Very cool to see a pinball thread on NeoGAF. As an operator for my day job, it's nice to see some pinball love.
There's also a Pinball Arcade community OT:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=462373
It was originally about the video game collection, but morphed into a general pinball one too.
Yeah, that's very frusterating. Fortunately most newer ones have a freebie period where if you lose the ball right away it'll give you another one for free. I do hate how some places charge over $.50 for a game. It really stings to lose a game quickly on those. They would probably make far more money if they dropped the price.
Maybe if I ever start a career in an area that doesn't take all of my income. D:Know what's an even better way of supporting pinball and preventing the decay of machines? Buy some
Maybe if I ever start a career in an area that doesn't take all of my income. D:
If only that was the only barrier... I could convince myself to be incredibly irresponsible.
There's still the issues of maintenance, floor space, moving it, etc
It's not all that bad. The space can definitely be an issue depending on your living arrangements, but in my experience the maintenance hasn't been bad at all. I generally clean my table once a quarter (20 minutes), wax it three times a year (40 minutes), change the batteries once a year (2 minutes), and have only had to clean the optos once (45 minutes).
In the 10 years my parents have owned their table, from a maintenance standpoint, the only thing I had to help with was to rebuild the flippers (2 hours).
Not too bad all told.
Do what my parents did. Kick me out the house and tell them not to come back until a certain time.Should I try this when I try to convince my kids to go play outside?
What game do you have?
I imagine certain tables are more fussy than others. Do you ever notice the flippers getting progressively weaker? Have you ever needed to replace parts?
The other day I'm playing this Star Trek TNG and the ball hit something that cause this piece of metal to come off and go sliding down the playfield.
I have a World Cup Soccer 94, and my parents have a No Fear.
My flippers have been fine for a few years now (no power loss), and it like I said, I did rebuild them on my parents table last year. That is certainly not something that is needed every year.
I have a World Cup Soccer 94, and my parents have a No Fear.
My flippers have been fine for a few years now (no power loss), and it like I said, I did rebuild them on my parents table last year. That is certainly not something that is needed every year.
Where is Pinball FX 2 on Xbox compat list? I have plenty of tables.
Have always loved pinball since I was a kid, Addams Family, Terminator 2, bunch of others were always around.
My father in law won a vintage pinball machine fom like 1977 from a radio contest a few years ago, it wasn't as fancy as the newer ones from the late 80s but it was a solid play and retailed for around 1500 bucks still since it was a collectors item. Valkyrie or some other female warrior type theme I believe it was.
They moved a few years ago and offered the table to me and my wife, who were pumped for it, but then her older brother also expressed interest so my father in law flipped a coin for who got it and my brother in law won.
Chaps my ass because the last time I was at his house that machine was just sitting on the floor in the basement, legs removed, covered in random crap his kids piled on it. Never even been set up apparently.
Basketball is better than pinball because it has multiplayer.
Always been a big pinball fan. If I had the money I would own a personal machine or two since they are infinite entertainment.
My friends always rolled my eyes when I would beeline to the pinball machines in arcades. Screw them, pinball is the main attraction!
I'm actually going to a few arcades this Wednesday, so I hope to find a few good machines
Phoenix area.What city?
Played walking dead for the first time and drained all three balls in less than a minute. I figured there'd be a ball save for quick drains. At over a dollar a game there's no way I'm going to put any more money in it. Good job operator.
Sorry OP, you are wrong. Pinball is good but it aint all that. Pinball has its place...and that is mostly in the past.
Is Allen actually considered released/shipping HHB? Andrew Heighway left amid speculation of poor financial management.
Same kinda goes with Lebowski... what the fuck is going on with some of these companies?!?
OP, I share your love for pinball.... but why try to compare apples to oranges? "pinball" and "video games" are two completely separate things. That is like me saying "my recliner is more comfortable than my dish-washing machine".
I prefer Pinball Arcade. I can play it whenever and wherever I want.
I have such a hard time going back to TPA now that I play on real tables. Doesn't help that the developer is awful. Just feels like a really creaky old game to me at this point. But I'm glad it's still out there for people who don't have access and I'm sure it's still doing work getting people into/back into the hobby (like it partly did for me back in its xbox 360 iteration).
It's definitely on them and how they have it set, though TWD is a pretty tough game to learn.
Pinball is a game where the better you are, the less you spend. You just have to be willing to invest more early on.
TPA is fucking woeful. If anyone ever thinks it's good, remind them it's the same company that released Action 52 on Genesis.I appreciate that TPA exists but it feels like it is held together with Scotch tape and Elmer's glue. It's definitely not a substitute for the real thing, though I think it's great for learning table rules.