It was a real shame what happened to Cactus Canyon. All that work people had put into it, and the execs (by definition, people who should never be allowed to make decisions) pull the plug on it. In the end, only about 500 of them were ever made. And as if that wasn't bad enough, Pinball 2000, the reason Cactus Canyon was abandoned, was itself abandoned after only two games. That's when Williams decided to call it quits on Pinball.
Though not everyone will appreciate it as such, I think TPA transcends a mere computergame by also serving the purpose of a digital pinball-museum. It's for the sake of that extra function, that tables like Central Park and Goin' Nuts are worthwhile additions to the collection. But perhaps it would've been better to make such tables an enticing novelty-bonus, obtained by buying a complete season... at once or one tablepack at a time.
Goin' Nuts: same problem, that 180 second target is way too tough, out of all seven seasons, I think it is the only table I didn't beat all standard goals. Prefer Tee'd Off over No Good Gofers but I guess like you say it's personal choice. ElDorado is extra hard but I do really like playing it
Hi. A Question: If I know well, this game loses Williams and Bally tables licences. So, if I buy this Season 2 pack on disc (PS4), I got all of the tables, or Williams and Bally tables removed, and I got less tables?
I have some nostalgia for Victory and Space Shuttle because they were my favourites from their respective Pinball Hall of Fame collections as a kid. Cool that they ended up next to each other on your list. One of my favourite parts of Victory is its catchy music, which was nowhere to be found in your recording. Did you not like it? Also, I just looked back at Pinball Hall of Fame for the GameCube, and realized that the simulation of Victory from that game is really terrible in comparison. It says "let's go" every time the ball launches out of anywhere, and the checkpoint voice files have music behind them that clashes with the ongoing table music, which isn't supposed to happen. Cool content you're making!
The creature in White Water is bigfoot, not a yeti. Also seasons 1 & 2 had mostly 2 tables for each pack because they were re-releasing most of their backlog from the Pinball Hall of Fame collections, including the HD version of The Williams Collection for Xbox 360 and PS3, which included 3 exclusive tables up until the release of season 3 of Pinball Arcade. They were Tales of the Arabian Knights, Medieval Madness and No Good Gofers. Also, this may be asking too much, but I wouldn't mind if they made that game backwards compatible with the Xbox One thanks to its increasing library of backwards compatible titles!
I gotta agree on Central Park, it is a cool table, but I really really hate the outlanes and the ridiciolus gap in the middle, I mean, sure, Im just getting started with the whole nudging thing, but goddamn, even 5 balls seem too few for this one. While No Good Gophers is probably my favorite out of the two golf-themed tables, I wouldve put this table much much higher, I still love the golf theme and the whole "Playing holes" thing, and that echoing "Hole in One!" voice is really memorable to me, it is extremely satisfying to hear :) I love this table! Haunted House is unique, but it feels kinda cluttered with so many flippers and stuff, which might just be down to experience, but I never really come back to this table for long. As for the music interrupting because of sound effects, I grew up on games like Pokémon Blue where this sort of thing would also happen (albeit not to the same degree and effect) so Im not so fazed by it and can even feel it gives a sort of novel touch to it all, almost like my brain goes all like "If the sound effect is enough to interrupt even the music, then this must be something powerful", but yea, I havent played it in a while, so Im sure it would eventually get kind of grating. I really like long-range shots as well, they feel immensly satisfying to nail, but for Eldorado..it just doesnt carry the whole thing for too long for me, not when there is a billion other tables to choose from >_< Pin*Bot is pretty fun, yea, I really like the representation of the coloured targets lighting up as you hit them more and more and such. Centaur is a weird one for me, I find it to be weirdly bland gameplay-wise, but I also find it to be refreshingly simple somehow, and really cool sound effects, but the real kicker is the unique and stunning art-style! I mean, I shudder each time I imagine what this masterpiece would look like if it was coloured instead of Black, White and some Red, the whole sketch sort of style makes it look both professional and artistic at the same time, and if I ever had to choose just one pinball table to place as a visual decoration when designing the interior of a house etc, Im pretty sure I would choose the Centaur table 98 times out of a hundred, it just looks so damn cool and different, without being goofy or stereotypical. It is truly a piece of art!
