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FiOSGuy

Collateral Damage Tag :P

• Mar 8, 2008

• #1

All 10 of you ....

Got my copy via Amazon (seems like Walmart and Amazon the only places to get it).

Not bad. Tables are re-created pretty well. I think there might be sounds missing from various table (I think Firepower is really borked). The tables play pretty quick, I feel like the balls are draining a bit too much. There are a ton of tables that really should have been here -- High Speed, Getaway, F14 Tomcat -- just to name a few. Maybe there will be a volume 2. Pretty good pickup for $20.

 

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Rated-Rsuperstar

Member

• Mar 8, 2008

• #2

Are you the one who submitted the only review on amazon.com? Just curious.

 

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FiOSGuy

Collateral Damage Tag :P

• Mar 8, 2008

• #3

Nope, not me.

 

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2DMention

Banned

• Mar 8, 2008

• #4

Thanks for the heads up. I love pin games and this has some good tables on it. Even though it's 2X the price, there's something more relaxing about playing the game across the living room wirelessly on the Wii.

I noticed EBgames doesn't even have this game listed.
Do WalMart's brick and Mortar stores carry it, or just online?

Edit: Called Wal*Mart and they don't seem to have it. Guess it's Amazon or bust.

 

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Sylar

Banned

• Mar 8, 2008

• #5

This would probobly work genious on the PSP with it's triggers.

 

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Remy

Member

• Mar 8, 2008

• #6

I had no idea this was coming out, but - the PSP version is now 2-5 weeks to ship?

Anyone tried the PS2 version?

 

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Bojangles

Member

• Mar 8, 2008

• #7

Hm, PSP is starting to look attractice. This and GoW:CoO would probably be all I need to justify it.

 

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Ninja Scooter

Member

• Mar 8, 2008

• #8

can you hold the PSP sideways to play this?

 

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FlyinJ

Douchebag. Yes, me.

• Mar 8, 2008

• #9

I ordered the $15 PS2 SKU of this from Amazon. Should be here monday. A guy on another forum who is a pinball nut got the Wii version and loves it.

 

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jvm

Gamasutra.

• Mar 8, 2008

• #10

Be sure to pick up the first in this line ... the Gottlieb collection. It's really awesome stuff.

 

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jvm

Gamasutra.

• Mar 8, 2008

• #11

Ninja Scooter said:

can you hold the PSP sideways to play this?

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Yes. Quite fun that way, but I think I played (the Gottlieb version) mostly in the normal (landscape) view. It depends on the table, really...

 

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STG!

Member

• Mar 8, 2008

• #12

Just grabbed this one on a whim for the PSP over the week, looking forward to checking it out once I take a breather from DWVII.

I mean, it's got Funhouse in this collection. FUNHOUSE. And a few other tables that I liked. Hope the table physics are decent, as I love me some good pinball.

 

Agent X

Member

• Mar 8, 2008

• #13

jvm said:

Be sure to pick up the first in this line ... the Gottlieb collection. It's really awesome stuff.

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I agree with this. I was a big fan of Pinball Hall of Fame: The Gottlieb Collection as well, and I'd certainly advocate getting that game.

My friend picked up PHoF: The Williams Collection on Wii last week, and liked it so much that he also bought the PSP version a few days afterward. Going by memory, here are a few cool things he told me regarding the features, along with some differences compared to The Gottlieb Collection:

1. There are now multiple goals per table in The Williams Collection (rather than just one like The Gottlieb Collection). Accomplishing a goal will unlock something cool.

2. Most tables require you to insert a credit to play, but (like The Gottlieb Collection) you can unlock it for free play by accomplishing a goal. He also said that if you get a "free play" goal, you can apply it to any machine of your choice--great if you have a particular table that you like to play. He also said that for the price of 100 credits, you can make a table of your choice free play.

3. He said the "arcade" in the game now has a downstairs section and an upstairs section. Of the 10 tables named on the back of the box, the downstairs section contains 8 of the tables, while the upstairs has 2. He found it peculiar that they'd designate a whole other floor of the arcade just for two tables...hmm. Also, he said that in the upstairs section, there seems to be another area partitioned off...hmm. He also mentioned that the game shows other people walking around in the arcade, rather than just a big empty game room as in the prior title.

I'd love to hear more details from people who have picked this up. I noticed that this week's PlayStation Nation podcast has a review of it as well.

 

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vilmer_

Member

• Mar 8, 2008

• #14

Very nice. I'll be picking this up.

 

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vireland

Member

• Mar 8, 2008

• #15

FiOSGuy said:

Not bad. Tables are re-created pretty well. I think there might be sounds missing from various table (I think Firepower is really borked). The tables play pretty quick, I feel like the balls are draining a bit too much. There are a ton of tables that really should have been here -- High Speed, Getaway, F14 Tomcat -- just to name a few. Maybe there will be a volume 2. Pretty good pickup for $20.

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Dunno. They did some weird things like the drop targets in the TAXI are completely different and unrelated to what they are on the real machine. They look ridiculous, and what does red white and blue texas-flag style graphics have to do with Marilyn(Monroe)/Lola packed up and waiting for a Taxi to come? Why would you take artistic license with graphics on a real-world machine? I don't get it.