EDIT: this discussion splits from my post here. --Ike
Sphere, shiva are the first that come to my mind. I'm actually downloading about 30 oldies but goldies, & will come back to comment after testing them.
Nice to meet you again after such a long time
Sphere, shiva are the first that come to my mind. I'm actually downloading about 30 oldies but goldies, & will come back to comment after testing them.
Nice to meet you again after such a long time
Sphere is probably next on my update list. He made at least 27 tables, but only a couple are uploaded here right now. I should get the other 25 finished within the week, I think.
The site has been undergoing some significant upgrades the past few months, as you can read about above. I'm also trying to make sure we have all the best, classic tables and resources preserved.
If you feel like looking through the resources, feel free. Maybe there are some classics or valuable stuff you remember that we don't have online at the moment.
Ah... and it's actually "Emkaah," I think. I kept getting zero results with the other spelling. Took me a while to figure out I wasn't crazy(!)
So... I'm not seeing Emkaah's version right at the moment, but let me ask you this-- was this an original, or a re-creation of the Williams, Zaccaria, or Mecatronics "Space Shuttle" games?
Wow, you still keep in touch with los dos genios? (that still works in Português, no?)
I'm not on VPF.org much, but I miss them. I actually knew Steely from a different gaming venue (Armagetron) before I knew him from VP.
Crazy... it's almost 20 years since I've been in this scene. So many memories and colleagues / acquaintances / friends I lost touch with along the way.
Actually it's kind of weird and I still don't know how much he's kidding about all that. I remember him saying he had some hand tremors or something going on ten years ago.
Emkaah's Space Shuttle has been uploaded by destruk to VPF at the beginning. That's why I could not find it.
It's fine with me, particularly since it probably came from the original VPF. For some reason I guess it never got uploaded here, so I'll take care of that later.
Thanks for finding it. Pretty sweet-looking table for so long ago, too!
According to Roland's list, Emkaah also re-created Blast Off (Williams 67) and Smarty (Williams 68). I don't think we have those versions either, so I'll have to hunt those down... EDIT: Okay, they're over at IRP, which Jon also hosts. You can get them here if you need them: https://irpinball.org/60s.htm
Maybe I should split these posts out to an Emkaah thread when I get these three tables uploaded.
Okay, I went through the torrent I recently downloaded and found 2 .zip files for Liberty Bell(e) in the Visual Pinball [VP1-VP7] Recreated Tables folder, one is for Gottlieb 62 with 2 versions, the other is Ash's Table for Williams 1977 and is Liberty Bell. It's available at IRP.
Okay, I went through the torrent I recently downloaded and found 2 .zip files for Liberty Bell(e) in the Visual Pinball [VP1-VP7] Recreated Tables folder, one is for Gottlieb 62 with 2 versions, the other is Ash's Table for Williams 1977 and is Liberty Bell. It's available at IRP.
Yeah, the IRP version is Patrick's. It was only when I saw Roland's VPLauncher master list that I found out that Ale did a version. I guess the next step is to email Roland, who maybe hopefully still has the Ale version.
Side note: "The man with the torrent will instantly be considered the new village elder!"
--olde rustic proverb
About VPLauncher, it was awesome, decided to resurrect a subdomain at PN, it contained uploads from 2009 for VPLauncher but I think they might go back to 2004:
The actual available VPLauncher.dat is a little outdated. Since Roland Scholz, author of the VPLauncher frontend and the VPLauncher.dat file, doesn't seem to be present and interested anymore, it's time to think about if and how to update the VPLauncher.dat, i. e. for further use in frontends as...
His site is still up, FWIW. Also, the other day I happened to google his name and found a famous fellow in Germany by that name. Can't help but wonder if that's his father. The age fits, as I think Roland is maybe in his mid-to-late 40's IIRC.
Btw, one thing I just learned about Sphere is that he did plenty of FP tables, too. This may be an even bigger job than I realised, tracking down every one of his pinball creations(!)
Actually, it looks like he used to offer all his tables right on his site, but it's no longer up, and the internet archive doesn't do a very good job preserving it. http://www.georg-reiter.de/44.html
EDIT: no, I was wrong. The full VP and FP lists are still viewable. If you want to see them, copy the header / category links from top of that page, strip out the Archive.Org info, then resubmit them in the WayBackMachine.
These are absolutely invaluable lists, because they show the date ranges and final versions of all his VP & FP tables. Getting them all collected might be a serious challenge, hmm...
I'm looking for this table : Knockout WS, published by BOB in 2011. All I found is that post,:
It has the same apron as my Knockout table. I just made it in VP earlier this year. I don't know if you've looked at it, but you might be able to use something from it.
The widescreen version pic is below, but there is also a 4:3 table version. You can get it at VPF.
You can interact with the ChatGPT Bot in any Chat Room and there is a dedicated room. The command is /ai followed by a space and then your ? or inquiry.
ie: /ai What is a EM Pinball Machine?
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