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TimeSink - Dedicated Vertical Cab
Jdurg:
Very cool cabinet! The more I read people's projects, the more pissed I get that I didn't hold off and buy a house with a garage! :(
dweebs0r:
Wow. Awesome work on the cabinet as usual. I have a couple of comments and questions to ask.
First of all, because of your comments on this thread, I downloaded and installed Future Pinball. What a cool little program that is. Thanks for introducing me to it. I have a dedicated vertical cabinet myself and I would like to add Future Pinball to the cab. It seems like there are dozens of Future Pinball tables. Some are great. Others, not so much.
What are a few good Future Pinball tables? Can you attach your list of the "better" Future Pinball tables?
How do you load Future Pinball tables from Mala?
Thanks for the help.
-Dweebs
theCoder:
--- Quote from: dweebs0r on November 25, 2007, 09:15:28 pm ---Wow. Awesome work on the cabinet as usual... What are a few good Future Pinball tables? Can you attach your list of the "better" Future Pinball tables?
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Thanks. I've got around 50 tables loaded. I basically cherry picked them based on the ranking at http://fprelease.free.fr/?page=1 Once I found a couple of authors I liked, I downloaded all of their other tables. In general, I like the originals better than remakes, with a few exceptions. Some authors have some beautiful tables that do not play well. Others have great playing tables with practically no graphics. Anyway, the short list of my favorite tables includes:
Alien Poker (Graphics are a little low res, but the play is awesome. Just like the original)
Cyclone
Dead Hunters
Fire Power (Another remake of a classic. The background sound is just as annoying as ever)
Killer Klowns
Mission Impossible
Road Girls (Great play, but there's a little too much T&A for the wife & kids)
Sci-Fi Classic (Original by the makers of Future Pinball. Great action).
Space Invaders II (Cool concept. Moving targets to worry about)
Vortex (Fast action remake)
--- Quote from: dweebs0r on November 25, 2007, 09:15:28 pm ---How do you load Future Pinball tables from Mala?
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To get the tables working in Mala, I followed the instructions posted by SGT at: http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=68419.0 This approach allows you to treat the tables like Mame roms, putting them all in the same emulator so you do not have to switch back & forth. It also allows the Mala "Favorites" list to include both Mame games as well as Future Pinball tables. One problem I had was the script does not support embedded spaces in the file names of the *.fpt files. I had to remove spaces from the .fpt files to get them to work.
Good luck with it.
theCoder:
Operational
At work we do off-site team building activities every once and a while. This time around, it was my turn to recommend the venue. I was pleased when “gaming in my basement” was selected over paintball. Nothing against paintball, but I really wanted an opportunity to show my coworkers these crazy arcade machines they've been hearing about for the past few years.
With that said, I got moving on a number of loose ends on the project. The admin buttons are mounted in the front glass retainer. The controls and lights are wired. The CPU is complete and mounted. The menu is configured, complete with a select set of vertical Mame games and Future Pinball tables. It is fully operational. I just spent about an hour playing the “War of the Worlds” table by Roney. Oh, man…
All that remains is the pinball nudge system, making a custom circuit to make the LEDs on the front dance around, and mounting the to-be-delivered piece of smoked glass.
I found a nice place for it, right behind the Xcelerator driving cab. Now, for the first time in several months, the basement is clean. The wife is happy. Bring on the party.
leapinlew:
awesome dude... it looks great!
:applaud:
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