Is Virtual Pinball worth checking out?
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- čas přidán 5. 11. 2018
- Spoiler alert - Yes it is! Today Chris talks about some pinball history, Zen Pinball FX 3, Visual Pinball X. He demos Space Cadet, a virtual pinball table for Windows 95, 98 and XP from the 90's. Also, Sorcerer's Lair, Williams Fish Tales and Family Guy from PBFX3 and Stranger Things SE and Masters of the Universe VPX tables.
Space Cadet: www.groovypost.com/howto/wind...
Zen Pinball FX 3: www.pinballfx.com/
Visual Pinball X: vpinball.com/VPBdownloads/vis...
Visual Pinball Junkies: / vpjunkies
Pinup Popper: / 1602697096474910 - Hry
Amazing! Thanks for the video, I have wanted to build my own for so long and really want to take the plunge. Awesome setup!
stumbled across your video, I have been looking into creating my own Virtual Pinball machine for some time now. I used to collect and Repair old Pinball machines, however they have become very expensive, and they take up a lot of space. I loved the idea of being able to have all the games on one machine.
Great info,you gained another sub!Thanks for sharing!
Fantastic! I just thought about searching for Pinball Games and mind was like "I miss Space Cadet". So I looked for a Pinball game and boom Pinball FX3 was the first, I searched around for the videos and found yours. And there are more Pinball Games?! This is gonna be more fun!!!!
Virtual pinball is like the everdrive of pinball machines. It's for people that want more than one pinball machine, but don't have the nostalgia or space for real machines.
Perfect analogy!
Don´t have the mola for the real thing - dummie -.That´s the real issue, including me. Nothing beats the real deal. Ever. Period. Nostalgia????? Do you know what does it mean in first place? S-P-E-L-L-I-N-G first, please?
@@acespades8747 I have games from both worlds and enjoy playing in both worlds. Nostalgi is personal and not for anyone to decide over others.
The best thing with a Virtual Pinball Machine, it doesn't need Maintenance .
Also , U can lower the noise way more compared to a normal Pinball Machine.
Makes it more suitable for playing at home ,after 10PM...
I am really thinking bout buying a Virtual Pinball Machine for some time.
This is absolutely amazing! I’d love to have one of these!
Still looks like an amazing machine..
Congrats dude..
More power to you..
very cool dude, solid intro to the hobby. Bring on more junkies!
Thanks, Scott! I would love to do a Skype interview when you get your next table ready for release!
@@DigitalPowertrip sounds good. I just want my next table to be ready for release... so . much . code
Very interesting watch. I really need to build my own VP table one day!
I have a virtual pinball machine I built from scratch and its worth every second of effort. It looks and plays amazing.
how much did it cost you
Me too i built one for $400
Wow, I’m rather envious. I’m not mechanical at all. My greatest achievement was building a gaming pc. Only sliced open 1 finger.
First one I played, and the one that still holds the biggest place in my heart is "Pinball Dreams" for the Commodore Amiga, and the followup "Pinball Fantasies". Still have the best physics in any virtual pinball, hehe
From both of those were pretty decent versions for PC's too (DOS version of course because back then Windows wasn't the thing yet). Nice thing was, all the original songs for each track were unhidden in installation directory as a .MOD so it was easy to play them with your favourite modplayer and enjoy that incredible music...
Patrick Waks me to
yeah, I manage to rip the music from the Amiga versions as well. such great music! you could really feel the roots the developers had in the old demo scene. pretty amazing that it was DICE's first game ever, and now they do AAA games like Battlefield and Star Wars: Battlefront :)
Patrick Waks amiga 500 had those tracker programs so youcould make your own music with samples.. and the other system even before amiga was amstrad schneider they had stereo and over 3000 games. If you download the emulator. Serach for a game called antirad and listen to that intro...
never owned an amstrad. I had the c64 before the Amiga... the sid chip was amazing, created the best sounds out there imho :) check out the music for The Last Ninja, totally holds up to this day! czcams.com/video/FXtk0Tn7hDY/video.html
Amazing..!! I have an original empty Super-Man Cabinet that I purchased like 8yrs ago and was going to convert it into a virtual pinball but never got around to it... Now I’m motivated again...!! Thank You
a brilliant build, friend! I remember the first decent digital pinball game I played was Night Mission for the Commodore 64 made by subLOGIC way back in 1982. happy gaming!
