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General Chat => Arcade Lifestyle => Topic started by: level42 on July 20, 2010, 10:32:09 PM

Title: Video Pinball V2.0.......what a beauty !
Post by: level42 on July 20, 2010, 10:32:09 PM
Just saw these pics on KLOV forum and I just HAD to steal them:

(http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e165/NERFHERDER1977/IMG_3856.jpg)

(http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e165/NERFHERDER1977/IMG_3851.jpg)

(http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e165/NERFHERDER1977/IMG_3804.jpg)

(http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e165/NERFHERDER1977/IMG_3839.jpg)


This looks SO beautiful that I would almost think of begging Rich for another artwork set for my Video Pinball.......

Almost...
Title: Re: Video Pinball V2.0.......what a beauty !
Post by: Superully on July 20, 2010, 10:50:49 PM
holy moly - that is a piece of art! is there a video of this beauty "in action" somewhere?
Title: Re: Video Pinball V2.0.......what a beauty !
Post by: DarthNuno on July 20, 2010, 10:54:02 PM
Gorgeous  :-* :-* :-* Any video ?
Title: Re: Video Pinball V2.0.......what a beauty !
Post by: level42 on July 28, 2010, 11:30:07 PM
Not yet, but this thread is a MUST read to know everything about this beauty:

http://forums.arcade-museum.com/showthread.php?t=143631


And here is the thread about the building of the cab, another MUST MUST MUST READ !!!!!

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=103778.0

Amazing, brilliant.....we need one in Europe !!!!!! And it should go around between collectors to enjoy a month or so and then move on.....
Title: Re: Video Pinball V2.0.......what a beauty !
Post by: Superully on July 29, 2010, 07:28:02 AM
Amazing, brilliant.....we need one in Europe !!!!!! And it should go around between collectors to enjoy a month or so and then move on.....

i know two guys with a video pinball in europe: you andré and the german collector punkrockcaveman. so let's bounce this back between holland and germany  ;)
Title: Re: Video Pinball V2.0.......what a beauty !
Post by: jcp on July 29, 2010, 01:35:58 PM
Well, not a bad cab (very good looking in fact), but :
-it was a Tron !
-pinballs are always better with the real thing : ball movements, bumpers ... feeling is different.
Title: Re: Video Pinball V2.0.......what a beauty !
Post by: Muerto on July 29, 2010, 04:55:57 PM
wow! - it´s not even on KLOV yet! ;D
Title: Re: Video Pinball V2.0.......what a beauty !
Post by: Superully on July 29, 2010, 05:31:46 PM
fortunately, i'm not into real pinballs AT ALL, but this video pinball definitely is a piece of art! what an incredible amount of work must have gone into it - pure dedication!
Title: Re: Video Pinball V2.0.......what a beauty !
Post by: level42 on July 29, 2010, 08:54:28 PM
Amazing, brilliant.....we need one in Europe !!!!!! And it should go around between collectors to enjoy a month or so and then move on.....

i know two guys with a video pinball in europe: you andré and the german collector punkrockcaveman. so let's bounce this back between holland and germany  ;)
I actually meant that we need to MAKE one like this ! This is NOT a conversion, it's a completely newly build thing (OK except for the Control Panel).  (By the way, I thought Laschek has one as well ?)

Scr33n could do the cab I'm sure ! ;D

@jcp: How come you think this was a Tron ? Have you actually read the links I posted ?
I'll summarize it:

- Rich from ThisOldGames.com created this cabinet NEW. The only original part used was a Control Panel from Ebay. All the other stuff is NEW. The artwork was created NEW by Rich.
Xray2 (of KLOV forum) has created a NEW playfield (in memory) and adapted/hacked the original Video Pinball game to make it play this V2.0 of Video Pinball. He also added a MP3 player board that plays back sounds from the movie instead of the dull beeps and chirps from the original Video Pinball.

Of course it is nothing like a real pinball machine, but Video Pinball, despite of it's age, is considered to be one of the best pinball emulations.
The ball movement is very like original, and this with the very limited processing power of the time.
The whole set-up of the cab, with the "fake" playfield that is projected through the half-mirror ,combined with the B/W graphics, the funky 70's disco theme and the black-light makes this a unique cab. Add to that the original controls (plunger, side-buttons, you can even nudge the Control Panel to "move" the machine.....and you have a great machine to own and restore......
Title: Re: Video Pinball V2.0.......what a beauty !
Post by: jcp on July 29, 2010, 10:34:20 PM
André : sorry, I have missed the link  :P !
Thanks for the summary ;).
I know a little Future Pinball which is a good pinballs emulator, but as I said upper, it's a different feeling.
Title: Re: Video Pinball V2.0.......what a beauty !
Post by: Laschek on July 30, 2010, 08:27:18 AM
 (By the way, I thought Laschek has one as well ?)

That's right, I have one, it's just missing the cabinet  ;D (PCB only).
Title: Re: Video Pinball V2.0.......what a beauty !
Post by: Superully on July 30, 2010, 08:37:44 AM
in fact, sascha, you don't even have a pcb at the moment - who knows when or even IF you're going to get it back ;)
Title: Re: Video Pinball V2.0.......what a beauty !
Post by: Laschek on July 30, 2010, 12:01:57 PM
Don't paint the devil on the wall  ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Video Pinball V2.0.......what a beauty !
Post by: Superully on July 30, 2010, 12:30:46 PM
or: leave the church in the village ;D
Title: Re: Video Pinball V2.0.......what a beauty !
Post by: Laschek on August 11, 2010, 04:07:43 PM
 :D

http://www.arcadeflyers.com/?page=thumbs&db=videodb&id=2642

(http://www.arcadeflyers.com/flyers_video/sidam/210000201.jpg)
Title: Re: Video Pinball V2.0.......what a beauty !
Post by: level42 on August 11, 2010, 05:43:24 PM
OMG !

Just when you think "you know them all"  !!!

WOW, I'd love to have that one :) Did you post this on the KLOV forum ?

I'm sure the game play is 100% identical as VP though...
Title: Re: Video Pinball V2.0.......what a beauty !
Post by: Laschek on August 11, 2010, 06:45:18 PM
Did you post this on the KLOV forum ?

Yes. I accidently stumbled across this while doing some research on italian cabs. I wonder if Rugby is popular in Italy?
Title: Re: Video Pinball V2.0.......what a beauty !
Post by: flip971 on August 11, 2010, 07:52:54 PM
I wonder if Rugby is popular in Italy?
Unfortunatly, not so much...
Title: Re: Video Pinball V2.0.......what a beauty !
Post by: Muerto on August 18, 2010, 12:45:46 AM
There´s a new video out!!!! (http://www.vimeo.com/14142833)