Were you the dude who sent an email to Gabe when I did?
Yeah, that sounds about right. Given that Steam has the provisioning for beta users, it should be fairly easy (from the back-end side of things) to grant those Kickstarters beta access to whatever tables they backed.
I had a box where I added some spare HAPP buttons to a motherboard box, and added some male/female RCA cables to the 360 pad and motherboard box so they were mapped to LB/RB. I have an iCade Core but no Dremel so I couldn't cut holes in that... but I had a spare iCade Jr. I never used and this motherboard box... so I wired up L&R flips and added nudge buttons and launch/down arrow. In practice, it actually works pretty wellSeems to be a bit of lag (and I may be mistaken, but slightly more on newer tables... Firepower was fine, but AfM seemed to have a little more lag).
Still, fun little way to play it when I'm at home! Will be adding magnasave/special buttons, but not worrying about menu navigation etc. Perhaps when/if I make a proper box for it.
Sounds about right. Though Flash was a Williams table that sold a hell of a lot as well, so it could be that. But "hell of a lot" was when it was released... could've been eclipsed by later tables fairly easily, I guess.
On another note, I'm kinda glad that in that second interview the FS guy confirmed that the PC beta for KS backers should be out in a week or two and depending on your backing level, you'll either get just the table you backed OR said table plus the four original tables. I chucked in $50 for the TNG KS, so I think I'll be PCing it up pretty damn soon
The PC "beta" of the KS tables were going to everyone who selected PC as their platform.As for that beta that was mentioned in the Kickstarters, I just assumed it was beta access like what the other beta users have on PAF... just early access to tables for testing on whatever platforms. Probably wrong though.
Everyone here has favorites. I like Medieval Madness, Attack from Mars, Star Trek, Funhouse, Black Knight, Taxi, Monster Madness, Master of Magic, and
I really wish I had confidence in Stern making any good tables ever again, but even though I love the design, sound, layout and (to a lesser extent) the artwork of AC/DC, the machine itself just feels like a cheap piece of crap compared to any of the Williams tables I've played. Played it when essentially brand new and at varying stages of being "worn in" and it just felt cheap and hollow the whole time. Mind you, that was the base level AC/DC but still... I doubt the more expensive ones would've felt much better.
I think so too, but do you think there's a market for it? If there's one made that focuses more on realism, unfortunately it won't be the sort of game with flashing lights or loud noises that would attract people to it in a pub or arcade setting. It would (unfortunately) need to have a Gofers-esque level of wackiness (or a little bit less). It's a good idea for a theme, but maybe for something like Pinball FX where the outlay isn't so massive and it can target a relatively niche audience. I'd certainly buy it, though! Even with something like an integrated LCD where the pinball can seamlessly become a virtual ball on a screen (that you could control with the flipper buttons a la DMD games).
No problem! I'm sure it was Bally or someone associated with Williams (unless it was Williams themselves), but I don't know if that table was one that would be worth chasing down a license for. I don't think it's ever been considered "great", which I think would be the one crucial bullet point in getting a table that requires any kind of license (only exception being Elvira, where I get the impression she allowed her likeness to be used for free. Mucho respect to her if that's the case). That's why I'm not holding my breath for something like Baywatch (but am a little more hopeful on The Shadow).
That's one of the tables I just can't get into. Almost all I warm up to eventually, but that... I dunno, it's just *too* goofy and comical, I guess? Even Funhouse has a kind of wicked sense to it (for what'd be considered a "childish" theme) but Gofers always just feels annoying to me. I should focus on it and at least learn the rules, I've only really just hit the ball around somewhat randomly.
Ugh, that's what I was concerned with. AC/DC is good in that regard because there's a clear focus on music, so there's never really that much going on with the DMD or flashing lights on the playfield. Anything that pulls focus away from the ball itself is a bad thing, IMO. That said, I'm glad to hear that it's a solid feeling table... maybe Stern will lift their game. With any luck, maybe these small producers popping up (wasn't someone else working on a relatively wide-release table as well?) will push Williams into making low-numbers tables as well. I'd love to see Ritchie back there.