Night Mission Pinball rocked, you could adjust the physics of the ball, loved it!
I was so hooked on pinball in the late seventies and well into the eighties. I really remember one called Flash and another one that had magnets grab the ball at times during the game. Really seriously considering building one of these. Thanks for sharing you experience !!!
"Black Knight" had the Magna-Save.
Thanks for the vid, Chris! I used to be devoted to real Pinball in my Teens, but after my spinal cord accident I couldn't operate the traditional machines. That left me with the computer simulations. It wasn't until I found and purchased 'Balls of Steel,' and played it on Windows '95', that a series of simulations gave me anything comparable to the real table and kept my interest. Plus they were far superior to their competition of that time. The downside was that I could never get the disk to run beyond the Win'95,' system. Nice to see the latest evolutions of Pinball Sims.
Thank you so much for the video. I recently built an arcade Mame and loving. Looks like this will be next project.
You would be much better off with a PinSim and a VR headset. Trust me. Used to have a cabinet with flat screens and that can’t conpare to VR
Cool video, my first experience with virtual pinball was with Pinball Dreams/Fantasies on the Amiga 500.
That's a great machine you built right there!
I remember spending a lot of time playing Epic Pinball back in the 90s...
My favorite pin is Bally’s Cirqus Voltaire. You might try that one in your cabinet.
I love the pinball cabinet you made, you have the plans for this cabinet or some photos would be very helpful.
My first virtual pinball experience was Night Mission on the C64, but it was Pinball Dreams on the Amiga 500 that changed virtual pinball forever.
I had a "golden gloves" pinball machine from the 50's-60's. Mechanical plunger. That's how i learned to play pinball. massive hours of play when I was like 5-15 years old.
Space Cadet was developed by Cinematronics, LLC as a part of Full Tilt! Pinball
. There is a sequel called Full Tilt! Pinball
2 that I highly recommend
i played roller ball for the MSX in 1984 and still have that game
Great video! Good work man, did I hear The Adams Family?
That table/set-up would be awesome with the Pro-Pinball series.
Love the rig! However I'm not really a DIY'er. Most of the pre-built machines I've been able to find are older tech (1080p instead of 4K, etc). Any suggestions for "top of the line" builds? Budget not a problem.
While I still enjoy the classic silverball and own 3 machines (Gottlieb Night Moves/Super Soccer/Allied Leisure Take Five). I really like the variety VP machines offer, and as a classic pinball restorer, I have to say the maintenance and off the shelf hardware is the best incentive due to ease and not having to hunt down antique parts. It is expensive at the onset due to the build and the computer and graphics, but believe me this is a hell of a lot better than searching and waiting for a pop bumper or solenoid or Target ramp to appear and wreck your wallet. And it is really not too difficult as prebuilt cabinets are appearing and all you need is a computer, monitor, and controls for a truly personal experience.
great video m8 , going to build one myself for my channel
Sweet! Let us know how it goes!
I can't say enough about Future Pinball! Hell yeah, it's definitely worth checking out if you are into real pinball. It would be nice to have table hardware like this though, it looks great.
Even though it's pricey it gives pinball fans the chance to actually own and play many tables that bought separately would be prohibitive. My hats off to all those creative developers and fans that have made this possible. Cheers. 😎👍🏻👍🏻
For those of you who want to look at virtual pinball's beginnings, consider looking back at Video Pinball for Atari 2600. It's blocky, but fun. The next step in virtual pinball evolution I encountered was on the Atari 8-bit computer. It was called Dave's Midnight Magic pinball. It is limited in the number of colors on the screen, but features a side-by-side presentation. Game play and sound effects were actually quite good. And then there is Pinball Construction Set, which was a good effort for the time.
ANYTHING that allows me to play *Theatre of Magic* again, I'm on board!
Theatre of Magic just came out in Zen's latest table pack, along with The Champion Pub and Safecracker.
...And I can report that it seems pretty accurate.
All of Zen's pinballs have a "Zen" mode in which you can play with earned power-ups that affect scoring, timers or the passage of time itself, and a "classic" mode without that stuff. For the Williams tables, which are based on real machines, the classic mode also swaps in a different physics model intended to be more realistic. Zen's ToM feels very right to me in the classic mode, and the other mode is also fun.
The Zen mode also defaults to including flashy visual enhancements, like flaming balls and animated characters standing on the table, but for the Williams packs they are optional--in either mode you can turn those on or off during gameplay.
