Pinball, Commodore 64s and All That Jazz!

harry2 · Post by **harry2** » Wed May 21, 2008 2:50 am

The satisfying "crack" of obtaining a special !

There even used to be a Space Invaders pinball table.

Used to have a Bally Kiss pinball table in the garage when I was younger, bit of a b4stard when it went wrong though to get spares.

mr lugsy · Post by **mr lugsy** » Wed May 21, 2008 7:35 am

remember the black knight,f-14 tomcat and gameshow(with your host keith mcteeth)?
and more recently( but still over 10 years now) no fear ,probably the easiest to complete ,you could loop it round till you got bored.

i have vague memories of old tables in cafes ,the sort that had bells for sound and no alphas

wonder what an 8 ball deluxe in mint condition is worth now?

Mystery_Plum · Post by **Mystery_Plum** » Wed May 21, 2008 8:48 am

flashback wrote:It might have been The Machine: Bride of Pinbot...

'I can speak!...'

Scott · Post by **Scott** » Wed May 21, 2008 9:13 am

thats the one

Weyland · Post by **Weyland** » Wed May 21, 2008 9:20 am

Extreme Eddie wrote:just googled it and theres lots of vids on youtube, it is bride of pinbot, would never of remembered the name but reckognized it instantly, great sound fx, brings back memories

I was close - BOPB is a sequel to PB, which also had a similar feature. ]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinbot[/url]

Back to the death of arcades: To me, it looks like the Japanese keep theirs alive by playing on the collectable culture. Games are linked, have things like national leaderboards, and award prizes like collectable cards, actual physical prizes being one of the few things an arcade can do that a home console can't.

Anyone see the print club machines that Sega and Namco had at ATEI? Anyone seen one of those in the wild?

Mind you, there's one hell of a culture difference. We are talking about a country where grown businessmen read comics on the train to work in the morning.

borgcontact4 · Post by **borgcontact4** » Wed May 21, 2008 12:34 pm

Well Japan is suffering as Namco and Sega are closing their arcades by the hundreds. All over the industry press.

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Wed May 21, 2008 7:47 pm

Well, since no-one had tried it, I thought I'd give it a bash myself. I was bit dubious about how good a pinball emulator could be - as well as my inability to get stuff like this working.

Anyway, it took a while of fannying about, not least cos you sometimes have to wait 5 mins between downloads. But I eventually got the pinball machine I displayed earlier working. I was amazed at the quality, both of the graphics and sounds, but also the game physics. I can't recommend it enough.

The pinball emulator scene seems to be as thriving as the fruitie one, so there's a good chance all your old faves will be there.

Good luck!

jb13 · Post by **jb13** » Wed May 21, 2008 9:18 pm

Extreme Eddie wrote:I used to love pinball when i was a kid, saw one today in a pub in Brum the first time in years i've seen one in a boozer, we had a few in the local pub over the years, terminator, addams family were good too play on, bring back the pinball in pubs i say, i'm sure there would be some interest

Where about in Brum did you go Eddie.

Scott · Post by **Scott** » Wed May 21, 2008 10:17 pm

just had a tour round the outskirts to see what i could find, massive area, for every 10-12 pubs you would find 1 playable machine roughly. just made a change from the old routine

psyman · Post by **psyman** » Wed May 21, 2008 11:44 pm

Eddie which pub had the pinball? I live in Brum & would love to play a proper working pinball again.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu May 22, 2008 12:18 am

Cardinal Richelieu wrote:Well, since no-one had tried it, I thought I'd give it a bash myself. I was bit dubious about how good a pinball emulator could be - as well as my inability to get stuff like this working.

Anyway, it took a while of fannying about, not least cos you sometimes have to wait 5 mins between downloads. But I eventually got the pinball machine I displayed earlier working. I was amazed at the quality, both of the graphics and sounds, but also the game physics. I can't recommend it enough.

The pinball emulator scene seems to be as thriving as the fruitie one, so there's a good chance all your old faves will be there.

Good luck!

which emulator u use cardinal..??

Scott · Post by **Scott** » Thu May 22, 2008 12:49 am

Can't remember the name of the pub, i went in that many, going again in a few weeks so i'll find out

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Thu May 22, 2008 8:07 am

It's just called Visual Pinball, although u also need PinMAME, as well as the game graphics, sound and ROM files, as well as a font to put in the C:\windows\fonts folder.

Easiest guide I found was here:

http://www.vpforums.com/modules.php?s=& ... id_cat=2#5

jb13 · Post by **jb13** » Thu May 22, 2008 8:29 am

Extreme Eddie wrote:just had a tour round the outskirts to see what i could find, massive area, for every 10-12 pubs you would find 1 playable machine roughly. just made a change from the old routine

Did you go into a Megabowl?

mr lugsy · Post by **mr lugsy** » Thu May 22, 2008 8:31 am

there was never a commodore 64 pinball sim with a jazz soundtrack(fact)