I remember Elvira as one of the first with the dual ramp cycle you could run. Haunted House was another one of those.no 1 shot that returns ball directly to your flipper.įor games with ramps, it's almost always the case just running the ramps as much as you can will get you really high scores. Yes, those are cool too cuz it requires precision to repeat.but I'm more of a traditionalist for pinballs and like ones without an easy way to score high.ĭevil's Dare and Space Invader's pinball are a couple more classics that come to mind. This is unlike ramp games or games like High Speed Pinball where you do a shot that returns the ball right on one of your flippers then you can do another shot to return it back to the other flipper and repeat that over and over. Yes, you could get good at the extra ball lane or the 8-ball lane shots as well as the multiplier shot, but the ball doesn't return to you predictably in each of those shots. These would be pinball games like Eight Ball Deluxe. The best of the best pinballs IMHO are those that don't really have a clear shot(s) to repeat over and over and over again.
Nah, that's the key to most pinball machines.to find a couple shots you can get proficient at that's a zero to low risk move thus repeat a lot and hopefully have it where it's worth lots of points. I guess it would fall under leeching, but I don't know if we have this type of rule in pinball scores. Will probably pick up an Arcade1up AFM and put it in a place where a normal pin cannot fit in my game room.One is Earthshaker which I had mastered hitting the ramp every single time. I would still like one in my house one day but I have a hard time choosing one over a real game. I was part of a small group that pushed towards actual vpin cabinets and helped with the development of the original hyperpin front end. Those are just the ones off the top of my head. The POV is used to compensate for this but the screen is still shorter so it breaks the illusion. The width to length ratio of pinball playfields vary but universally are longer compared to 16:9 playfield. Ball looks weird at times like it is too large. Simulated lighting like flashers is decent but does not compare to light coming from the actual point on the playfield as opposed to the perimeter. It doesn't help that a screen only emits lights while playfield can emit AND reflect light. Every game I have seen is waaaaay too bright like it is surrounded by pinstadiums. The illusion breaks when you start moving your head. The POV is fixed which looks cool when you are shooting it on a camera in a fixed position. Physics are not even close even with VPX. VP can give you that feeling now and it feels pretty damn good. Is it like the real machine?, NO, but it is close enough now to make you feel good ruling the universe, because one thing every pin head loves is having an awesome game where you walk away, adrenaline pumping, rapid breathing, and a true sense of accomplishment. Now was it 100% like playing an OG '80 BK? no, but it is definitely "close enough" these days to let you get your nostalgia on, have some fun, and share all the experiences of the old stuff, some of which you may never actually see in the wild, and I think it really adds to the pin playing experience. What your friends will get is, wow, I see the similarity, and the progression from this machine to BK2K, what a great shooter, no wonder it was popular back in 1980. I'll give you a little late night scenario- Your playing your nice restored Black Knight 2000 with some friends when one says "I heard there was an older machine that this is based on? And you say, yes, the OG BK, want to try that one? You walk over to your VP cabinet scroll through all your tables, punch up OG BK and take a spin on this table. VP has it's place in a Pinball collectors collection (space savings being the number 1 attraction) and NO, it does not replace real pinball, but damn if it does'nt "Supplement" it like a mofo.
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