(Theatre of Magic *had* been one of the original launch titles for Farsight's "The Pinball Arcade", and you could play it there for years--but their loss of the Williams license means you can't buy it there any more, I guess.)
@@MattMcIrvin Thanks for all of this info.
I make custom Arcade Cabinets, and although I have a huge Videogame collection, I have always been more fascinated with the tactile feel of manipulating a real ball and the physics of the table that Pinball gives.
I really like the table designs of John Popadiuk and Pat Lawlor, and *Theatre of Magic* to me, was (pardon the pun) really quite magical in the experience it gave and enjoyment of accomplishing all the table had to offer.
So, I really want to venture out and try making these Virtual Pinball machines, because they are looking really good and seem to give almost the same experience with their HD graphics and realistic ball physics, and some even have tactile vibration and physical 'tilt' interaction.
And I'm grateful for all those who have built these machines before me and have uploaded videos on how to make these tables, so someone like me won't be too confused when I begin to tackle a project like this.
So where do I start?
I have the talent to make the physical cabinets no problem, but I don't know where to find the Pinball programs or where to download specific ROMs, and what are the good games out there for the money. I see you mention *Zen* and *Farsight,* but do you have available links to trusted sites for anything you'd recommend?
Thanks again for all the info you provide.
I'm sure it helps a lot more people than just me that are trying to get into this Virtual Pinball cab making.
Here's a video of my custom Arcade Cabinets that you might appreciate--
czcams.com/video/sBCYo9Kn1B0/video.html
@@SwankeyMonkey I don't know thing one about cab building, I'm just a guy who likes real and simulated pinball...
theatre plus about 150 others are good in visual pinball
I got one from Creative Arcades in Lake Forest and I couldnt be happier! it makes noise when the bumpers hit and the flippers it almost feels real! I highly recommend it! Mine acts also as a upright videogame with the scoreboard part of the screen so i can play pinball and arcade stand up classics ! Creative arcades if you want it done and done right thanks guys!
Thx for the linking and the kind words ;) And yes you are not the only one who needed to learn how to read properly :D But we all helped you so you could "finish" your VPin Cabinet
You are the best! Going to get you on the channel for an interview soon!
@@DigitalPowertrip just Call me ;)
Great build. Looking into doing this myself. What size are those screens? And where did you get the middlescreen? Do you have a link?
Both of the back glass screens are just salvaged, 19-inch monitors. The one on the top is 1080p and the one on the bottom is just 1366x768 - Only half of the bottom monitor is visible as the bottom half is down in the body of the cabinet. Be sure to join the Pinball Junkies page on Facebook. They have the best resources for getting started.
twp 19inch monitors (the middle one is just sunken in to the cab). both are running at 1920 x 1080 and I only use the top half of it for the DMD or videos... I set that up through Pinup Popper.
Awesome job man. Given the tables in those games are fully modeled in 3d it must be at least technically possible to set up a Trackhat or something similar that tracks your head height/position/movement & somehow set up the game software to change the rendered angle of the table in real time to suit so as to create an illusion of depth below the glass. I feel that could be the ultimate simulated pinball experience
as318917 search for Kinect and virtual pinball. It works and it’s great for single player, but if anyone else is hanging out, it makes a mess!
@@DigitalPowertrip Of course if a dummy like me can think of it someone way smarter has already long ago figured it out lol. Thanks, I did search for it & it looks awesome. Have you considered including it in your setup in the future? Or is single player only a killer for you
For what it's worth my brother has head tracking on his racing cockpit setup & it can be easily disabled when people are watching or for people who don't like it, which I personally don't the way he has it set up in that racing implementation of the technology but somehow I think it'd work more convincingly with a pinball table
@@Charlie_Fucsard - Finding a connect at a reasonable price is hard... I'd like to give it a go, but have so many other projects that have my attention right now. Would love it if someone would just do Visual Pinball in VR. We could make a controller that was just a bar with the buttons and plunger that had force feedback. That is my dream pinball setup.
*Super* late, but Space Cadet 3D Pinball is actually a repackaged demo for a game called Full Tilt Pinball. The more you know!
Just came across this video that is awesome
What are you using for the 2nd vertical screen where you'd normally see a DMD? I think I prefer your screen over a DMD not only due to the absurd prices of real DMD screens but also because that lower LCD screen is infinitely more useful.
