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<blockquote data-quote="Richard B" data-source="post: 26709" data-attributes="member: 306"><p>This didn't end due to corporate bigwigs, it ended due to the collapse of the industry. We will never see these on TPA, due to:</p><p>1. the SWE1 license</p><p>2. the fact these run on complex (for a pinball machine) technology that would be very difficult to emulate. </p><p>3. Lack of tables. If they had released a lot more of these, it might be worth it, but not with only one viable table. </p><p>4. Williams is also very protective of the game code for these. They made ipdb take down access to the ROMS (though they stated in the same letter they will continue to allow them to host all other tables), and threatened to sue a VP developer who converted SWE1 to the platform. Not sure if this is also an issue with TPA, since they are a legal, money paying licensee.</p><p>5. Neither table is really all that great, at least compared to standard machines. Had this line been able to evolve as originally planned (which would have involved larger, more complex playfields, among other innovations), this might have turned into something awesome, but that never happened.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Richard B, post: 26709, member: 306"] This didn't end due to corporate bigwigs, it ended due to the collapse of the industry. We will never see these on TPA, due to: 1. the SWE1 license 2. the fact these run on complex (for a pinball machine) technology that would be very difficult to emulate. 3. Lack of tables. If they had released a lot more of these, it might be worth it, but not with only one viable table. 4. Williams is also very protective of the game code for these. They made ipdb take down access to the ROMS (though they stated in the same letter they will continue to allow them to host all other tables), and threatened to sue a VP developer who converted SWE1 to the platform. Not sure if this is also an issue with TPA, since they are a legal, money paying licensee. 5. Neither table is really all that great, at least compared to standard machines. Had this line been able to evolve as originally planned (which would have involved larger, more complex playfields, among other innovations), this might have turned into something awesome, but that never happened. [/QUOTE]
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