![]() ![]() Empire Interactive has developed a truly viable pinball simulation rather than a bizarre hybrid with silly trappings that heretofore have passed as cyber pinball games. ![]() Take heart, pinball fans! Pro Pinball: The Web, while it may not hit the super jackpot, takes great strides in the right direction. Usually, they've only alienated true fans looking for a great pinball game, making them wary of the genre in general. Developers have used all sorts of bizarre features in an attempt to liven up simulations - features that could never be duplicated in the arcade. The phrase "the ball is wild" has been used to describe real pinball and it's been incredibly difficult for designers to replicate that action on a computer. Many of the games use wacky ideas, a bad physics model and are not terribly exciting. Maybe once these guys release Timeshock & just get a new product out there, the fanbase will grow & things will take care of themselves, but you gotta start somewhere & they need help at this point.Fans of the silver ball have now had ample opportunity to experience a great number of pinball simulations on the PC. There really should be more backers on this thing. Fire it up on a cabinet, portrait, or normal desktop mode. Lastly, not only does VP not look or play as nice as Pro Pinball, but it can also be complicated, even some tables these days only made for cabinets & not desktop modes portrait or landscape. If Timeshock doesn't happen back then, the pinball hobby is a little smaller today. Then I immediately got the other 3 PP games, then I got sucked into VPM, cut to 2013 & I've owned a number of pinball tables with 4 in my basement right now & I'm on these forums every day. Blew my mind how real it felt & how good it looked, & even at that time it could be considered an older game. I had pinball sims before on PC or playstation, & they were just OK but I was always into trying something that looked promising. Just didn't come across them much or pursue them. ![]() I always liked pinball but around a decade ago it was kind of out of sight out of mind. Then I think the people here do (or should) see the value in this project getting made.ġ testimonial. It is those people who likely will be playing Pro Pinball the most but also clearly enjoy digital pinball & spend thousands of dollars on cabs. Not only that, but VPforums has had a huge ass ad on the front page for the Timeshock KS. The new Timeshock is going to work on a cab, too. After a few rounds of T2, I'm Hyperpinning to a different table, but I could play Timeshock for hours. And yet, my 1997 desktop Timeshock beats the pants off of VP T2 for my cab. Over at vpforums, Terminator 2 by tipoto shows 6,277 downloads while Timeshock struggles to get 900 backers-and most of those backers are for an iPad version for £5. I'm like you guys in trying to figure out why it seems to be taking so long for the Timeshock Kickstarter to reach its goal. Isn't their light show outstanding? I can't wait to see it in reality.Īs for FS T2 implementation - I personally prefer the VP T2 chrome version. Anyone who knows their games off old will know this will raise the bar so high you will get vertigo. You get a small taster in the glass off mode when the balls drop. I think they need to demonstrate a few weighty balls bouncing around the table. Maybe a lot of people haven't experienced Pro Pinball and are suspicious of whether the product will be any good. Having said all this I can understand though how some people cannot take to digital pinball. How strange is this, my kids played a digital pinball cabinet before they saw a real one And I know it has made people seek out real machines and even buy a real table. The positive thing that seems to be coming from digital pinball is it is introducing so many more people to the great game particularly kids, and it is also re-igniting the interest for others who got lost in the video gaming world. ![]() Where I live in France you can hardly find a table nowadays which is sad, but having a digital cabinet allows me to me to experience so many tables I can never find in real life particularly many if the old EMs. Some new tables are done so incredibly well with HD graphics, great lighting, and all the right mechanical sounds, taps, ball rolling, springs, etc in the right places. Promote pinball in any way, I just have no interest in anything digital.Īlthough nothing beats real pinball agreed, having a full size cabinet myself with a playfield sized TV, full working back glass screen, real DMD, and flipper feedback the experience gets very close. I cheer you on to success but only care about real pinball. ![]()
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