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<blockquote data-quote="Crawley" data-source="post: 258237" data-attributes="member: 2300"><p>So the Midwest Gaming Classic happened this weekend in Brookfield Wisconsin. This is an expo that focuses on old arcade games, pinball, and video games/computers. But there's plenty of additional stuff to do there. You can read my previous year recaps below:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://2015" target="_blank">http://digitalpinballfans.com/showthread.php/9984-Midwest-Gaming-Classic-2015-(Image-Heavy)</a></p><p><a href="http://2016" target="_blank">http://digitalpinballfans.com/showthread.php/10934-Midwest-Gaming-Classic-2016-(Brookfield-WI)</a></p><p></p><p>I'll try and keep this year relatively short so lets start with Houdini.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://s19.photobucket.com/user/Grugle/media/Midwest%20Gaming%20Classic%202017/IMG_1379.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b151/Grugle/Midwest%20Gaming%20Classic%202017/IMG_1379.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>This game, or rather the company American Pinball, has been going through a bit of controversy about taking peoples pre-purchase money and not delivering games. For their game Magic Girl people plunked down a couple grand, the tables were not shipping after years of waiting, and they announced Houdini during that time. Magic Girl did recently get a limited release but it's a pretty incomplete game. Houdini has some additional controversy to it where they ended up changing the name of the table and I believe the layout.</p><p></p><p>So here it is at MGC. </p><p></p><p>I watched a few games and played one myself although it was over pretty quick. They had the game set up for 2-ball only play "to move the line". But after playing it I wonder if it was done to keep people from noticing there isn't much too the table. With tables like Pinball Magic and Theatre of Magic there are all these crazy toys and tricks with magnets the table does. So you would expect another table that deals with magicians would be pretty crazy too. Nope. Didn't see anything like that on this table. Was pretty much start a mission and make a lane/ramp shot or hit some targets. All the toys on the table were just for looks. </p><p></p><p>That said the table does look great. Some lovely LED lighting on there. Houdini's green glowing eyes are pretty neat at the center of the table. And the artwork is pretty decent. </p><p></p><p>But the video that plays on the monitor art is pretty generic and a bit uninspired. Same with the voice overs. And I'm not sure about the call outs. They're very detailed in explaining what you need to do. So that's good that you know what to do but bad that they're talking to you for quite a long time explaining what to do. </p><p></p><p>But it's a work in progress which is also why my game was so short as one ball that went down a habit trail rolled off it, went behind a toy, and right into an outlane. </p><p></p><p>I do have a video that for some reason won't post to photobucket at the moment. Will keep trying to see if I can post that as it gives a good idea of what the table looks like in action.</p><p></p><p>Should also mention in the picture, the guy to the right, I believe is the creator of the table Total Annihilation which Spooky Pinball just picked up to build in limited amounts - will talk about the table in a bit.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Crawley, post: 258237, member: 2300"] So the Midwest Gaming Classic happened this weekend in Brookfield Wisconsin. This is an expo that focuses on old arcade games, pinball, and video games/computers. But there's plenty of additional stuff to do there. You can read my previous year recaps below: [URL="2015"]http://digitalpinballfans.com/showthread.php/9984-Midwest-Gaming-Classic-2015-(Image-Heavy)[/URL] [URL="2016"]http://digitalpinballfans.com/showthread.php/10934-Midwest-Gaming-Classic-2016-(Brookfield-WI)[/URL] I'll try and keep this year relatively short so lets start with Houdini. [URL=http://s19.photobucket.com/user/Grugle/media/Midwest%20Gaming%20Classic%202017/IMG_1379.jpg.html][IMG]http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b151/Grugle/Midwest%20Gaming%20Classic%202017/IMG_1379.jpg[/IMG][/URL] This game, or rather the company American Pinball, has been going through a bit of controversy about taking peoples pre-purchase money and not delivering games. For their game Magic Girl people plunked down a couple grand, the tables were not shipping after years of waiting, and they announced Houdini during that time. Magic Girl did recently get a limited release but it's a pretty incomplete game. Houdini has some additional controversy to it where they ended up changing the name of the table and I believe the layout. So here it is at MGC. I watched a few games and played one myself although it was over pretty quick. They had the game set up for 2-ball only play "to move the line". But after playing it I wonder if it was done to keep people from noticing there isn't much too the table. With tables like Pinball Magic and Theatre of Magic there are all these crazy toys and tricks with magnets the table does. So you would expect another table that deals with magicians would be pretty crazy too. Nope. Didn't see anything like that on this table. Was pretty much start a mission and make a lane/ramp shot or hit some targets. All the toys on the table were just for looks. That said the table does look great. Some lovely LED lighting on there. Houdini's green glowing eyes are pretty neat at the center of the table. And the artwork is pretty decent. But the video that plays on the monitor art is pretty generic and a bit uninspired. Same with the voice overs. And I'm not sure about the call outs. They're very detailed in explaining what you need to do. So that's good that you know what to do but bad that they're talking to you for quite a long time explaining what to do. But it's a work in progress which is also why my game was so short as one ball that went down a habit trail rolled off it, went behind a toy, and right into an outlane. I do have a video that for some reason won't post to photobucket at the moment. Will keep trying to see if I can post that as it gives a good idea of what the table looks like in action. Should also mention in the picture, the guy to the right, I believe is the creator of the table Total Annihilation which Spooky Pinball just picked up to build in limited amounts - will talk about the table in a bit. [/QUOTE]
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