grugle/Chicago%20Pinball%20Expo%202016/IMG_1065.jpg[/IMG][/URL] But another pretty amazing home brew pinball project is the Buffy the Vampire Slayer table. This has been at the Expo before but this time there were 2 and it looks like its had some additional improvements to it. The table layout itself is using Sword of Fury but all the artwork on the table has been re-done. The video screen on the back box was there before but it looks higher resolution to me. The screen will show your score and videos from the show. I did notice all the call outs now are voice actors rather than the original actors - and the new voice actors were actually pretty good from what I heard. The games were fully playable and seemed complete to me. You can see a short video of the table here: [url]http://vid19.photobucket.com/albums/b151/Grugle/Chicago%20Pinball%20Expo%202016/IMG_1067.mp4[/url] [/QUOTE]
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