I have two cheap 19 inch monitors... the lower one (DMD) is behind the play field and halfway below it. In this setup I have a total of 3 screens.
Nice your machine ... how much it cost made one ? ... and the contacts of people and places to buy items to built it ???
Pinball FX3 is the best pinball game to date inmo, thanks for the video.
PinBot and Fun House were my Favorites
3:20 My very first experience with virtual pinballs ever was "Pinball Action", when I was a kid, even before I knew what a PC was.
You are my hero, this machine is awesome and a virtual cab is going to be my next build on my channel Level By Level Gaming. I subbed a while back but just found this vid, thanks for sharing brother.
Thanks! We just subbed back! Will check you out when we get a chance. Add us on instagram if you have any questions when you start your build, you can message us there.
@@DigitalPowertrip thank you so much for interacting with me and double thank you for the sub! I'm only a year in and struggling for my thousand. You have great content and production value. I want to take a lot of inspiration from your work.
@@levelbylevelgaming2833 We had partnership after 500 in less than a year, then CZcams up and changed the rules to 1k and we struggled to get from 500 to 1000. It took another year for us to get there. Just keep putting out content. You'll get there!
The first computer pinball for me was Cybergirl pinball by Epic. You can still download a copy and play, but it requires dosbox or a similar dos emulator to play. The graphics sucks at 480x640 but it is still a great game. Remember this was before windows at the beginning of the computer game development era. You should give if a try, I think you will be surprised at how well it plays even on new computer rigs.
its probably got a modern fan recreation on pinsim
It was Cyborgirl :)
You can mess around with your dosbox and add some pixel shaders that can make a huge difference. It makes it look less pixelated, especially in fullscreen if that's what you're looking for.
Edit : The only problem with this game is if you take the time to go through the pain in the ass that is installing and setting up Gravis Ultrasound correctly with PPL161 *and* the percussion looping fix on DosBox, it consistently crashes the game after a short amount of time on Enigma(only)
My favorite was the classic Android shareware table because my parents were too cheap to buy the rest of the game.
It was the *old* Android table, not "Super Android" with that eye thingy and that sinkhole on the left side that could be accessed from the left flipper ramp. No music, only the exquisite and soothing sounds of the PC speaker ;)
I often checked the other tables because you could look at them but not actually play them. I remember wanting to play Enigma so bad...
The good times.... Back when my biggest worry in life was what kind of crap my parents would try to make me eat for dinner
Nes pinball was one of my favorites as a kid
What size monitors/displays are you using?
Are there any tables that you can challenge the computer?
idea behind it is cool only i'm not sure this will give me the oldschool Pinball feeling.
I've played a lot of pinball tables.
nice video! try also Zaccarias Pinball
20:33 What?!?! oh hell yeah!
You sold me on Pinball and MOTU
I can't get it to work on the XBox One. The menus seem to be shut down. It will only let me buy the first set of tables, and that's about it.
Hello budy, how are you.
I have a problem, I am trying to configure the pmballx control with ps2 usb control, how can you help me configure and install, please.
Who never realized that although Space Cadet was distributed by itself with Windows, it was actually part of a 4-6 table set? The whole set was a paid software. The group that made them, I believe, no longer exists, but I believe that the pack is still floating around in digital and physical media formats.
the first for me was on the Commodore 64. With Pinball construction kit. It was pretty basic but still it was pinball.
Fish Tales is my favorite free pinball on Xbox.
I really wanna build one now!
You should do it! It's the best trick at the party for sure. When people are over, most start at the arcade machine and end up staying at the pinball machine.
Epic Pinball
You are correct... I played Space Cadet first on windows 95 :)
I'll tell you what i was kinda sick of my ps vita but then i came across the pinbal arcade, pinball hero and zen pinball, and the good thing is you can play all games vertically and use X and triangle as flippers (the right stick does the nudge btw) makes the experience better, but I'm really looking forward to build a virtual machine, cos real machines are insanely expensive in my country
What OS are you running ?
Pinball Dreams & Pinball Illusions are easily the best virtual pinballs to date. And they were made in the early 90's!
Came here just to say that. I had them both on the Amiga. The hours I wasted playing those games.
Can you run Space Cadet on this virtual pinball table?
My first-ever pinball sim was "Video Pinball" on the Atari 2600, a 1980 cartridge that actually didn't resemble real pinball all that closely, but was just fun enough that I played it a lot anyway.
