My apologies and a few screenshots

[druadic]

The FIRST tilt mechanism was created and made in 1931.

Actually, Prosperity was the FIRST pin machine company to make the tilt mechanism. I once owned a Pros-Per-iti Special that had a up and down moving tilt mechanism. This was a HUGE surprise to say the least. The ball would sit in an "+" and rolled back and forth and if it stayed too long OUT OF the center "box" it would pop up the metal "TILT" sign at the top inner edge of the machine. This tilt mechanism was created in 1931. If a player put another coin into the machine it would reset allowing the ball in the wooden box to drop down and reset the box. It's the earliest form of tilt mechanism I know of that seems to exist - but I KNOW it existed and even watched it work inside of the machine I owned. I sold the machine to a museum knowing they would treat it with care.

I've also owned a Peo Manufacturing "Midget Hi-Ball" and I released the game for VPX as well. The play field image is the actual image or photograph of MY original machine. I sold this too to the museum. They have them both. I've also owned a Peo Little Whirlwind machine.

As for a play tester, I've gone through two over the years. The first one was a pain, but tiltjlp used to be my playtester afterwards and he was a great guy. I may take you up on your offer sometime in the future, who knows.

Boop-A-Doop is coming along NICELY. Got the holes done. Now to the pinheads. Won't be too long I hope. The table is a blast to play.

 

[Isaac Sauvage]

Just bumped in to this one today. You ever see it before, Will?

Internet Pinball Machine Database: Stoner 'Super-Zeta'

www.ipdb.org

The regular "Zeta" version also has some useful flyers.

Seems that Russ Jenson used to own one personally, and described it a little bit in his convo with Harry Williams.

I even found a podcast about it:

For Amusement Only EM and Bingo Pinball Podcast: Episode 260 - 1938 Stoner Super-Zeta

Super-Zeta was a rehash of the earlier Zeta with the addition of a backbox. Super-Zeta is another proto-bingo with the roulette style tub. This looks less appealing to play as the ball doesn't travel around the playfield, nor is the bumper in the center a pop, merely a spring bumper.

foramusementonly.libsyn.com

I don't expect to see it anytime soon in VP / FP, just thought it looked interesting!

 

[druadic]

Just bumped in to this one today. You ever see it before, Will?

Internet Pinball Machine Database: Stoner 'Super-Zeta'

www.ipdb.org

The regular "Zeta" version also has some useful flyers.

Seems that Russ Jenson used to own one personally, and described it a little bit in his convo with Harry Williams.

I even found a podcast about it:

For Amusement Only EM and Bingo Pinball Podcast: Episode 260 - 1938 Stoner Super-Zeta

Super-Zeta was a rehash of the earlier Zeta with the addition of a backbox. Super-Zeta is another proto-bingo with the roulette style tub. This looks less appealing to play as the ball doesn't travel around the playfield, nor is the bumper in the center a pop, merely a spring bumper.

foramusementonly.libsyn.com

I don't expect to see it anytime soon in VP / FP, just thought it looked interesting!

Yep, YEARS AGO I saw this one and it just didn't pique my interest. Seems it wasn't popular with players either. I have so many WIP it's no joke Ike. I must have over 75 tables on my desktop computer waiting for me. I have play fields and everything; I'm just trying to do the ones that "tickle my fancy" but thanks.

 

[druadic]

Had a VERY serious dizziness spell last night. Was going to TRY to finish Boop-A-Doop for you all but I just couldn't do it. I almost passed out. I currently have three doctors appointments within a span of a month for my leg and foot problems, my head and for my heart.

To be honest, I felt absolutely euphoric. Whatever I went through last night I felt good but I was so dizzy I could not stay awake. I almost felt like I was flying in the air. Do not ask me why but it felt just like that.

So on top of what happened last night, I have to get ultrasounds on both of my feet and legs (yes you heard that right) first. Then a scan of my heart since my doctor is telling me my heart is not working right. Then a trip to the neurologist for my neck and brain.

The feet and leg thing has only been happening for about a month, but the neck, head and heart thing for over a year. I have heart murmurs or something like that. Doctors THOUGHT I might have diabetes and my blood work says I do not have this so what is happening to me is much more serious than even having diabetes.

