Official Twilight Zone News

[Gord Lacey]

I find a lot of the comments on the Kickstarter to be rather hilarious. People are freaking out, and suggesting all these other expensive ideas as incentives. Someone suggested releasing another table to go along with TZ. Umm... they'd still have to license that other table, which increases their costs. If it's a week away, and there's still $10,000 short, then it's time to freak out. This is moving at a good pace as it is.

 

[bavelb]

Incentives are things they give as a token of thanks. Most people are pledging because they want to help get this released, not because of the incentives. People pledge money to PBS because they think helping support PBS is a worthwhile goal, not because they have to have that tote bag.

I think you need to look up the word incentive in the dictionary.

 

[Sean DonCarlos]

I find a lot of the comments on the Kickstarter to be rather hilarious. People are freaking out, and suggesting all these other expensive ideas as incentives. Someone suggested releasing another table to go along with TZ. Umm... they'd still have to license that other table, which increases their costs. If it's a week away, and there's still $10,000 short, then it's time to freak out. This is moving at a good pace as it is.

I'd find the comments more hilarious if the other commenters weren't taking them seriously. I'm semi-seriously praying for another $1000 donation to come in right about now, not because the money is urgently needed - as you said, this kickstarter is moving fine at the moment - but because it would make the doomsayers shut up for a while and stop poisoning the well with their mostly invalid criticisms. (Yes, I know I was hesitant at first - but you'll notice after it reached $20K in 2 days I shut up and got behind it. ) It would be different if they were talking sense and pointing out something actually wrong with the project, but I don't see that happening currently.

The only valid point is that FarSight should probably do another update soon (maybe when $40K is crossed), even if it's nothing more than a brief message of thanks for the support up to this point. If they've already got a TZ onsite, maybe do another 3- or 4-minute video pointing out some of the unique features of TZ and showing a little more gameplay? Obviously anyone who's played a real TZ will know all about it, but the existing video and text doesn't do a very good job explaining why TZ is highly-ranked at IPDB and elsewhere and what makes TZ worth pursuing even with all these licensing costs. To a casual player who's never encountered a real TZ, it looks like just another pinball based on a TV show.

Random aside: Given the bounciness of the current tables with regular "steel" pinballs, is anyone else absolutely terrified at the thought of how the Powerball is going to behave in-game?

 

[Richard B]

One thing I have been wondering - would acquiring a license allow them to recreate other tables using the same license? For instance, if they had the Star Wars license, would they be able to make both Star Wars (Data East, 1992) and Star Wars Trilogy Special Edition (Sega, 1997)? Would getting STTNG make it easier to get 25th Anniversary?

 

[Gord Lacey]

Good question, Richard, and not one that anyone here would be able to answer.

Serenseven, I love the recent comment about special FX balls. Yes, because we need a ball that shoots fire out the back of it like on Back to the Future. Ahhhhhhhh!!

 

[Sean DonCarlos]

I love the recent comment about special FX balls. Yes, because we need a ball that shoots fire out the back of it like on Back to the Future. Ahhhhhhhh!!

I saw that one, and was sorely tempted to leave a comment about setting his balls on fire, but I decided against it.

 

[George Klepacz]

I have never posted Twilight Zone, nor have I watched any videos about it, however I am behind this Kivkstarter and hope we get this done.

 

[brakel]

One thing I have been wondering - would acquiring a license allow them to recreate other tables using the same license? For instance, if they had the Star Wars license, would they be able to make both Star Wars (Data East, 1992) and Star Wars Trilogy Special Edition (Sega, 1997)? Would getting STTNG make it easier to get 25th Anniversary?

It all depends on their licensing agreement.

 

[Bowflex]

Reading about the naysayers is interesting. I look at it as a matter of numbers and percentages. We are only 30% complete with the Kickstarter and 72% to the goal. Look at it from that perspective and I don't believe anyone should be saying negative things about the way things are going.

 

[RetroBlast]

As it stands now

1,402
Backers

$39,933

That means the average donation is $28.48

There is no doubt in my mind the goal will be reached, we are only short 15,067.00 in reaching our 55,000.00 goal.

 

[ND3G]

Just passed $40,000

 

[Dutch Pinball ball]

Impressive, dont you think guys?

I think its was 10 years ago, when i really thaught pinball was dead. But how wrong could i be, pinball is going upwards again. New machines, mnew manufactures, good emulation.

Fantastic.

 

[Void]

Cool site with Kickstarter statistics: http://www.kicktraq.com/projects/1067367405/pinball-arcade-the-twilight-zone/

I think Twilight Zone is safe, and FarSight should make some goal updates about other tables, so we could kill two (or more) birds with one stone.

 

[Richard B]

Cool site with Kickstarter statistics: http://www.kicktraq.com/projects/1067367405/pinball-arcade-the-twilight-zone/

I think Twilight Zone is safe, and FarSight should make some goal updates about other tables, so we could kill two (or more) birds with one stone.

This is good news. Let's not kill the mood with any more negativity.

 

[Crush3d_Turtle]

Update 3 on the Kickstarer page shows that they have now obtained an actual TZ machine. Seems like a great sign for the future of this table.

 

[DarkAkatosh]

As of now it needs $479/day. I think that should be an easy gimme.

 

[Bowflex]

Update 3 on the Kickstarer page shows that they have now obtained an actual TZ machine. Seems like a great sign for the future of this table.

Plus dr dude is right next to it!

 

[Bowflex]

As of now it needs $479/day. I think that should be an easy gimme.

At this point it is unlikely to fail. The bigger question is how much over the goal can it go?

 

[Jeff Strong]

Update 3 on the Kickstarer page shows that they have now obtained an actual TZ machine. Seems like a great sign for the future of this table.

Right on! That's definitely a great sign.

 

[CycOd3liC]

I dropped 100 on it, and I'll do the same for Addams Family.