Rogue Pinball
Welcome to the new Rogue!! => Members Area => Topic started by: ww68 on July 06, 2020, 03:45:20 PM
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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.
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Oh, snap. So his name's Phil? I'm hoping it's both, I'm sorry. :Banghead:
And I swear I didn't do that for credits.
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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. :Cool: 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.
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"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. :Cool: 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. :Cool: 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.
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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. :Lol: