I'm not against older tables, but is this boring?

[Day]

I'm with the OP almost all the way here.... if i've given anyone the impression i gave crap about BH / Gorgar / BS then i most sincerely apologise.

However Genie..... playing is indeed as boring as watching paint dry, but those gentle warbling noise, i find those deeply soothing; almost soporiphic.

night, night all

 

[pinballchris]

I'm with the OP almost all the way here.... if i've given anyone the impression i gave crap about BH / Gorgar / BS then i most sincerely apologise.

However Genie..... playing is indeed as boring as watching paint dry, but those gentle warbling noise, i find those deeply soothing; almost soporiphic.

night, night all

Can't forget Black Knight either.

 

[tripleplonq]

I like Genie and similar tables. In fact it's on my personal top 3 at the moment. The only thing that bothers me is that Farsight chose to make 5-ball games the default. It adds nothing to the game since progress is not carried over, but averages the scores and makes the game less addictive and more time consuming.

And nudging on the iPad does not work very well, it would be nice to have a setting for accelerometer sensitivity.

 

[spoonman]

it's the clock in twilight zone that drives mine nuts

"Quit playing with the clock!"

 

[night]

Is it me or are the physics strange on this table? The ball movement is slow and unnatural. Such a contradition with AFM. Too bad I had to pay for Genie as well, it's a piece of 'bleeb'.

 

[Sean DonCarlos]

Is it me or are the physics strange on this table? The ball movement is slow and unnatural. Such a contradition with AFM. Too bad I had to pay for Genie as well, it's a piece of 'bleeb'.

EM and late-70s/early-80s SS tables, particularly Gottliebs and Ballys, are quite a bit slower and floatier than later tables. Genie's physics are pretty accurate, to be honest.

 

[Jeff Strong]

EM and late-70s/early-80s SS tables, particularly Gottliebs and Ballys, are quite a bit slower and floatier than later tables. Genie's physics are pretty accurate, to be honest.

+1

 

[Bass Mummy]

Is it me or are the physics strange on this table? The ball movement is slow and unnatural. Such a contradition with AFM. Too bad I had to pay for Genie as well, it's a piece of 'bleeb'.

I thought the same thing at first, then I checked out some videos of people playing Genie. The physics are pretty much spot on and true to the original table.

 

[Clawhammer]

EM and late-70s/early-80s SS tables, particularly Gottliebs and Ballys, are quite a bit slower and floatier than later tables. Genie's physics are pretty accurate, to be honest.

I have a Genie on location near me; the physics in TPA are eerily close to the one I play. I think it may be their best recreation yet, physics-wise, although the table itself is not as strong as some of the others.

 

[night]

Ok, good to know this is normal and not my iPad or something else.

 

[Fritti]

This one?

Or this one? http://hem.bredband.net/molander2/CLOCK.WAV
Or the clock chaos one, that I can't find right now unfortunately?

 

[karl]

I find Genie a lot of fun and challenging. More tables like this will suit me just fine

PS! I am getting really good at alley pass on this table. Try it and see what good it will do ya

 

[xAzatothx]

WTF is going on with the top 2 scores on Genie, unless I'm missing some unknown scoring bug, the scoreboards must have been hacked right?

 

[Sumez]

I tried a Genie last Saturday, and I can confirm that the physics on a real Genie are definitely weird and floaty!
Like most older table, the pitch is pretty low, and the table itself is seriously huge. Also with the flippers being rather far apart, it feels like a random table made for the spectacle with tons of elements all over the playfield, rather than a table designed for actual fun gameplay.

I played one game and left. Maybe it's the kind of table that grows on you, but what little I did see of it definitely didn't speak to me.

 

[Carl Spiby]

I played one game and left. Maybe it's the kind of table that grows on you, but what little I did see of it definitely didn't speak to me.

You'd need Gorgar for that !

 

[Sumez]

I'd play a Gorgar all day, too!

 

[pinballchris]

I love Gorgar, but this table I think does grow on you. Similar to Big Shot where if you have a great game, you keep coming back for more punishment. Maybe I prefer the older games?

 

[ravager]

If you are looking for a fight with your wife, fire up Genie and turn the sound level to it's max.

Oh my God, you hit that one on the head. Dog doesn't like it either.

 

[ravager]

I love Gorgar, but this table I think does grow on you. Similar to Big Shot where if you have a great game, you keep coming back for more punishment. Maybe I prefer the older games?

Agree. I fired up a quick game of Genie while drinking coffee the other day. After multiple, "just one more game" episodes, I looked up at my watch and two hours had passed! TPA is a time sink.

 

[Sumez]

That's how Black Hole feels to me. I keep coming back to that table, but I'm not really enjoying it to be honest.