KingNor Posted October 6, 2006 Share Posted October 6, 2006 This is what I have been working on at my job, thought some of you here might be into it. If you have any questions let me know, i dont' want it to seem like i'm trying to sell it here (i'm not) i just thought you guys might be intrested since it's a cool new arcade game :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poonman Posted October 6, 2006 Share Posted October 6, 2006 dude... that doll is creepy... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sumdumgai Posted October 6, 2006 Share Posted October 6, 2006 Holy crap, no kidding about that doll! Can't sleep, doll will eat me! Pinball huh. I never could get into it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingNor Posted October 6, 2006 Author Share Posted October 6, 2006 the doll is rudy from funhouse. hes' a creepy guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knight26 Posted October 6, 2006 Share Posted October 6, 2006 Wait, video pinball, I like pinball but sorry it needs to be real pinball, complete with TILT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingNor Posted October 6, 2006 Author Share Posted October 6, 2006 we have a full tilt system in this. you nudge the table and the correct amount of ball motion shows up in-game not like a button tilt system, you actually can pick up the machine and the ball will roll to the back, its rad-cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hiriyu Posted October 7, 2006 Share Posted October 7, 2006 (edited) the doll is rudy from funhouse. hes' a creepy guy Beat me to it. Have a hotdog! Rudy is a sadistic little feller . I don't know exactly how much money I've spent playing that table, but I bet it would buy a Yamato 1/48 or two... BTW KingNor, is this VPinmame based? Edited October 7, 2006 by Hiriyu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingNor Posted October 7, 2006 Author Share Posted October 7, 2006 hiriyu, it is. Though our version of the engine is extencivly revamped. the physics on the game are night and day. Have you played alot of Vpin? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hiriyu Posted October 7, 2006 Share Posted October 7, 2006 Have you played alot of Vpin? Yes, and it is awesome (your table is even awesomer). I have a HotRodSE controller which has the nice pinball flipper/coin up buttons, which works great for my limited uses. I mainly play the late 80s/early 90s tables which you don't find in arcades anymore, like Funhouse, PartyZone, T2, Gilligan's Isle, etc. Just curious, but are you guys licensing the ROMs/software? I'm not going to run out and blab on you or anything, just curious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingNor Posted October 7, 2006 Author Share Posted October 7, 2006 yeah we're all licensed up, its pretty cool. if you liked the shareware vpin you'd really get a kick out of this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenius Posted October 7, 2006 Share Posted October 7, 2006 Will you guys ever simulate any of the following: Star Trek New Gen Indian Jones Playboy (the one with Centerfold multiball) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hiriyu Posted October 7, 2006 Share Posted October 7, 2006 (edited) KingNor, I guess my next question is: Do you have a software-only distro that you guys are willing to sell licenses for? It's probably not within my current budget to buy your table, but I'm sure that I could swing the money for the inner-workings Inquiring minds would like to know. Edit - jenius, if it is supported in VPinmame, my guess is that it should be supported by KingNor & Co's hardware. Edited October 7, 2006 by Hiriyu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingNor Posted October 7, 2006 Author Share Posted October 7, 2006 (edited) jenius, we could definately run those games, but we need to get licensing to use these "thrid party games." In time i am sure the star trek and indiana jones games will be something we'll go after. (thats more the buisness end, i'm more of just an artist) I'll ask on monday which third party games we're shooting for first though. Hiriyu: This thing is being designed for the arcade and there isn't a home version yet, though at some point an updated verson of our VP engine (with lots of improvements) will be released from GVR (thats where i work "Global VR"). That will be free but won't support our tilting function (which is uber cool) and won't be able to run our commercial versions of the tables, you'd have to create or download versions that fans have made. You can get more info at www.vpforums.com if you want, we've been working pretty close with those guys. (do a search for "UltraPin") Edited October 7, 2006 by KingNor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenius Posted October 7, 2006 Share Posted October 7, 2006 I know nothing about Vpin, in fact, this is the first I've ever heard about it. I am a bit of a pinball fanatic though (I did a lot of growing up in bars ). Star Trek and Indian Jones were among my favorites as well as many others I'm sure. Now for the next logical question, if these things are really cool video game simulations of pinball machines... why doesn't someone whip up a Macross pinball machine program?? That'd be SCHWEET. Heck, you could probably do it by just changing graphic and sound calls to an existing design framework. For example, with Star Trek, replace the disc of the Enterprise with a Spacy Kite and change the super simple episodes to be Macross related.... oooh if only I could program... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hiriyu Posted October 7, 2006 Share Posted October 7, 2006 Thanks for the info KingNor. What you guys are doing is very cool. For any of the doubters out there, the combination of VP (Virtual Pinball) and VPMAME (Virtual Pinball Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator) are an outstanding effort to replicate the original experience of gaming at a real arcade pinball table. They feature very realistic and lifelike representation of the original tables, and I can tell you firsthand that they work very well. This is not "video pinball" as you know it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingNor Posted October 7, 2006 Author Share Posted October 7, 2006 Yeah Virtual Pinball / VPMAME is cool. As good as the free version is though, i hope you get a chance to play UltraPin Hiriyu, it's head and shoulders above the free version :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingNor Posted October 7, 2006 Author Share Posted October 7, 2006 I would love to see a Macross themed pinball game. Could have a neat Macross model in there with targets for the ball. I wonder how the licensing would work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerwalk25 Posted October 9, 2006 Share Posted October 9, 2006 Pretty sweet that Pin-Bot is in the collection! I loved that Williams pinball game as a kid (and Cyclone). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingNor Posted October 11, 2006 Author Share Posted October 11, 2006 gerwalk, you live in roughly the same area as me (bay area). I'll let you know when the machine is going to be out for field test, and where. I'd be honored of some MW people played it and gave feed back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grapetang Posted October 11, 2006 Share Posted October 11, 2006 That's cool! You've even got Black Knight in there!!! I remember playing that and 8-Ball, Pinbot, FunHouse, & Firepower ages ago. Medieval Madness & F-14 sound familiar; I'm sure I'd recognize them if I saw them. Uh... stupid question: do arcades still exist outside of Nickel City or Dave & Buster's? Will it go into pizza parlors or something? Neat idea - I'd love to try it out sometime! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingNor Posted October 11, 2006 Author Share Posted October 11, 2006 Pizza places, bars, movie theaters. Pinball fits in well to all those places. I'm sure we'll be running them in D&B type places too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingNor Posted October 12, 2006 Author Share Posted October 12, 2006 http://www.pinballnews.com/shows/preview2007/index.html Here is an article talking about our machine, i'm excited! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mephistopheles Posted October 12, 2006 Share Posted October 12, 2006 http://www.pinballnews.com/shows/preview2007/index.html Here is an article talking about our machine, i'm excited! Does it have any codes? I want to cheat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingNor Posted October 12, 2006 Author Share Posted October 12, 2006 cheater Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grapetang Posted October 13, 2006 Share Posted October 13, 2006 http://www.pinballnews.com/shows/preview2007/index.html Here is an article talking about our machine, i'm excited! Congrats! Good luck w/ the product & the launch! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingNor Posted October 24, 2006 Author Share Posted October 24, 2006 Well for anyone who's intrested the game is on location here: George and Waltz 5445 College Ave Oakland, CA 94618 (510) 653-7441 For beta-testing. If anyone is in the area you should check it out, I'd love to hear what you guys think of it. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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