The Pinball Arcade

TheVision · **Posted:** Mon Apr 23, 2012 15:54

I can see this game soaking up a load of my cash.

WTB · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 14497

I'll be buying every single damn table!

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14489

WTB wrote:

Sweet! But when do we get the first two DLC tables on Xbox?! Also, do we know how much they'll be yet?

Rumours are 400 points for 2 tables - not seen anything about release dates for them on XBLA yet.

TheVision wrote:

I can see this game soaking up a load of my cash.

So far I've paid £5.99 for all 4 first tables on IOS
£2.99 for the next 2 (Bride of Pinbot is amazing and a table i'd never played IRL)

And i'll happily put down another £2.99 for the next two

And also 800 points for the XBL version and i'll be getting the others as soon as they come out.

There was a question posted on their facebook page asking them about releasing "Twilight Zone" and the answer was something like "keep watching"

Hearthly · **Joined:** 11th May, 2008 **Posts:** 13382

Splendid stuff - I'm a 100% deffo for buying all the DLC for this on 360.

Cirqus Voltaire is an amazing table, never got lucky enough to see a real one but it was fantastic in Visual Pinball.

The real thing is an absolute fucking work of art, in a darkened room it's proper beautiful.

YOG · **Posted:** Wed May 02, 2012 16:45

I managed to start Harem Multiball in my last game, and got the achievement for completing the standard goals, but it hasn't been crossed off the list, for some reason, so I haven't unlocked the wizard goals. Boo-urns!

Curiosity · **Posted:** Wed May 02, 2012 16:51

Theatre of Magic is such a good table, but sweet Jesus sometimes the outlanes seem to be about a foot wide. Especially when in multiball.

Effing addictive though. I've still not yet done all the illusions in one go.

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14489

YOG wrote:

I managed to start Harem Multiball in my last game, and got the achievement for completing the standard goals, but it hasn't been crossed off the list, for some reason, so I haven't unlocked the wizard goals. Boo-urns!

Williams Pinball was terrible for that - however as its not crossed off there is a good chance you'll get it again.

(Williams also randomly 'spotted' you had completed things in later games sometimes even on other tables)

YOG · **Posted:** Wed May 02, 2012 17:21

Cool, cheers. The Harem Multiball is one of the hardest things to get, I find - you have to hit a secret target 3 times, and there's no real way to plan for it or aim at it...

WTB · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 14497

So it's not just me struggling with Harem multi ball? Christ!

YOG · **Posted:** Wed May 02, 2012 19:25

Oddly, I've just started another Harem Multi by locking the balls the normal way. I can attempt the wizard goals now!

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14489

A short clip of Cirqus Voltaire being played on the Xbox

TheVision · **Posted:** Fri May 04, 2012 17:32

Would someone please take my money... PLEASE!!

Hearthly · **Joined:** 11th May, 2008 **Posts:** 13382

Holy shit the neon light implementation is awesome.

ME WANT BUY NOW!

Any idea on a release date zaphod?

Curiosity · **Posted:** Fri May 04, 2012 18:10

Curse you, magic level!

I'm utterly addicted to it, but cannot survive long enough to get all the illusions for super extra mega points.

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14489

AtrocityExhibition wrote:

Any idea on a release date zaphod?

I've seen rumors that the first DLC drop for the Xbox will be next week but thats probably just Bride of Pinbot and Medieval Madness - Circus and Funhouse are not out on IOS or Android yet - last post on their facebook page says "May" for those two tables on IOS so probably June for consoles.

Curiosity · **Posted:** Sat May 05, 2012 9:03

I swear the Theatre of Magic table has a vendetta against me. With three balls remaining I have done MAGIC, THEATRE, and midnight madness twice. I'm down the the final illusion and just need to hit the trunk one more time. Missed over 20 shots at something I never miss. About ten bounced and rattled around the jaws of the box.

GAH!

Hearthly · **Joined:** 11th May, 2008 **Posts:** 13382

Curiosity wrote:

I'm down the the final illusion and just need to hit the trunk one more time. Missed over 20 shots at something I never miss. About ten bounced and rattled around the jaws of the box.