Just keeping everyone updated so now you know how much I am going through. Folks can probably now understand I am trying to get these tables done as much as I can but it will take time.

Boop-A-Doop SHOULD be along shortly or within a week or so. Maybe less. Same goes for quite a few other tables I have been working on for MANY MANY MONTHS.

Rest assured more is coming. Keep pin machine nudging!

PS: NOW you know everything and I have explained as much as I can to you so you know why of what is going on. I feel I should tell everyone this and get it out in the open about my health. Now you know.

 

[druadic]

Pinheads placed via primitives. A little more scripting and this one is ready.

 

[druadic]

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[Isaac Sauvage]

Ah, I missed whatever content that was just above.

Thanks for keeping on your projects, Will, and I look forward to hearing what the docs can figure out soon.

 

[druadic]

Sorry about that but just figured I would take it down. I've got FOUR doctors appointments in one month. One for my feet and legs,, one for my heart, one for the ENT and one for the neurologist. That is just the first four. There are others coming as well.

I'll release a few more pin machine titles soon enough. After that who knows. I can barely even eat more than one or two meals a day so I'm constantly tired and can't stay awake and being dizzy 24/7 is making this tougher for me to keep up on these.

Let's just wait and see what happens. Who knows, I may get a massive burst of energy and release something soon.

You didn't miss anything on the last post Ike. Just FYI.

 

[Wiesshund]

Banned

And this Parents, is your child on drugs.

Drugs are bad, Mmmkay?

 

[druadic]

Saturday or Sunday I'll get Boop-A-Doop up. Just a few more tweaks folks and it plays GREAT.

Balls are ALWAYS RANDOMIZED with EACH GAME you start; 3 blue balls, 3 white balls and 4 gold balls. The balls are always mixed up and random.

The same color of ball to the circle is DOUBLE points otherwise it is normal points. 1,000 point hole is normal at anytime.

This game is a ton of fun and very challenging so keep an eye out for it Saturday or Sunday.

 

[Wylte]

Looking forward to it! I can't even find a picture of this one, just the countertop version.

I grew up with an old pachinko machine (electrical parts non-functional, unfortunately) so there's a special place in my heart for flipperless pin games. Been downloading yours, it's like a shot of nostalgia :)

Hope you're feeling better, and that all of your medical appointments are helpful!

 

[druadic]

Looking forward to it! I can't even find a picture of this one, just the countertop version.

I grew up with an old pachinko machine (electrical parts non-functional, unfortunately) so there's a special place in my heart for flipperless pin games. Been downloading yours, it's like a shot of nostalgia :)

Hope you're feeling better, and that all of your medical appointments are helpful!

Appreciate the compliment and hope you'll like the table. Thank you.

SURPRISE - it's already up. I felt it was ready and it is. Enjoy and have fun.

I'm fine but my body isn't so I'm just trying to get everything figured out so I can finish up with SSD. Have to wait to see what happens. Thanks!

 

[druadic]

Coming soon....please be patient. Want to make sure this one runs properly!

JUST CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW TO SEE WHAT IS COMING.

The Internet Pinball Machine Database

www.ipdb.org

 

[druadic]

Grand Casino, 1934 by J.P. Seeberg Corp. screenshot. I've been working on this one for over 10 months due to the redrawing and the working tilt mechanism. The tilt mech is not completely realistic but it does work nice.

 

[Isaac Sauvage]

Looking kewl as usual!

 

[druadic]

Thanks for the offer Ian but after tiltjlp I don't need any play testers. I've been out of the loop to this post for too long but something is coming soon.

Thanks Ike. It came out really nice and plays great. I like it.

My court day went VERY WELL so I hope things work out better for me. That was on November 4th. What a learning experience that was; I never knew how things like that could possibly work over the phone but it did. My attorney was pleased with the outcome.

I am now on inhalers for COPD and have to use them every four hours. Another pill has been added to the three other I take. This is nuts

Not much else. The next machine I'm releasing has ACTUAL HOLES so the ball goes completely nuts. A little more redrawing and some script tweaking so it won't be much longer.

 

[druadic]

Quick update:

Just moved into a house. FINALLY gotten some much needed sleep which I was not getting at the apartment for almost two years.

