Bram Stokers Dracula Table

[wolfson]

can`t wait !!! Saturday morning here we go yahoo !!!!

 

[DokkenRokken]

Shame you have to wait 6 months to play it haha

lol, it is what it is.

Then again, you'll still be without TSPP. (While I can drive 5 minutes to the local arcade and play it every day)

Best table in season 3 without question

Best table the last TWO seasons, without question.

 

[pm1109]

lol, it is what it is.

Then again, you'll still be without TSPP. (While I can drive 5 minutes to the local arcade and play it every day)

Best table the last TWO seasons, without question.

Hell not many tables better than it.

 

[David T. Melnick]

Bram Stoker's Dracula

Hell not many tables better than it.

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You know it -

 

[DokkenRokken]

Hell not many tables better than it.

In my opinion, only TOM is better than BSD.

I'd say AFM and TOTAN are close, but still behind BSD.

 

[Rich Lehmann]

In my opinion, only TOM is better than BSD.

I'd say AFM and TOTAN are close, but still behind BSD.

Wow, if by TOM you mean Theatre of Magic, than you have lost me. I wouldn't even put that in the top 10.

 

[Extork]

Can I just point out that this is going to be a great way to attract people to TPA. I've been annoying my friends with screenshots and flyers of every table that comes out. The theme is terrific, and people will respond to this one. Difficult, yeah, but I seriously would give all of my friends the couple bucks to get this one. It's perfect for the holiday.... I'm going to spread the word as much as I can

 

[DokkenRokken]

Wow, if by TOM you mean Theatre of Magic, than you have lost me. I wouldn't even put that in the top 10.

Well, based on sales and rankings, I'd say most pinball players would highly disagree with you. (Which after your comment above, that's not too surprising)

 

[Dedpop]

Can I just point out that this is going to be a great way to attract people to TPA. I've been annoying my friends with screenshots and flyers of every table that comes out. The theme is terrific, and people will respond to this one. Difficult, yeah, but I seriously would give all of my friends the couple bucks to get this one. It's perfect for the holiday.... I'm going to spread the word as much as I can

Did you say "Bacardi" ?

 

[Rich Lehmann]

Well, based on sales and rankings, I'd say most pinball players would highly disagree with you. (Which after your comment above, that's not too surprising)

SALES!?! Give me a break, TOM was part of the only 4 game pack and was offered for 99cents. Of course most people are going to own it which means more people are going to be playing it, especially compared to season 3. Most players don't own all the games. Sales and rankings mean nothing if it is part of the promotion pack.

 

[DokkenRokken]

SALES!?! Give me a break, TOM was part of the only 4 game pack and was offered for 99cents. Of course most people are going to own it which means more people are going to be playing it, especially compared to season 3. Most players don't own all the games. Sales and rankings mean nothing if it is part of the promotion pack.

I meant in real life. lol

 

[Rich Lehmann]

I meant in real life. lol

Even worse, IPDB ranks Twilight Zone as the #1 table and that is just ridiculous and sales at that time has more to do with the theme fitting the location not if the table plays well. That table is totally Vegas which was a major target for in the 90's and 00's.

Theater of Magic is a good table but it is hardly one of the best.

 

[DokkenRokken]

Even worse, IPDB ranks Twilight Zone as the #1 table and that is just ridiculous and sales at that time has more to do with the theme fitting the location not if the table plays well. That table is totally Vegas which was a major target for in the 90's and 00's.

Theater of Magic is a good table but it is hardly one of the best.

You're silly.

 

[yuriijos]

Ok so September or October release? If BSD is this month, what will be the Halloween table for October?

 

[Rich Lehmann]

You're silly.

And you like Dokken so obviously you have horrible taste.

 

[DokkenRokken]

And you like Dokken so obviously you have horrible taste.

Don't let more facts, like them being nominated for a Grammy, stand in your way. You've been doing a wonderful job making a fool out of yourself.

Please, continue.

 

[Dedpop]

Ok so September or October release? If BSD is this month, what will be the Halloween table for October?

Maybe it's time to stop this halloween thing.

 

[WhiteChocolate]

okay, that "theatre of magic" jab rankled me!

just because i had to make a hard decision over it (over "arabian nights"), as far as what i really like to play in TPA recently, down to a "top five" arrangement. sometime i'll have to mess around some with the big ratings thread and try that, but (like i do a bit with my itunes) i've got more of a three/four-star arrangement - the top five i'd love to personally own the real tables in my home... the next best fifteen/twenty would be for stocking that fantasy barcade restaurant someday! then the rest - are fun to play, but not jonesin' to find in real life. just based upon a general mix of fun play, gadgetry/rampage, and theme/artwork/appearance... it's tough to choose!

