twinturbo2
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FS said that they built their cab in-house.
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FS said that they built their cab in-house.
Depends on humidity and what the lowest temperature is.
BigWeather
Member
Ah. Still, encouraging that they were able to do it -- means the software can drive the backglass, DMD, and playfield. I'll probably have to build my own as well, no way I can afford the prices at VirtualPin, sadly.
ThreePiMatt
Member
Class of 1812 and Victory are up on Android (and presumably iOS) now. Never heard of these tables.
RadarScope1
Member
Sorry to thread crash but - have there been any previews or hands-on with the PS4 version yet? Is it confirmed to be a day one release?
Here's what you need to know: They're alpha-numerics, but they're not by Williams. Victory is actually pretty good though, 1812 is just weird. Neither play that well compared to other machines from the era.
I haven't actually played either in person, but both have been available in the TPA beta on PC for a few days.
nicoga3000
Saint Nic
Depending on how they do it, I think I'm just going to build my own virtual cabinet.
twinturbo2
butthurt Heat fan
It's a day one release, yes.
The newsletter is out. The Steam version officially launches November 1st. Table Packs 1-18 will be available at launch.
As for the hint, one of the games has to be El Dorado: City of Gold. High Speed will have to wait until season 3, sadly.
Gentleman Jack
Member
Dang, time to start saving up for all the tables on a 3rd platform.
PC *and* PS4 makes it four platforms for me. I've only bought one pack on PS4 (though I doubt that counts), all packs on 360 and iOS.
What's the best email to use to contact them about my TNG PC version? (I never got my PS3 version either but that's not as pressing at this point).Oh, it's launched?!? Man, buying both seasons is going to be PAINFUL.
I hope they've fixed the colouring on some of the tables. Taxi should NOT look that ugly
Edit: Never mind, just testing the payment system. For some reason, despite emailing them T2 STILL doesn't show up as me having bought it, despite it supposedly being linked to my FS account :/ Table assets on most games are still wonky as hell, too. Two Taxi ramps are different colours and the textures on 1812's playfield looks like arse compared to the ramp signage.
Hope they polish the hell out of it before it's released (any day now, afaik).
You should see it as it showed up for everyone in the beta... every title before T2 is visible to everyone who has access to said beta.
Um... I suspect it may be support@farsightstudios.com? But like I said, you should be able to get access to the PC one already.
Also, log into their website. That's how I got the Steam beta code and my T2 PS3 code.
twinturbo2
butthurt Heat fan
If another forum I frequent is accurate, then the PC version will offer the pro version of Tales of the Arabian Nights for free, and the other three core pack tables will be sold for $9.
Pricing for the season passes and individual table packs will remain the same- $30 for season passes, $40 for pro season passes, $5 for table packs, $8 for pro table packs, $4 for pro upgrades.
My Steam wallet is not ready- only enough for the core pack and one pro season pass. Maybe the season 2 pro pass, I want to check out Tee'd Off and see how it compares to No Good Gofers.
Pricing for the season passes and individual table packs will remain the same- $30 for season passes, $40 for pro season passes, $5 for table packs, $8 for pro table packs, $4 for pro upgrades.
My Steam wallet is not ready- only enough for the core pack and one pro season pass. Maybe the season 2 pro pass, I want to check out Tee'd Off and see how it compares to No Good Gofers.
Online head-to-head multiplayer? Will we see the Joust pinball, then?
twinturbo2
butthurt Heat fan
It also sounds like the core tables are going to be bundled with the season 1 pack, according to a conversation on PAF.
El Dorado: City of Gold. Here's the preview pic:
On PAF someone noted that's a pool stick bag.
I'm guessing and hoping it's Cue Ball Wizard with it being the next highest requested Gottlieb table. My personal fave, so I hope so.
twinturbo2
butthurt Heat fan
I believe all the tables aside from Arabian Nights will have a free demo like the iOS version.
Cue Ball Wizard looks good, but Eight Ball Deluxe is more recognizable and there might be some Gottlieb fatigue setting in.
That was only a guess on PAF based on the pic being pool related, but apparently that was was semi-confirmed as coming at some point. I guess it could go either way.