Just got umbilical hernia surgery done. Man that gas they use knocks you out in less than a minute - I had no idea.

Sued my landlord of the apartment I lived in and WON. Now suing him for reparations for the MONTHS I had no water or a toilet. Yes, he is a slumlord and it seems his whole world is collapsing in front of him since he does not follow the laws so numerous folks are suing him. He also likes to commit fraud and I have filed a few cases against him on this as well due to the state. He's in a bit of trouble.

I'm now on my 5th time for disability since my 4th time was denied but even my attorney can't understand why. The 5th time should be no issue.

My health HAS improved if not much but it has.

I've been working for someone who needs videos and vector images so I am busy at the moment; quite busy.

I still have everything I have worked on for VPX from my big Dell desktop machine and once I hook it back up I will get the "ball rolling again" sort to speak. I still have much to do. There may even be a few vectorized playfields coming so let's see what happens. I've just started getting into vector graphics for someone and found it to be a serious blast.

Not much else but let's see what happens. I am so glad Pinball Nirvana is being cranked out by JPH and all those who help him. I for one am seriously grateful for you all.

d

 

[Isaac Sauvage]

Quick update:

Just moved into a house. FINALLY gotten some much needed sleep which I was not getting at the apartment for almost two years...

Wow, finally! Been wondering how that was all going. Good to hear things are better, Will.

My own disability is up for review soon, and I'm predictably nervous. So many ways for legitimately ill people to get denied due to the vagaries of bureaucracy.

It looks like I caught CV19 -again- this past month, and it's surprisingly wiped the floor with me pretty good, even after three vaccinations and at least one pretty nasty case in 2020.

So, looking forward to getting back on my feet at some point (ability to concentrate is poor most of the time) and working on projects. Maybe contributing to one of yours as I wanted to in the past. My GIMP skills are coming along, and at this point I think I should be able to reconstruct the art for that Warrior table we once talked about. "10th Inning" or something.

 

[druadic]

Wow, finally! Been wondering how that was all going. Good to hear things are better, Will.

My own disability is up for review soon, and I'm predictably nervous. So many ways for legitimately ill people to get denied due to the vagaries of bureaucracy.

It looks like I caught CV19 -again- this past month, and it's surprisingly wiped the floor with me pretty good, even after three vaccinations and at least one pretty nasty case in 2020.

So, looking forward to getting back on my feet at some point (ability to concentrate is poor most of the time) and working on projects. Maybe contributing to one of yours as I wanted to in the past. My GIMP skills are coming along, and at this point I think I should be able to reconstruct the art for that Warrior table we once talked about. "10th Inning" or something.

At least it's quiet. 2 years without decent sleep and it was bad. Been sleeping like a baby in this house. When I have time I'll send you a few photos. It's not the nicest looking house and needs a bit of work for a 1930 home but it's home. 800 square foot ranch style one floor house. No upstairs, no downstairs. It's NICE and easy on my knees and hips.

What boggles me is I've never had a single shot or had C19 but my friend has friends who have. Sorry to hear something like that got to you. I have no idea why it never hit me. I'm stymied.

As for my landlord I decided to sue him so in April he MUST appear at court in front of a judge that scares him to death. He NEVER goes to court and is a wimp since he is scared of the law and he should be with all the BS he pulls with his tenants. It won't be much money but it's the principal of the thing; he KNEW BETTER and if he was going through the same I guarantee he wouldn't want to do it. These types of people never learn but get off on the misery of others. KARMA has an amazing way of biting you in the arse when you least expect it. It's happened to me as well.

He's LIED TO MY ATTORNEY TWICE so he's not getting away with anything. I've got him where I want him with his constant and blatant lying. He's also committed fraud with the state TWICE so he's in a bit of a pickle.

10th Inning is one I would like to do. I just recently found even MORE play field images and they are nice. One is Daval's Big Bertha which I've been itching to try my hand at but with so many works in progress on my desktop who knows when I'll get to it.

I'm going to set up my desktop this weekend so I can get started again. I've been so busy with home cleanup, images and video gifs for a friend it's been tough to keep up.

Just glad to know you're good and look forward to the collaboration on 10th Inning. Let's do this.

d

 

[druadic]

What's up...

