TPA Fan's Most Wanted for 2016: Williams

[invitro]

I agree that the real machine is horrible. Still I'm interested to see how Farsight would emulate this one. Not one of those standard tables...

Well, if Farsight was going to try to emulate a Pinball 2000 table, I hope we would all agree it should be Revenge From Mars*. I liked that OK when I played it (I played it a lot at the Pinburghs), but not as much as other people... I think many people really like RFM.

I'm just wildly guessing, but I think emulating the projected animations (I can't remember if they are holograms?) of Pinball 2000 shouldn't be too much harder than emulating the animations/videos/etc of some newer Stern machines, like the video on Wrestlemania. Well, maybe it would be much harder, as they'd have to emulate the whole Pinball 2000 operating system, and get the animations out of it, while they already have Spike done (or will when they finish Ghostbusters), and the video for the "LE’s replica “Titantron” playfield level 5.7 inch LCD directly above the ring" could probably easily be found and mapped to the right place on the TPA playfield. Except that the Pinball 2000 animations have to be transparent, and doing that might be hard... never mind.

*Except I would prefer Wizard Blocks or Playboy, if possible.

 

[EldarOfSuburbia]

They're not holograms... it's a projection of a reflection onto a glass screen from a CRT monitor built into the cab. We are talking 1999 tech here, remember.

 

[Spork98765]

I agree that the real machine is horrible. Still I'm interested to see how Farsight would emulate this one. Not one of those standard tables...

FarSight could do the peppers ghost effects the same way that Zen inserts the ghosts in Sorcerers Lair. The problem I could forsee in it happening would be some sort of detection system for the inserted objected being hit and how that would trigger the appropriate ROM calls etc.

 

[Pinballwiz45b]

Here's how the playfield actually looks:

 

[k88dad]

Aztec
Bad Cats
Blackout
Congo
Flash

 

[wizard33]

Didn't vote, but I *would* vote for Indiana if it was in the list. Remember it's the last top 10 table (from ipdb) which is not in TPA !!

 

[DanBradford]

Is there a list to pick from?

I go for Rollergames, Sorceror, Doity Harold, Flintstones, and Congo

 

[wolfson]

Comet,Congo,Flinstones,Sorcerer and Fast Ball.that`s my two bobs worth !!!!

 

[DA5ID]

Is there a list to pick from?

I go for Rollergames, Sorceror, Doity Harold, Flintstones, and Congo

Poll at top of thread. Your guesses were spot on though!

 

[Black_Spade]

If they go for am EM with Williams, I think Aztec is the best choice. F
or SS, I would pick Swords Of Fury, Banzai Run and Sorcerer. I have never played the DMD's, so I would go with Congo or Jhonny Mnemonic

 

[rehtroboi40]

I picked the DMD's: JMn, DM, Congo, Flints, but not Dirty Harry, and Millionaire instead just because. Any Williams from Space Shuttle (maybe from Flash) through Monster Bash is classic and I would vote for. I suppose Indiana Jones was considered a no-prospect table, otherwise I and many others would've voted for it . Cheers for not including the horrific Pinball 2000 table, which I won't name.

If IJ had been included in the poll, it would probably run away with first place in this poll. But because it's now property of Globalist Disney (I'll just call them GD for now, how appropriate?) I've resigned myself to thinking it'll never be done for TPA.

Then again, who expected AC/DC for STPA to be fully funded in just days?

 

[Slam23]

Congo
Demolition Man
Johnny Mnemonic
Fire!
Flintstones

Honorable mentions: Dirty Harry, Rollergames, Banzai Run

 

[Slam23]

Didn't vote, but I *would* vote for Indiana if it was in the list. Remember it's the last top 10 table (from ipdb) which is not in TPA !!

+1 I own the real table, played it to death in my college days. Superb atmosphere, music, gameplay, modes, fun toy with PoA. Slightly buggy ROM.
This would be the mother of all Kickstarter tables, especially if LOTR is picked up in SPA eventually (but they may have to fork over another wad of dough to get that license again....)

 

[invitro]

This would be the mother of all Kickstarter tables

No, it wouldn't. TZ and TAF are the mothers of all KS tables. IJ might be the great-grand-niece-in-law.

 

[Johni3w6]

Like to add an alternative to my tables picked, know it's not a popular table but I'll add Road Kings to my picks.

 

[kinggo]

Road Kings is not bad actually.

 

[Kolchak357]

I like Road Kings as well. Not enough to get into my top 5 from this list, but it's fun.

 

[weirdproq]

My top 5 pick:

Fire!
Big Guns
Johnny Mnemonic
Rollergames
Congo

Next 5 picks:
Banzai Run
Bad Cats
The Flinstones
Comet
Demolition Man

 

[Zac Wood]

Suprise Trivia

By the time this poll is over I will be 17. In short; this poll ends on my Birthday.

 

[Joelpbafan]

Dirty harry bad cats demolition man flash fire