Pinball isn’t as random as it seems
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When you look at a pinball machine, you might think it's nothing more than a bunch of flashing lights. Many people think the game is random, but it’s actually carefully laid out in groups of targets that correlate to specific objectives, called modes.
These modes, along with the multiball, are the key to achieving higher scores in the game. Once you learn to control the ball using the flippers, start aiming for the targets that are lit - that means they are activated. Once hit, the game will light something else to tell you what to aim for next.
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People who grew up with a computer but no internet already know about this
Or ur computer had a pre-installed pinball game
@@Fourtune1
Or open Ms. Word and make WordArt 😁
yeah this was LIFE
omg the new pinball games look really good
Lol exactly what I thought.. I was thinking who thinks pinball is random???
In the 1970s, this guy Roger Sharpe successfully proved to a New York City council that pinball ISN'T random, and the ball could actually be controlled with skill as part of an effort to remove restrictions on pinball. Before that time, Pinball machines were considered "games of chance"; i.e. gambilng, and were not allowed in certain venues. Roger proved that the ball could be controlled by playing in front of council members and calling out targets before hitting them. People credit him for "saving" pinball by successfully lifting the bans on the game. Why didn't you mention this in the video?
Very interesting. Though I don’t blame them for having that misconception because a lot of them have gambling wording in them, like jackpot and 7s.
They're making a movie about this.
You mean the guy who is literally in the video….?
@@rrwholloway yeah, but they dont mention this story. I said "this guy" as in this guy in the video.
A lot of pinball machines at the time of the NY pinball ban didn't have any flippers, and it was closer to pachinko/plinko/bagatelle, so the gambling classification wasn't far-fetched. (It really was a game of luck)
As a lover of pinball I had no idea anyone thought it was random. I thought everyone knew how to catch with your flipper and release the ball at different sections of the flipper to control the direction. It is just physics.
Game becomes much more fun with flipper skills doesn't it?
@@MarvLoco absolutely! I've also realized that prior to experiencing real pinball machines I had already had the experience of kirby pinball, sonic spinball, Pokémon pinball, and that pinball that came with windows xp. I suppose that helped me practice before I moved to the real thing.
This is how I've always seen it too. I've never really described it as "random".
I'm not a regular pinball player but I don't think I've ever, even on my first time, thought it was random. Most of the features TELL YOU WHAT THEY DO
I did think it was random but I thought that’s why it was fun.
Somebody remember the Windows Pinball 3D?
Spend to much childhood on it xD
i was gonna say the same thing. It was weird to me that people just spam the flippers instead of strategize to keep the ball in the game. But definitely one of the games i played without internet connection or when it was down. Can't forget solitaire though hah.
Times when there was no internet connection
should've "spend" more time studying English instead :p
@mogur00 true^^
hidden test
Who in the heck thinks Pinball is random???
idiot americans?
I was amazed by this as well but they did answer that. It's people who don't play pinball. Or at least, have played so little, so infrequently and so inattentively that they know nothing about it. You wouldn't be surprised if someone who played with a violin for a few minutes didn't figure out how to make music, and you wouldn't call them a violinist.
When I was young and stupid. Sorry!
Most people who don't play: potential customers turned off by the seeming randomness.
@@mogur00 what a funny and original joke
Pinball is my favorite arcade game, I'm surprised people think it's random. Keeping your eye on the ball is probably the quickest way to figure that out; unless you cheat the system, both physical pinball machines and video game pinball usually have several common paths that the ball prefers that will help you win. You can boost your score a lot just by shooting for those paths, let alone activating jackpot/bonus modes (which I've only done a handful of times even though I played pinball since I was 7).
Who exactly thought what these people think? Like, I completely know how to play pinball, save that multi ball bit, which I didn’t know existed. But, they really thought it was random? Have they ever actually played a game of pinball?
I thought it was random when I played the computer version, but I was like 8 and didn't know any better.
I obviously understood "don't let the ball go down the middle" I just didn't know to read the instructions on which bumpers and combos did what.
