The Shadow

[ROTTEN]

Does anyone remember this table? This is my all time favorite pinball table. To me it's the most addictive table ever. I remember being like 18 years old and pumping so much $$$ into this game and playing it for hours upon hours. I miss this table so much ............ Please FarSight give us The Shadow!!!

 

[gooche77]

I second that. "The Battlefield" upper playfield on The Shadow was sweet! If only we could remove the movie theme and replace it with 30 Rock......

 

[Groni]

You can play my Visual Pinball Version of this table

http://www.vpforums.org/index.php?automodule=downloads&req=idx&cmd=viewdetail&f_id=2357

 

[Sinistar]

As a fan of Old Time Radio , and The Shadow , I have a special fondness for that license , I have even used the Shadow as online avatar name . Table looks good too bad it's a obscured movie license.

 

[ROTTEN]

I've been watching gameplay vids all day, I can't get enough .. lol I need this table!!

 

[Sean DonCarlos]

I'm not sure where you are located, but if you are near St. Louis, CP Pinball has one.

 

[Bowflex]

Alec Baldwin does not approve the mobile versions for his likeness since they won't let him play during take off.

 

[ROTTEN]

Alec Baldwin does not approve the mobile versions for his likeness since they won't let him play during take off.

....... and thank god the table is better than the movie

 

[Matt McIrvin]

Could be a good companion to Medieval Madness, just because of casting. Enough of your peasant pinball, Liz Lemon! This is the Third Heat!

 

[Fuseball]

....... and thank god the table is better than the movie

Too right! I had a Shadow for a while. A good game with an interesting layout but I just couldn't love it anything like as much as some other games. That's always the thing with having pinballs at home - they have to look as good as they play. Unfortunately The Shadow never appealed to me visually. Hardly surprising given the film it is tied into.

I would enjoy playing it again in TPA though.

Also those ramp diverters are unbelievably loud. Not a game appreciated by the neighbours (or my wife).

 

[dtown8532]

I would like to see this one in TPA. Like Dracula its become more appreciated in recent years as a "players" game and good bang for the buck when compared to other Bally/Williams from this time period.

 

[Richard B]

I would like to see this one in TPA. Like Dracula its become more appreciated in recent years as a "players" game and good bang for the buck when compared to other Bally/Williams from this time period.

This was Brian Eddy's first design effort. He only made two more, but those two were AFM and MM. It's a shame he came along so late, otherwise we'd be enjoying even more great tables, and his name would be as illustrious in the industry as Pat Lawlor and Steve Ritchie.

 

[Sean DonCarlos]

I would like to see this one in TPA. Like Dracula its become more appreciated in recent years as a "players" game and good bang for the buck when compared to other Bally/Williams from this time period.

OK, my curiosity has finally overcome my ignorance.

I've heard various tables referred to as "player's games", but I've not been able to determine what they have in common that makes them so. What attribute(s) must a table have to be considered a player's game?

 

[Kolchak357]

Collectors really love it. They say it takes a lot of skill to put up good scores. There are a lot of tight shots and the table is unforgiving on misses. The mini table in the upper table looks cool. I've never played Shadow because the backglass and theme are so unappealing to me. If I bump into it again I will definitely play it.

 

[Captain Rumwood]

I spent many quarters on this one. Bring it on.

 

[mmmagnetic]

http://pinball.org/videos/tutorials/the-shadow/

It really looks very interesting! The atmosphere reminds me a lot of TZ, the playfield looks nice, and the sound design is excellent. I also love the way they integrated 30s graphical design and architecture into the playfield art.

And two nice ramps with diverters? I'm in.

 

[xNiCeGuYx]

Great machine, bad movie.
Would like to see this in TPA and I don't think the license would be more expensive as Ripley's e.g., but I could be wrong.

 

[dtown8532]

OK, my curiosity has finally overcome my ignorance.

I've heard various tables referred to as "player's games", but I've not been able to determine what they have in common that makes them so. What attribute(s) must a table have to be considered a player's game?

I would say difficulty comes into play. Pinball tournaments are becoming more popular and tables like these are appreciated due to being unsympathetic to the novice. They put aside the "good" but not "great" theme and appreciate the playfield design. Personally, I have not been able to put much time into Shadow or Dracula because I just have never seen them much. Never on location and only sometimes at shows.

On another note these two, along with others, have simply become more popular to collectors in recent years and that's easy to explain. Tables like TZ, TAF, MM, ect. have been rising and rising in value so they gotta find something else out of a limited number of pins to snap up. Another way to look at is you get a new album (I guess they're still called that). You listen to the popular songs over and over again till you're sick of them. You start listening to the others and think "these ain't so bad either." You start talking about the other songs with your buddies. They start thinking the same thing. All of a sudden, they're more popular because you and your buddies ain't the only ones thinking that. Then, of course, there's, always a Gilligan's Island that's never going to get any radio time.

 

[Shaneus]

I think one of the things I like about it is that there are no jet bumpers on it at all. I never actually realised that until recently, a good 10-15 years after I played it! Makes for a "smoother" experience, IMO.

You can play my Visual Pinball Version of this table

http://www.vpforums.org/index.php?automodule=downloads&req=idx&cmd=viewdetail&f_id=2357

Way ahead of you on that one! Great job

 

[bavelb]

I've heard various tables referred to as "player's games", but I've not been able to determine what they have in common that makes them so. What attribute(s) must a table have to be considered a player's game?

Underappreciated by the main public, mainly because of a theme that isn't very inspiring combined with a not-so-obvious ruleset, possibly combined with very hard to reach goals. Whereas people that are more into pinball give the tables more than the occasional glance, learn the ruleset and learn to love the game and keep coming back for more. In the current TPA lineup I'd say only RBioN would count towards that nomenclature (as obviously a "players game" is commercially less interesting...you want instantly attractive games with deep rulesets for both the casual player as the more serious, competitive player. So MM, MB, TOtaN and TOM...all those top 20 tables ).

Funhouse would've counted too ("not-so-obvious ruleset") if the theme itself and it's presentation didnt speak to the main public (shoot rudy in the face!).