(There was a much better pinball sim for the Atari 2600, a port of the personal-computer game David's Midnight Magic--it didn't have the Black Knight-derived playfield, but it was actually a credible pinball simulation. But I didn't discover that until many years later with a 2600 emulator.)
The game that really got me hankering for it again was Amtex Software's 1994 simulation of the Gottlieb electromechanical table Royal Flush. This was published by Brøderbund for Windows, but there was also a Macintosh port that was cancelled as a commercial product but was released later as abandonware. I remember playing that a lot--unfortunately it doesn't play on modern Macs at all.
Dumb question but can you play this on a regular PC as I really don't have the space or money to build a VP table. Thanks.
Not a dumb question at all! Yes you can! Desktop mode is available.
@@DigitalPowertrip SWEET! I have always wanted to try some of these tables. I am a huge pinball fan from back in the days of the electromechanical ones (used to go to Seaside Heights during the 70s and 80s and for the start pinball is pretty much all we had!)
@@thomasriccardi8561 - Check out the Junkies page on Facebook - they keep an up to date listing of the VP tables... and list the ones that have Desktop mode. Also, Pinball FX3 from Zen - all tables work in desktop mode.
If you use a 4k 3D tv without glasses.. would it add to the immersion and make the experience better ?
I'm pretty sure the source (video) would have to be encoded for 3D and to my knowledge it is not.
pinball dreams, pinball fantasies on the amiga in the late 80's
Same here, but Pinball Dreams / Fantasies were released in '92.
Do you sell the machine?
What would be amazing would be a VR game that uses a large flipper controller with a spring launcher so you can play classic pinball games in VR.
www.tested.com/tech/gaming/569647-how-build-pinsim-virtual-reality-pinball-machine/
they already have vr pinball got it on my psvr and some of the table are pretty sweet looking .. only downside is your stuck using the ps4 controler but its totally worth it
My first was the NES Pinball
Ever used any 3D or head tracking like BAM?
Not personally, but it looks cool. Most of that tech relies on the old kinect and it's hard to come by and our setup does not support it. It would be a pretty expensive undertaking.
I WANT ONE LIKE YOUR'S, WITH THE 3 SCREENS. DO I HAVE TO BUILD THE CAB ? IS THERE A PLACE WHERE I CAN BUY THE CAB WITH THE 3 PRECUT HOLES FOR THE SCREENS ?
Check the junkies page on FB... they have some trusted vednors.
Whelp it was this video that initially put me on my journey. I have been working round the clock every chance I get to get it all going for about a year now. I have slowly been ordering parts for a super high end cab with toys and the works. About another year or so and I will be completely done. My cab will have
Mame
Pinball fx
Comics
Android games (vertical)
Pc games (vertical)
Visual pinball
Visual pinball 10
Future pinball
Video game magazines
And more!!!
All with individual backglass, dmd, wheel name, topper videos, table videos and table audio mostly made by me. There is so much work I am doing it might shock you. I worked out batch files and scripts using pinball x launch before and after lines to get some of this stuff to work.. I link you the final video👍🏽 when all is said and done. Thanks for the inspiration.
Scragglewaggle - Awesome, can’t wait to see it!
How's the project going? I'm just in the planning phase myself, considering using my main PC and hooking up the table screen to it as a secondary....Avoiding having to build a new machine
@@independentmind1977 its going really ridiculously long.. I have too much to do and it will take another year or two to finish the software portion alone. I have a very ambitious build coming up but I will release all my custom work that I made to the community. If I were u go big and slowly order parts one at a time.. Look at "mame in a box' channel and study hard.. Go 4k and invest 500-800 dollars in the gpu alone. Buy a cheap but somewhat strong pc as a way to get it all going then transfer it all to your main pc you will use. I am using about 10 different editing software including: sony vegas pro, wondershare filmora and many others.. I am using about 20+ different programs to get it all going for various purposes. If you need help with anything ask me I am getting better each week. Plus there are so many forums to help u. I will be making a video soon to show my progress. Whatever u do make a video showing off your finale build or better yet your build process to motivate others. Good luck on your cab! I wanna see it in all its glory.
@@independentmind1977 also invest in a external hdd and backup all your progress every now and then to prevent you from punching yourself in the face if u lose all that data.
