Anthias
Pinball Player
- Joined
- Jun 15, 2003
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- Battle For The Down
I know it's hard to believe, but twenty years ago I discovered VP!
Count it, twenty years!
If I recall correctly, my first released VP table was Dr Rollover's Laboratory. I created it in 2001, uploading it to my personal website for users to download. I then slightly tweaked some of its features and rereleased it to the old VPF in 2002. It is so old, and so badly outdated, that when you run it, it comes up with a dialog box to enter the number of players. If you remember seeing tables do that, you are as ancient as me. In spite of all that, it had some interesting features, like a reversing playfield and a half decent rule set, if lacking in playability or visual appeal compared to my tables that came later, when I knew what I was doing.
Well, I have decided to return to VP for a brief moment to celebrate this enormous milestone of twenty years, to make a twentieth anniversary version of Dr Rollover's Laboratory. How long it will take, I can't say. If I will roll on to do twentieth anniversary editions of any other tables from '01, '02 etc, I also can not say. (If you feel the urge to pick up one of those tables to do yourself, have at it.) Whether this table can be made playable in VPX, I have no idea. I will work on it in vp8 initially, to reclaim my understanding of it, and decide on the path to take once I have it looking somewhat ok.
I hope I can bring it forward to ressemble something more in keeping with the modern standards. I can barely remember how to do any of this, so please be patient.
ADDITIONAL: So far I have made changes to the lower third, to improve gameplay significantly, made modifications to the construction of the table, added a sweet little multiball mode, and tweaked and fiddled things to get the entire show operational in VP9, including the signature playfield reversal. VPX I don't know a thing about, so I will likely stay out of that, at least till I get this beast to a pressentable state. At that time, it may be worth looking into it, but we'll see.
Screenshot does not show current progress, but reflects more the original table, and then a hint at the new lower third.
Count it, twenty years!
If I recall correctly, my first released VP table was Dr Rollover's Laboratory. I created it in 2001, uploading it to my personal website for users to download. I then slightly tweaked some of its features and rereleased it to the old VPF in 2002. It is so old, and so badly outdated, that when you run it, it comes up with a dialog box to enter the number of players. If you remember seeing tables do that, you are as ancient as me. In spite of all that, it had some interesting features, like a reversing playfield and a half decent rule set, if lacking in playability or visual appeal compared to my tables that came later, when I knew what I was doing.
Well, I have decided to return to VP for a brief moment to celebrate this enormous milestone of twenty years, to make a twentieth anniversary version of Dr Rollover's Laboratory. How long it will take, I can't say. If I will roll on to do twentieth anniversary editions of any other tables from '01, '02 etc, I also can not say. (If you feel the urge to pick up one of those tables to do yourself, have at it.) Whether this table can be made playable in VPX, I have no idea. I will work on it in vp8 initially, to reclaim my understanding of it, and decide on the path to take once I have it looking somewhat ok.
I hope I can bring it forward to ressemble something more in keeping with the modern standards. I can barely remember how to do any of this, so please be patient.
ADDITIONAL: So far I have made changes to the lower third, to improve gameplay significantly, made modifications to the construction of the table, added a sweet little multiball mode, and tweaked and fiddled things to get the entire show operational in VP9, including the signature playfield reversal. VPX I don't know a thing about, so I will likely stay out of that, at least till I get this beast to a pressentable state. At that time, it may be worth looking into it, but we'll see.
Screenshot does not show current progress, but reflects more the original table, and then a hint at the new lower third.