That is the stress of pinball, repeatedly fucking something up that is entirely routine when it doesn't matter, and yet impossible to do when it does.

Happens on the real thing too.

Theatre of Magic is definitely my pick out of the first batch of tables, to the extent it's probably taken about 85% of my play time. It's one of those tables that just 'works', looks great, sounds fantastic, really nice flowing shots when you get in the groove.

Curiosity · **Posted:** Sat May 05, 2012 11:43

I have now got to the final illusion twice, and ballsed it up.

Gah! 1.8billion too... I'd have flown up the leaderboard had I completed the grand finale!

*weeps*

One day, it shall be mine...

[Note - this has really trumped Trials for me... can't stop playing pinball!]

Hearthly · **Joined:** 11th May, 2008 **Posts:** 13382

Curiosity wrote:

[Note - this has really trumped Trials for me... can't stop playing pinball!]

Yeah me too, I didn't hit a brick wall with difficulty on Trials but I stopped having fun on the hard tracks, so pinball it is.

Curiosity · **Posted:** Sat May 05, 2012 12:47

You see, Keith Vaz! People can disagree on politics, but video games brings them together!

myp · **Posted:** Sat May 05, 2012 13:00

Dude, it's just knocking balls about with flippers - not like real mens' games like Trials.

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14489

Funhouse on the 360

Hearthly · **Joined:** 11th May, 2008 **Posts:** 13382

myp wrote:

Dude, it's just knocking balls about with flippers - not like real mens' games like Trials.

Troll!

You wouldn't catch me making comments like that.

Hearthly · **Joined:** 11th May, 2008 **Posts:** 13382

zaphod79 wrote:

Funhouse on the 360

Ooohhh they had that in my halls at Uni, I got really rather good at it.

In fact, I did far better at pinball high scores than I did at my degree.

Curiosity · **Posted:** Sun May 06, 2012 10:02

Argh! Got up to 3rd on the Theatre of Magic table, would have been 2nd but I ballsed up the Grand Finale. Ah well.

Now I just need the 100m multi-ball shot to finish the wizard goals, as I got the Grand Finale the following time, but finished just short of my previous best.

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14489

Guess we'll be waiting a bit longer for the next sets of tables - in short - Android this week / iOS probably the week after / XBL who knows (although submitted this week)

https://www.facebook.com/pinballarcade/ ... 5082613891

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Funhouse and Cirqus Voltaire have been approved by WMS for release! We wish that we had dates to announce exactly when. We understand your frustration. In an effort to keep you guys up to date with the latest news, we will be posting and updating the status of each platform more regularly. Here is today's update:

iOS - An update with DLC Pack #2 (Funhouse and Cirqus Voltaire) will be submitted to Apple this week. It should be approved and released by the middle of the month. The update that adds DLC Pack #3 in June will include Game Center and an improved login method for our leaderboards.

Android - An update with DLC Pack #2 (Funhouse and Cirqus Voltaire) will be released this week.

PS3/Vita - An update that includes DLC Pack #1 is currently at Sony North America for approval. The European launch pack is currently in submission at SCEE. Once approved, the additional DLC Packs will be immediately submitted (#2 in North America and #1 and #2 in Europe). Improved lighting is still planned for the Vita version.

360 - An update that includes both DLC Pack #1 and #2 will be submitted to Microsoft this week for approval. Improved lighting is scheduled to be implemented in time for the next DLC release.

Mac - DLC Pack #1 and #2 will be submitted and released shortly. We were going to wait until the lighting engine on Mac OS was improved, but that is taking longer than expected.

PC - We are still working on the PC engine. We will not release it until the graphics are at least up to the standards set by the 360 and PS3 versions. We also need to find distribution partners (traditional desktop and/or cabinet).

3DS - We have a plan to get the performance we need out of the 3DS to run the ROM emulation, however some R&D in needed before we know for sure whether it will work. The 3DS version is on hold until we can invest the time and resources into this R&D.