Cuál es el programa de Visual pinball que usa para hacer este proyecto?? Que versión es y cuál es el programa?? Gracias
www.vpforums.org/index.php?app=downloads&showfile=11573
What is that table you have there? I'd love to buy one like that. I've wanted a pinball machine, but they just cost too much and you only get one theme. Having all those themes makes it seem worth it.
I built it... check out visual pinball junkies on Facebook for the best guide on building your own!
Promopinball.com offers you a cabinet kit for home pinball digital & Arcade . Look at Instagram @promopinball thanks
Anyone remember Thrillride also Judge Dredd and Avengers on windows 98 I think. The old British show Avengers not the Marvel Avengers. I have a real High Roller Casino at home and have had Johnny Mnemonic, Last Action Hero, Space Jam, Viper Night Drivin, Operation Thunder, White Water, Waterworld and Lights Camera Action in the past.
Iam looking for info on building a table top android pinball machine but can't really find much the few that I've found have been confusing when it comes to getting the buttons working
The pool for resources on Android is going to be pretty shallow. Most front ends are built for windows. Let us know if you get it working!
Short answer: YES, ABSOLUTELY
Pro pinball ultra "timeshock"
timeshock is terrible get visual pinball it is great
I’m new to virtual pinball and my skills to building my own are questionable. For my first virtual game I found a company that loads 863 table with 42 fx2 games. This machine costs around 3000. Dollars. I thought this would be a good starting point if I should decide to build my own like you in the future.
Your thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
Roger K
To be honest with you, the guys that pre-load tables are making money of the work of the table authors and that is highly frowned upon in the community. Add this to the fact that if a table does not work properly, you will have no idea what to do to fix it. There are some good guys out there however. You can get a pre-built machine that has no tables loaded. you can go to the FAQ at Pinball Junkies on FB and have all the resources you will need to get your favorite tables up and running in no time. Then you will have a good base of knowledge to work from. Check out the Junkies page and they have a list of trusted vendors. Good luck and enjoy this hobby! It's quite rewarding and you will meet some great people along the way!
We're in kind of a strange place when it comes to emulation of the classic Williams/Bally tables from the 1980s and '90s, because Farsight Software's "The Pinball Arcade" used to carry a huge number of these, but Farsight recently lost the Williams/Bally license and Zen snapped it up. So we're seeing Zen's new emulations of these tables we used to have on Farsight's game trickling out again. To their credit, Zen makes way slicker and less buggy software than Farsight ever did, so it's a higher-quality product. But I wonder if Zen is ever going to move heaven and earth to get the IP rights for some of the old tables with media licenses, like Twilight Zone, Star Trek: The Next Generation, The Addams Family, or Doctor Who (Farsight spent literally years hammering away at this). I kind of doubt it... they do media tie-ins but it's all their original creations.
Back in the early 80's I played Bill Budge's Pinball Construction Set. A great game!
Still is, and also Night Mission pinball. 80s machines like Commodore, Atari, and TI99/4A. Good times!!!
I think you forgot to talk about ball physics. Because the most important thing about a virtual pinball machine is not only how good the graphics are, or how great the mini-games or sound effects are. So at least for me, ball physics is the most important thing. For what good is it if the ball does not do what you're trying to do?
But otherwise a great video, keep it up.
Ball physics has been important from the beginning in the Visual Pinball program. Randy Davis created a great piece of software. The physics are at least 95% accurate, and I may be low on that number. The created table in VP has a lot to do with it as well. If the flippers aren't set to the right power/height/speed or the ramps and other playfield items aren't laid out properly, the recreation will not feel like it's playing well. There were some bugs (ball going through the flippers now and then), but they've worked out those bugs over the last 18+ years! You don't need a cabinet to play these games. Download VP, PinMAME, a few tables and their ROMs for PinMAME, and just play it on 1 screen (it will look like the PinFX3 table layout in this video). You don't have to invest anything to try it other than a little time setting up the software. After that, I think you'll be hooked and want more. In a cabinet, there are many real-world enhancements you can build/buy/add to it to make it feel more real - flashers, contactors that will thump the cabinet when you hit the bumper jets or flippers, spinners and shakers that will rumble the game (think Earthshaker), I have a light on the top of mine that flashes when certain things happen, especially in Getaway: HS2 when the chase scene activates the police light. You have to think, spend $3k-$10k for 1 real pinball machine, or $1k (basic) to $4k (extreme bells and whistles) for over 800 fully playable, faithfully recreated pinball tables in one virtual cabinet!
