Recreation Video Games PN's collection of "Arcade Tribute" pinballs

[Isaac Sauvage]

These are all great tables. I love Tutenkham the best. I just wish this had the latest fizx and dof support.

You know, I hadn't noticed before that Steve Paradis / Polygame had created a whole suite of arcade tributes. To me, not only do they look amazing, but they add animations & sequences from the original games!

So as a download manager, I figured I'd tag all those as "arcade tributes." Then I spent some time looking for other pinball tables that simulated classic arcade games in that specific way. So far I've found 16 in all.

Check 'em out >here<.

Did I miss any? Probably.
Feel free to mention others that belong in that collection.

EDIT: To be clear, of course there are many more pins which are: 1) themed to an arcade game, and of course then there are: 2) flipperless games that directly simulate arcade games. But I'm thinking these here are: 3) hybrids, essentially, which add animations & sequences right from the arcade games to partially re-create them in pinball form.

Make sense? Oh well, lol..

 

[StevOz]

Ahem...

VP9 - SS - Original Table - TMNT (Original) VP9

TMNT original made a few years back, solid original layout/gameplay, sfx and graphics what can I say, a mere irfanview user so I did what I could with a few VP hacks.. Includes the MP3 TNMTCowabunga.mp3 put in ya music folder..

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VP9 - SS - Original Table - The Gyruss (Original) VP9

TheGyruss4WS by StevOz A 1984 era SS pinball, made one year after the popular arcade game. Release Date: June 2012 Rules: WARP awards 2x, 3x, 4x, 5x, 6x, 7x, 1000 pts x multiplier and lites bumpers, 100 pts or 1000 pts when lit. THEGYRUSS...

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* edited The Gyruss listing to include the original release thread here...

VP9 - SS - Original Table - TheGyrussWS wide screen for VP9 released.

TheGyrussWS wide screen for VP9, best played @1920x1080. Physics and flippers adjusted for VP9. Many tweaks and some additions to the graphics, cutouts for drop targets and other adjustments. 1 to 4 players can play, press 5 to add credits and 1 to add players. Game set to 3 balls, change...

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[TerryRed]

Polygame's other Tribute to the 80s games.

Astrohits

Frogster

Astroblast

 

[Isaac Sauvage]

Polygame's other Tribute to the 80s games.

Astrohits

Frogster

Astroblast

First two are in the list, for a current total of seven from him. I did see Astroblast, but am unfamiliar with which arcade machine that refers to. It's also marked as an original, rather than "Tribute To," unlike the seven.

Also, he listed the seven various times, and didn't include Astroblast in any of those lists.
What think?


@StevOz,
Okay, I edited the final paragraph to hopefully be more clear.

I see yours as being arcade-themed, as in class one, above.
How about we add a separate tag for those...?
There are at least a couple dozen tables in that class, I should think.

 

[TerryRed]

yah, my bad. I didn't read the post clearly.... just went by the pics :)

 

[xenonph]

You know, I hadn't noticed before that Steve / Polygame had created a whole suite of arcade tributes.
Not only do they look amazing, but they add animations & sequences from the original games!

So as a download manager, I figured I'd tag all those as "arcade tributes," then spent some time looking for other pinball tables that simulated classic arcade games. So far I've found 16 in all.

Check 'em out >here<.

Did I miss any? Probably.
Feel free to mention others that belong in that collection.

EDIT: To be clear, there are many more pins which are: 1) themed to an arcade game, and of course then there are: 2) flipperless games that directly simulate arcade games. But I'm thinking these here are: 3) hybrids, essentially, which add animations & sequences right from the arcade games to partially re-create them in pinball form.

Make sense? Oh well, lol..

You can add my Black Tiger Pinball table to the list.

VPX - Williams - SS - Original Table - Black Tiger Pinball (Williams, 1981) VPX

Black Tiger Pinball (Williams, 1981) VPX v2.1 MOD IPD No. 1778 Version 2.1 Converted images to WebP format which reduces file size.(VPX7.2 Required) Converted Wav files in sound manager to ogg format which reduces file size. Table size went from...

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It is based on Capcom's hit arcade game Black Tiger released in 1987. (Known as Black Dragon in Japan!)
All sounds and music added to this table were dumped from the actual arcade rom.

Black Tiger (video game) - Wikipedia

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[Isaac Sauvage]

@xenonph,
That table looks & sounds absolutely amazing, and it makes me feel pretty stoopid indeed for not checking out more of your work, before.

Black Tiger pinball (the original of which I don't remember at *all* from the arcades, altho I missed a lot of games during college) is one which kinda feels like a mid-to-late 80's Williams layout style. True / not true?

(also, pardon my asking, but is Dan no longer with us?)


Charles & @StevOz ,
I'm going to leave it up to you guys if you want to tag your own tables as a part of this little project. I've tried my best to explain exactly what I'm aiming for via the particular tag in the OP, and I most certainly am not here to gatekeep, especially amongst friends.

That said, I'm a big fan of classic 8-bit & arcade games, and love the idea of bringing more attention to such games in the world of VP & FP. What think, mateys?

 

[Isaac Sauvage]

Actually, lol...
there's a distinct table in which in I did some mods, long ago.
THEORETICALLY bringing it in to the class of Polygame's ingenius pinball-arcade hybrids. I.e. these:

Search results for query: tribute

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I GUESS maybe the table was maybe 'good for its time,' but frankly 'sucked,' even by VP8 standards.
My point is-- it wasn't close to to what Polygame accomplished here, which is why I don't believe it makes sense to include it, either.

For the record, the ancient mod I did was "Breakout II," based on @Proginoskes old idea.
Me? I changed the flippers to paddles, altered the game ball to go through the "color shield," changed up some physics, and reworked some of the gameflow. Yet it was STILL a pretty terrible game, and *not* indicative of what Polygame has accomplished here, IMO, no way.

Anyway, here's my personal disaster:
(Please don't get caught up in variations upon the arcade & 2600 versions. Such distinctions barely matter, in fact)

 

[telmoabff]

Blending two passions into one single game... love it!

I found that the Warlord, Tempexx tables and Multipede had a lot of stuttering. Made them impossible to play.

Enjoyed so much Space Invaders, Cool Position, Arcade Mayhem, Astro Hits and Frogster, but it would be so nice if the physics could be updated. But I guess that's not gonna happen.

Liked so much Tutenkahm and Bubble Bobble. 10/10!

All in all, they are letting me have a great time.

 

[Isaac Sauvage]

@telmoabff, I don't know if this helps, but on my horse-&-buggy system, I found that:

Tutorial - Ike's speed tips for FP and BAM/FP (how to increase FPS & reduce crashes)

Where to start? - Start by checking the table's FPS and graphics results. When running the game, hit F9 to cycle through the different display options. - You'll always see these results: FPS (frames per second), Ops (# of draw operations), Tri's (# of triangles / polygons drawn each frame)...

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[telmoabff]

@telmoabff, I don't know if this helps, but on my horse-&-buggy system, I found that:

Tutorial - Ike's speed tips for FP and BAM/FP (how to increase FPS & reduce crashes)

Where to start? - Start by checking the table's FPS and graphics results. When running the game, hit F9 to cycle through the different display options. - You'll always see these results: FPS (frames per second), Ops (# of draw operations), Tri's (# of triangles / polygons drawn each frame)...

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Gonna try those in the next few days. Thanks!