Oh god, I've just had the *best* idea. I don't know how many of you have played High Speed, but I've thought of the best theme conversion for it. Just like Johnny Mnemonic could get converted to The Matrix (which are both similar), I think High Speed could get converted to... OutRun.
There's definitely room for an extended ruleset to be made. Rather than just have Green/Amber/Red traffic lights, have a way to decide which "route" to take, then shoot the loop and have the diverter direct the ball to whichever path you chose on the Outrun "map" (maybe have this as a P-ROC DMD-based title? Or just regular S11 display).
Music could just use the original music from the game as I believe the System 11 and original Outrun arcade machine are the same (but even if the music isn't synthesized, at least the music will kinda match the vintage of the game).
Maybe have the kickback as the gear changer, so rather than have a gear changer like HS2, it requires some modicum of skill to change gears and increase speed (whatever impact that might have on the game). Only enable it when you need to change gears, so whenever you don't it just drains.
Plus, you'd have the benefit of being able to use the vast majority of the playfield artwork.
Fuck, I want to start drawing/planning this out. Then maybe modifying/creating something in Visual PinMAME.
There's definitely room for an extended ruleset to be made. Rather than just have Green/Amber/Red traffic lights, have a way to decide which "route" to take, then shoot the loop and have the diverter direct the ball to whichever path you chose on the Outrun "map" (maybe have this as a P-ROC DMD-based title? Or just regular S11 display).
Music could just use the original music from the game as I believe the System 11 and original Outrun arcade machine are the same (but even if the music isn't synthesized, at least the music will kinda match the vintage of the game).
Maybe have the kickback as the gear changer, so rather than have a gear changer like HS2, it requires some modicum of skill to change gears and increase speed (whatever impact that might have on the game). Only enable it when you need to change gears, so whenever you don't it just drains.
Plus, you'd have the benefit of being able to use the vast majority of the playfield artwork.
Fuck, I want to start drawing/planning this out. Then maybe modifying/creating something in Visual PinMAME.
Minsc
Gold Member
Updated the OP with the new table pack 19 banners, Steam info, and table pack 20 hints:
- Upcoming Table Pack #20 hint / guesses for November: Image Hint | El Dorado: City of Gold (Gottlieb, 1984) & Eight Ball Deluxe (Bally, 1980)
- Steam public release November 1st.
Definitely seeing a ton of Gottlieb now, if the next tables include another, we'll have 5 Gottlieb in the last 6 releases come table pack 20. Hopefully Season 2 wraps up on a high note, and with the release on Steam and PS4 they tune up some existing tables and we see some fun tables in Season 3.
Any guesses/wishes for the next ~20 tables? My two most wanted atm are probably Fish Tales and Addams Family, hate me all you want for the DMDs Shaneus
- Upcoming Table Pack #20 hint / guesses for November: Image Hint | El Dorado: City of Gold (Gottlieb, 1984) & Eight Ball Deluxe (Bally, 1980)
- Steam public release November 1st.
Definitely seeing a ton of Gottlieb now, if the next tables include another, we'll have 5 Gottlieb in the last 6 releases come table pack 20. Hopefully Season 2 wraps up on a high note, and with the release on Steam and PS4 they tune up some existing tables and we see some fun tables in Season 3.
Any guesses/wishes for the next ~20 tables? My two most wanted atm are probably Fish Tales and Addams Family, hate me all you want for the DMDs Shaneus
twinturbo2
butthurt Heat fan
I'm just hoping that High Speed, The Getaway: High Speed II, and Red and Ted's Road Show get released early in season 3.
Yay, you mentioned me!Any guesses/wishes for the next ~20 tables? My two most wanted atm are probably Fish Tales and Addams Family, hate me all you want for the DMDs Shaneus
Here's the thing: Over the last 6-12 months, I've learned a LOT about the extent of the depth of most of the DMD tables. I've also learned that there's a lot that's the same about most of them (sans slightly different order of hitting targets, stacking multiballs/jackpots etc.) too. So I'm now less opposed to DMD games now than I was then... although having said that, it's made me a lot more tuned about how alike some/most of them are (I still think MB/MM/TotAN/AfM have essentially the same ruleset).
