Parallax Scroll
Banned
Monster Bash on 360 has a glitch that is bad enough that I won't play that version. Otherwise yes, every table that has a version on 360 plays best there.
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Monster Bash on 360 has a glitch that is bad enough that I won't play that version. Otherwise yes, every table that has a version on 360 plays best there.
The nudge glitch? Yeah, I'm aware of it. Even exploited it a little (but not before going overboard and actually tilted the thing, ahaha). But everything else on there is pretty much perfect. Sad panda.
Parallax Scroll
Banned
This Medieval Madness game sure is taking a while
Edit: Done. The PS3 version is about the same difficulty as the 360 version, except that you can't post-pass right to left on PS3.
Ended up with 3.6 billion which is almost exactly the same as my best 360 score.
Edit: Done. The PS3 version is about the same difficulty as the 360 version, except that you can't post-pass right to left on PS3.
Ended up with 3.6 billion which is almost exactly the same as my best 360 score.
Update for Zaccaria on iOS!
In this update:
Didn't post that so people can know, just so that people can see what the competition is including in it's first update. Insane level of stuff.
Also note, that as I have bought the "gold" package (which includes all options and all tables) I get the included table AND the physics/camera/graphics tweaks all included
In this update:
Code:
- ADDED a new table, Farfalla
- ADDED 3 new in-app purchases (premium camera, physics tweaks, graphics tweaks)
- FIXED red special and orange special on Time Machine
- FIXED time special and train sound on Locomotion
- FIXED orange special on Pinball Champ '82
- FIXED backglass of all the tables in night mode
- ADDED 4-direction shaking option
- ADDED touch-based launching
- ADDED configurable iCade control
- ADDED new options (glass, environment, HUD)
- ADDED a fully reprogrammed physics engine
- FIXED menu issues on iPhone 5
- OPTIMIZED gameplay on iPhone 4, iPad and iPhone 3GS
- FIXED menu, now iap icons dissappear for gold membership owners
- ADDED realistic flipper gap in simulation modeAlso note, that as I have bought the "gold" package (which includes all options and all tables) I get the included table AND the physics/camera/graphics tweaks all included
ThreePiMatt
Member
I was watching the "Special When Lit" pinball documentary and man they certainly decided to feature some of the most awkward and meek people they could find. The historians and game designers were fine, but all those collectors and tournament players, ugh, lets just say there's not a Steve Wiebe in the bunch.
Yep. The guy with the house full of pinball table parts, notebooks, and prominent belly was amazing. Really fun documentary to watch.
Update for Zaccaria on iOS!
In this update:
Didn't post that so people can know, just so that people can see what the competition is including in it's first update. Insane level of stuff.Code:- ADDED a new table, Farfalla - ADDED 3 new in-app purchases (premium camera, physics tweaks, graphics tweaks) - FIXED red special and orange special on Time Machine - FIXED time special and train sound on Locomotion - FIXED orange special on Pinball Champ '82 - FIXED backglass of all the tables in night mode - ADDED 4-direction shaking option - ADDED touch-based launching - ADDED configurable iCade control - ADDED new options (glass, environment, HUD) - ADDED a fully reprogrammed physics engine - FIXED menu issues on iPhone 5 - OPTIMIZED gameplay on iPhone 4, iPad and iPhone 3GS - FIXED menu, now iap icons dissappear for gold membership owners - ADDED realistic flipper gap in simulation mode
Also note, that as I have bought the "gold" package (which includes all options and all tables) I get the included table AND the physics/camera/graphics tweaks all included
Nice. I think I'm gonna plunk down for the gold package, too. Just wanted to be sure they were gonna keep updating and improving.
^^^ Yeah, once I saw the first four tables and how many options they had already (and the guarantee of the specific number of tables) it was easy to justify.
Special When Lit is definitely more a "People who like pinball" documentary than a "pinball documentary", IMO. As interesting and bizarre as it was, I much preferred Tilt!.
Special When Lit is definitely more a "People who like pinball" documentary than a "pinball documentary", IMO. As interesting and bizarre as it was, I much preferred Tilt!.
There's another pinball documentary? Is it on Netflix?
Edit: Dang. Not on streaming or available on DVD? Criminal.
Parallax Scroll
Banned
I'm not like those guys.
One of the things I try to do in TPA is beat my old scores from the Williams Pinball Hall of Fame. Firepower is one of the ones I did well on back in the day, but I sold my copy and forgot what I got on it.