So maybe these people were 8 last time they tried a pinball machine
For a while, pinball was almost regulated _as_ gambling, because lawmakers couldn't figure out the logic of it.
I think the way people react with the flippers is very similar to people who'd never seen baseball or cricket or etc before, instead of waiting for the right moment, new kids often just swing the bat wildly and hope they hit.
The fact that some things like pachinko are random but act like you have some control probably further makes people skeptical about how much control you really have, and tables like the Addams Family which had electromagnets all under the board could have furthered that more.
People seem to think, sure I can hit it, but then it'll hit that bumper and chaos theory will come into play where the slightest difference in how they hit it leads to drastically different results. And you could probably build a pinball table like that if you really wanted to, but they're really carefully engineered to have clear "highways" of travel, places where if you don't get it up the ramp it will always drain coming back down, and so forth.
The designers really understand all the ways the balls can move. And just like the video said, things like bumpers are often in small clusters where most of the action still keeps it in a corner - there are even often walls around these clusters of bumpers so there's only one or two ways in or out of them.
But most people move from table to table, instead of taking the time to learn each table's quirks. The safe lanes don't always immediately stand out until you get used to a table.
Like many others in the comments, it wasn't until trying some free play cabinets (and also highly realistic pinball sims like Pinball Arcade) that I learned any of this. When you only get 3 tries before you run out of coins, it can be difficult to begin perceiving these patterns. But if you've got a good enough grounding in pinball understanding, suddenly within a few games on a new-to-you paid table you're often getting replays every time, and suddenly the money doesn't matter that much anyway.
Patton Gilbert I don’t think they have the time between appointments at the local tattoo / piercing parlor. Do these people seriously think those bits of metal or yards of ink will still be “”cool”” when they’re old and wrinkled?
I didn’t know it was a whole game
Never thought there was so much to Pinball, just thought you should prevent the ball from falling as long as possible
Me too. Never even knew there was a point system. Just did it as long as possible for fun. The only time I lose was when the ball came back right in the center between the flippers.
@@user-jt9fi2kl6n you can move the whole machine to nudege the ball away. but only so much or youll get a tilt
Each table has its own set of goals. Some are primary, some are secondary. In some cases, by completing modes, you might be working your way up to a bigger goal, like in Tales of the Arabian Nights. There, you complete modes to collect jewels. Get 7 jewels and you can fight the genie. Beat the genie and you beat the main goal, which is to rescue the princess.
i have a couple in my house, they are SO COMPLICATED. the rules are so deep and hard, and the engineering that has to be put into them is incredible
There is just this certain aesthetic vibe that pinball machine have that makes me feel at ease.
Saw this in my recommended feed, thought 'er, duh?', then realized there's an entire generation of adults now who missed the glory years of Bally/Midway.
Data East is great too. Not Stern.
Gottlieb the best flippers by far
Tip: do not pull the plunger hard , use just enough force to get the ball on the field
i found a game once where if you pulled the plunger as hard as possible, 90% of time it would bounce off a wall and go straight into the jet bumpers
Why tho? Asking for a friend
@@lordkiza8838 the ball will move slowly and have more time to hit bumpers this is especially important on older machines
@@lordkiza8838 Some machines even add a 'skill shot' where using the right force to put it somewhere will net you a little bonus too.
Some games have areas with tons of points if you hti the plunger hard enough
So, some real dummies out there really thought you were supposed to just smack the buttons and random?
people are stupid, what do you expect from them?
Apparently it's impossible to look at something and try to understand it using only reasoning and past experiences instead of Google.
@@ballsdynamite lol great example of someone stupid. You think people actually take the time to search for the information? If they did they'd see prety quickly it's not random
You should see kids who play pinball who aren’t even tall enough to see what’s going on.
Laws banning pinball were made by those dummies.
I've never actually played it in real life, just on windows XP as a kid haha
space cadet FTW
Shocked face.
lol, I have a machine in my basement. It's a great to play during study breaks.
Bro same I felt weird when you said that, reminiscing.......😐😌
The best pinball game.
Roger Sharpe = Legend! Love me some classic Pinball
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@@zenithchan1646 Troll Bot....
