Pinball Arcade - (by FarSight) - Universal App

[famousringo]

Originally Posted by your personal robot

I hope TA catches the Kickstarter story and brings it to the front page.

That will never happen. Hodapp detests Kickstarter (he calls it "shitfarter") and has little respect for projects which use it. Maybe he'll have a change of heart when Kickstarter projects start rolling onto iOS in a year or two, but for now, just be glad Kickstarter is only banned from the front page and is not yet banned from the forums.

The good news is that it doesn't seem like this project really needs the promotion. Two days in and over a third funded.

[bigrand1]

Originally Posted by Habakuk

As described before I downloaded the recent tables at home via WiFi and there were some strange anomalies (had to type in my iTunes password FOUR times and NOT because I misspelled it) never seen in App Store before. The worst thing is that the somewhat complicated explanations what pack you should download are overlaid with the iTunes login standard window so you can hardly read them. But I had the tables definitely and could play them.

Then I wanted to show the new tables proudly to my friends (rather an audience at a huge media center) but instead of letting me play that BIG CRAP of a software wanted me once again to download them (with choice what pack and prices, iTunes login, password and all of that). Since there was no WiFi at the place where I met my friends the show was over. Some people laughed and said what garbage iOS and App Store is and that they won't buy an iPad. Thanks, FarSight Studios. That was really painful.

What a shame! Although I am a big pinball fan and I love those PA tables this pisses me really off and although I paid for all the tables (10-20 € don't remember exactly) I will delete that crap (where I can only play as a "guest" if it maybe works at all) soon. That's not funny any more. They should better fix their worst bugs before and then publish a software or start any future projects.

Not recommended.

Yes, the exact things happened to me, too, and I agree with everything you said! Bunch of CRAP and only being able to play as a 'guest' should've been fixed long ago! You think! Very irritating! And at least bring the Mac store version up to date, also! These guys are blowing it! Started out so good, got everyone all excited for so long, then disappointed us! Fix the games and the interface, for crying out loud!

[bigrand1]

Originally Posted by Rudi

I had a great real Pinball day today here in Neu-Ulm,Germany.
There was a Pinball Festival. You had to pay 10€ once. There where about 100 Pinball Machines to play for free and some competitions.
I played many of them. Bride of Pnbot, Funhouse, Eight ball Deluxe, Baywatch,Flash, Twilight Zone, AC DC, Dracula, Firepower,Circus Voltaire...
Pinball Designer Steve Ritchie from Chicago was also here.
Very nice, to play some tables, I never saw as real machines.

Sounds fun there in Germany, that pinball fest! Here in the US, some of you guys probably have been there or know about it, we have the Pinball Hall of Fame in Las Vegas. At least 10,000 square feet of nothing but pinballs-all playable there! Newer stuff we want for this app here and vintage tables going back more than 40 years! Truly an incredible place! If you can't make it there, check it out online and try not to drool on your keyboards! It's open everyday, there in Vegas! Not to be missed!

[crunc]

Originally Posted by famousringo

That will never happen. Hodapp detests Kickstarter (he calls it "shitfarter") and has little respect for projects which use it. Maybe he'll have a change of heart when Kickstarter projects start rolling onto iOS in a year or two, but for now, just be glad Kickstarter is only banned from the front page and is not yet banned from the forums.

The good news is that it doesn't seem like this project really needs the promotion. Two days in and over a third funded.

I'm not sure what you mean by "start rolling onto iOS", because there have been many iOS games that have gone the Kickstarter route already. Organ Trail was one, for example. Not to mention this TZ effort.

[crunc]

I bumped up to $25 for the cause and to get that exclusive TZ ball usable in any game. I wonder if it will be a powerball, or just a design on a regular one?

[jeffy777]

Originally Posted by your personal robot

I play that game ALL THE TIME (seriously every single free minute) and besides the new Black Hole camera problem, I have no problems at all. Best pinball game out there. Running beautifully and smooth. I'm extremely happy with this game. And totally addicted.

Same here. This app is amazing!

And it's pretty awesome to see the TZ kickstarter up to 25K already.

[DeanKeith]

Originally Posted by famousringo

That will never happen. Hodapp detests Kickstarter ... and has little respect for projects which use it. Maybe he'll have a change of heart when Kickstarter projects start rolling onto iOS in a year or two, but for now, just be glad Kickstarter is only banned from the front page and is not yet banned from the forums.

This is totally wrong... here is a Kickstarter link right on the TouchArcade home page:

http://toucharcade.com/2012/02/09/do...tally-gets-it/ (click the "donate" link in the article).

[bruab]

Halfway!!! Woot, I hope we make it!

[Fafner]

Originally Posted by delfin

* Funhouse is in my gameroom, so I'm intimately familiar with it.

I loves me some funhouse!
Have any other machines in your game room?
The ones in my game room rotate in and out quite a bit!
Currently living with me is:
Pin*Bot
Starship Troopers
Also have a beautifully restored Ms. Pac-Man and a cabaret Missile Command

Pinballs that have rotated through my house include:
Big Guns
Godzilla
Super Mario Bros
Jurassic Park
Lost in Space
And a few others

I have friends who have HUGE collections so sometimes my house becomes storage for their machines!

The really goofy thing is I think I enjoy working on them and fixing them more than actually playing

[drelbs]

Originally Posted by Fafner

and a cabaret Missile Command

Jealous!

Always intended to get a cocktail Missile Command, but never could dedicate the room for it.

I don't have any pinball tables, but I've got Tron, Xybots, Power Drift and a 6-slot Neo Geo MVS (and about 100 more JAMMA/MVS boards/carts)

For a long time I had my brother's 4-player Simpsons (with most of the 4-player Konami boards on hand) until he moved out of the area...