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Post by sega2006 on Aug 15, 2022 21:00:36 GMT
It's stickers and feet lol, although be aware said stickers are about as thing as the dirt cheap toilet paper so tear easy, other than that bung in 3 AAs and release the Ball and you're good to go.
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Post by sega2006 on Aug 15, 2022 21:09:35 GMT
I have loved all kind of pinball stuff over the years that I would love to try again sometime cause I used to play them loads, the power rangers Zeo Pinball game on ps1 being one example , Dino Land pinball on Megadrive being another... Zaccaria, FX3 and Pinball arcade/ Stern are all free to download on most devices, you just buy the extra tables if you find you like it and even on PC it's got controller support so worth a go even just to see if you enjoy it. |
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Post by sega2006 on Aug 15, 2022 21:13:43 GMT
Not claiming that it's a "good" pinball game, but I remember wasting a lot of time on the pre-installed Space Cadet pinball on Windows computers. It was a dark day when those free games no longer came with MS OS's You can still get it of you want it, both the Windows version and the Maxis/Full Tilt collection which comes under abandonware, won't link to stop the forum getting in shit but they do appear quite quick when googled still. Windows version installs and runs fine, the Maxis ones menus don't like 10 but will run tables if launched manually. |
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Post by sephiroth81 on Aug 15, 2022 23:14:33 GMT
I've played quite a lot of "Pinball Hall of Fame : The Williams Collection" on the Wii recently (its on a whole bunch of other systems to). Love some of the tables in that compilation....Gorgar, PINBOT, Funhouse.
Kirby Pinball Land on the original gameboy is another classic! But then again, anything with Kirby in is automatically amazing.
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Post by sega2006 on Aug 15, 2022 23:45:07 GMT
I've been watching out for it for a while, the 360 version was comannding silly money online last I looked and none of the services have it now as Williams has tables on FX3 (although not all tables are present), I am prayng it turns up at CEX or one of the charity shops for a quid or two.
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Post by sega2006 on Aug 16, 2022 14:04:30 GMT
Right I've been pondering the display of the Gumball Pinball as asked, what I'll try and do is have all 3 set up on a video however I'm not planning on doing a full youtube production so what do we think is the best way to have it uploaded?
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Post by kerr9000 on Aug 16, 2022 18:35:23 GMT
Right I've been pondering the display of the Gumball Pinball as asked, what I'll try and do is have all 3 set up on a video however I'm not planning on doing a full youtube production so what do we think is the best way to have it uploaded? I would love to see it on anything YouTube , TikTok anything would be cool
Also if youd like I think a 5 minute talk on pinball stuff might be a nice thing to slide into a future podcast if your intrested in recording a sort of mini audio speach on pinball.
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Post by sega2006 on Aug 16, 2022 19:11:20 GMT
Main problem with that is my Vocal chords are messed up, I get about circa 2 minutes of speech before my voice begins to croak out(I was at one point Clinically Mute), someone did suggest before doing something on Vintage stuff as by virtue of fettling I know my way around a lot of things.
I wouldn't say I was a good authority on Pinball in general, theres many more out there who know a lot more than me in terms of Table evolution, breakthrough tables and even the oddballs like Atari's Hercules (the largest playable pinball released with a Ball about the size of a Bowls ball) or Python Anghelo's Circus (may not be its true name) which uses multiple small playfields stacked vertically and has a lot of moving features.
I'll just show the 3 Tabletops (when Gumball arrives) and I can always make more if I get more of them later or cousins i.e Pachinko, Pachislot or Alwin type machines (good place for Alwins is Gt Yarmouth's model village as it has a Penny arcade museum, main reason I don't have one is they run around £600 for an OK one), technically I do have a 4th if you want a spot of evoloution, a Bagetelle table, Pinballs Grandfather.
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Post by sega2006 on Aug 18, 2022 14:52:35 GMT
Got another one for the ponderers and a carry over, I never got to powering it up but will but repurposing an iPad 2 for a MiniPin that I'd inherited from my late Grandfather some years ago, most I've seen have been more recent Mini or other models but it'd be nice to bring it life again in something I'd enjoy.
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Post by kiwimike on Aug 18, 2022 20:08:50 GMT
It was thanks to this thread previously I bought Williams Pinball classics on XB360, and really enjoying it, it's done really well. Working my way through the challenges.
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Post by kerr9000 on Aug 18, 2022 20:17:18 GMT
Got another one for the ponderers and a carry over, I never got to powering it up but will but repurposing an iPad 2 for a MiniPin that I'd inherited from my late Grandfather some years ago, most I've seen have been more recent Mini or other models but it'd be nice to bring it life again in something I'd enjoy. A guy on another forum I talk to turned an ipad and some pieces into a mini arcade machine it was well awesome, so would love to see what you manage. |
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Post by sega2006 on Aug 18, 2022 20:27:37 GMT
It's more figuring out how for me tbh, PC stuff I can do fine but tablets etc thats not my forte so controls with a constant power supply could be a problem especially with my shakes hindering me at soldering, there was long ago a plug and play thing along side the iCade but thats long out of production and the modern stuff isn't compatible.
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Post by sega2006 on Aug 18, 2022 20:32:49 GMT
It was thanks to this thread previously I bought Williams Pinball classics on XB360, and really enjoying it, it's done really well. Working my way through the challenges. I do remember you saying as I was somewhat jealous as it's silly expensive used online, the triggers on XB controllers work real well in terms of flipper feel and nudges can be done with your left stick fairly intuitively (although I'm still bloody awful at timing them right). I just need to find me a copy cheap and get playing, the FX3 versions are nice but the packs aren't that great value for money wise and I prefer the gimmicks and toys to be like their real versions and not enhanced. |
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Post by sega2006 on Aug 19, 2022 12:48:02 GMT
Well the Gumball Pinball arrived, the scoring parts aren't making contact properly so I need to clean them as the gumball one is probably the most important and isnt working, it shouldn't ben too bad a fix as its an incredibly basic machine otherwise.
I do need to properly clean the machine before adding Gumballs too for saftey sake, its pretty clean already but you never know.
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Post by kiwimike on Aug 19, 2022 21:15:48 GMT
It was thanks to this thread previously I bought Williams Pinball classics on XB360, and really enjoying it, it's done really well. Working my way through the challenges. I do remember you saying as I was somewhat jealous as it's silly expensive used online, the triggers on XB controllers work real well in terms of flipper feel and nudges can be done with your left stick fairly intuitively (although I'm still bloody awful at timing them right). I just need to find me a copy cheap and get playing, the FX3 versions are nice but the packs aren't that great value for money wise and I prefer the gimmicks and toys to be like their real versions and not enhanced. I was really lucky, found it (relatively speaking) cheap on New Zealands local auctions "Trade me." Not ultra cheap, but cheap enough. Haven't seen it again except on eBay at quite high prices so was really pleased. Its exactly the type of digital pinball I like! I've never been particularly good at PB, but putting in some practice now!!! |
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