Sorry I have not released anything folks. I'm tired, try to sleep, sleep for an hour or two or if it's where I really have to sleep it's 8 to 12 hours then I cannot keep my eyes open. I sit up, get dizzy and have to sit for almost 5 minutes before I can stand up.

The heat is getting to me daily. ANY natural or unnatural light causes me to have headaches. I have been hit with some form of shingles or the nerves at the back of my skull at my neck that is causing this. It goes from the back of my head to the top middle of my head and to the back of my right ear where blisters like to form. I know TMI but it's what is keeping me from even going onto my desktop machine for OVER A YEAR. If you have never had shingles, it's NO JOKE. It's truly painful.

I've been falling a LOT - five times in two weeks and NOW my doctors are freaking out so I have told them I want a test for parkinson's. Something is just not being fixed and I've had enough so I've demanded my doctors run a plethora of tests on me. They're telling me NOW that they are truly worried. It's been over a year they could have fixed this and they didn't. I told them, they didn't listen so now I pay the price thanks to them.

I am also losing my memory and forget just about everything. My friends have to remind me 1 to 10 times over and over about something we just talked about seconds or minutes ago.

I apologize for not doing anything but I think I may be done with VP. I've been asked to make Atari 2600 games through programming by making games from Universal, Exidy, Stern and even Tong Electronic. I've taken the offer and you may see my name somewhere down the road. Who knows. You may not.

I will TRY to get a few tables done but don't hold your breath. I have TONS of tables ready to be made on my desktop and some are so rare that images or photos of them do not exist at IPDB. One table I have has nothing but holes and no kickers at all. It plays like the real thing. Another is another variation of Grand Casino where is everything is flipped across the table from 1935. I was just sent images of this table and I never knew it existed but only one seems to have survived and that person overseas has sent me some AMAZING screenshots.

I still have Fan Tan, Mat-Cha-Skor, The Mystery Six and many others still waiting for me to finish.

This is a basic update that pretty much says my health is once again going down the crapper. I know it's been over a YEAR since I have released anything. I TRY to stay awake, not to pass out or just try to get through the day. I'm sorry.

Again, my apologies.

Respect to those that still make VP pre war tables for desktops machines. To those that clean up their images before release, I respect that and really hope to see something from you authors out there. Honestly, I'm excited to see what you can conjure up!

 

[druadic]

Isaac Sauvage....

I've left you a private chat message. Just FYI.

Sorry I've not been around but the message will explain. Hope to hear from you soon.

-d

 

[Isaac Sauvage]

Isaac Sauvage....

I've left you a private chat message. Just FYI.

Sorry I've not been around but the message will explain. Hope to hear from you soon.

-d

I don't seem to see a PM conversation, but feel free to try again. I don't do text chats here.

Btw, I'm only here these days when the spirit moves me. I've fully retired from staff / consultant work.

Btw2, the thread title here seems a bit funny, as I don't think you have anything to apologise over. If anything, you've gifted the scene an enormous amount of classic content, part of why I helped you out a couple times. And thank you again.

 

[druadic]

Glad we could get this sorted out. Call or message me anytime sir.

I truly appreciate all the help you have given me. I truly do. In my private message to you I have explained a bit about what is going on. Just been so busy with painting the house and it looks 100% so much nicer. It just takes a TON of time and with my bursitis and/or lupus it makes it take so much longer but I am glad I got it done.I've been trying to keep busy. I have to cut the grass AGAIN. SIGH. It's getting old but the doctor tells me to keep walking around and even though I have issues with pushing the mower around and dragging my right leg behind me while doing so I have to keep at it.

I apologize for wishing I could have made so many more tables. It just takes so much time to redraw or fix what I have plus I use MS Paint and GIMP to get them done so it takes longer than usual. I'm sure there are much easier ways to accomplish these things but I have found solace in doing the way I do and it's more fun. I still have so many unfinished tables and more folks are sending me more images of tables I never knew existed. Amazing.

Anyway THANK YOU for all your help. We'll talk soon.

-d

 

[druadic]

Shhhhhh! I'm currently "busy"......

 

[Ian (WVP)]

ah so cute . love it.