From watching this video I realise I haven't played all of the season two tables even though I have them. I would say I have played Terminator and Pinbot the most so far, but definitely need to try some of the others. Just wish I didn't have to buy the seasons again to switch to the PS4, as my PS3 in that room died. Can download them to the other PS3 but it's in the room the kids take over, so I am left with the Vita at the moment. Actually thinking about it I should probably just download the rest of the tables to the Vita TV :)
@@CrowContinuum True, but thankfully the ps4 is region free so you can find copies on amazon or ebay and still play it 👍 Love the pinball content Crow!
The only table I havent cleared the standard goals is Starship Troopers so far. That going nuts goal is easy when you learn to backhand the ball release target from the left flipper. You can never run out of time after that. I don't enjoy Cactus Canyon or Champion Pub, but absolutely love Victory, Haunted House and Eldorado City of Gold. White Water is too cramped for my taste, I don't get the love. I'd say Pin*Bot is number one for me, Eldorado being close second. Dr. Dude also rocks! Centaur is good choice for number one too. Also does PS4 really get those balls back in game on Centaur that easily?!?
Farsight won't make changes to their romsets. If they did, they would probably downgrade Harley Davidson to one of the earlier revisions, as 3rd edition has several bugs in it. A lot of people want adult mods for Medieval Madness and TNG as well, which won't ever make it into TPA. There has been talks of an "after dark" version of TPA, but who knows if that will ever happen.
I wouldn't be surprised if After Dark is secretly cancelled until further notice. Besides, Farsight already has enough problems right now with the lost of Williams and Bally tables, and with all the Stern premium tables that were exclusive to SPA currently available in the Pinball Arcade, I can safely say that Stern Pinball Arcade is pretty much dead at this point as well, despite the release on Switch. Which now that I think about it, it was a really pointless way of tying fans over for the release of PA on the system, since it was already doomed with the lack of necessary updates, or updates in general.
19 goin nuts 18 haunted house 17 flight 2000 16 central park 15 teed off 14 victory 13 firepower 12 class of 1812 11 cue ball wizard 10 el dorado city of gold 9 Pinbot 8 space shuttle 7 white water 6 dr dude 5 champion pub 4 Whirlwind 3 cactus canyon 2 terminator 2 1 centaur
There is no longer a legal way to get all of the seasons unless you already own them. I don't know if this will change in the future or if someone else will step in and take Farsight's place. We're already seeing some dedication to Zaccaria Pinball, which despite being in early access for 2 years has come a long way since it was first released on Steam.
I tried to like Centaur. However its so rigid in its rule set. I did enjoy the art and the sound. It just feels to much out of date. Not to mention the multiball is hard to get. I rated it very far down my list on steam. I just cant get into the older machines. They lack the eye candy the newer machines have. great reviews by the way. Good job.
I guess there are two kinds of people in this world: Tee'd Off fans and No Good Gophers fans. Being the former, I highly disagree with your choice to put Tee'd Off so low on the list, and I can't get into No Good Gophers at all, but hey, at least I'll give you credit for where you put Centaur on the list!
After the removal of Williams and Bally tables, we only have one option now. It's a shame, because while No Good Gofers obviously came after Tee'd Off, it did have some clever additions that make it stand out. Yes, Tee'd Off had an animatronic gopher at the top, which is obviously missing in the digital versions, but No Good Gofers had the two trouble making Gophers pop up on the playfield and if you hit them with the ball, you get a satisfying revenge that adds to your score, which is a nice addition to justify all the taunts they give to the player. That is clearly not the case in Tee'd Off, but the roulette wheel is a creative idea for getting bonus credit after the game is over.
***** I guess I just have more Attatchment to Gottlieb as I grew up playing Ace High in my own home. And my favorite table of the 80's was Haunted House. My favorite table ever is Ace high, second favorite is party zone actually.
To be fair, there's a difference between Gottlieb and Gottlieb/Premier. When it comes to EMs, Gottlieb is king. However, Williams/Bally definitely took over once the DMD era began although Gottlieb/Premier did have some great tables too such as A Nightmare On Elm Street. As for modern tables, I don't mind Stern at all, but they're in desperate need of serious competition - not the occasional one-off Wizard of Oz-type stuff. The fact that they're still using DMDs in this decade is ridiculous.
5:48 this table looks terrible, quite honestly. Blatantly atrocious graphical rendering for the see thru glass... it looks like it's floating over the pinball machine. What an eye sore.
I havent looked this up, but I think part of the wonkiness might be because the lower playfield is actually supposed to be an image we see through a mirror or something, or thats the impression I always had at least, I think they did this for some other tables as well.