BUT NOTE THAT i have rarely if ever have played any of these tables IRL - in fact i've played NONE of my current top five! Funhouse is the last one i played RL when it was first introduced, and twenty-plus or whatever years later re-discovered in TPA; that's what sold me on FS off the bat! probably the one pinball machine that showed me there was "pinball after space invaders/pac man" and all that other videogame BS... anyhow, here's the current five, finally!

5. SCARED STIFF - well come on, it's elvira! gotta love her. but aside from the vicarious thrills of her wonderfully sexy and silly voiceovers (family-safe mode practically worthless, hardly any less titillating! after all, "let's see how scared STIFF you can get!"), it's a darn good table to get your ball-playing chops together with... play may be repetitve, but it's a great practice table! when you get good enough to be bashing the crate with multiballs, you can sort of 'break' the machine. it has an awesome freakout, and that's a kick!

4. RIPLEY'S BELIEVE IT OR NOT - at least in the current crop of tables in TPA, i think of ripley's and twilight zone in the same breath - a similar extravagent amount of ubercool gadgetry on the table, and both themes ala 'it's a strange, unusual world' - one fictional, the other based on real events and/or legends.

not that i don't naturally dig the ripley's theme more than tz (i grew up with many of those pocketback compliations of the ripley's strips, so that's a 'happy place' memory). and not that i just dig the gadgetry of ripley's over tz (i do; seems more spiral-wirey, and some of tz's targets are just too hidden by the layout).

no, it's the damned table's 'DI-DI-DI-DI! DI-DI-DI-DI!' version of the tz theme that kinda always makes me want to pass it by... it just drills into your head! but anyhow, i often think 'ripley's is my twilight zone'.

3. THEATRE OF MAGIC - i'd bought more (most) of the tpa tables than i really have time to play, so i'm still re-disovering some of them along the way - theatre is one of them! actually once i started making my top five/fifteen list is when i gave it a serious try; it came down to this and 'tales of arabian nights' (same designer, right?).

once i figured out how much speedy fun the various loops can be, it started showing off how fun it is to play (just a bit more than ripley's, otherwise the two would switch 3rd/4th place). though it does get some serious points off in my book for that annoying, over-theatrical voiceover - "the THEEEEE-AAHH-TAH awaits!" they must've thought that appropriate at the time!

2. CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON - another 'rediscovered' table for me, after someone mentioned the movie being repeated on svengoolie a few months back! like probably a lot of first-players, it seemed like the coolest table ever to send your balls straight down the shoot right off the bat! so i'd let it cool all this time, then gave it a serious go again a few months ago... and finally 'got it!'

just too much fun - the theme, the ramps, the play, the art, the display, the lighting. and then rather uniquely lightweight in gadgetry and multiball, it just all adds up to a triple-A brilliant table! maybe not easy to pick up at first, but once you do, you enjoy every freakin' second you're playing it.

and now, numbah 1...

MONSTER BASH!! can you deny it? what can i say that hasn't already been said? a freakin' masterpiece of a monster of a table. -every- classic movie monster in one table? as a ROCK SUPERGROUP?!? awesome and epic theme, artwork, display, layout, rampage, lighting, play. there's nothing like getting those first multiballs going... until you get that first six-ball monster bash!!!

all that, -and- humor in a sort of updated 'young frankenstein' vein (just me probably, but most other table's sense of humor is a bit too corny/obvious - mb has just the right tone and balance to these updated rock monsters.) not too difficult a machine, although it has a devilishly clever layout that constantly threatens to send your balls SDTM. it -does- eventually defeat you via fatigue. along with the creature's own table at #2, you just smile start to finish.

if i could offer my thought about a ratings add-on to the future gui, i'd recommend just going with three or four stars/levels - faves, more, and 'the rest/the attic'. to me, any more is overthinking it - people usually know what they like, -definitely- know what they don't like, and the rest are give-and-take eh? display table list by user ratings, by online cumulative ratings - online votes restricted to one per day, or so perhaps. just that, the thought of 10 stars is too much, really! simplify, simplify...

 

[pm1109]

just because i had to make a hard decision over it (over "arabian nights"), as far as what i really like to play in TPA recently, down to a "top five" arrangement. sometime i'll have to mess around some with the big ratings thread and try that, but (like i do a bit with my itunes) i've got more of a three/four-star arrangement - the top five i'd love to personally own the real tables in my home... the next best fifteen/twenty would be for stocking that fantasy barcade restaurant someday! then the rest - are fun to play, but not jonesin' to find in real life. just based upon a general mix of fun play, gadgetry/rampage, and theme/artwork/appearance... it's tough to choose!

