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Greng
Joined: 27 Sep 2007
Location: Leeds, West Yorkshire, Engerland
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 Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 9:04 am |
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Theres a few dotted around locally although most of the classics I remember being about are slowly disappearing. We even have/had an Addams Family table nearby, although I haven't seen it for a while and suspect the bar has been refurbed. That game has so much going on. I always liked to stack multiballs on a flipper although it's almost as hard as tracking them all in play at once. I've been practicing trapping, but that's really only for show boating! I'm not really very good at pinball but I appreciate the klunkiness and that it's physically flashing and throwing pinballs around. It's much more engaging that a videogame.
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| High-level pinball players, who tend to be in their late teens or 20's, bristle at being associated with devotees of video games, which they dislike. They like the physical truth of a game based primarily on gravity and contact, not circuits, and they disparage video games as increasingly violent and repetitive. |
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A bit generalising but there does seem to be a difference in those who like pinball specifically and those of us who appreciate both.
Check Daphaknees LJ for some droolsome PB tables. Also the PAPA facility sounds awesome.
I haven't played it nearly as much in recent years as I don't see the tables about as much and don't take the time specifically to go. Man now I want to skip work and go play.
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Greng
Joined: 27 Sep 2007
Location: Leeds, West Yorkshire, Engerland
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| Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 12:05 pm |
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| When I somehow managed to get Visual PinMAME going a few years ago (which seemed to be an incredibly convoluted process) I played the fuck out of Black Knight 2000. The soundtrack was incredible, and it was the first table I was ever able to master. |
Dose the emulated black Knight throw the ball around? I loved that table becasue you could launch the ball on top of everything yet it never seems to get stuck. |
I have no idea, I've never been able to play a real Black Knight 2000 table. It's got that double-decker thing going for it, you know. The emulation makes it feel like a great table, though, since I was able to collect R A N S O M multiple times.
R A N S O M mode, by the way... That'll make you love pinball. Every single high-scoring element on the table lights up one-by-one and the music ramps up before finally unleashing the multiball and seeing how many millions you can score in 90 seconds.
It's probably the pinball equivalent of playing Super Mario Bros. as your first video game and getting a Starman for the very first time. |
Talking about Black Night 2000, I have my copy of Grand Royal Magazine - Issue 4. heres an excerpt from an interview with Lyman 'Silk' Sheets:
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What's the longest you've ever played?
One game, one time, lasted me an hour and forty five minutes
OH MY GOD!
Yeah, it was Black Knight 200. Back in 1988, I played it for an hour and forty five minutes. My back hurt and I had actually two more balls to play. I couldn't play it anymore. I punched the ball into the play field and just let it drain. |
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I should scan it for you.
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Greng
Joined: 27 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 9:28 pm |
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you should try this haley davidson one with some crazy powerful vibrations going on.... timed to the revs of a hog when you insert credit.... wooo!
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Greng
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| Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 9:39 pm |
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those spinners can be freaking annoying but yeah it totally adds to the mystery and excitement.
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Greng
Joined: 27 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2008 10:44 pm |
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OK! I scanned that article finally... kinda big images so apart from the cover being spammed here it's a download for your consideration and enjoyment...
It's a very good read I must say!
If you are having an awkward time reading this then I recommend installing comical and changing the download file extension from zip to cbz. Comical is easy to use, just use up/down arrows to read a page and page up/down to flick between pages.
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Greng
Joined: 27 Sep 2007
Location: Leeds, West Yorkshire, Engerland
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| Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 12:57 pm |
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I've never really been at a table long enough to see that it's beatable. I've had games where I've done pretty much all there is to do but probably missed some sequence related bonus.
Also, found a funny...
"Why do people in ship mutinies always ask for “better treatment”? I’d ask for a pinball machine, because with all that rocking back and forth you’d probably be able to get a lot of free games."
Jack Handy
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