The show was heavy on redemption and medal games, with entire booths dedicated to companies' prize offerings, but we were able to see some video games as well -- including a line of Tekken Tag Tournament 2 machines! There was also randomly a concert in progress over at Sega. You can see a bit of that, along with (OF COURSE) a few big mascot characters, in the video above!
The show was heavy on redemption and medal games, with entire booths dedicated to companies' prize offerings, but we were able to see some video games as well -- including a line of Tekken Tag Tournament 2 machines! There was also randomly a concert in progress over at Sega. You can see a bit of that, along with (OF COURSE) a few big mascot characters, in the video above!
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Posted: Sep 17th 2011 7:14PM Walter White said
Pinball is making a huge comeback. Too bad the big American companies that made them back in the day like Bally and WMS refuse to see this.
At least we still have Stern.
But video arcades are all but dead in the US.
At least we still have Stern.
But video arcades are all but dead in the US.
Posted: Sep 17th 2011 7:55PM RaultheGhoul said
Man.... wtf is this shit? Ahahaha
Posted: Sep 17th 2011 10:11PM CDF12345 said
There's also Jersey Jack Pinball. Launching their first machine at the end of this year, The Wizard of Oz Machine. They've got a lot of the classic designers from the Midway/Bally/Williams days working on it, and they have an office in Jersey and Chicago.
Should be pretty cool.
For the first time, a pinball machine is being developed during the era of social media, so that the entire design process is being blogged, Facebooked and tweeted. It's pretty cool.
Besides that, the visual pinball emulation has some amazing things going on with it. I'm currently building my visual pinball cabinet and it's really awesome to be able to play hundreds of classic pinball tables in my basement. Check VPforums.org for everything about emulation.
Should be pretty cool.
For the first time, a pinball machine is being developed during the era of social media, so that the entire design process is being blogged, Facebooked and tweeted. It's pretty cool.
Besides that, the visual pinball emulation has some amazing things going on with it. I'm currently building my visual pinball cabinet and it's really awesome to be able to play hundreds of classic pinball tables in my basement. Check VPforums.org for everything about emulation.
Posted: Sep 17th 2011 11:28PM Walter White said
@CDF12345 - My friend owns a Tron machine, and he's thinking about getting a Transformers machine, when they're released. I hope he does...
As for Jersey Jack, I've seen the whitewood for Wizard Of Oz, and I have to say I was impressed - it reminded me of Williams' Taxi, with the criss-cross ramps, but with the addition of 2 mini-playfields - it looks downright fantastic. They could do without the ruby flippers, though... They just look silly.
I also know that Planetary Pinball secured the rights to use the Williams brand name. Lets hope they can put the name back on the map by giving the world it's first true Williams machine in 11 years.
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As for Jersey Jack, I've seen the whitewood for Wizard Of Oz, and I have to say I was impressed - it reminded me of Williams' Taxi, with the criss-cross ramps, but with the addition of 2 mini-playfields - it looks downright fantastic. They could do without the ruby flippers, though... They just look silly.
I also know that Planetary Pinball secured the rights to use the Williams brand name. Lets hope they can put the name back on the map by giving the world it's first true Williams machine in 11 years.
Posted: Sep 17th 2011 11:54PM CDF12345 said
I love taxi, I play it a ton on my visual pinball cabinet. When I was a kid my local bowling alley had a Taxi machine, so I have fond memories of it.
I go to the Chicagoland coin-op show twice a year and the general feeling was that planetary pinball / williams deal was generally bad for pinball. I heard a lot of stories of people getting ceist and desists for selling reproduction parts and decals (when William and Bally have been out of production for years, sometimes decades). Other people talked to PP about licensing deals to produce licensed reproduction parts and PP wouldn't even talk to them for less than $1,000,000.
So I think generally it's been bad, and forced people that are manufacturing replacement parts for older games to keep it on the downlow. Which is sad because there was no legal alternative for 10 years or so, and now there are just lots of legal threats and still no legal alternative.
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I go to the Chicagoland coin-op show twice a year and the general feeling was that planetary pinball / williams deal was generally bad for pinball. I heard a lot of stories of people getting ceist and desists for selling reproduction parts and decals (when William and Bally have been out of production for years, sometimes decades). Other people talked to PP about licensing deals to produce licensed reproduction parts and PP wouldn't even talk to them for less than $1,000,000.
So I think generally it's been bad, and forced people that are manufacturing replacement parts for older games to keep it on the downlow. Which is sad because there was no legal alternative for 10 years or so, and now there are just lots of legal threats and still no legal alternative.
Posted: Sep 18th 2011 12:06AM Walter White said
@CDF12345 - I happen to own a Taxi machine! Marilyn version - But the playfield really needs a touchup. Twilight Zone is my all time favorite, but every pin Williams put out between '86-95 was absolute perfection in my book.
The System 11/DMD era was an amazing time to get hooked back on pinball.
It seemed plausable back in 2000. But nowadays, it's still hurts to think Bally/Williams just left pinball players high and dry just because "they felt like it".
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The System 11/DMD era was an amazing time to get hooked back on pinball.
It seemed plausable back in 2000. But nowadays, it's still hurts to think Bally/Williams just left pinball players high and dry just because "they felt like it".
Posted: Sep 18th 2011 10:21AM MystcLazrDragon said
HOLY SHIT IT'S A GIANT HAMTARO!!!