Wii/Wii-U - FarSight developed 12 titles for the Wii. We wish that Pinball Arcade could be #13. Unfortunately, the Wii isn't powerful enough to run Pinball Arcade. We are very excited about the Wii-U and hope to release as close to the launch of the platform as possible.

We copied this to the "General Information" area under "About" on this page and plan to keep things updated there as best we can.

TheVision · **Posted:** Tue May 08, 2012 16:14

I'm surprised that the Wii isn't powerful enough to run it. I didn't think that would be the case at all but, there you go.

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14489

TheVision wrote:

I'm surprised that the Wii isn't powerful enough to run it. I didn't think that would be the case at all but, there you go.

I had 2 pinball Wii games -

The Williams collection : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinball_Ha ... Collection
And
Pinball Hall of Fame: The Gottlieb Collection http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinball_Ha ... Collection

Both of which played fine but obviously did not have hi res visuals (actually using Wii-mote + Nunchuck triggers worked well for the feel of a pinball table)

WTB · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 14497

They just announced on Facebook that they've got permission to license The Twilight Zone!

However the licence is extremely expensive and they're considering a frigging Kickstarter campaign to obtain it... Bugger it, where do I sign?

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14489

WTB wrote:

They just announced on Facebook that they've got permission to license The Twilight Zone!

However the licence is extremely expensive and they're considering a frigging Kickstarter campaign to obtain it... Bugger it, where do I sign?

http://www.facebook.com/pinballarcade

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We have good news and bad news to report on the issue of licensed tables. We’ve finally succeeded in negotiating all of the licenses we’d need to bring the Twilight Zone to the Pinball Arcade. This is unquestionably one of the greatest pinball tables of all time (and is currently #1 in IPDB’s user rankings). However the licenses are VEY expensive- so expensive that the table probably isn’t commercially viable. Some of you have suggested a Kickstarter project to raise money for the license costs and we’re considering this. We’d like to ask your opinion- is this a good idea? If we did it what should the rewards be for backers, and at what contribution levels? We’d appreciate your thoughts!

Its an interesting problem - i know a lot of the tables i'd like to see are licensed and would therefore cost extra - and i can see Kickstarter as an option for them rather than paying up front and having no idea how much they will get back but i think right now i'd rather they just got more tables out and kept that idea of new tables each month.

Curiosity · **Posted:** Thu May 10, 2012 10:06

How much would the table cost for them to license?

Hearthly · **Joined:** 11th May, 2008 **Posts:** 13382

Indeed, it would be interesting if they could give an idea of how much they need to raise, how much they'd expect to get from selling the table as DLC, what the difference is etc.

TZ is arguably the single finest table ever, so it'd be nice if they could pull it off.

Then again, you do worry about what happens when the XBLA servers disappear, your 360 dies, and there's no way to freshly download the game + DLC, unless MS do some sort of clever trickery with the next XBox in terms of backwards compatibility and maintaining the 360 back-catalogue for download (LOL).

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14489

Their latest update :

https://www.facebook.com/pinballarcade/ ... 5202415879 (posted yesterday)

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Quick console update: The first 360 update will include both DLC packs. The PS3/Vita updates may include both DLC packs. They'll certainly include MM and Bride. All console updates are at least 3 weeks away from being released.

Hearthly · **Joined:** 11th May, 2008 **Posts:** 13382

They need to do less Facebooking and more releassing!

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14489

AtrocityExhibition wrote:

They need to do less Facebooking and more releassing!

Agreed although at least they are trying to communicate.

In other news about 30 miles away from me :

ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view!

Sitting next to these

ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view!

And given that level of commitment in an arcade you'd think they would actually look after them ? , no not really

Theater doesnt spot when you've lost your ball every time so i ended up tiliting it a few times to get the sensor to spot it (after the first time and i waited it out and the 2nd when i went to the change desk and was told "it'll fix itself) and the left flipper is not really strong enough to hit it up the far right ramp - and the box itself is a bit of a mess - however the table works and i'll still play it

Twilight Zone's left flipper sometimes 'sticks' (pressing it again releases it) and all the tables actual playfields are pretty dirty on all of these but they are working

Hearthly · **Joined:** 11th May, 2008 **Posts:** 13382

Argh!

