Carry on... Happy birthday, Nerve!
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Carry on... Happy birthday, Nerve!
That's cool as all get-out Joe! Congrats, happy birthday, and thanks for the heads-up!
Haven't really been following this thread, so I don't know if this has been talked about already, but...
My awesome wife who has bought me far too many basses for one lifetime for my B'day and Christmas, mixed it up this year and suprised the living hell out of me today (its my birthday) with one of these!
I felt like 7 yr. old getting something he'd been dreaming about! I showed it to her around Xmas time, but we (she) decided there was no possible place we could fit it in our house. I guess we (she) changed our mind, and it was COMPLETELY unexpected.
I've only played with it for about an hour checking out the different games, but I'm blown away. The sounds and feel are amazing. It even feels and sounds like the ball is rolling over wood in the retro games. I'm astounded by how they do that. Its a blast. I want to find out how to download different games as there are a few Gottlieb machines I really want to install.
Anyway, here's a vid if anyone wants more info and this hasn't yet been discussed.
I feel like a kid again!
Joe Nerve back with a blast, and a gift for *us* on his birthday.
Looks amazing! Didn’t know anything like this existed. If they have the body English down, I’m down to try it.
Happy birthday!
I have PinballFX 6 on my pc (just using a keyboard for controls) and it is amazingly realistic. Almost spooky some of the detail they get right from the real world. The virtual machines like @Joe Nerve has have numerous sensors for nudging like real games, and some have tactile feedback via shaker motors. I'd like to try one someday.
Yeah I like pinball a little.
Here’s my garage at the moment.
Here’s my garage at the moment.
The new Pulp Fiction pinball is fantastic! Lots of shots, easy-to-follow ruleset but still deep. Very retro design. Try one if you can.
I was spoiled at 4 years old.
My cousin's had a neighborhood pinball parlor and the owner would open it up one day per year for free plays all day on every machine.
A few months later I sadly found out I needed a dime (yep I'm pretty old!).
The dealer says "the first ones always free!".
Been a pinball junkie for almost 54 years...
My cousin's had a neighborhood pinball parlor and the owner would open it up one day per year for free plays all day on every machine.
A few months later I sadly found out I needed a dime (yep I'm pretty old!).
The dealer says "the first ones always free!".
Been a pinball junkie for almost 54 years...
Relevant to the interests of this thread:
arstechnica.com
Meet the man keeping hope, and 70-year-old pinball machines, alive
Steve Young’s passion built a business that keeps historic tables running.
arstechnica.com
Had my best game ever of Elvira "Scared Stiff" last night. Hardly a world-beating score - I didn't even make it on the leaderboard - but it's nice when you just casually decide to play and end up having one of those strangely effortless games.
My first IFPA sanctioned competition in my garage a few weeks ago.
Solid game considering Ruler of the Universe is pretty much impossible to get:
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After months of grinding out this machine with very unresponsive bumpers I managed to get to the wizard mode and put up a monster:
I kind of outdid myself, boys! Beat Ruler of the Universe twice this time.
