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<blockquote data-quote="Zombie Aladdin" data-source="post: 151718" data-attributes="member: 4242"><p>The gumball is original to the pinball machine, as is the Powefield pyramid. Everything else is from at least one episode from the original Rod Serling series though.</p><p></p><p>You get more out of understanding the references...or perhaps less, as I personally feel they were rather haphazardly put in. The doll that gives the Extra Ball, for instance, is very out of character.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>is it really that similar? The bumpers are in different locations, <em>Terminator 2</em> lacks a central lane (let alone one that ends in a dead end, has a scoop on the left <em>AC/DC</em> doesn't have, has a kickback that <em>AC/DC</em> doesn't have, etc. What the two have in common are a left ramp that leads to the left inlane, a right ramp that will sometimes lead to either a cannon or the right inlane, and the standard bottom third that all modern machines have.</p><p></p><p><em>Attack from Mars</em> and <em>Austin Powers</em> have layouts that are closer to each other than <em>Terminator 2</em> has with <em>AC/DC</em>, if you ask me.</p><p>---</p><p>As for the topic itself, as far as tables I don't like much that other people seem to really like, they would definitely be <em>Centaur</em> and <em>Gorgar</em>. They feel like you-had-to-be-there experiences, and they are before my time. They are very tied to their decade, at least as far as artwork goes. I really do not like trends in artwork in science fiction and fantasy in the '80s, and that reflects in how while I love most cartoons, I really cannot stand most action cartoons made in the '80s (though their corny writing helped me like them less). When it comes to DMD tables, it is undoubtedly <em>Tales of the Arabian Nights</em>. I liked it at first, but it got tiresome fast, as all I was doing was shooting either the genie or the ramp most of the time and the music has no contrast. In addition, the sound in John Popadiuk's tables all started to feel the same for me as he used the same voice actors again and again who seem to have no range.</p><p></p><p>As far as tables that have been put in <em>The Pinball Arcade</em> that are highly esteemed that I don't understand why they are as such, the first one that comes to mind is <em>FunHouse</em>. Rudy is creepy (though I'm sure that's intentional), Rudy shots are hard because it's difficult to see the ball traveling down the left orbit, I find myself constantly shooting things that send the ball to the lower scoop (this goes for the real thing too) so all I'm doing is holding the right flipper half the time, once 11:30 hits the game forces you to do just one shot and one shot only, and I am absolutely lousy at it. I struggle to even reach 3 million points sometimes, yet people say this is a really easy table.</p><p></p><p>I initially thought the backglass portrayed Rudy pointing a gun at the machine. Considering how frustrating and repetitive it is for me, it took me a while to realize he WASN'T pointing a gun at the machine.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Zombie Aladdin, post: 151718, member: 4242"] The gumball is original to the pinball machine, as is the Powefield pyramid. Everything else is from at least one episode from the original Rod Serling series though. You get more out of understanding the references...or perhaps less, as I personally feel they were rather haphazardly put in. The doll that gives the Extra Ball, for instance, is very out of character. is it really that similar? The bumpers are in different locations, [i]Terminator 2[/i] lacks a central lane (let alone one that ends in a dead end, has a scoop on the left [i]AC/DC[/i] doesn't have, has a kickback that [i]AC/DC[/i] doesn't have, etc. What the two have in common are a left ramp that leads to the left inlane, a right ramp that will sometimes lead to either a cannon or the right inlane, and the standard bottom third that all modern machines have. [i]Attack from Mars[/i] and [i]Austin Powers[/i] have layouts that are closer to each other than [i]Terminator 2[/i] has with [i]AC/DC[/i], if you ask me. --- As for the topic itself, as far as tables I don't like much that other people seem to really like, they would definitely be [i]Centaur[/i] and [i]Gorgar[/i]. They feel like you-had-to-be-there experiences, and they are before my time. They are very tied to their decade, at least as far as artwork goes. I really do not like trends in artwork in science fiction and fantasy in the '80s, and that reflects in how while I love most cartoons, I really cannot stand most action cartoons made in the '80s (though their corny writing helped me like them less). When it comes to DMD tables, it is undoubtedly [i]Tales of the Arabian Nights[/i]. I liked it at first, but it got tiresome fast, as all I was doing was shooting either the genie or the ramp most of the time and the music has no contrast. In addition, the sound in John Popadiuk's tables all started to feel the same for me as he used the same voice actors again and again who seem to have no range. As far as tables that have been put in [i]The Pinball Arcade[/i] that are highly esteemed that I don't understand why they are as such, the first one that comes to mind is [i]FunHouse[/i]. Rudy is creepy (though I'm sure that's intentional), Rudy shots are hard because it's difficult to see the ball traveling down the left orbit, I find myself constantly shooting things that send the ball to the lower scoop (this goes for the real thing too) so all I'm doing is holding the right flipper half the time, once 11:30 hits the game forces you to do just one shot and one shot only, and I am absolutely lousy at it. I struggle to even reach 3 million points sometimes, yet people say this is a really easy table. I initially thought the backglass portrayed Rudy pointing a gun at the machine. Considering how frustrating and repetitive it is for me, it took me a while to realize he WASN'T pointing a gun at the machine. [/QUOTE]
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