The state of the playfield on TZ alone is enough to make me weep. (There are special polishes and cleansers you can buy to keep them lovely and clean and shiny, and to also protect the surface, a bit like waxing a car.)

Pinballs take an investment of time and money to keep them working properly (as per my TL:DR post a couple of pages back in this thread

), fair play to this place for having them up and running, but a real shame they won't take the time out to maintain them

Where is that arcade zaphod?

Curiosity · **Posted:** Sun May 13, 2012 11:44

I'm up to second on the ToM leaderboard. Should be top, but I completely messed up the final two balls and barely scored anything on them.

Hearthly · **Joined:** 11th May, 2008 **Posts:** 13382

Curiosity wrote:

I'm up to second on the ToM leaderboard. Should be top, but I completely messed up the final two balls and barely scored anything on them.

I thought I was doing well to top 3 billion the other day, but then when I saw the leaderboard I realised that everyone had been getting better at a faster rate than me

Got to the Grand Finale and totally fucked it up, THE PINBALL FEAR properly took over and I couldn't hit a damn thing.

Curiosity · **Posted:** Sun May 13, 2012 11:48

Heh. I nailed it in about ten seconds. I was in The Zone.

Unfortunately, as I realised I was approaching the top of the leaderboard, I lost it completely. Not helped by a truly spectacular triple outlane disaster where I lost all three balls simultaneously during multiball.

MrC · **Posted:** Sun May 13, 2012 11:54

Finally completed the Grand Finale on Theatre of Magic, so that’s all the wizard goals on that table done. Didn’t beat my score, but I'm still ahead of Curiosity, so that’s ok…

Curiosity · **Posted:** Sun May 13, 2012 11:59

MrC wrote:

Finally completed the Grand Finale on Theatre of Magic, so that’s all the wizard goals on that table done. Didn’t beat my score, but I'm still ahead of Curiosity, so that’s ok…

How the bloody hell do you get the 100m multiball jackpot? I know you have to hit the trunk first time with the first ball that comes out, but I can't even get it close. Always hit the wrap-around ramps. Argh!

Hearthly · **Joined:** 11th May, 2008 **Posts:** 13382

Curiosity wrote:

Heh. I nailed it in about ten seconds. I was in The Zone.

It's nice when that happens, I find it happens far more on real tables than on computer simulations though.

I used to have some truly epic sessions on my TZ, because we didn't have any neighbours I had the volume cranked up as far as the speakers would go without distorting, (that era of Williams/Bally tables actually had a surprisingly capable subwoofer in the bottom of the main cabinet), and I would play it in pitch darkness at night time, so the that all the flashers and strobe effects looked beyond awesome.

When I got into 'the zone' playing that table it was like being transported to another dimension.

For some curious reason I never quite got 'zoned' as much when playing ST:TNG, TZ just 'felt' better somehow, plus it had spectacularly awesome music and sound effects.

MrC · **Posted:** Sun May 13, 2012 12:10

Curiosity wrote:

MrC wrote:

Finally completed the Grand Finale on Theatre of Magic, so that’s all the wizard goals on that table done. Didn’t beat my score, but I'm still ahead of Curiosity, so that’s ok…

How the bloody hell do you get the 100m multiball jackpot? I know you have to hit the trunk first time with the first ball that comes out, but I can't even get it close. Always hit the wrap-around ramps. Argh!

When you're in multiball every rampshot on the right staircase ups the jackpot by ten million, so you'll have 100 million in no time. Then collect the jackpot in the trunk as usual. Job done.

Curiosity · **Posted:** Sun May 13, 2012 12:46

MrC wrote:

Curiosity wrote:

MrC wrote:

Finally completed the Grand Finale on Theatre of Magic, so that’s all the wizard goals on that table done. Didn’t beat my score, but I'm still ahead of Curiosity, so that’s ok…

How the bloody hell do you get the 100m multiball jackpot? I know you have to hit the trunk first time with the first ball that comes out, but I can't even get it close. Always hit the wrap-around ramps. Argh!

