Pinball Expo 2016

[Mfresh]

A few pics:
Queuing to get in


Jack presenting



The green thing is the phone, though it changes colour. The Einstein thing is the3D theatre. Theres a magnet in the middle of the purple lights









The in game graphics are definitely Sim City like. Here's the side art:

 

[Mfresh]

Then on to the Alien launch. Lots of people in a small space, with two Alien machines working. The room was pretty dark and the machines look stunning with the glowing side art.

I've not seen the game before, but it looks good. The playfield furniture is very stark, plain bits of metal, very industrial, which fits with the feel of the movie very well. The backbox graphics are damn slick too. I didn't really get on with the screen in the playfield in FT, and when I had a single ball on Alien I was too busy to notice the one on the playfield. Maybe it takes getting used to.

You can't make a judgement easily on one ball, but overall I think this will also be a hugely popular game.









Koi is in the house...

 

[damos3]

Awesome updates thanks. All looks exciting.

 

[RudeDogg1]

Does it still have the teeny tiny spindly alien queen?

 

[Arv]

Yes its there in the airlock.

 

[cooldan]

good for Andy, he looks tired but tanned and contented. playfield looks good but i hope that mama alien's teeth are made of metal or they'll snap off immediately. look forward to seeing some video of gameplay and news of when the first games will be available to play in the UK

 

[D-Type]

Thanks for the commentary, guys. I'd love to attend an expo but it the meantime, it's great to have you as eyes and ears at the show!

GBP USD exchange rate must be a nightmare for HP, there's plusses and minuses for whatever way they choose, but volatility is always a problem and cheap labour always good

 

[Big Phil]

The exchange rate will be a bonus for HP as it'll make the pin cheaper to buy for those abroad. More sales. That's if he bases his pricing that way of course.

 

[Mooseman]

 

[Mooseman]

No matter how much I plied Baz with beer he wouldn't spill on Heighways third game.

 

[Mooseman]

We spent the morning in Chicago university where they had put together a gallery celebrating pinball art.

 

[Mooseman]

2 floors and 9 pins on free play that we had to ourselves and we could hear.

 

[Mooseman]

 

[Mooseman]

 

[cooldan]

you got to play all that lot on freeplay with no queues? clever planning Moosey

 

[kevlar]

With all the new machines coming out I'd completely forgotten about Silver Castle's Timeshock, I guess they aren't at the show? Dutch pinball? Homepin?

 

[Deleted member 2463]

Dutch pinball are there but pulled their announcement. They have TBL and its moved on but still a long way to go I would say.

Chicago Gaming pulled the announcement of next remake which I'm quite disappointed about.

I didn't make it to the Alien event, jet lag and the need for decent food killed me

 

[Mfresh]

Houdini will be $6995 and out in June says American Pinball. It won't be In the Zidware cabinet. They won't do preorders. It will be a pc based system. Not the same as the zidware system.

They are a very low key bunch..no razzmatazz or presentation graphics, just four guys sitting at a table answering some questions

 

[Rus121]

Houdini will be $6995 and out in June says American Pinball. It won't be In the Zidware cabinet. They won't do preorders. It will be a pc based system. Not the same as the zidware system.

They are a very low key bunch..no razzmatazz or presentation graphics, just four guys sitting at a table answering some questions

Kind of like the low key approach from Skit-B when they announced their Predator scam? Yeah, f*ck those guys.

 

[Replay]

Houdini will be $6995 and out in June says American Pinball. It won't be In the Zidware cabinet. They won't do preorders. It will be a pc based system. Not the same as the zidware system.

They are a very low key bunch..no razzmatazz or presentation graphics, just four guys sitting at a table answering some questions

Ok, June.
What year?

 

[Mooseman]

Wrong. Just sooooo wrong.

 

[Mooseman]

Apparently the largest pinball in the world!
Yet just read about a German machine 10ft x 20ft so maybe not anymore

 

[windoesnot]

You bringing one back to sit next to Nelly Moosey?

 

[RudeDogg1]

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Wrong. Just sooooo wrong.

Oh moose your such a cad lol

 

[cooldan]

Spunky dunkers?

 

[ronsplooter]

Spunky dunkers?

Cream filling?

 

[Rus121]

Spunky dunkers?

Maybe time for job change?

 

[Mfresh]

Dialled in is definitely the star of the show this year. People seem to have forgotten about Big Lebowski etc etc. I've had a handful of games now and the more I play it the more I like it. It really should be seen as a Sim City disaster game, and the code is only about 25% done according to Jersey Jack.

Big queues to play it, and big names are joining the lines:

Here's Dennis Nordman



and Roger Sharpe



I've uploaded some gameplay here:

 

[Mfresh]

Also spotted Pabst Can Crusher, which is basically Whoa Nellie! with some heavy metal music and Dirty Donny artwork.

 

[Mooseman]

How about this for a cool game. If you score over 100,000 it let's you pour a cold beer from the backbox. Even a rubbish player like me managed it.
Unfortunately root beer at the expo.