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    Cactus Canyon Video

    It's very pink again. (Why?)
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    TPAF Audio Interview With Bobby King (Round 1)

    Thanks for putting together this interview. Looks like Steam is pretty much a done deal. Now I just need a SteamBox. (It won't be a Piston!) Very sad news for console owners, but then nothing we really didn't expect. Short version: don't expect too many updates or fixes. It'll be...
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    Cactus Canyon and Central Park screenshots

    Roy Wils playing the beta of Cactus and CP. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Oscj9nKR-g I know CP is a favourite for some people, but I have no idea why. It's a terrible drain monster, even by the standards of EMs. Just my opinion, but these House-Ball fiends gave pinball a bad reputation...
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    Why am I not enjoying Twilight Zone table??

    Yeah, I think this is true of most every table. TPA does an OK job, but real tables have many features that aren't modelled in simulations. All of them add up to much more ball complexity, and harder shots, than these simulations usually provide for. Just one example, of many: when a ball...
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    Why am I not enjoying Twilight Zone table??

    Must admit it's a bit more interesting at times than the official Zen board. That can be a bit stifling. And as far as I'm concerned, the more competition FS have, the better. I think we'd all like them to improve their game in various areas. Zen, too.
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    Zen Pinball - Star Wars

    Firstly, thanks guys for the help with the rules. Secondly, yeah, those Sabre Awards... What are they? How do you activate them? And how do you get awarded them? Because when a ramp (or loop?) lights up with "Sabre Award", I shoot the ramp, but sometimes the light doesn't go away. Me confused.
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    Zen Pinball - Star Wars

    According to the designer of TESB, you can "start the Hyperspace multiball, than the Jedi, Sith and Imperial multiballs. So you get 4 running multis at a time." Some questions: - how do you get HYPERSPACE letters? I know it's about shooting the right ramp, but when? (Do you have to hit that...
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    Zen Pinball - Star Wars

    I wasn't referring to the artwork. Rather, the DMD display itself. The simulation of the DMD plasma glow effect. They added it to TPA, but it's missing in Zen's work.
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    Zen Pinball - Star Wars

    Gotta say: I'm seriously impressed by the TESB table. It oozes quality, and considered design. There are many multiball modes, and most (all?) are stackable. It's also a decent challenge. Zen have really stepped up their game for this one. Anyone writing off these tables because of past Zen...
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    It's pathetic, I know, but I was young and broke...(anyone else use to do this)

    +1
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    Why am I not enjoying Twilight Zone table??

    Don't worry, it's not for everyone. It's a complex, cluttered table design and it doesn't have a lot of flow. Many people admire all the gadgets and the complexity of the rules, but it's not a table you can just kick back with and make free-flowing shot after shot. Just my opinion, but I...
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    Zen Pinball - Star Wars

    Yes, and no. The DMD in TPA looks far superior to Zen's efforts. Zen Pinball's DMD doesn't even look like a DMD. It looks like a 2 bit image made of points, rather than cells, with no plasma glow, and bad colours.
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    Round 6: Vote on your questions for Bobby King

    The thing about that is that MS is also Zen's "publisher". And I use the term "publisher" loosely, because it's obvious that Microsoft's "publishing" arrangements on XBLA are little more than a scam designed to enrich MS by enforcing artificial and costly barriers to entry. Barriers that MS...
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    Zen Pinball - Star Wars

    As pointed out, they are optional. However, I keep them on. Not because I like the effect itself, but because they really help you determine where the ball is, and where it's going. Particularly in multiball. Even at 60fps, fast moving balls can be hard to track; the vapour trails help you...
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    Round 6: Vote on your questions for Bobby King

    Voted. (But my biggest issues, by far, are the UI and overall art/design package. The game needs a makeover, and a lot more polish.)
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