And moreso, a greater appreciation for (most) alphanumeric/System 11 titles. Because they have less to display on their... displays... they have to do more across the rest of the game to differentiate themselves (which is why IMO they tend to have more "character" to them). That, and for that kind of retro chic they offer. They toe that line of looking like the HUD in the DeLorean from BttF
twinturbo2
butthurt Heat fan
Hm, it looks like El Dorado, with 905 units produced, will be third on the rarest TPA tables list, behind Cactus Canyon (903) and Goin' Nuts (10). I wonder if we're going to see ultra-rare tables in season 3...
nicoga3000
Saint Nic
Unrelated, I finally started trying to learn how to play Ripley's from Season 1...And I love it. Some of the shots are really poorly designed, but now that I know what to do, it's a really fun table.
I also decided to boot up Zen Pinball 2 on my Vita and download and try Pinball FX2 off of Steam. Both of those have neat tables, but the nudging is SO poorly implemented. On top of that, I really don't like the ball physics at all. If they were able to replicate the Pinball Arcade physics in Zen and FX2, I'd be in heaven - real tables or fantasy tables always available.
Instead, I'll just start working on my VirtualPin cabinet, ha.
I also decided to boot up Zen Pinball 2 on my Vita and download and try Pinball FX2 off of Steam. Both of those have neat tables, but the nudging is SO poorly implemented. On top of that, I really don't like the ball physics at all. If they were able to replicate the Pinball Arcade physics in Zen and FX2, I'd be in heaven - real tables or fantasy tables always available.
Instead, I'll just start working on my VirtualPin cabinet, ha.
twinturbo2
butthurt Heat fan
Come to think of it, there are a lot of billiards themed pinball games. I'm sticking with Eight Ball Deluxe as my guess, but I wouldn't be shocked if it was the aforementioned Cue Ball Wizard, or Sharkey's Shootout, or Eight Ball Champion, or Stern Nine Ball...
BigWeather
Member
Recently bought a new PS3 and, man, the act of getting all of the tables back into TPA was a pain in the butt, unless I missed something fundamental. I had to go to the store, download all of them again, install them, and clean up the PSVita ones that were also downloaded due to crossbuy.
Dash Kappei
Not actually that important
Hey Minsc, the linked trailer for Victory is the one for Class instead, I guess you've pasted the same link twice
twinturbo2
butthurt Heat fan
FS, for some reason, only has a clip of 1812 at the moment.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Okay so since the PC beta is over now how do I actually, uhm, get the codes to redeem for my copies of Twilight Zone and TNG?
Gentleman Jack
Member
Why isn't TPA PC version up for preorder or something if it's coming out in a week?
Minsc
Gold Member
From what I can tell the PC version will be free and include Tales of Arabian Nights. Maybe you can't pre-order free things on Steam?
If you go back to the OP you can see how the tables break in to Core Pack, Season 1 and Season 2 if you need a refresher for the following; the remaining Core Pack tables will be $8.99 (Black Hole, Ripley's and Theatre), Season 1 will be $29.99 and Season 2 will be $39.99. A single Table Pack (ie Table Pack 12) will be $4.99, $7.99 for a Pro Table Pack, and $3.99 for a Pro Upgrade. What I saw in this thread at PAF anyway.
If you go back to the OP you can see how the tables break in to Core Pack, Season 1 and Season 2 if you need a refresher for the following; the remaining Core Pack tables will be $8.99 (Black Hole, Ripley's and Theatre), Season 1 will be $29.99 and Season 2 will be $39.99. A single Table Pack (ie Table Pack 12) will be $4.99, $7.99 for a Pro Table Pack, and $3.99 for a Pro Upgrade. What I saw in this thread at PAF anyway.
plagiarize
Banned
it's going to be so good buying all of these at once. sure, I'm waiting to do it on the 15th on the PS4 version, but still. that's what you get when you wait over a year to start buying DLC again. i'll be checking out the PC version, naturally.
twinturbo2
butthurt Heat fan
I think the remaining core pack tables are also in the season 1 packs, iirc.
twinturbo2
butthurt Heat fan
PSN version got a patch for table pack 18, so that should be available soon.
