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  1. JoshuaKadmon

    And now I am fulfilled!

    It has finally arrived! Thank you, FarSight!!
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    Kickstarter for Procedural Open-World RPG Kim in its Last Week

    Many users here have been involved in Kickstarters because of TPA, and I'm hoping a few might join the worthy cause of Kim, a procedural open-world RPG based on Rudyard Kipling's Nobel Peace Prize-winning fiction. The campaign is in its final week with only £688 left to reach goal, but if ever a...
  3. JoshuaKadmon

    Proposed PS4 Retail Release Discussion

    Several forum members brought up an interesting topic on the news thread, and I would like to discuss it further here. While none of us know exactly how FarSight's licensing contracts are written up, it's fair to assume that they won't retain licenses for these tables forever. Once every table...
  4. JoshuaKadmon

    Atlus Bidding to Start This Week

    Atlus, a subsidiary of Japanese multimedia company Index Holdings and the developer of Shin Megami Tensei and Persona video games, will reportedly have their assets sold off starting this week and wrapping up as late as September. Index Holdings recently filed bankruptcy after an accounting...
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    Castlevania Anthologies petition on Change.org

    A new petition to KONAMI requesting a pair of anthologies (one focused on 2D classics and the other on 3D titles) has been created on Change.org. If you're a fan of Castlevania or classic gaming in general, please help support the cause! www.change.org/petitions/castlevania-anthologies The...
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    Florida Pinball Tour

    So, I was in the panhandle of Florida on business most of the week, and I decided to look up a map of pinball machines along the coast near Fort Walton Beach and Pensacola. After several nights, I was able to hit about a dozen of them, including some awesome classics like Funhouse, Scared...
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    How do I restore my purchase of a Pro Menu between iPad and iPhone?

    I purchased TOTAN's Pro Menu on the iPad version of the game. I assume I should be able to restore/sync that purchase to my other iOS devices (iPhone5 and iPod Touch), but how? I've forced the app to stop running on my iPhone, logged out, all the usual stuff... But I never get a chance to...
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    Who else plays dark fantasy RPGs?

    Dark fantasy role-playing makes up a large majority of my gaming these days, whether it's in the form of an old-school dungeon crawler, an open-world action adventure, or an MMO. I feel like I've played a majority of the great ones from this generation, but if anyone here has recommendations on...
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    Vindictus Just Keeps Getting Better!

    Since October 2010, Nexon's free-to-play action MMO Vindictus has constantly intrigued me. It has not only held my attention better than any other MMO on the market (including larger, more technically impressive retail games), it has drastically altered my expectations for all future video...
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    FarSight, could you clarify which manufacturers are covered by the four licenses?

    For quite some time, I've heard that Stern also covered Data East and Sega, and we've known about Williams, Bally/Midway, and Gottlieb/Premier/Mylstar since the beginning. But now I'm just hearing that Chicago Coin is also covered by the Stern license. It may be irrelevant if FarSight doesn't...
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    What was the first true pinball table?

    We all know that pinball traces its ancestry back to 19th Century bagatelle tables, but what do you consider to be the first true "pinball" table? Popular answers would be Whiffle Board in 1931, Ballyhoo in 1934, Humpty Dumpty in 1947, or Triple Action in 1950. But what actually constitutes a...
  12. JoshuaKadmon

    Machines with the Best Music

    In my mind, Swords of Fury has the best music of any pinball, with TX-Sector coming in at a close second. Having great music certainly makes a machine prime for digital reproduction, since it adds some flair to the presentation. Which ones come to your mind?
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    TPA's Competition - A Breakdown of Current and Classic Favorites

    FarSight aims to make The Pinball Arcade the greatest pinball video game of all time. With 16 tables released and the distinct advantage of its painstakingly accurate historical recreations, some of us already believe that it's achieved that goal. But how does it measure up to the competition...
  14. JoshuaKadmon

    Scripts vs. Emulation

    It's great to get full emulation whenever possible, but should FarSight pass on great tables that can't be emulated? Two primary scenarios come to mind: 1) If many Gottlieb tables cannot be fully emulated, should that keep FS from working on non-PHoF classics like Haunted House? Or would a...
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    What's up with Stern?

    A few things have been bothering me about the Stern license, and I wonder if anyone can offer clarity on these points. The Stern agreement should include all the older alphanumerics (1977-1982), the newer DMD tables (2000-current), Data East machines, and SEGA acquistions. I guess we've all...
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    I'm so pissed off at the video game industry... except for you, FarSight.

    Well, let me amend that statement a bit. I'm pissed off at a large majority of the video game industry for pandering to mainstream blockbuster consumption, slipping into the abysmal cycle of formulaic cookie-cutter profit-milking, and locking itself into such ridiculously steep budgets that any...
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    What TPA proves about licensing in video games

    FarSight has illustrated that no idea for a monumental video game should be hindered by licensing. How many concepts have game companies passed on because they would need to jump through too many hoops to make it happen? In that respect, FS has gone above and beyond the expectations of gamers...
  18. JoshuaKadmon

    Request FarSight, Buy These Machines! [Links For Available Tables]

    The Pinball Arcade needs these tables. They're among the best non-licensed tables out there, and as far as I can tell, even Phantom of the Opera was based on the public domain novel and not the musical or film. They're also balanced between the four licenses that FarSight already has, with...
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    Manufacturer Rundown

    Zaccaria is Italian, while Sonic, Unidesa/Cirsa/Stargame, and Maguinas are Spanish manufacturers. Were any of the tables produced by these companies, such as Farfalla, Mars Trek, Mephisto, or Mac Jungle respectively, ever released in the American mass market? Were there any other major...
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    Common Pinball Themes - What Attracts You?

    Pinball elitists will always say that rulesets, ball flow, and table goals are far more important than aesthetics, but if a machine is just plain ugly, it doesn't speak well for its other elements. A pinball machine's visual theme can be anything, from movie licenses and comic book characters...

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