I've explained this basic concept to people a few times, and they've been very surprised to learn that there are actually goals and objectives in pinball - in many cases, you can even "win" the table to a certain degree - completing all the major objectives on a table will often grant access to a final "wizard mode" with a final challenge.
For example, in 2003's Lord of the Rings table, there are goals which activate 3 separate multiball mode, one themed for each book in the trilogy. If you manage to complete all of them in a single game, you can attempt the table's final challenge to destroy the ring, which requires precise shots and quick timing. It's incredibly dramatic and exciting!
It's a game of emotional control. No quick reactions and irrational decisions to the ball, but, tactics and logic!
Hard to do when things are moving super fast! Doable though!
All this time I've playing it wrong,
I thought the main game is to keep the ball in the game, & don't let it goes in to the gate,
Helmi MuZa : no... no... you were correct. That is the main objective.
You were partially correct because if it goes in the hole you lose
Keeping a ball in play is absolutely a key component to conquering a table but knowing the best sequence of shots, how to make them and ball manipulation with nudges and flipper techniques all add up to a pretty confident play on most pins. Learn the basic rules. Aim for a few goals and build as you go. It eventually clicks.
Yo pb machines are *lit* af
Literally lit
Peanut butter machines
MERCURY lol
Has anyone who worked on this actually played pinball?
I mean probably not pinball machines aren't that common anymore there's like one in my entire town. It's like asking if I've used a pay phone
@@CC-jd5fi I can name at least 5 pinball places by where I am, and more that simply have machines. I guess it just varies based on where you are.
@i am plant, what kind of plant are you? I mean, I know it's off topic but I'm curious.
@@jedwards4435 yes
@@MechanizedPlant You ARE Plant. I think I understand.
Should have put more of what Roger Sharpe had to say about the game instead of the opinions Vox members.
Good point. Or at least one Vox person who is not a complete novice.
This is so interesting, now i want to play pinball
Can buy a lot of classic tables on Steam
But i prefer the classic Windows XP pinball
next time you go to a restaurant, find a restaurant that has pinball!
these new pinball games on steam look really good omg
You can find Mom-n-Pop arcades still. I recommend playing an actual pinball machine over a video game version as they do feel dramatically different.
They are challenging, but that is part of their charm. Do not get frustrated your first few plays. Study the board before you play or if possible, watch someone else play it first and you can notice how the flow and map work. Most importantly, have fun! Good luck
I love pinball. One of my favorites is Medieval Madness where you destroy the castle and the towers wiggle wildly in the machine. Each machine tells a little story.
midieval Madness is such a good machine, and considered to he one of the best ever made.
such a classic, great game
@@bloomcrawler Oh yeah, that's a cool plunger definitely.
"Each machine tells a little story." Pinball in one sentence ❤
Been playing pinball as a self care hobby for a number of years now. Learning the techniques and rule sets have not only made the games more fun but has saved he alot of quarters.
My biggest tip is to be patient and control the ball before shooting. During multi ball try to cradle one ball on one flipper and hold the others on the other flipper try to doing all the shooting with that one ball
Learning how to properly nudge without tilting is also game changing.
Only 90's kids will remember...
*_Pinball Space Cadet for Windows XP_*
I'm a dirty 00s kid and I also 'member :3
Dude, I use to play that game on the computer during English class in 7-8th grade. I'm in high school now.
Windows XP?? Nah Windows 95 bruh I was too poor to upgrade to XP 😂
@@pepehimovic3135 Lol
Pinball Fantasy over Space Cadet any day!!
I was actually surprised when I recognized about 90% of the machines in this video. Think maybe I spent too many hours in the arcades growing up :)
They chose well known and popular machines but you clearly had a good arcade as finding them on site became increasingly difficult, even during the 90's rebirth.
Never expected you here
This is a great explanation of the game of pinball. It seems random at first, but there are many ways to control the flow of the game and play skillfully.
3:41 "The game isn't random" Proceeds to show Addams Family's magnet redirecting the ball at random.
I know I'm not the only one here that learned this game from Sonic Spinball. But that being said, I didn't even know multi ball was a thing...
