It's Fish Tales!!!!! (and Season 3 discussion)

[Clawhammer]

Well the tilt bob is an adjustable component on any pinball machine. Why FarSight makes it more sensitive on a table like HH that requires the use of nudging more than, say, T2 which has a far less sensitive tilt, is beyond me. A guess may be that ball times were too long with more leeway. I was just pointing out that I thought some of the last tables have been a little too easy to tilt. This mainly affects the mobile platforms because there's no way to gently nudge the machine like in real life. It's all or nothing.

Relating to the thread topic though, this may not be an issue if it's closer to their last Williams pin, T2.

I would assume they are trying to incorporate the realism of tilt warnings, which are absent on early solid states like HH. Still, a HH in real life with a loose tilt can take more nudging than a TZ with a tight tilt, regardless of warnings. The only exception I can think of to this is BSD that basically always allow one hard shove even with a tight tilt. In my opinion, a harder table should have a slighter looser tilt and the tables with long ball times should be more sensitive than they are now.

 

[dtown8532]

I would assume they are trying to incorporate the realism of tilt warnings, which are absent on early solid states like HH. Still, a HH in real life with a loose tilt can take more nudging than a TZ with a tight tilt, regardless of warnings. The only exception I can think of to this is BSD that basically always allow one hard shove even with a tight tilt. In my opinion, a harder table should have a slighter looser tilt and the tables with long ball times should be more sensitive than they are now.

I've yet to own a System 80 Gottlieb so I can't speak to whether or not it makes tilt warning sounds but my Firepower does. It will make the tilt sound twice as a warning. It's the same "brrrrrr" sound as if you're tilting the machine but tilt does not activate until it's moved enough again. It's a selectable setting with the factory being 3 until tilt is activated.

In the end, I'm not going to cry and whine about how tight FarSight programs the tilt on these tables. I just thought the last couple Gottliebs were a little too punishing given the fact that you can't move the table just a little.

 

[Kevlar]

A real one should be turning up at my house this week!

Nice one Carl. I played quite a bit of the FT at Special When Lit on the weekend and really enjoyed it. Will you be sticking with the lightning flippers?

 

[Carl Spiby]

Nice one Carl. I played quite a bit of the FT at Special When Lit on the weekend and really enjoyed it. Will you be sticking with the lightning flippers?

Indeed I will. I know it was designed with full length flippers in mind, but it was shipped with lighting bolt ones, so in my mind, thats how it should be.

(Its another loaner btw)

 

[Kratos3]

What is the significance of the lightning flippers?

 

[Kevlar]

What is the significance of the lightning flippers?

They are slightly shorter than standard flippers. My recently purchased RFM had 1 lightning flipper and 1 standard

 

[Bowflex]

Indeed I will. I know it was designed with full length flippers in mind, but it was shipped with lighting bolt ones, so in my mind, thats how it should be.

(Its another loaner btw)

I wonder how that works in terms of reproducing the table. I know they have stated Williams is strict on duplicating the tables as they are (hence no colored gumballs in Twilight Zone) but since this was something designed into the game, I wonder if they could release it with the original intended flippers or even an option to switch between the two.

 

[Carl Spiby]

Only prototypes had full size bats, so they will have to reproduce it with the lightning bolt ones.

 

[Jutter]

So is FishTales still in beta for android? I can't buy it yet.

 

[netizen]

So is FishTales still in beta for android?

if it is in beta for android, it's a secret this time around

 

[superballs]

So is FishTales still in beta for android? I can't buy it yet.

For the Android Beta, the tables are purchasable as soon as they are in Beta, in fact, you have to purchase them to play past the demo score limit.

 

[Zaphod77]

Game should have lightning flippers. It flows pretty well with them, imho.

Games that were definitely not designed for them.

Dr. Who.
Bram Stoker's Dracula.

Pro mode should have flipper options to change the flippers on all three games.

ALso hurricane i've seen with lightning flippers on location. oddly enough, ti's actually EASIER with them. suddenly the center ramp becomes a complete joke to loop over and over and over and over and over....

 

[Captain B. Zarre]

I'm guessing that they couldn't find normal flippers for the game and put lightning flippers on instead?

 

[danivempire]

They announced the table last week, I hope they will release it for the end of this week and not around the 20 as usual... that way they can get some rest for the holidays and we can play this damn table ^^

 

[netizen]

They announced the table last week, I hope they will release it for the end of this week and not around the 20 as usual... that way they can get some rest for the holidays and we can play this damn table

I hope for my own multi million windfall to sponsor FS to develop the Pinball gameb I want to play

Oh, and I also want to inform the world their tapatalk taglines can be disbabled in the app options

 

[Bowflex]

I hope for my own multi million windfall to sponsor FS to develop the Pinball gameb I want to play

Oh, and I also want to inform the world their tapatalk taglines can be disbabled in the app options

Seriously!!! If I hit any lotto I would basically say what's your price for this table. If it was big enough I would just bankroll them and give them my list. I don't think Indy Jones or Tron would be a challenge anymore.

 

[danivempire]

I hope for my own multi million windfall to sponsor FS to develop the Pinball gameb I want to play

Oh, and I also want to inform the world their tapatalk taglines can be disbabled in the app options

I know I can disable the tag line, I just don't give a f**k ^^

 

[Carl Spiby]

I'm guessing that they couldn't find normal flippers for the game and put lightning flippers on instead?

Not sure if serious...

It was at the request of a German distributor that the bats were swapped for the shorter ones.

 

[Gord Lacey]

I know I can disable the tag line, I just don't give a f**k ^^

As the administrator of the board, I've asked people that install tapa-talk to disable the tag line. Since many were unable/unwilling to do so, any post with the tagline in the message will be unable to be posted to the forum.

 

[netizen]

Not sure if serious...

It was at the request of a German distributor that the bats were swapped for the shorter ones.

podcast 49 here has a great interview w/ Marc Ritchie where he mentions the development of Fish Tales and why Lightning Flippers were used.