The Party Zone

[kinggo]

some cars, songs, movies, pinball, fashion styles.............represent so much more than what they actually are and people from the future will never get that. A friend recently bought Citroen SM and that is even older then us but I just can't wait for him to finish it so that we can drive around in it.

 

[David T. Melnick]

1 things for sure...if one luvs the beach, it is a great one eh.

 

[Dedpop]

A friend recently bought Citroen SM and that is even older then us but I just can't wait for him to finish it so that we can drive around in it.

Aah ! French cars...

 

[kinggo]

yes, italian or french for me.

 

[Dedpop]

Note on the backglass :
"You are about to enter another dimension, with your Host, Pilot and DJ - Captain B.Zarr.
Fasten your seatbelts and escape to a Parrallel Universe, that's way beyond Wisconsin !
Meet & greet pinballs greatest partiers at the most electro-flying club...
'The Cosmic Cottage' where they really pump-it-up !
During 'Happy Hour' fill up with 'Rock-It' Fuel, Blast Off, and 'Rock-It' through the 'O-Zone' for some major scoring.
You may even experience the 'Big Bang' ! (It's not just a theory anymore !).
So become a frequent flyer on a fantasy excursion that will take you way, way, way out there to... The Party Zone !"

 

[danivempire]

"If" it's the next table (looks like it but we've been fooled before) I'm really impatient to play it. Looks really fun ^^

 

[David T. Melnick]

Agreed.

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DD...IMHO, it is a half decent table; not at all of a table like HH or CP.

 

[Rich Lehmann]

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DD...IMHO, it is a half decent table; not at all of a table like HH or CP.

I never understood the hate for Haunted House. That table is a lot of fun if you are good enough. It's an interesting lay out.

 

[Kratos3]

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DD...IMHO, it is a half decent table; not at all of a table like HH or CP.

Agreed. Like others have said there are other tables I'd delete first.

It's a little more difficult than some of the tables on TPA, so, IMO, more realistic.

 

[TomL]

I never understood the hate for Haunted House. That table is a lot of fun if you are good enough. It's an interesting lay out.

I wouldn't say I hate it, but the gap between flipper 3 and 4 is odd. Feels weird that you can't cradle on flipper 3.

 

[Rich Lehmann]

I wouldn't say I hate it, but the gap between flipper 3 and 4 is odd. Feels weird that you can't cradle on flipper 3.

It is odd but the table has such narrow outlanes they probably felt it needed more of a challenge. The 3/4 flipper gap is usually easy to predict, most of the time is when it rolls off too smooth from top left area. I wish the flippers worked better, they seem sluggish to me. But I really like the look of the table and it is unique for a table. I can't think of another table that has the top and bottom and the way the scoring is set where you need to tick of the targets on one level to double points on the next level seems unique as well. Once you get all 3 levels maxed out the points start flying by. I also like that you can flip the odometer on it. I am only an average player but got a real kick the first time I saw it hit 999,999 and reset back to zero. Plus I really like the look and sound of the table.

 

[karl]

Dr. Dude is ok but I prefer Dr. Acula

 

[vikingerik]

I can't think of another table that has the top and bottom and the way the scoring is set where you need to tick of the targets on one level to double points on the next level seems unique as well. Once you get all 3 levels maxed out the points start flying by.

Black Hole. The drop targets upstairs double or triple the bonus downstairs. That makes the points start flying by too... plus multiball zooms it up to a huge additional degree that Haunted House doesn't have. And Black Hole's flipper layout helpfully supports the player's efforts, rather than fighting against you with that stupid extra outlane and flippers that can't cradle.

Black Hole just does all of the same stuff better, making Haunted House feel like a letdown.

 

[Rich Lehmann]

Black Hole. The drop targets upstairs double or triple the bonus downstairs. That makes the points start flying by too... plus multiball zooms it up to a huge additional degree that Haunted House doesn't have. And Black Hole's flipper layout helpfully supports the player's efforts, rather than fighting against you with that stupid extra outlane and flippers that can't cradle.

Black Hole only has a lower level, just like Black Knight and many more only have an upper level. My point is Haunted House is the only one that has all 3 levels. Plus, the upper and lower levels in Haunted House are a relief because the ball is safe as long as you can keep it there. The lower level in Black Hole is nerve racking because if you can not score enough to open the gate before the ball drains, it also drains in the main level. It's a completely different play experience.

 

[Krooze L-Roy]

I'm actually more hyped for this than TAF. Stuff like this, Dr. Dude, Bone Busters Inc have this rare sort of "80s grotesque" vibe that I can't get enough of.

 

[angelrulax]

Hey people, The Party Zone will be the next table

 

[Captain B. Zarre]

Indeed it will.

 

[pm1109]

Release date
Next weekend perhaps

 

[rehtroboi40]

For the reasons you don't like it is exactly why I like it. It is in no way a representation of the 80's like most pinball tables its what some 50 year old engineer thought kids would like. Pinball never had the marketing and research that videogames had and they were designed by older men who are more mechanical minded not young college computer geeks. This was some father in 1990 thinking "Kids will think this is cool right? Kids say Radical, right?" I also remember seeing Dr. Dude in an arcade at age 14 or so and thinking how funny it was not just because it so clearly didn't understand what kids were like but why kids in an arcade would want to drop 2 quarters in that when they could drop 1 in mortal kombat and 1 in TMNT video games. Notice, around that time a lot of designers got smart and instead of trying to target kids that put quarters into a machine they targeted the adults and businesses that buy pinball machines with themes like golf, fishing, retro themes like taxi or black lagoon, or businesses with themes like casinos, Vegas, bars, diners, poolhalls. The point is Dr Dude is so wrong theme wise that it is hilarious, that campiness makes it charming. And it plays pretty well.

And that engineer is none other than Dennis Nordman, who also designed both Elvira tables, White Water, DM, and Indy500 among others.

 

[kinggo]

oh man........... why is everybody ignoring/forgetting Special Force and Party Animal?