Hahahahahaha... Yeah...
Pokémon pinball over here
Game Gear ftw, got my spinball cartridge upstairs but the damn GG's busted /sigh
The frustration of some of the Sonic Spinball sections is why i am good at regular pinball
"Learned"
**TILT**
I hate you.
I get ptsd every time I press X on my keyboard
I hated that
Anybody that played the pinball on the computer should know this.
Got so good at the space pinball game on the computer that I always hit that event that would catch the ball and hold it for 3 seconds and launch back out only for me to time it and hit it back into that event.
are you serious? when I first started playing pinball I was 6 year old I didn't even know English yet It was still easy to figure out.
I'm not alone!
Finally someone!!!
I think that the main reason many people don't like pinball that much, is that it is a score-based game. You're just trying to get points, which are meaningless to a lot of people. There's no objective. There isn't even a level 2. By modern standards, that is very primitive. People who love pinball likely love it because it is almost totally real. A real ball bouncing around in a real machine, actually being hit by real flippers, and bouncing around real tracks with actual light bulbs blinking behind physical elements of the game. Unless it's a board game, modern games are all digital simulations of things happening, rather than the fact of them happening.
John Smith - totally agree. I’ve been a mad keen pinball player since my dad got me into it when I was a child, and though it’s a bit disheartening these days when an arcade will have one or two machines compared to 487 digital games, I’ve often explained to friends that it’s the organic realness of the game that is of such appeal.
It’s just as you say...in pinball it’s a real ball that you’re controlling in real time & making real-life reactions occur on the playfield, rather than a largely pre-ordained set of actions & levels; of course, as with a video game, you’re trying to achieve certain goals, but it’s that realness factor that makes all the difference!
Show me a one-dimensional video game that can compare to the thrill of real-life multiball...I still remember the Judge Dredd machine that had an 8-ball multiball - the exhilaration!! 🤩
So you haven't played a machine made after 1990? Yes you can play for points but most modern pins are mode based where you play different scenarios that build up to something bigger. There's what are called mini-wizard modes when you complete a certain number of tasks, then there is the final wizard mode that you get when you complete "all" tasks.
I think it's more that it's too damn easy to lose the balls. If it was harder to lose a balls, people would play more and have a chance to learn about the little details discussed in the video and care about their score. They are engineered to make money though, not provide a good time first. The lights, graphics, and noise are all part of enticing people to play. They are more common in bars now because they know people who are intoxicated are more likely to impulsively play, while they may be more reluctant when sober knowing the odds they will lose within a few minutes of starting are high.
Alison N But that's a huge problem to pinball manufacturers, keeping a balance between the casual users and pinball pros. If a game is too easy, operators will get less games being played because of greater sessions. OTOH, if the objectives are too simple, then the pin could be boring to the hardcore audience.
@@alicen2610 As a home collector there's certainly a skill set needed to get decent game time, espescially on an unknown table but the fundamentals always apply. It's a physics machine. Nothing more. Once you have the basics of ball control and shots, you can always manage a decent game. None "cheat" though some are harder, faster and thus more appealing to better players. Too easy and it's boring but good for beginners.
You could say that we’ve *Pinned* down the strategy!
Yeeeeeeeeeees
Sam Looney booooo! Get off the stage!!!
Vox - These seemingly totally random videos always make my day. I love your other content, but these rare gems are awesome. Keep it up!
If you grew up playing pinball, you knew these things intuitively with practice. An explainer might give us more technical names for this body of knowledge, but it is no substitute for the joy of discovery. It makes me feel fortunate that I grew up in an analog world that was just beginning to to go digital.
God, I miss this game! 😭
Just google it.. and play it?
Not as much as I miss you..
curi0 wat
Pinballmap.com
I only played it on windows 😅
The employees you got to record the sound bytes are the type who would say playing the original Mario is a crazy, novel experience.
