POHF: The Williams Collection (360/PS3)

[DJ_Izumi]

The Williams Collection is actully pretty nifty.  For those who don't know, it's a PS2/PSP/Wii game that features various lisenced tables from Williams.  As far as virtual pinball simulations, it's pretty awesome.  I have it on PSP (Pirated) and TWO ligit copies for PS2 which we use for events.  Even a small virtual pinball tourney we held last weekend at an anime and gaming event.

I heard it was coming out for Xbox 360 and PS3 and thought that was neat since I highly recomend the game.  However those guys at Crave are actually throwing in three new tables.

The PS2 version had 8 tables;

Black Knight
Firepower
Funhouse
Gorgar
Pin*Bot
Space Shuttle
Taxi
Whirlwind

Wii and PSP got two bonus tables ontop of that list of 8:

Jive Time
Sorcerer

But now the 360 and PS3 are getting three MORE tables ontop of that.

Arabian Nights
Medieval Madness
No Good Gophers

Looks like we'll need to pick up the Xbox 360 version in September for our next event.   Though the bonus is, the 360 has a VGA adaptor which means we can get a sweet VGA connection to the projector for a clear signal.  When I last did a tourny with the PS2, we had to use composite.  Blech.

[Ginsu Victim]

I love the PS2 version, though I wish it would let me rotate the picture 90°.

[DJ_Izumi]

I love the PS2 version, though I wish it would let me rotate the picture 90°.

The PSP version supports that, not that it's useful because then the controls suck.

[Malenko]

your list of tables confuses me.

you say the PS2 has Medieval Madness , but the 360 has it too as a bonus table?

[DJ_Izumi]

your list of tables confuses me.

you say the PS2 has Medieval Madness , but the 360 has it too as a bonus table?

No, I just FAIL at taking the master list of ALL tables and specifying them.   Fixed.

[Malenko]

lol, I just wanted to be sure I wasnt retarded.  Looks like I'll hafta pick this up, wonder if I can turn my TV 90 degrees :p

[Franco B]

Wow, awesome news. I frigging love the Williams collection, its pretty much all I play on the PSP. The Gottelieb Collection was good but the camera sucked.

I agree about the crappy controls when rotating the screen on the PSP. It would be AWESOME if you could do it with the 360 version. I was hoping you would be able to on the Wii version of the Gottelieb Collection but I couldn't see an option.

What are your favourite tables DJ_Izumi? I play Taxi, Funhouse and Whirlwind mainly.

[Paul Olson]

I have the Wii version, but I think I will pick it up for the 360 as well. I have only played MM a couple of times and so far don't see why it is such a popular and expensive pin. Maybe I will finally get into it enough to figure it out.

I still can't believe they don't have High Speed on this. Maybe holding out for a sequel?

[ahofle]

I agree about the crappy controls when rotating the screen on the PSP.

I don't think it's THAT bad rotated on the PSP.  Anyway, the aspect ratio being 1000 times better more than compensates for the flipper buttons being close together IMO.  Out of curiosity, how would you guys play console versions rotated?  I'm not aware of any TVs that rotate easily?

[Ginsu Victim]

If I want to play it that way, I'll rig it up somehow.

[ChadTower]

Rotate yourself.  Lie down.   

[Ginsu Victim]

Tried that. It doesn't work very well.

My cat came up to me and asked:

[DJ_Izumi]

What are your favourite tables DJ_Izumi? I play Taxi, Funhouse and Whirlwind mainly.

Space Shuttle is also good, but I agree that the 80's onward tables are more interesting.  That was The Gottlieb Collection's real weakness, the only remotely modern pin it had was Tee'd Off.  That's a fun table but the sounds and cameras on Gottlieb arn't as polished so it's not as fun to play as a whole.

No Good Gophers looks interesting, very interested to try that.

[Franco B]

What are your high scores DJ-Izumi? I think I have some fairly good ones, I'm not sure how good they are though.

Black Knight -       2,531,340
Firepower -             960-900
Funhouse -         37,044,350
Gorgar -                  814,350
Pin*Bot -              2,491,270 (I suck at Pin*Bot!  )
Space Shuttle -        453,040 (I haven't even got #1 on this  )
Taxi -                 11,078,790
Whirlwind -          32,592,310
Jive Time-                841,410 (the ball got stuck on this one and just kept giving me points)
Sorcerer                6,895,380