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I just remember you could hit ctl or alt and it would jiggle the screen. If you did it too much, it would void the game due to tilt.
It basically simulated the real world pinball machines that you could smack or jostle a little too when the ball got stuck or was about to roll straight down the middle. They would lock up when the players did that too obviously, both to keep the machine from damage and, since those were generally arcade machines, so the players would buy another round.
Fun fact: A lot of those anti-tilt sensors was just a pendulum hanging through a conductive ring. Tilt or otherwise get it to sway too much? It'd swing and bap the edge, completing the circuit which indicated tilt to the system. Simple and effective.
I remember we put the front feet of the pinball machine on our metal cap boots (the thing isn't light!) and the game didn't care (after calming down). It didn't really help though, the ball was just like slower, but it was fun.
Slower can still be a good help on some tables!
I, too, watch Technology Connections.
Nah, I actually got that info from rummaging around an old pinball table my uncle had.
Technology Connections is good shit, though.
rummaging around an old pinball table my uncle had
That's awesome!
Simulating tilting the table.
Im even older
Oh yeah?
Oh shit. This brought back some memories. I used to play this game in kindergarten at around age 4-5!
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I still remember the one game where I managed a score in the millions. Good times.
You know I keep that mfin thang on me
Hell yeah
Now I'm up late, thanks guys
I was already kinda old when I played my first pinball game on computer, it was Epic Pinball.
Back when the ECA logo didn't make me immediately think "soulless money grab".
Archon !!!
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Holy shit, I forgot about this bad boy
You want to know something fun? The windows version of this game was not complete. There were more tables and I found out not long ago. The real game was called Full tilt! And if you search on youtube, you can see all the other tables.
Yeah, that was the demo that Stafford, Gliner and Sandige pitched to Microsoft in an intentionally fuzzy fax and slammed out in record time.
I was a big fan of the Atari 2600 pinball game called Midnight Magic. I guess that makes me an ancient.
What the hell is this, toothbrush simulator on a C 64 😂😂😂??
I still want to play this
Hero
I was going to post this. Well done.
I have it on my phone. Based on the same ropo
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I remember playing this on Windows 2000.
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