Hi, it's another noob

[ww68]

Hey, everybody.  My name's Wade, & I live in the state of Kansas, USA.

I'm thrilled that I found this site, because right off I see a couple things I'm a fan of, Peter Phil Becker's games and flipperless games.

I spend a LOT of time with video games, Donkey Kong in particular (862,300 on the emulated arcade version).  But ever since I discovered pinball simulations several months ago, I've been in another kind of heaven.  I want to thank all of you who contribute to the creation and dissemination of these games.  They blow my mind.

I was lucky enough to grow up with a Heat Wave (1964) and a Pro-Football (1973).  There are sims of those that also blow me away, though I noticed some things I would tweak.

I have a nice "Flip Flop!" machine (1976), which I'm dreaming of creating my own emulation of eventually.  But who am I kidding, I have so many things on my plate, and I have zero experience creating anything.  I discovered an excellent re-creation of "Wizard!", which also has flip flags, and I could only hope to approach the job that was done on that.

For what it's worth, I also have a Donkey Kong upright cabinet (could use a new monitor), a Power Putt "cabinet", a Clowns upright cabinet (not working), and a Looping upright cabinet (not working).  I'd like to acquire a Tempest upright cabinet with "Tempest Tubes".

Anyhoo, thank you for this website, and please keep up the fantastic work.

[ww68]

Oh, snap.  So his name's Phil?  I'm hoping it's both, I'm sorry.   

And I swear I didn't do that for credits.

[Itchigo]

Hi and welcome!

Phil's games are great, he does an awesome job on them. I make them FS when he gives me a BG for them.

I know all 3 of those pins are out in VPX, probably at vpinball.com. I have them on my cab, but I can't remember which site.

Donkey Kong is good, but I'm a Defender guy.  My HS is 13,000,000 back in the day. I still have the one I bought in 1990. I'm in the process of swapping the original CRT for a flatscreen. I'm also building a bartop. They're cheap to make if you have an old PC laying around.

There's also emulators out there for the handheld games too, like the old Mattell Football.

[ww68]

"Flip Flop!" though, I haven't found a sim that stays working for me, yet.

Yeah, I think I saw a photo of you with your Defender cab in the background.     It's a beautiful game, and so difficult.  I like to watch a twitch streamer named dazzer playing that and Stargate, amazing.

I know all 3 of those pins are out in VPX, probably at vpinball.com. I have them on my cab, but I can't remember which site.

Donkey Kong is good, but I'm a Defender guy.  My HS is 13,000,000 back in the day. I still have the one I bought in 1990. I'm in the process of swapping the original CRT for a flatscreen. I'm also building a bartop. They're cheap to make if you have an old PC laying around.

[Itchigo]

I remember Stargate! It had the extra Inviso button. Back in the day it was popular with people who thought Defender was for wusses, and was too easy.