Fortunately a buddy of mine still has it and checked the leader boards for me. My best was just a bit over 4,000,000, which would have been #1 on the NeoGAF rankings if I were a member based on this post from jvm. Hopefully I can get in that groove again with the TPA version of Firepower. We'll see.
Fortunately a buddy of mine still has it and checked the leader boards for me. My best was just a bit over 4,000,000, which would have been #1 on the NeoGAF rankings if I were a member based on this post from jvm. Hopefully I can get in that groove again with the TPA version of Firepower. We'll see.
Elvin Atombender
Member
I'm not a big fan of that table but last week I was on my way to a new personal high-score when the ball went through the top of the lower playfield (bottom of the screen) and the game just ended. I didn't even get the score from the lower playfield.
Parallax Scroll
Banned
Impressive! That's a lot better than I've ever done.
Nice score! Glad you were able to track down a way to get to the official scoreboards.
I'm still trying to get over a million.
ThreePiMatt
Member
Any word on the Steam version? I know it was Greenlit, but I haven't heard anything else.
I think they specifically said it'd be a couple months before it was ready.
twinturbo2
butthurt Heat fan
Is there a wizard goal for making the billion point shot in Bride of PinBot? Because I made that shot tonight, but I'm still stuck on the standard goal list because of that fucking 200K point skill shot.
Also, I managed to find Larry DeMar on twitter, but he only made five tweets and his account is protected...
Also, I managed to find Larry DeMar on twitter, but he only made five tweets and his account is protected...
Parallax Scroll
Banned
Bride of Pinbot has a fun theme, but it's pretty boring to play because the best strategy is to just shoot the left ramp a lot until billion is lit, then shoot the center ramp, and repeat, ignoring everything else on the table.
Bride of Pinbot can still be fun (and a challenge) if you try to get a Backdoor Billion award. To get it you need to get a 10-loop combo. Before you are awarded it though you have to complete all the other loop compbos in order, 2-9. Each time you hit a loop, you have 4 seconds or so to hit another or it resets to your last completed combo. Your progress carries over from ball to ball though.
I got up to the nine-loop combo once which took well over a hundred ramp trips, but I got a bit nervous and lost my concentration. Too bad there is no trophy for it. The most efficient way to complete it takes about 50 loop shots, but I can' t imagine someone doing it that easily.
I got up to the nine-loop combo once which took well over a hundred ramp trips, but I got a bit nervous and lost my concentration. Too bad there is no trophy for it. The most efficient way to complete it takes about 50 loop shots, but I can' t imagine someone doing it that easily.
Oh man, that destroyed my highest score. I think I only now have Dr. Dude left above your best run. Heh, at least for most of the tables that I put time into you have just "merely" doubled my top score. =P
Ah well, more practice needed.
ThreePiMatt
Member
Yeah, I feel the same way about Bride of Pinbot as I do about Medieval Madness, I like the theme but the mechanics are boring. Hitting that castle gate over and over again is not particularly fun.
Parallax Scroll
Banned
There's way more to medieval madness than that. In fact I'd say MM takes the most strategy and planning out of any table in PA if you're really going for high scores.
Edit: Except maybe Star Trek, but I'm not very good at that one so I don't really know.
plagiarize
Banned
yeah. you're definitely not playing MM right if you're just going for castles without trying to get all the madness multiballs going at once, and then doing royal madness to get them all going again. damn that catapult shot...
ThreePiMatt
Member
Yeah, I've done the Madness Multiballs and got the Royal Madness extraball multiple times. But "Win the Battle for the Kingdom" is the only Wizard goal I have left and getting that is boring as shit.
Parallax Scroll
Banned
If you play stacked Multiball Madness and Royal Madness twice each and do a few rounds of Castle Multiball, that should get you most of what you need to unlock Battle For The Kingdom. I don't even aim for the castle gate most of the time; I just get castle kills off stray hits when playing other modes.
twinturbo2
butthurt Heat fan
Standard goal set number lucky thirteen (Medieval Madness) complete.
I was stuck on destroying two castles for the longest time, then I activated multiball after lowering the drawbridge the second time and things got a little bit easier from there on out.
Ended that game with a score of about 28 million, I think.
I was stuck on destroying two castles for the longest time, then I activated multiball after lowering the drawbridge the second time and things got a little bit easier from there on out.
Ended that game with a score of about 28 million, I think.
MM on Vita is brutal, to me. Haven't gone past 4 Castles. Bah, I'll get there someday.
Finally got the hang of TZ. FUCK ME you've got to be SUPER patient with shots. That table punishes like no other for missed shots. But I finally got Jackpots and the higher level bonus modes and my high score is finally out of the cellar. My games on it last an avg of a half hour now.
