The Pinball Arcade

I'll give 'em two dollars for that.

Zen Pinball 2 being released has got me back into score wars with my buddies so I ended up picking up the rest of the tables I hadn't before, Pinballistic, and this. Have lots of tables to learn and scores to beat now! I do like how this is basically what the retail release should have been (and hell, has more trophies) so I'm all for the price of admission here.

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfile...s/?id=95907686

Finally, The Pinball Arcade is up on Greenlight.

James

I still think that they were a bit overambitious with this project. I wonder if they were cognizant of the licensing red tape when they conceived the idea of table recreations. I do give them accolades for trying, though.

I originally planned to buy every table they created regardless of what it was, but due to the constant bugs, and delays on Live (no fault of their own, obviously), my enthusiasm has been tempered a bit. This is probably due to me playing a ton of tables on the PinMAME project for almost a decade already. I'm definitely back in when some of my favorite tables from the early to mid 90's are recreated. Hopefully the flipper issue will be sorted out. (ironically, PinMAME had a similar bug with its flippers where the program only recognized the flippers being in a binary state of "up", and "down". If you flipped at the exact moment the ball was at a certain place, it would go through the flippers) I do wish that Pinball Arcade allowed access to the operator's menu like PinMAME, however.

Even though I sound negative, Pinball FX/Pro Pinball remake, this project, and other events that are happening make me confident that the pinball industry is experiencing a slow resurgence. Not only is Stern increasing their output, but there's actually new manufacturers appearing, such as Jersey Jack Pinball , Heighway Pinball, and a company called Multimorphic that is creating high-tech modular tables that have playfields and rules that can be changed at will by the owner/operator. All of this makes me quite happy.

Table Pack #7: Scared Stiff™ and Big Shot™ are now on Android and iOS and Table Pack 6: Elvira and the Party Monsters™ and No Good Gofers™ will be coming to PS3/Vita with today's update. The email I got from them also stated "Table Pack 5: Harley-Davidson®, Third Edition and Taxi™ will appear in the menu with this update. Harley and Taxi are currently expected to be released in North America on Nov. 6th, so those two tables may not be available until then even though they appear in the menu now."

It also said that Xbox 360 they want to get updated ASAP and that it has nothing to do with MS's certification but the fact that they are not the publisher on that platform and their publisher (Crave) filed for bankruptcy so that has delayed a ton.

"FarSight offers its apologies for the delays in releasing additional content for the Xbox 360 of Pinball Arcade. We want to assure 360 players that these delays are temporary and we fully intend to continue supporting this console. The issues are not the fault of Microsoft nor are they due to the title update procedure. The 360 is the only platform that we cannot publish on directly. Selling digital content requires a current Publishing License Agreement (PLA) with Microsoft to release games. We are working through complications regarding our publisher Crave Entertainment filing bankruptcy. At this moment, we are not able to submit new content. However, we expect to start rolling out the updates shortly and catch the Table Pack releases on 360 up to the other platforms within a few months."

Yo! Taxi!

That's my favorite table ever, mostly because that was the best one my local arcade had as a kid.

Star Trek:TNG released on PSN for 500 American money units.

I want to buy it, but I'm not giving them another dime until I get my Twilight Zone table. This company's communication is beyond awful.

Still waiting for this to be Greenlit instead of all this other bullshit

An update was released on the PS3 version that changes the interface. Now, new tables are listed separately from ones you own.


... and I still don't have my Twilight Zone table despite emails, Facebook comments, and every other method I can think of. Seriously, fuck this company. The next time they come asking for Kickstarter money, I'm kicking them to the curb.