Official Announcement.

[tenparts]

Would you be willing to let anyone who didn't buy the Pro versions of Williams/Bally tables, but did buy the tables themselves, to have the Pro versions after the license expires?

 

[Sonobe]

I think I'll end my support for this game. I don't blame FS for this, but unfortunately I only care about the Bally/Williams tables. :/

 

[Citizen]

The bigger problem is how this will affect future revenue, which in turn will definitely directly impact how many of those admittedly great tables will even make it into TPA. While it's true there are many Stern and Gottlieb fans, and while, as I'm sure someone will point out, the most played game is reportedly not a WMS game, but I have to believe that losing tables with huge name recognition like TAF, TOTAN, TOM, High Speed 1-2, Funhouse, T2, MM, MB, TZ, STTNG, etc. will drastically decrease their future installbase.

 

[Heretic]

All good things, id suggest we allgot more out of it than we didbad, nothing lasts forever, when ivegot a laptop again maybei can make an auto installing tpa version of visual pinball so all us poor refugees can stillstick together no promisesim likething atm

 

[Kolchak357]

Genesis for Halloween?

 

[Striker]

So can they release Addams Family Gold for anyone willing to pay for it, or is that still just limited to Kickstarter contributors? I didn't learn of TPA until after TAF was released.

 

[midnightclubx]

Since TPA is now going to concentrate on Stern/Gottlieb/"possibly more", and they mentioned season 8 will consist of the Stern Pinball Arcade tables (among other things), I can't help but wonder if this means SPA is effectively dead at this point. >>

 

[Narc0lep5y]

Should I be worried about not having the seasons registered as DLC in steam? I have purchased all seasons except 7 but since 4 and 6 were through the TAF and DW KS it's tied to TPA account and not the Steam account. Same goes for my original purchases of S1 and S2.

if I buy Steam Season DLC as a gift will it be redeemable after June 30?

 

[dave950lam]

If it's any consolation, WMS refused to extend the contract/licenses. FS wanted to keep it going.

 

[Shaneus]

What happens with the Season 7 pack on Steam (and maybe other platforms), given that all the tables haven't been released there? Only two tables are available as a part of S7 on Steam, what happens with the rest (like Banzai Run, Sorcerer, WCS and Fathom)?

 

[McGuirk]

Regardless of who wishes to end the relationship, this is bad. Did the Williams IP holder find a new company to digitize these tables that were already digitized and on the market for years? Do they wish to just never have anyone play their old tables ever again?

 

[Sonobe]

From their Facebook. Pretty much 65% of the game will be gone. :/

"Everyone,
Here's the list of what will no longer be available for purchase after June 30th, 2018. (In no particular order)

1Tales of the Arabian Nights
2Theatre of Magic
3Medieval Madness
4The Machine: Bride of Pin•Bot
5Cirqus Voltaire
6FunHouse
7Gorgar
8Monster Bash
9Black Knight
10Creature from the Black Lagoon
11Elvira and the Party Monsters
12No Good Gofers
13Taxi
14Scared Stiff
15Twilight Zone
16Star Trek: The Next Generation
17Attack from Mars
18Dr. Dude & HIs Excellent Ray
19Firepower
20Cactus Canyon
21Space Shuttle
22White Water
23Centaur Numeric Display
24PIN•BOT
25The Champion Pub
26Whirlwind
27Terminator 2: Judgment Day
28Fish Tales
29Black Rose
30Black Knight 2000
31WHO Dunnit
32High Speed
33Junk Yard
34Diner
35Bram Stoker's Dracula
36The Party Zone
37Earthshaker
38The Addams Family
39Cyclone Alphanumeric Display
40Jack Bot
41Xenon Numeric Display
42Red and Ted's Road Show
43Safe Cracker
44The Getaway: High Speed 2
45F-14 Tomcat
46No Fear: Dangerous Sports
47Judge Dredd
48Fireball
49El Dorado
50Hurricane
51Inianapolis 500
52Eight Ball Deluxe
53Doctor Who
54Swords Of Fury
55Paragon
56Firepower II
57World Champion Soccer
58Fathom Solid
59Spanish Eyes
60Wild Card
61Banzai Run
62Sorcerer"

 

[Gorgar]

But... but El Dorado is a Gottlieb.

And I guess this means Dr. Who Master of Time is staying.

I like how Centaur, Cyclone and Xenon have the display type next to them. They must have copied from Wikipedia.

 

[Citizen]

Al's Garage Band
Big Hurt
Big Shot
Black Hole
Bone Busters Inc.
Cactus Jack's
Centigrade 37
Central Park
Class of 1812
Cue Ball Wizard
El Dorado
El Dorado City of Gold
Flight 2000
Genie
Ghostbusters
Gladiators
Goin' Nuts
Harley-Davidson Third Edition
Haunted House
High Roller Casino
Jacks Open
Last Action Hero
Lights...Camera...Action!
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Phantom of the Opera
Pistol Poker
Rescue 911
Ripley's Believe It or Not!
Starship Troopers
Tee'd Off
TX-Sector
Victory
Wipe Out

Just for fun, there's TPA's lineup to attract new players after June 30th.

 

[NeonKnight]

Looks like the leaker was spot on after all.

 

[shutyertrap]

Looks like the leaker was spot on after all.

The 'leaker', who was a friend of one of the employees there, stopped getting valid info on the goings on once said employee was let go around December or January (not sure of my timeline). So long before anyone at FarSight learned that WMS was not going to renew the contract.

 

[HotHamBoy]

Al's Garage Band
Big Hurt
Big Shot
Black Hole
Bone Busters Inc.
Cactus Jack's
Centigrade 37
Central Park
Class of 1812
Cue Ball Wizard
El Dorado
El Dorado City of Gold
Flight 2000
Genie
Ghostbusters
Gladiators
Goin' Nuts
Harley-Davidson Third Edition
Haunted House
High Roller Casino
Jacks Open
Last Action Hero
Lights...Camera...Action!
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Phantom of the Opera
Pistol Poker
Rescue 911
Ripley's Believe It or Not!
Starship Troopers
Tee'd Off
TX-Sector
Victory
Wipe Out

Just for fun, there's TPA's lineup to attract new players after June 30th.

Brutal.

 

[HotHamBoy]

I'd like to take this time to remind everyone that in the 18 months since Stern Pinball Arcade first launched only ONE new table has been released for it.

 

[Citizen]

I'd like to take this time to remind everyone that in the 18 months since Stern Pinball Arcade first launched only ONE new table has been released for it.

And now the other SPA tables are being moved to TPA in season 8.

 

[shutyertrap]

By the way, our podcast session coming up is gonna be epic. Arrangements are being made to have Bobby King of FarSight on too.