BUT NOTE THAT i have rarely if ever have played any of these tables IRL - in fact i've played NONE of my current top five! Funhouse is the last one i played RL when it was first introduced, and twenty-plus or whatever years later re-discovered in TPA; that's what sold me on FS off the bat! probably the one pinball machine that showed me there was "pinball after space invaders/pac man" and all that other videogame BS... anyhow, here's the current five, finally!

5. SCARED STIFF - well come on, it's elvira! gotta love her. but aside from the vicarious thrills of her wonderfully sexy and silly voiceovers (family-safe mode practically worthless, hardly any less titillating! after all, "let's see how scared STIFF you can get!"), it's a darn good table to get your ball-playing chops together with... play may be repetitve, but it's a great practice table! when you get good enough to be bashing the crate with multiballs, you can sort of 'break' the machine. it has an awesome freakout, and that's a kick!

4. RIPLEY'S BELIEVE IT OR NOT - at least in the current crop of tables in TPA, i think of ripley's and twilight zone in the same breath - a similar extravagent amount of ubercool gadgetry on the table, and both themes ala 'it's a strange, unusual world' - one fictional, the other based on real events and/or legends.

not that i don't naturally dig the ripley's theme more than tz (i grew up with many of those pocketback compliations of the ripley's strips, so that's a 'happy place' memory). and not that i just dig the gadgetry of ripley's over tz (i do; seems more spiral-wirey, and some of tz's targets are just too hidden by the layout).

no, it's the damned table's 'DI-DI-DI-DI! DI-DI-DI-DI!' version of the tz theme that kinda always makes me want to pass it by... it just drills into your head! but anyhow, i often think 'ripley's is my twilight zone'.

3. THEATRE OF MAGIC - i'd bought more (most) of the tpa tables than i really have time to play, so i'm still re-disovering some of them along the way - theatre is one of them! actually once i started making my top five/fifteen list is when i gave it a serious try; it came down to this and 'tales of arabian nights' (same designer, right?).

once i figured out how much speedy fun the various loops can be, it started showing off how fun it is to play (just a bit more than ripley's, otherwise the two would switch 3rd/4th place). though it does get some serious points off in my book for that annoying, over-theatrical voiceover - "the THEEEEE-AAHH-TAH awaits!" they must've thought that appropriate at the time!

2. CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON - another 'rediscovered' table for me, after someone mentioned the movie being repeated on svengoolie a few months back! like probably a lot of first-players, it seemed like the coolest table ever to send your balls straight down the shoot right off the bat! so i'd let it cool all this time, then gave it a serious go again a few months ago... and finally 'got it!'

just too much fun - the theme, the ramps, the play, the art, the display, the lighting. and then rather uniquely lightweight in gadgetry and multiball, it just all adds up to a triple-A brilliant table! maybe not easy to pick up at first, but once you do, you enjoy every freakin' second you're playing it.

and now, numbah 1...

MONSTER BASH!! can you deny it? what can i say that hasn't already been said? a freakin' masterpiece of a monster of a table. -every- classic movie monster in one table? as a ROCK SUPERGROUP?!? awesome and epic theme, artwork, display, layout, rampage, lighting, play. there's nothing like getting those first multiballs going... until you get that first six-ball monster bash!!!

all that, -and- humor in a sort of updated 'young frankenstein' vein (just me probably, but most other table's sense of humor is a bit too corny/obvious - mb has just the right tone and balance to these updated rock monsters.) not too difficult a machine, although it has a devilishly clever layout that constantly threatens to send your balls SDTM. it -does- eventually defeat you via fatigue. along with the creature's own table at #2, you just smile start to finish.

if i could offer my thought about a ratings add-on to the future gui, i'd recommend just going with three or four stars/levels - faves, more, and 'the rest/the attic'. to me, any more is overthinking it - people usually know what they like, -definitely- know what they don't like, and the rest are give-and-take eh? display table list by user ratings, by online cumulative ratings - online votes restricted to one per day, or so perhaps. just that, the thought of 10 stars is too much, really! simplify, simplify...

This must be the longest post of all time lol
Stopped reading after a while.Got too tired

 

[kinggo]

so, you didn't even red it, but you had to left a comment?
Those modern "instant" kids............. Whatever needs their attention for more than 5s is not god.