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Ive Had A Pinball Revelation


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Ok, ive been playing Vpinmame a lot lately, and ive come to the conclusion that.......early games like Black Hole, BlackKnight, HauntedHouse, Elektra, Bride Of Pinbot, Fathom, Gorgar, Pharaoh, Sorcerer and so on.....( not forgetting Firepower:) ).....are truely original, playable kick ass pins! Is it the sounds, artwork or just nostalga....i dont know, maybe a mix of everything.

 

I love the newer pins also and they are really fun to play, but theres just something different about the "feel" of the older ones. Seems to me with the older, they are just raw pinball, bat on ball play.

 

I may have a new appreciation for EMs coming as well, i just havnt played tham really.

 

Just thought id share my exitement and new found love:D Ahhhhhh:)

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The great thing is its not so much the "bells and whistles" but the gameplay, you are not rewarded every time you hit the ball but hitting the right things.

Helps get your flipper control happening as well, unlike newer pin's ie here's a multiball for just for starting the game, or the another ball cause you couldn't keep that one alive enough.

I have learnt all my flipper control from older games and that is where the fun is pulling of great saves, newer games seem to focus on modes that just get confusing for a new player. maybe this is why Pinball is dying :unsure

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The turning point was this. I was playing TZ and got LITZ. It was really cool and going off nicely. Then i was later playing BK and shooting balls left, right and centre in multiball. The sounds, ramps, magna save( which i cant master ) and total theme really got me in bad:o

 

I thought to myself, shit.....BK is as good as, if not better than TZ once you get into it!

 

Either way, DAMN pinball is king!!

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I do like 90s pins, BUT as they evolved, a lot of 'sameyness' crept into the rulesets and layouts.

 

That is, you can be playing one, and realise that the mode you activated is exactly the same as modes on other machines. Variations on the basic fan playfield also became much more common.

 

Earlier games like Black Hole have genuinely unique rulesets and approach and playfields.

 

I suggest there's more originality in those 80s pins - relative to what came before - than in the 90s pins.

 

In any case, I think some of both is a good thing.

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The turning point was this. I was playing TZ and got LITZ. It was really cool and going off nicely. Then i was later playing BK and shooting balls left, right and centre in multiball. The sounds, ramps, magna save( which i cant master ) and total theme really got me in bad:o

 

I thought to myself, shit.....BK is as good as, if not better than TZ once you get into it!

 

Either way, DAMN pinball is king!!

 

You have to stop playing that virtual pin stuff :laugh: you will ruin the whole experience about playing the real thing, especially with the newer games. You will know every shot:rolleyes

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You have to stop playing that virtual pin stuff :laugh: you will ruin the whole experience about playing the real thing, especially with the newer games. You will know every shot:rolleyes

Hmmm, i just installed the profanity roms for T2 as well:cool: But your right, it kinda ruins the first time experience.

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Hmmm, i just installed the profanity roms for T2 as well:cool: But your right, it kinda ruins the first time experience.

 

So does it it actually say voice " Fuck you arsehole":unsure as when I put my sound rom profanity chips in the whole game just fucked up, so switched back to original sound roms but left the video rom in and I only get the message on the DMD:unsure

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i havent "heard" it say it yet, but i only had a couple of games. When should it say it? What mode?

 

The bottom left lock " Database " it only comes up randomly and you have to have the game set on freeplay to make it activate. It's the lock that cycles random stuff. Neat flip to the left from the right flipper;)

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