I am a pinball fanatic. I’m 14 and have been playing pinball for a while. Some games are harder than others. I will tell you, aiming for shots is definitely something you have to get good at. And the newer games like Godzilla or Rush have VERY complex rule sets. They’re very deep games. But that’s not necessarily a bad thing. Anyway thanks for the video :D
Vox puts out some of the best content on youtube. Each video is so well put together and edited; the sound, cinematography, and animations are so well done!
I've loved pinball for a lot of time, going from being absolutely clueless to slowly figuring out what does what, scoring 1 billion on Independence Day and 10.2 million on Black Knight 2000 (the highest score at the retro arcade I was at)
being clueless goes from an exception to an excuse if you decide not to learn more about the mechanics, and what does what
That's why I subbed to Vox, always bringing up interesting subjects I haver never thought about. Geat work !
That just means you have such a low level of curiosity that vox actually seems creative to you all the time
*MOST DEFINITELY A CLASSIC! I remember so many cool versions of pinball machines in the movie theaters growing up! T2, Tales From The Crypt, KISS Etc.*
I grew up going to my step mom's house every summer where she had a pinball machine in her basement (still does). Unlimited games. This really brought me back to the strategy of it and good times.
You might say....that Roger Sharpe.....is a Pinball...Wi-
**is shot**
nice brand of sacrifice
I think they missed a golden opportunity @ 0:55
A lot of modern tables and pinball video games have special modes called Wizard Mode, usually done once you beat every other mode in the same game. So in reality he likely *is* a Pinball Wizard too
Wizard?
@Gary Vernon He was speaking from a hypothetical perspective. Not his own.
That was beautiful, just played the Batman one yesterday! 😍
I'm not good at pinball, but I've known for a long time that it's not random. For one thing, you've got the flippers. With video game pinball games I learned how to control the balls like at 1:43. With a slot machine, you just push a button or pull a lever.
My grandparents use to have a pinball machine and my siblings and I would play it all the time. I wasn't aware people thought pinball was random. We always saw different paths and knew how to play to get a higher score. Very interesting.
Ooh, shout out to that great Addam's Family machine, one of my favourites! Has anybody played that gloriously decorated Phantom of the Opera model?
One of my all time favorites. Decent enough gameplay but it's the artwork by Paul Faris and the stereo sound that makes it stand out in a crowd.
Anyone know where I can find the song at 3:25? Sound like something from stranger things. Tried looking it up from the credits but no luck.
I've never though pinball was random. Who does? this video was surprising. To get good at pinball though... I can count on one hand the number of tables I've actually spent time to learn.
Learning a table takes quite a bit of time. but that exploration is what keeps your score going up and coming back.
We have a Terminator 2 pinball machine in our grandparents basement, and I and my cousins have been playing on it since we were five years old (although back then we had to stand on a garden chair so we could actually see what we were doing). It was great fun, I still like pinballs today, and one of the first things I learned was: Always shoot to where something's flashing 😂
The Stig's German Cousin Love that machine. It's got the really cool skill shot with the ship and the magnet, right?
@@augustgreig9420 It is indeed awesome, you probably won't be surprised when I tell you it's my all-time favorite.
0:30 well Tommy didn’t see a damn thing and still ended up with the Pinball Crown ™
Theres a lot this video explains that i never understood about the game but knowing that i actually played the game by controlling the ball makes me look back at the good ol times i played pinball on windows.
having only played pinball on my computer growing up, I was so excited when I saw an actual pinball machine! Its so huge and intricate!
Finally the days of hitting the paddles randomly are over, now I can watch the ball fall through knowing I did that
How do people not know how to play pinball ... ?
Darkskynet
... millennials... _facepalm_
STFU with your generalizations; some of the best players in the world like Raymund Davidson, Cayle George, and Robert Gagno are millennials.
Millennials played space cadet pinball
Lol
alp627 woooosh
I had a pinball machine when I was growing up, a arcade tech loaned it to me, I got extremely good, there is skill to the game, knowing where the ball needs to be on the flipper helps a lot... I read the manual for the machine I had, in the manual was a chapter on leveling the machine, it said how to level the machine that will favour the house to make money on game, ways that the game would eat your ball if you level it in a way. If you level it in a way it will favour leaving the game out side the outer tracks, which is why it's good practice to lightly bump the table as it give you a tiny manipulation of the field, it's far as long as you don't get the tilt warning.