I loved playing pinball growing up because it was an experience unlike any other game I played, keep in mind we had the N64 at the time. I was always happy to spend up to $20 on a fun and flashy one at the arcade. Then they replaced it with "Virtual Pinball" . . . . . o_O And I hated it. I missed the feeling of the flippers banging and things physically being hit. Any time I made the ball jump I felt like I was just that strong that the game could not handle my awesomeness lol. I could walk in mad about something and walk out feeling better after smashing the ball around for a bit. Now I tried to give the VPB a good run but its just not my jelly and im not sure how people can even call it Pinball.
you've got to try a machine with DOF... all the sounds and feels of a real machine, only you can have tons of games on one table.
Has anyone ever put "rumbler" servos in these virtual machines? I think that would really bring them to the next level... that tactile feedback CLUNK you feel in your hands when you hit the flipper buttons and when the ball hits the bumpers and stuff. That lack of tactile feedback is what loses me a little bit on the virtual machines. I played with one for a while at a rec room store this week and I"m really on the fence. I could get a used Gottleib machine from the 90's for less than the virtual one they had.
Thomas Wright yes google virtual pinball and SSF. There’s also a way to do it with a pinscape controller. SSF is the poor mans method and they sell the exciters on Amazon.
Just been looking through your videos to see if you’ve covered your Wii U 🤔
Never got around to it. Maybe one day when the moon is full???
The true video pinball games that started it all, Epic megagames (makers of UNREAL) did epic pinball and extreme pinball for DOS in 1993 and 1995. Featuring fully realized sound tracks (using MOD music, a form of midi music but the digital instruments are also provided with the music), 3d rendered tables, and 3d rendered animations for both the board assets and the dot matrix display, more than what you saw on modern pinball tables at the time. No high resolutions at this time but otherwise it was awesome.
DICE games are older.
I recently bought a Virtual Pinball machine and its worth every penny.
Amazing accomplishment! I want one , but way too technical for me
Start with it on steam on the desktop... then try VPX, use the Junkies FAQ. You may surprise yourself!
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i hask ... if you can have it "balls of steell" full pack every tables ... i dont find full game !!!
I am a 53 year old female building a video game console with the raspberry pi 3B+ and would love to make one of these. I don’t think I could figure this out as it looks very complex. It is awesome though.
I'll bet you could do it... If you can follow directions, the FAQ on Visual Pinball Junkies on Facebook can guide you!
will this computers specs I am thinking about buying runs these programs
INTEL CORE i5 QUAD 8GB RAM RADEON HD 4650 1TB WIN 10???
The 4650 would be the biggest issue... I have an NVIDIA GTX 1050 and it is on the low end for 1080p. I started with a 1030 to avoid having a larger power supply and I had lag and skippy performance. I think the 4650 would be in that same boat. You can pick up a 1050 for around 130 bucks... it's worth it.
@@DigitalPowertrip Okay cool thanks. Is it true that you can use different graphics cards for the other displays? If so I would use that 4650 for the digital dot matrix display and the backglass I think (its called). I want to use Asus 1070 GTX so I am guessing this is good enough for my main 4k display? last question and I will stop bugging ya as I am about to create a account to access some forums. can I run all displays at different resolutions if I mix them up will there be issues? In Bigbox I cannot run the digital marquee and the main screen at different resolutions. okay thanks man just starting out here on pinball have no clue about this stuff. I will also double the ram so for about 650-700 dollars including new graphics card I hope to pull this off as far as computer hardware goes. I already have a 55'' inch 4k and a 32' monitor, tools just need wood, digital dot matrix, etc..
a 1070 shoud be good enough to do 3 screens with your playfield at 4k.
@@DigitalPowertrip cool will get the 1070 thanks
you think a 50 inch plasma tv will be to big ? take a lot of power to run
they dont make plasmas any more, and they have great movie viewing qualities, if you have a decent plasma, cherish it.
Ivan The Dude ahh ok didnt no that got a lg 3d plasma about 6 years old and mint lol took it apart and was like wow
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I appreciate how in depth you are but seriously can you make a much shorter video that showcases virtual pinball and the machines us that are intrested should be seeking?
I really want a nice machine like the one to your left at the beginning of the video
go check out Visual Pinball Junkies on FB. There's lots of great resources there. We'll do a new video soon. Thanks for the feedback!
I am going to build one soon so wish me luck
Shout out to Scott!
He's THE MAN for sure!
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