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Anyone explain Visual Pinball?
Demon-Seed:
Hey
I am new to this visual pinabll thing. I thought it was mame pinball games, but the more i read it is a different emu all together? Are the games free? I thought I read on the net ppl make there own? if so where could i find some links if they are free. OR are they roms and u need to own the original? SORRY i am a newbie in visual pinball.
Tiger-Heli:
--- Quote from: Demon-Seed on June 15, 2004, 03:34:04 pm ---Hey
I am new to this visual pinabll thing. I thought it was mame pinball games, but the more i read it is a different emu all together? Are the games free? I thought I read on the net ppl make there own? if so where could i find some links if they are free. OR are they roms and u need to own the original? SORRY i am a newbie in visual pinball.
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I got out of the scene a couple of years ago, but heres a brief intro -
There are two emu's visual pinball and (Visual) PinMAME. All tables use visual pinball, some also use Visual pinmame. Visual Pinball plays the table. VpinMAME works the electronic score counters and the sounds.
Both emu's are free. Created tables are free and available. Original tables use Visual Pinball and not Vpinmame.
People also have done Replica tables. Some of these are stand-alone but most use VpinMAME.
There is an unspoken and sometimes broken rule against emulating recent tables.
ROMS are an odd issue. Technically you have to own the game to have them, but you can download them directly from Williams or Bally's websites :-)))
Best I can do for a website is
http://www.excellentcontent.com/vpinball/index.htm, but hopefully someone else can hook you up as well.
Onji:
This is the best stepbystep hold your hand instructions i could find. I went through them just the other day and as long as you follow them word for word, you'll get it installed and understand how it works better:
http://www.vpforums.com/modules.php?s=&name=FAQ&myfaq=yes&id_cat=2#5
NoBonus:
The thing about Vpinmame and Virtual Pinball is....
... it ROCKS! It is one of the single greatest uses of hard drive space I have ever seen.
But be careful, one of the programs (VPinMame or Virtual Pinball) expires periodically forcing you to download an updated version. So if one day you cannot seem to get the thing to work correctly, go download the latest version.
albrigsr:
Does anyone know if there is a service like Tombstones/Lazurus, etc. for Visual Pinball? I have downloaded many tables and such in the past but newer versions have come out and it has gotten more and more difficult to find a complete listing of all of the VP tables as well as a site to download them.
Thanks,
Scott