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Still can't beat the experience on a physical machine.. virtual pinball has its place and is a nice compliment to your pinball collection ..right up until you need the space! Lol
Great video!! This is the question I have been trying to answer for myself for the last couple of weeks. I was leaning towards modding a At Games Pinball machine, but after seeing the Star Wars Pro model by Stern, I think I may have to save up for that one instead. I also am picking up a 1978 Star Trek pinball from a local seller once he gets maintenance done on it.
Glad the video was helpful to you. Star Wars Pro is a great game, you'll find tons of hours of enjoyment in that I'm sure. Props on finding a 78 Star Trek too!
Most ppl in the community use a modified harbor freight wheel jack to move our pins around. It works great no disassembly required and very little muscle. it's kind of like an indy car jack. Btw I great video i enjoyed it!
You should do a real pinball machine vs a virtual pinball machine - but a virtual pinball that is the same size as a real pinball machine. They make them, not an Arcade1up...
Awesome content as always!!! After 8 A1up cabs and the A1up Star Wars Vpin, I joined the actual pinball bandwagon and bought the Guns N Roses LE machine
That hmmm at the 32 sec mark had a nice Kermit the frog tone to it. Ha, I really hope I can get a Stern some day. They look incredible. TMNT, Ghostbusters, or Godzilla would be on my top list. Great video and I need to add, nice jersey.
Great job Doug! I love the idea of digital pinball. It definitely makes my plane on a real pinball much more enjoyable. The skills and experience on a digital pinball does assist when playing a real pinball cabinet. Having played the VPX pinball tables for a couple years now, I do enjoy putting some quarters in a real pinball and having those games last a lot longer than the day before I played digital pinball.
Thanks. Another great thing that digital pinball can do for new players is help familiarize them with table rules and specific table gameplay requirements that they can then take over the the physical pinball table should they have a chance to play one near them.
Great overview :) I have the A1UP Marvel Pinball and followed your mod videos and got mine moded, I have a small house so I had to choose one pinball machine. :)
I have the arcade 1up star wars machine coming on Saturday, but it has been jail broken & the 30 games from all 3 1up machines, really looking forward to it 😊
Love that Stern pin! When did you buy it? I bought my Stern pin using PayPal credit 24 months 0% is 335 a month and if you find a bar / restaurant location you'll earn about 100 to 500 a month.
@@raymonddowling5553 no prob, I actually play both virtual pinball and real pinball. I think haptic feedback are the key for me in regards to virtual pinball.
Star Wars Arcade 1 up I was lucky guys. This Pinball was 549.99 about 3 months ago. But… Even now if you wonder is it worth it? Absolutely!!! Best Cabinet they ever made
With some re flashing of the stock PCB some other pinball tables from pinball arcade can be played, but not vpx. If you want to play VPX or Future Pinball you need to have a PC replace the stock Arcade1up PCB
The ONLY pinball I care about is waaaaaay outta my price range -- the Twilight Zone machine. I had a chance to own one about a decade ago at 12 hundo! Now it's closer to 12K! I kick myself every time I think about it. 😪
CoolToy, WOW. I was VERY skeptical about how one could even approach a comparison like this. My initial thought was, "this is going to be very one sided." Leave it to you to turn it into an insightful consideration for both mediums. Well Played! (No pun intended :P :) ). vgv
Awesome review Doug! I've stayed with the cheap mans route and put most of the Zen Studio pinball games on my Xbox One a couple years ago. Not the same experience but much cheaper and it looks great on my big screen TV. Merry Christmas to you and your family! :)
I like my Attack from Mars arcade 1up for what it is. I do have a pinball bar I visit weekly so I get my real fix still. Hopefully next year I'll beable to afford a real one as well.
How does the accelerometer and nudging in the v pin compare to something like a real machine? No one ever really talks about this in depth on these vpin comparisons other than to say 'it's there.' How good is it?
It's difficult to explain "How good is it?" since there is no real metric to measure its performance. When it boils down to it, a physical machine you can manipulate the ball in play more with nudging than you can on a virtual machine. But in the same turn, it takes much more energy to physically move a real machine around than it does one of these Arcade1Up machines, since the size is much smaller.
My take: Digital Pinball wins at those tables that would be impossible on real pinball (EG exploding pinball balls, animated doodads, mini games). You can do far more complex and arcade-game like things in digital as well. When Digital Pinball tries to emulate real machines (EG Williams), the results are hit or miss. A lot of the early 90s machines have a more complex gameplay loop than their predecessors, and the DMD gives them an extra edge. Still, you miss out on the tactile feel and thrilling light shows of these machines. Where digital absolutely falls flat for me is emulating older pinball machines. The EM machines up to mid-80s solid states just doesn't do it for me in virtual. The thrill of these older games is the sights and sounds, and watching the real ball(s) go around. The gameplay is too simple and thus translates like a bad indie shovelware when converted to vpin. This is my main gripe with AtGames and Haunted House virtual pinball machines. You're missing the whole point by playing those games on a computer-driven screen. Modern pinball games with the complex DMDs are another story. I feel like these machines have lost some of the charm of the early day ones, although gameplay and visuals are for more appealing.
if i had the money buy a good virtual or real pinball machine i probably go with a real pinball machine i think real pinball is more investment then a virtual pinball .. some real pinball machine if you own them for 5 to 10 years some of them you get very good return back on money and make few thousand's back . and i don't see that every happen to a virtual pinball machine is anything you will lose money but don't get me wrong i like virtual pinball machine right now I'm building one .
I was considering either a 1up vpin or an atgames vpin. I played a 1up…it was garbage! I have decided to save up and spend the 4K for a legit vpin. Great stern table though!