Once you get into pinball, it's easy to mock those who think it's random, but we were all there once... I know as a kid I didn't play much, because I didn't see just how controllable they were. Now I'm a collector and fanatic
Awesome that you're collecting pins. What's your favorite one currently in your collection?
@@MarvLoco Hi. My collection used to be more substantial, but I've narrowed things down to just three: Funhouse, Black Knight 2000, and Bad Cats. Funhouse is hands down my favourite of these, but I wish I still had an Addams Family. Amazing pin!
@@ThatTalkingDogGuy Black Knight 2000 is awesome. Hurry up's are so satisfying.
@@MarvLoco And nothing can beat RANSOM!
Four minutes and forty nine seconds for an old guy to tell the whole Vox staff "GIT GUD NOOB" Hahaha :)
You can lead your life by accident or by purpose. Pinball is an example of those two different types of thinking. People who play purposefully accumulate points, people who rely on accident find themselves out of the game very quickly. Life is a pinball game, pull the plunger and go for it or do nothing and watch the balls disappear into the holes of poverty. Education is the key to success.
Luck plays a big role too!
while true a lot of the time, I find that sometimes, stepping up to a machine with only a basic knowledge of the ruleset allows me to kind of figure the game out as I go, and I've had some of my best scores posted on first or second-time plays
Institutional education is the key to debt. Self directed learning combined with curiosity is the key to success.
Luck favors the prepared
@@fluke196c Well, not everywhere you end up in debt. I agree, that staying curios and to learn something new, that intrests you or to atleast try out things is probably Key to a fullfilled Life...self education is great too, but esspecially at more difficult things or if you habe trouble with motivation/getting through or done with something, an experienced tutor could help wonders.
I also wouldn't say that institutional education is complete bullshit...yeah it has it's flaws...but it's a great system for teaching the basics and later on higher the bar of the basic education lvl. in a country.
It's not the right way for everyone after the basics are learned, but with some work (talking about germany atleast) you could modernize that system just a bit and change that...e.g. If you let the students choose more of what they are intressted in and what they wanna learn, if you could make the school into a place were everyone could get to know themselfds,their intrest and abillitys, were you show those students what each field/class can teach them, let them choose were to learn deeper theories and were they just get teached the most important or a bit generialzed stuff.
My best friend taught me all of this six years ago, and it literally changed my life. I ended up not only being kind of good at pinball, but had a ton of fun while playing, took a date there (she was skeptical but I promised it would be an awesome couple of hours) and ... well we broke up a few months later, but the point is, once you learn how to "read a machine," you're about to enter a whole new world of thrills. If you ever get to Austin, TX check out any of the three Pinballz Arcade locations. And no matter where you are in the world, go find and play the greatest pinball machine of all time: Medieval Madness! TROOOOLLLLLLSSSS!!!!!!
Quite interesting :) Thanks for this awesome video!
I don't know anyone in real life that things that pin ball is actually random. That it is hard and has random elements, yes. But that it is just random, no.
I didn't know people didn't know this.
This lol. I figured it out the first time I played as a elementary school kid.
What's wrong with these people? xD
More of these Vox. This is what I subbed for.
I didn't need a video explaining me how pinball machines work, but I'll sure as hell watch it.
Random? I don't understand a person who thinks pinball is "random." I didn't even know such people exist, much less that it warranted a video.
but you clicked on the video
i think it's random. now you know
I wish I could record a music video inside of a giant pinball machine.
Count Pastacreep Factsssss
There's lots already: czcams.com/video/RkEXGgdqMz8/video.html
They've been making music videos inside of giant pinball machines since before flippers were invented! czcams.com/video/Jm4RIEFhbtw/video.html
one two three FOUR FIVE
six seven eight NINE TEN
ELEVEN TWELVE
Count Pastacreep Two words: Sesame Street.
I wish pinball machines were more common. There used to be a few at my local movie theater, but they were removed a few years ago.
they are growing in popularity. I can almost guarantee if you search you'll find an arcade or barcade with multiple machines. New pinball machines are still being made today!