When you're in multiball every rampshot on the right staircase ups the jackpot by ten million, so you'll have 100 million in no time. Then collect the jackpot in the trunk as usual. Job done.

Oh, I have done that before, but it didn't unlock.

MrC · **Posted:** Sun May 13, 2012 12:55

Curiosity wrote:

MrC wrote:

Curiosity wrote:

MrC wrote:

Finally completed the Grand Finale on Theatre of Magic, so that’s all the wizard goals on that table done. Didn’t beat my score, but I'm still ahead of Curiosity, so that’s ok…

How the bloody hell do you get the 100m multiball jackpot? I know you have to hit the trunk first time with the first ball that comes out, but I can't even get it close. Always hit the wrap-around ramps. Argh!

When you're in multiball every rampshot on the right staircase ups the jackpot by ten million, so you'll have 100 million in no time. Then collect the jackpot in the trunk as usual. Job done.

Oh, I have done that before, but it didn't unlock.

Um, then I'm clueless, seemed to work for me. I think Zaphod said something in an earlier post about the Williams Collection sometimes not unlocking things when you'd definitely achieved the goal. Maybe the same thing is going on here?

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14489

AtrocityExhibition wrote:

Where is that arcade zaphod?

Hayling Island

(this is an old post on another forum but shows they have been doing this for a while http://www.pinballnews.com/sites/hayling/index.html )

And this post from last year to show the other cabinets they have http://www.jammaplus.co.uk/forum/forum_ ... -of-havant

Hearthly · **Joined:** 11th May, 2008 **Posts:** 13382

zaphod79 wrote:

AtrocityExhibition wrote:

Where is that arcade zaphod?

Hayling Island

(this is an old post on another forum but shows they have been doing this for a while http://www.pinballnews.com/sites/hayling/index.html )

Bloody hell the UK site reports on that site are horrible! (Well, the site reports themselves are excellent, but the state of all the pinballs! Heartbreaking!)

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14489

AtrocityExhibition wrote:

Bloody hell the UK site reports on that site are horrible! (Well, the site reports themselves are excellent, but the state of all the pinballs! Heartbreaking!)

The links are not 'new' - so for example the UK section lists a number of pinballs (in very bad condition) in Southsea - however I was there a few weeks ago and there were none (their link is from 2005) - even in dirty conditions the games can still play well (although very dirty and missing some cosmetic touches Adams family played well , and despite occasionally sticky flipper and dirty playfield so did Twilight Zone).

I however cant see the point of having 6 classic tables there with with a few hundred quids worth of work would be worth about £20,000 and leaving them in such a poor state (there was also a Johnny Mnemonic in another section of the funfair)

If you'd like to see some nice tables go to this link http://www.pinballparadise.co.uk/pinbal ... r-sale.htm and click on any of their for sale tables - thats the way i'd *like* to find a pinball table

MrC · **Posted:** Mon May 14, 2012 7:38

@ Curiosity

Looks like I was wrong about the 100 million multiball jackpot goal on ToM. Apparently there is a 5 or 6 second countdown after the first ball is ejected, plus it also has to be the first shot you make. I must have got it by dumb luck. Someone wrote that your best chance is to let the first ball out bounce off your right flipper and take the shot with the left. Worth a try at least.

Edit...wrong again - I'm pretty sure I just got the 100m jackpot again. It wasn't with the first shot but was definitely within the 6 second time limit.

Also, I upped the highscore to a smidge under 8 billion......should keep you busy for a few days. Mwhaha etc...

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14489

Funhouse and Cirqus Voltaire are on iOS now - £1.99 each or £2.99 for both tables and Cirqus Voltaire is the 'free' table for the month.

I assume there are minor updates for most of the other tables as when i downloaded the update I had to re-download all the other tables (or this might just be the way the updates work on iOS)

**edit ** from their facebook page

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We are very happy to announce the release of the second table pack on iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch! This pack includes the fantastic tables Cirqus Voltaire and Funhouse, as well as a fourth gameplay camera and multiple plunger cameras for all tables. There are also fixes for Troll Bombs and Super Skill Shot on Medieval Madness.

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