The 12 Days of Christmas:

[Nightwing]

Can you point it out if possible?

As much as I want Banzai Run...it is not absolutely confirmed for Season 3.

However,I'm pasting an excerpt from my Banzai Run thread here in this forum. Back in September I asked about BR on the TPA FB page. The response is still there (buried) - but here is the answer that I got:




I decided to bump up my thread about the possibility of my favorite 80's table making it into TPA.
Why,do you ask? Well,I will tell you.

This is why.
I asked this question on TPA's FB page yesterday. Here is that,and the response:

So I see that people here are posting about tables that they would like,(I'm one of them) and I'm glad that FS/TPA is doing a much better job communicating with its fans here on FB.

Anyways,I've asked about two of the three all-time favorite tables - Road Show & The Shadow. (Other than what is already in TPA,of course) So...now is the time to ask if there is a realistic chance for my #1...

Is there any way that Banzai Run can make it into TPA? Aside from being the table that finally hooked me into loving pinball - it has,IMO - significant historical value attached to it,with BR being Pat Lawlor's 1st designed table,as well as the first (only?) backglass playable playfield. Besides,it's fun!...

The Pinball Arcade: Definitely on our radar... perhaps in the next season pack at some point, but we're not sure ourselves yet.


So there is a really good chance that Banzai Run is coming! However,it isn't set in stone....

 

[Mick Morry]

Perhaps a picture is needed here.

Love it! Good one Bro. Still laughing.

 

[Gord Lacey]

I expect the discussion on the new UI to continue, so to keep it from dominating this thread I've moved everything here:
http://digitalpinballfans.com/showthread.php/6856-New-UI-Discussion

Please use the new thread for any UI discussion.

 

[jbejarano]

So, I imagine that the three new tables that were mentioned in the welcome screen of the Beta Season 3 will probably be one of the "12 Days" announcements (not a well-kept secret, but still exciting news). I wonder if any other Season 3 tables will be announced as part of "12 Days" (fingers crossed for High Speed).

 

[Kratos3]

No, BK and BK2K are actually very different games. HS and HS2 have very similar layouts, except for the supercharger ramp.

BK2K is far, far better than BK, IMO.

 

[MegaDrive (Mark Wyda)]

First four tables, three are DMD games Damnit, I want my High Speed! They'd better not skimp on any of the 80s alpha-numeric classics in lieu of newer games this season (especially with fewer games available in general).

Sucks that BK2K is one of the games they're doing rather than something completely different from what they've already done. Isn't it fairly similar to BK in the way that HS2 is similar to HS?

Black Knight 2000 is about as close to the original Black Knight as Haunted House is to Black Hole. You catch my drift? Besides the name, they are completely different. They each have a magna save and an upper playfield, that's about where the similarities end.

In fact I'd argue Sorcerer is closer in gameplay to Black Knight than 2000.

 

[infernogott]

Day 4 = Day 1

 

[Bowflex]

Day 4: tpa has been released for ps4. Apparently the purchasing interface is a bit "awkward" and you have to go to some separate area to find the discount tables for those that are entitled to the discount.

 

[Fungi]

What's a "Colly Bird"?

 

[jkonami]

What's a "Colly Bird"?

Regular ol' blackbirds, according to Google! The word colly apparently means "coal-like," so there ya have it!

Today was the worst day so far.

 

[jaredmorgs]

Regular ol' blackbirds, according to Google! The word colly apparently means "coal-like," so there ya have it!

Today was the worst day so far.

Learned something today...

 

[Bowflex]

Day 4 = Day 1

The point of the 12 days is to release info people don't already know. Today's announcement was old news rehashed. Plus apparently there is some controversy that you must own the pro versions on ps3 to get the discount on the ps4 pro season 1. This is apparently contrary to the earlier released info.

 

[jbejarano]

Day 4 = Day 1

Twelve days in a row is a lot to fill with interesting news about a single video game, even one as diverse, multi-faceted and closely followed as The Pinball Arcade.

 

[SKILL_SHOT]

Humbug!

 

[brakel]

It doesn't magically coincide with December that they have 12 previously unannounced fabulous bits of info for us. It's just something fun that they do every year. Just have fun with it.

 

[MontanaFrank]

What's a "Colly Bird"?

Regular ol' blackbirds, according to Google! The word colly apparently means "coal-like," so there ya have it!

Today was the worst day so far.

Until today, all my life I thought the fourth day of Christmas was -- Four Calling Birds -- Never read the lyrics before today.

 

[brakel]

Until today, all my life I thought the fourth day of Christmas was -- Four Calling Birds -- Never read the lyrics before today.

Me too!

The 1780 version has "four colly birds" -- "colly" being a regional English expression for "black".[18] This wording must have been opaque to many even in the nineteenth century: "canary birds", "colour'd birds", "curley birds", and "corley birds" are found in its place. Frederic Austin's 1909 version, which introduced the now-standard melody, also altered the fourth day's gift to four calling birds, and this variant has become the most popular.

 

[Fungi]

And now I know, and knowing's half the battle.

 

[brakel]

Looking into it further while "four cully birds" is the original wording, the song received its current melody and the "four calling birds" in 1909. So I guess it has been four calling birds all my life! I feel better now.

 

[netizen]

And now I know, and knowing's half the battle.