I found an Arrowsmith pinball machine at my local arcade this summer and it is the best pinball machine ever!
"Be like water."
As a Norwegian, this is the first time ive heard of this arcade game lol
Seems fun tho
really no pinball in Norway?
@@lambertlazaro2407 i mean, there must be somewhere, but probably very few places
Wow really.
U can play it on a phone or a laptop or a computer
Wait what Im in Malaysia and still know pinball
Anyone who played regularly in the classic heyday of pinball, before the advent of video games, KNOWS THIS. When I was at university (in the Jurassic) we had games in the basement of my college. You learned this type of control, and experience taught you the logic of each game.
Pinball hall of fame the williams collection for ps2 was my bible to all those tricks for pinball machine. You can do so much in a pinball game.
When I was a kid I thought it was random but after playing Pinball FX3, I realised it's much more and actually, it's pretty fun trying to grind higher scores.
Thanks Vox! I’m going to head back to the arcade!
Well that was educational. I've played pin ball a few times, but I had no idea there was an order to it and that if the feature isn't lit up then it's not worth anything. Funny that it wasn't mentioned that it's critical to know the timing at particular speeds to paddle the ball proper. Aiming is a function of waiting for the right moment to press the paddle button. Slowing the ball down definitely helps. It's not always so easy to catch it on the paddle like that though.
Waaaay more interesting than I thought it would be. Thanks!
So what you’re saying is that pinball is the best analogy for the simulation! (Or maybe the elite simulation hardware is hidden in the pinball machine). Keep asking questions
y tho
wizard 22 -🤷🏻♂️
grow up and stop talkin nonsense
What do you think of when you see a pinball machine?
WALUIGI TIME!!!
Lmao
This almost made me cry. It Just bueatiful the way they explain the game
"What do you see when you look at a pinball machine?"
Me: *Confusion and Disappointment*
1:43 I always thought this was cheating
Only 3D Pinball Space Cadet players understand how pinball works
facts i got so good at it
There’s a game for the Nintendo Switch called Pinball Arcade. That may help you understand how pinball machines work by actually playing digital versions of pinball machines that were at one point manufactured for arcades. Better yet, there’s a Pinball Museum in Asheville, North Carolina that has really old pinball machines on display, as well as newer ones and machines in better condition that you can actually play right then and there. There’s an entrance fee, but worth it if you’re really looking to check out real-life pinball machines.
Play pinball every week at the Petros and ta travel centers all around the u.s.a! Love it so much
This was extremely well done @vox, Bravo!
*If you think pinball is random then you have never played Windows Pinball 3D!*
Does anyone know how to find the song at the end? 3 friends and are are all trying to find it, help us out?
Wow this is really interesting. It makes me want to play it. I always thought it was just random and the only objective was to hit random things and keep the ball from falling in the gap.
3:06 Cue “Stranger Things” theme song. :)
They should make a Stranger Things themed pinball machine, it would fit with the theme so well
@@prettylittleravenna A Stranger Things pinball machine got released a few months ago.
Michael Netsch WOW, cool. Thanks for letting me know, I’ll go check it out. Hopefully it’s good
I've never heard multiball described as "hectic, beautiful and terrifying", even from other pinball players, I kinda like it!
Does anyone know they music they're playing at the beginning of the video?
I still have my pokemon pinball GBA game. I never really had access to arcades as a kid, but I loved that game and all the little goodies in it.
I learned this all from Pokemon Pinball
Yes!!! 20 years later, and I'm still trying to fill up the pokedex in that game!
Evolutions are hard. Gotta open up that ditto ramp
Multiball sounds like my friday night
Pinball machines are practically non-existent in UK arcades now; I always get excited when I see one
Glad to see Vox is actually popular now. They got stuck at around 1 mil subs for a long time
The only pinball game I've played is Space Cadet 3D.
Yes man!!! Thats what got me hooked on pinball. I use to play it everyday sometimes hours! Always played it on an old 90's late 2000's windows computer