The Pinball Arcade

[soundasleep]

Can't wait to get my hands on the Pro Pinball Alpha and see how it plays on my cab!

Pinball Arcade is good, but some of Slamt1lt's Future Pinball tables are amazing. Hooking up a Kinect for BAM is next...

[baoyar]

As a newbie to the hobby (and a huge gamer) I picked up Pinball Arcade as soon as I found out about it. It's a great game and the physics are top notch. I also play Pinball FX2. Both games are brilliant, but I think Arcade has slightly more realistic ball physics. It's been an invaluable game in helping me figure out which machine I'll buy as my first pin. For a younger guy like me who never had the chance to play every machine when pinball was at its peak, it's a great way to sample games which you just don't see much anymore in the wild. That said, FX2 has some fantastic table designs. Both are definitely worth a look!

[Shaneus]

Re: Season 3 TPA pricing: Existing seasons were a bit cheaper as they were still porting tables from their old games, Williams and Gottlieb Hall of Fame. This season is all new titles done from scratch. And their quality is off the charts compared to previous releases, IMO.
Plus this season for PC we should be getting proper cabinet support (that supports DMDs!) and upgraded lighting to match PS4.

Flipper physics still need to be tweaked (being unable to live catch, drop catch, tap pass etc. is infuriating) but despite that, I still love it!

[swinks]

I think Highspeed is up next...

I run it via Mac computer and it allows for screen rotation but haven't seen the function for dmd, yet...

[soundasleep]

There's no support for separate screen DMD as yet. The best you can do is use something like Actual Multiple Monitors to mirror the DMD to a second display. It does work, but depending on which OS you're running there are some tricks involved and it may not play nicely with PinballX.

Zen's added a movable DMD to PinballFX2 and it's amazing how much of a difference to makes to gameplay.

[pinsanity]

Just played AFM on Pinball Arcade and noticed the stroke of luck hole (on a virtual machine) is worn and blown out like on a typical heavily used sited machine.

I'm all for authenticity, but couldn't they have found a better quality example AFM to use as their model?

[soundasleep]

That's really interesting! As mentioned, they quality across tables really does vary but that's so odd.

I thought Cue Ball Wizard played really well compared to the table I used to own, but I've been told others have strange physics shortcuts and such.

[pinsanity]

Look at the stroke of luck hole. What the?   

It should be a square shaped cut, not a gradually degrading curve.



Anyone spotted anomalies on other tables?

[ktm450]

At least that should make it easier to hit 
I have never noticed that weird that they didn't touch it up 

[oldskool1969]

Attention to detail I guess. Loving Who Dunnit and BK2000 on my PS4.
The games I would like to own I now have on this media. Very cool indeed.

[pinsanity]

54 recreated tables available as of today.

Earthshaker just got released in the last few days and Sega's Starship Troopers will be out in January.

And the big one - Addams Family (both standard and Collectors Edition) will be out in February. 

[oldskool1969]

54 recreated tables available as of today.
Earthshaker just got released in the last few days and Sega's Starship Troopers will be out in January.
And the big one - Addams Family (both standard and Collectors Edition) will be out in February. 

this is just AWESOME, great for understanding rules in comps and a must if you can't afford the $$ titles.
not being picky, but I count 56!
After being feet up for a few days, this is a god send!
I am TheOldFatSurfer on PSN if you need a pinball  friend.

[Lachy]

This is great on an iPad, because I have not played many machine I use it to get abit of an idea about a machine I may be interested in.

[pinsanity]

Well the kickstarter paid off:

Out now on just about every platform you can think of.

I notice they had to alter Uncle Fester's image on the playfield to get around the Christopher Lloyd license fee.

[Freiherr]

Well the kickstarter paid off:

Out now on just about every platform you can think of.

I notice they had to alter Uncle Fester's image on the playfield to get around the Christopher Lloyd license fee.

Shame, TPA image looks like a WW1 gas mask. As long as simulation plays OK, not a problem.