Cactus Canyon is a blast. Great table. Still learning it and can't get those higher-echelon scores yet, but I'm enjoying it at the least.
Finally got the hang of TZ. FUCK ME you've got to be SUPER patient with shots. That table punishes like no other for missed shots. But I finally got Jackpots and the higher level bonus modes and my high score is finally out of the cellar. My games on it last an avg of a half hour now.
Cactus Canyon is a blast. Great table. Still learning it and can't get those higher-echelon scores yet, but I'm enjoying it at the least.
twinturbo2
butthurt Heat fan
I just got lucky in a session of Gorgar, I nearly hit 660K and got three of the wizard goals in the process.
Parallax Scroll
Banned
It's not luck it's skill
twinturbo2
butthurt Heat fan
With how easy it is to drain a ball in Gorgar, luck is involved somewhat. To me, at least.
Honest questions - do you hit the ball "randomly" as it rolls around, or do you mostly use controlled shots, trapping the ball when possible? Also, do you feel pretty good about your nudging skills? The better you are with both of those, the less luck becomes a factor in how well you play.
For instance, last night I finished the last two Wizard goals for Dr, Dude: hitting the Gazillion point shot (you have to be a Super Dude first) and collecting a Double Jackpot by getting two balls in the spinner simultaneously while Jackpot was lit.
It would be a LOT harder to get those goals if I wasn't constantly controlling the flow of the ball leading up to the events. I avoid certain "bad" shot attempts and try to slow the ball down for a controlled shot by trapping. When things look dangerous, I nudge the ball towards a more favorable path.
You can't always get the ball to go exactly where you want, but getting better at keeping it away from where you DON'T want helps a lot in avoiding drains as you aim for your targets.
For instance, last night I finished the last two Wizard goals for Dr, Dude: hitting the Gazillion point shot (you have to be a Super Dude first) and collecting a Double Jackpot by getting two balls in the spinner simultaneously while Jackpot was lit.
It would be a LOT harder to get those goals if I wasn't constantly controlling the flow of the ball leading up to the events. I avoid certain "bad" shot attempts and try to slow the ball down for a controlled shot by trapping. When things look dangerous, I nudge the ball towards a more favorable path.
You can't always get the ball to go exactly where you want, but getting better at keeping it away from where you DON'T want helps a lot in avoiding drains as you aim for your targets.
Parallax Scroll
Banned
Well said Joe.
My recollection, perhaps faulty, is that Parallax Scroll has claimed never to have played Shadow of the Beast.
Parallax Scroll
Banned
twinturbo2
butthurt Heat fan
Captains log, completed the standard goals for Star Trek: The Next Generation (list #14) today. Got a new high score of 659M, too.
Parallax Scroll
Banned
Gorgar is a lot harder on PS3 than 360, but damn am I unsatisfied with that score.
Dash Kappei
Not actually that important
Nah, it's just a pun on his GAF name and how SotB's marketing/reviews/Amiga fanboys (like me, lol) always made a big deal out of Its 12 levels of parallax scroll. Also one of the few franchises were the first game is the one with the best gfx.
twinturbo2
butthurt Heat fan
Got that extra ball in Cirqus Voltaire, I can now take the asterisk off of that one.
The Ringmaster Hideout bonus is a wizard goal, I got that once. Gotta be quick on that one.
The Ringmaster Hideout bonus is a wizard goal, I got that once. Gotta be quick on that one.
I just got all the standard goals in that as well. I think I now have them in all of them... except for the two tables I haven't bought (HD and Ripley's). This is iOS, mind you.
Speaking of which, the next pack can't be far off, can it? It's usually around the 16-17th when the update is available on the iOS app store.
twinturbo2
butthurt Heat fan
Standard goal set #15 (Scared Stiff) complete. Getting the right lane rollover for the Tele-Pathetic award was tougher than expected.
Parallax Scroll
Banned
Cirqus Voltaire is dumb but I'm gonna try to beat my PS3 score anyway.
Edit: I beat it but eh I can do better. Got 470 million which is less than half of my xbox score.
The physics are, again, really different from 360, but I'm adapting. Bounce passes are a lot more effective in this version.
Edit: I beat it but eh I can do better. Got 470 million which is less than half of my xbox score.
The physics are, again, really different from 360, but I'm adapting. Bounce passes are a lot more effective in this version.
twinturbo2
butthurt Heat fan
Wow, dude, I can barely break 30M in Cirqus Voltaire. I bow down to your superiority.