Damn this thread! everytime I see it has been updated I jump in holding my breath hoping the next tables have been announced only to be dissapointed once again
Actually, these tables only used ripped images and sound from the original ROM and scripted into the tables.
Brought to you by the letter G...
guys, clearly they are tables selected by someone whose name begins with G, like Gord Lacey
(Please note, I had nothing to do with selecting the next tables, just having some fun.)
Those 3 used full ROM emulation. The other 10 tables were scripted.
My apologies, I figured they were scripted since when you would turn the background music down, the music from the ROM would be silenced, but you can still hear all the other sounds from the ROM. I didn't think this was possible if you were fully emulating the ROM. Also, the music on those three tables seemed to be looped rather than coming from the actual ROM.
Pin Wiz nailed the CV/FH DLC pack. He says the next will be Monster Bash / Gorgar. It fits the "brought to you by the letter "G", since Gorgar obviously starts with "G", and Monster Bash was designed by George Gomez. I hope he's right. Much better than doing more Gottlieb tables.
Announcement coming soon.
Williams better than any Gottlieb? Williams made some of the best out there, but Gottlieb made some excellent tables too, especially some of those from Wayne Neyens and Ed Krynski. PHoF had some good tables, but it was far from the best resprentation of Gottlieb tables. Some of their tables made excellent use of drop targets too, especially stuff like Royal Flush and Jacks Open.
The problem with Gottlieb was that its best known for its output in the EM and early SS era, when it began to progressively lost ground to its rivals, to the point where it was a distant third in the modern era. The modern era (1991-present) is when a majority of the best tables were made, and the era most of us are interested in.
I don't hate Gottlieb, but their ship had more or less sailed before I was even born, and they never really recovered the lost ground afterward. Since I started on mid-90s Williams/Bally machines, even the best of Gottlieb's EMs seem very simplistic (which is not the same as easy!) to me and fail to capture my interest. I appreciate what they were historically, and that they were a necessary step in the evolution of pinball, but that doesn't mean I have to play them!
The problem I have with Gottlieb's 90's stuff is that it always seemed like a pale imitation of a much better Williams/Bally table. Even if it came first. Tee'd off is my prime example. It looks like a bad Caddyshack table that didn't get the license. Compare that to No Good Gofers, which totally captures the vibe of Caddyshack without needing the license. When I went to the Pinball Hall of Fame in Vegas, they had a bunch of Gottlieb tables directly across from Williams tables, so I was really able to compare, go back and forth. It just seemed so painfully obvious the resources weren't there. It's Transformers vs. Go-Bots.
Yea. I'm thinking this one too. Makes sense since we haven't had any DLC of theirs yet. My guess, Victory and (fingers crossed) Haunted House.