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<blockquote data-quote="shutyertrap" data-source="post: 26607" data-attributes="member: 134"><p><strong>The 'other' Pinball Arcade that Atari put out</strong></p><p></p><p>So I was digging around my old cd rom games and came across <em>Microsoft Pinball Arcade</em> which was published by Atari.</p><p></p><p>I vaguely remembered owning this, so I through it in and installed it.</p><p></p><p>On the cover of the cd it says "seven tables that made pinball history" but other than that, nothing telling what tables they speak of.</p><p></p><p>After install, I realize it's all Gotlieb tables. Starting to remember why it's been sitting in a drawer uninstalled. Oh well, let's play anyways!</p><p></p><p>Seven tables turn out to be:</p><p></p><p>Baffle Ball (1931)</p><p>Humpty Dumpty (1947)</p><p>Knock Out (1950)</p><p>Slick Chick (1963)</p><p>Spirit of 76 (1976)</p><p>Haunted House (1982)</p><p>Cue Ball Wizard (1992)</p><p></p><p>Wow. I really hope I didn't pay much for this! So I load up Haunted House (cause the first five hold zero interest to me) and right away my love for FarSight has grown exponentially. This has a lower playfield much like Black Hole, but the way they rendered it, it's horribly distracting. I don't even wanna mention the lighting.</p><p></p><p>Next I loaded up Cue Ball, and everything came flooding back to me. It was because of this stupid program I went on the hunt for other pinball and discovered VP. This is the poster child for floaty balls. Sometimes the ball will actually change direction slightly mid playfield! The flipper physics are basically good for about 30 degrees up the middle. There are shots off to the side down low that were impossible to aim for. Talk about unplayable.</p><p></p><p>So yeah, I suddenly recalled how this game pissed me off, that what I really wanted to play was Whirlwind, and I went and did an internet search that eventually landed me at VPForums.com where I found nirvana for a while. I guess I should be grateful to it for that at least!</p><p></p><p>Anyone else remember this pile of steaming crap?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shutyertrap, post: 26607, member: 134"] [b]The 'other' Pinball Arcade that Atari put out[/b] So I was digging around my old cd rom games and came across [I]Microsoft Pinball Arcade[I][/I][/I] which was published by Atari. I vaguely remembered owning this, so I through it in and installed it. On the cover of the cd it says "seven tables that made pinball history" but other than that, nothing telling what tables they speak of. After install, I realize it's all Gotlieb tables. Starting to remember why it's been sitting in a drawer uninstalled. Oh well, let's play anyways! Seven tables turn out to be: Baffle Ball (1931) Humpty Dumpty (1947) Knock Out (1950) Slick Chick (1963) Spirit of 76 (1976) Haunted House (1982) Cue Ball Wizard (1992) Wow. I really hope I didn't pay much for this! So I load up Haunted House (cause the first five hold zero interest to me) and right away my love for FarSight has grown exponentially. This has a lower playfield much like Black Hole, but the way they rendered it, it's horribly distracting. I don't even wanna mention the lighting. Next I loaded up Cue Ball, and everything came flooding back to me. It was because of this stupid program I went on the hunt for other pinball and discovered VP. This is the poster child for floaty balls. Sometimes the ball will actually change direction slightly mid playfield! The flipper physics are basically good for about 30 degrees up the middle. There are shots off to the side down low that were impossible to aim for. Talk about unplayable. So yeah, I suddenly recalled how this game pissed me off, that what I really wanted to play was Whirlwind, and I went and did an internet search that eventually landed me at VPForums.com where I found nirvana for a while. I guess I should be grateful to it for that at least! Anyone else remember this pile of steaming crap? [/QUOTE]
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