VP8 Flipperless Recreation Hit And Miss released

[tiltjlp]

Hit And Miss, which possibly dates from 1875-1915, was made of cast iron, could have been named Hit OR Miss, with how difficult it can be getting the ball to do a complete figure eight when launched. The only change made to the game has been the addition of a hidden kicker where the word AND is, to allow missed balls to drain.With the right timing and proper amount of nudging, all scoring pockets can be hit, including the Double Cup, which isn't anywhere near as impossible as it may look.I've made this a 12 ball game, since many games from this time were indeed 12 ball games.

I spent a lot of time and testing to match the slpoe from the initial launch speed, which seems like a good starting point. You are free to adjust both the slope and the launch speed, but the results probably won't make you very happy. I found that I did best if I kept the launch spped at or near the initial setting, and nudged at just the right time. Learn to use the 10 diverter bumps on the table to your advantage. They can either help or hinder your final score. You can find Hit And Miss for download about half way down thai page:

http://www.pinballnirvana.com/index.php?name=UpDownload&req=viewsdownload&sid=26

Considering it's age, Hit And Miss is in fairly decent condition. Any purists who would like to redraw the source image for their own use may PM me at Pinball Nirvana for a copy.

 

[Shockman]

I've been playing with this. You know that don't mean scoring a game, but taking it apart and putting it back together. The screen shot up there looks like an Andy Warhol painting. Well not one I can think of but I mean the repeating patterns and simple no talent hack stuff that was his forte. As a VP game, just fantastic. You talked today about invention. VP can do this thing, man. It can show you the backdrop behind hit. It can let you watch the balls go down those holes and roll down inside there, assuming that that is what they do. It will let you feed another one with a couple rolling in the upper 4000 or lower 2000 lanes. I smoothed the walls and set the slope as high as 15 and it rolled almost 8. It slames into the left sholder of the mid section of the figure at any slope. I played it with a negitive number, more horizonal and upside down even. This thing is cool.
Thanks.

Nice pic. It's in great shape for it's age. The lead and mercury they put in paint back then was good stuff.

Could I have a copy of your background pic?

 

[tiltjlp]

I didn't realize you were quite that much into my games. And yes, I've changed settings at times and have come up with some very interesting results. I like the backdrop a lot because it works with most any table, and makes the yellow font color really stand out. I've attached the background image.