It´s not to hard it has been done 17 years ago...
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Would you like to see original tables?
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It´s not to hard it has been done 17 years ago...
Man-Machine
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I'm ready to check them out providing that creating new tables doesen't mean they stop doing existing tables as well.
invitro
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No way. I want to play games designed by professional pinball designers. And aspiring designers can build their skills with Visual Pinball or Future Pinball.
danivempire
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And what if they hire a professional pinball designer? Someone who has already worked on real pinball akd proved himself worthy? That would be cool no? ^^
vikingerik
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nah, real pins for me. zen2 does a great job with theirs but i have a hard time playing that game for more than 30mins, once a week. TPA im on for 2-7 hours a day everyday, 'cuz of the real pins 
. i guess one wouldnt hurt, but, would much rather get a recreated one instead, hands down.
. i guess one wouldnt hurt, but, would much rather get a recreated one instead, hands down.The appeal of TPA for me is that it's actual REAL tables. The graphics, UI, sound etc ... is not the best out there IMHO, but I don't care: the tables are REAL tables.
I do like the graphics and sounds of Zen Pinball 2 better for example, but I almost never played Zen Pinball once I got TPA.
I do like the graphics and sounds of Zen Pinball 2 better for example, but I almost never played Zen Pinball once I got TPA.
JefferyD
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I would not hesitate to buy an original table. The last time I stood in front of a real-world pinball machine was back in the 80s, so most of TPA's “real tables” I know only as digital. Since Farsight are so well-versed in grounding their recreations in reality I would gamble 8 bucks (pro version price) that they could invent a table that we all could love to criticize and hate.
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If you don't mind my asking...how come?
TMOverbeck
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I was envisioning something similar not too long ago, like a "Revenge of the Black Knight" or something like that.
TMOverbeck
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I would be interested in original tables, if the pinball veterans were designing them.
Or how about THIS for a twist: I'd be interested in new original artwork/gameplay designs on existing pinball tables, if the licensing for said existing table is too cost-prohibitive. Kinda like how Gottlieb did some of their games (Hollywood Heat, Raven, etc.)... FS could take, say, a Star Wars table and re-brand it "Space Fighters".
Or how about THIS for a twist: I'd be interested in new original artwork/gameplay designs on existing pinball tables, if the licensing for said existing table is too cost-prohibitive. Kinda like how Gottlieb did some of their games (Hollywood Heat, Raven, etc.)... FS could take, say, a Star Wars table and re-brand it "Space Fighters".
JefferyD
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Say Jeff, sorry I missed seeing this question earlier. No really good reason for not playing real pinball except I haven’t seen many pinball machines in my daily travels for a couple of decades.
In my youth, over the course of a few years, my local 7-11 had Superman, replaced by Kiss, replaced by Gorgar, and the owner/manager took pity on me and a buddy and usually set the table to free play as long as we bought a hot dog and a slurpee or whathaveyou. Gorgar was there the longest and I played a few times a week, basically for free. That routine lasted through most of high school.
So, when I went to the theater arcade, dropped 50 cents into Black Hole for a brutal, 20 second game, I gave up on pinball and most arcade games. I liked it but it was too hard and expensive to get the necessary practice. I’d been spoiled by free Gorgar. I didn’t hang out in arcades after high school except for a brief air-hockey addiction in the early 90s, but they didn’t have pinball there.
And like I said, I haven’t seen many machines out in the wild. I don’t get out much,tho. Work, home, grocery store; that’s about it. I do live about 30/35 minutes from the Pacific Pinball museum (although I’d never heard of it until I read about it in this forum last year), but I haven’t had the proper combination of time, spare change and energy to make the drive. I’d say it’s just laziness, but I seem to be pretty busy most of the time.
I’d LOVE to spend time in front of a real Firepower or Monster Bash, tho. Geez. Typing about it makes me want to go. I just googled the hours for the place. Hmm. I’m taking some time off of work in the near future. Maybe I just finally talked myself into it. I bet I’m a flailing newbie on a real Firepower.
jbejarano
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Jeff, you'll LOVE the Pacific Pinball Museum. I live across the bay from it, so i don't get to go as often as I like, but it's so much fun. After you pay admission, you can play all day for free, and the staff is very knowledgeable as well. I was actually able to convince my work to have the PPM take their "Lil' Juju" (awesome Airstream-style trailer with five classic EM pinball tables inside) out to our location to be part of our boardwalk-themed company picnic. It was a total smash. ...Yeah, go as soon as you get a chance.