Last thing for the day, I made a blog post over at Kotaku over how TPA should be part of their "Last-Gen Heroes" segment.
http://twinturbo2.kinja.com/last-gen-heroes-the-pinball-arcade-1454141073?rev=1383067514
Last thing for the day, I made a blog post over at Kotaku over how TPA should be part of their "Last-Gen Heroes" segment.
http://twinturbo2.kinja.com/last-gen-heroes-the-pinball-arcade-1454141073?rev=1383067514
Just saw this interview:
Round 3: The Pinball Arcade Fans Q&A With Bobby King From Farsight Studios
Apparently, if you bought the Season 1 pack or 4 or more table packs on PS3/Vita, PS4 Season 1 is half off.
Day 1 PS4 launch is still up in the air.
Round 3: The Pinball Arcade Fans Q&A With Bobby King From Farsight Studios
Apparently, if you bought the Season 1 pack or 4 or more table packs on PS3/Vita, PS4 Season 1 is half off.
Day 1 PS4 launch is still up in the air.
twinturbo2
butthurt Heat fan
Table pack 18 is up on PSN.
BigWeather
Member
Something I just posted on TPA forums, maybe you all have noticed it / know what is up (PS3 version, of course):
Anybody noticing anything odd with the flippers on Haunted House? If I catch just the edge of the bumpers (so, left edge of left bumper, right edge of right bumper) just the primary flippers trigger. I have to squarely hit the bumper for the corresponding secondary flippers (plus primary flipper) to trigger. It's a bit annoying as I typically don't hit the bumpers square in the middle.
Anybody noticing anything odd with the flippers on Haunted House? If I catch just the edge of the bumpers (so, left edge of left bumper, right edge of right bumper) just the primary flippers trigger. I have to squarely hit the bumper for the corresponding secondary flippers (plus primary flipper) to trigger. It's a bit annoying as I typically don't hit the bumpers square in the middle.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Man Central Park is so nostalgic. Growing up my parents had a Hearts and Spades machine in our basement based on the exact same hardware, so all of the bells and chimes sound identical
Sadly the one at home is in disrepair now. I keep meaning to pay for its repair as a Christmas present one year...as soon as I'm no longer paying tuition...
Sadly the one at home is in disrepair now. I keep meaning to pay for its repair as a Christmas present one year...as soon as I'm no longer paying tuition...
plagiarize
Banned
BigWeather
Member
Sorry to self-quote, but turns out there is a newly added (in the past little while) option that will turn off this newly-added behavior and restore it to the original behavior.
BigWeather
Member
nooooooo! it has to be launch
don't make me wait another day farsight. I've waited long enough.
Yeah, that'd be a bummer -- my most anticipated launch title lol.
Any word on if the PS4/Vita packs are cross-play? That'd be enough for me to consider holding off on any table packs for PS4. That'll reduce my potential purchasing platforms to three: PC, iOS and PS4/Vita.
With Driveclub delayed, it's literally the only title I'd consider getting a PS4 at launch for. I'd imagine it'd be a decent blow to them, moreso if there'll be another pinball game at launch (I think Pinball FX may be on there? I dunno).
So, perhaps we know what will be in the next next pack?
smbhax said:They just dropped what may be a pack 21 Fish Tales hint on Facebook:
The Pinball Arcade It may be sooner than you think... none of the clues in the newsletter seemed to point to november, however
I have no problem with Fish Tales, but now that I own High Speed, it's all I want to see on there. I almost literally cannot stop playing it, so if I can play it on a portable device, all the better. With any luck, they'll go the DMD+pre-DMD SS (ie. alpha-numeric) package once more and grant us with both. After all, it's still one of the highest selling machines of all time... and groundbreaking, too.
Also, some more info from PAF on PC pricing:
I don't know if that's cheaper than the other platforms, but I have a feeling it is. $30 each season *seems* like it's damn cheap. And for those proces, I'd be inclined to get the pro packs just so I can disable family mode in certain games (hi Elvira!) and muck around with it a bit.
I'm really, REALLY happy with those prices. No problems double/triple-dipping in the slightest. Especially considering that included in those will be (in the future) the ability to use them all on virtual pinball tables (I would assume).
plagiarize
Banned
I've asked on Pinball Arcade Fans, but no one knows. I really hope so, since the Vita matches up with the PS4 better than it does the PS3, but I'm not counting on it.
I'd really like the tables all on my vita, but I'm not going to buy them all twice to achieve such a thing.
In that interview linked above, it was stated that the PS4 is considered a different platform than the PS3/Vita, at least in terms of purchasing.