"Pinball Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection" for the PS3 is #1 I must say. They do make a Wii and Xbox version but the PS3 version is said to take advantage of PS3 graphics. It has a total of 13 80's, early 90's arcade tables. I can't believe how real those tables look, physics, and sound right down to a little dirt on the flippers. Simply AWESOME! I hope Crave Entertainment release more arcade emulations like this. They do have a Gottlieb Collection but only on PS2, Xbox, and Wii.
I've bought a few games on his recomendation. Doesn't hurt that he actually gives a good bit of gameplay that isn't clipped back and forth every few seconds.
The instruction sheet is usually one of the cards on the lower left and right of the machines, although I've seen ones that were laminated and attached to it with a chain. I never really paid any attention to them, not caring about the intricate scoring methods playing pinball as a kid; but they were definitely there.
I remember playing pinball before the arcade explosion, and how they progressed to the point of screens on the pinball machines. Now the arcades are history (for the most part in the U.S.) and we are playing pinball on the most advanced console of our time.......bizarre!!!!
I wish i had the actual table. This is definately one of the best pinball games i've ever played. The only ones i played more were Adam's Family (got 81 free games with a single hyper-critical multiball), Nightmare on Elm Street (go through the whole series) and Star Wars (because it was well made). Pinball machines are the best! (when properly maintained).
Very cool,makes me wanna go get a PS3 slim just for these kind of virtual games.Love the 2 SF2 cabs flanking it.All that is miss is the second hand smoke and lil snots hovering over the machine yelling ' You Suck!"
Zen Studios, the people who made Zen Pinball also made Pinball FX (or vice versa) - they released the same (or very very similar) table for both games. I don't own the PSN or XBLA games, but I've always been a fan of pinball games.
Damn man I don't think I can top that score. Maybe one day lol. I really enjoy this table but I personally like a couple of the tables that came with the game more. I completely agree there needs to be some instructions for this game. I didn't even know about the police Cami thing until now lol. Anyhow, awesome review man. Lightening Force table FTW!
I love Mark's mention of the great Terminator 2 pinball game. I used to straight fucking WALLOP on that thing back in the day. In fact, I almost beat the shit out of another pinball pro at the arcade where all the great pinballs were back then. Why? He and I were playing heads up, and I had amassed a ridiculous score of over 3 billion in my first turn, including like 5 extra balls! On his first turn he leaned into the table and hit the start switch with his thigh, resetting everything! XP
Looks like a kick ass table to get. For a few bucks I am getting it fo sho. They need to make more pinball table add ons for Zen Pinball. Maybe a Mortal Kombat, Doom 3,Terminator,Terminator 2,Sonic,Marvel vs. Capcom,Defender,Space Invaders,Family Guy,Simpsons, and the list goes on. I have played a real Family Guy pinball machine and had a blast.
My favorite is still the Rocky and Bullwinkle table from Pinball FX. I Score way more points than the Street Fighter II table. And I think need to make a Transformers G1 table too. I would bet that would be too damn cool
If they made a real version of this, It would be a very beutiful piece of art to have in your living room, bedroom or basement to play with yoru friends is incredible, is the first virtual pinball that really makes me want to spend money on it...
Looks good mark when ever i get my,ps3 online i'm sure to give zenpinball a try. Btw if you didn't know williams pinball hall of fame is being released again for the ps3&360.Not to mention it will 3 extra tables on it. Such as no good gofers,midieval madness and arabian nights.
First I was a bit disappointed of this table (it lacks some visual polish&detail), but then I noticed that it's based on ramp&lane combos, so now I feel it's quite an ok table. I think this is even easier than El Dorado. One negative thing, though: where is the "watch out!" voice sample from the tilt-warning? I need to hear that, because I'm really shaking the machine, when I'm saving my "balls" (it's quite easy to save them from the drains, if you use d-pad for pushing)..
Yep, you can buy them in 20 or 50 euro versions, and they give you 20 or 50 euro (what a surprise!) worth of credit on the Playstation Network. In fact, if you own a PSP Go but do not own a creditcard, you can't really live without them.
Zen pinball always looks and sounds great, my only nit picks are that they are TOO much like a simulation. for example the video screen does not need to always be a classic one colour blocks screen it could be updated to a modern visual. as for this game the screen would look better if it was genesis style graphics. id love zen to make a game where it thinks more outside the box more rather than try to be realistic
4:05 WHUT??? wait so to get big points...you start multiball, and KEEP the balls in play? I gotta try that. Brilliant strategy. And here i have just been letting them keep goin down the middle.
i played the street fighter pinball machine at this place my dad takes me to every once and a while. it was fun. and it also smelled like poop. then they got rid of it
one time i played an actul pinball machine and was down to my last ball and doing a good job and...... the ball got stuck, i had to bump the machien to get it to move but the pinball machine had a sensor thing and made me not able to make the flippers work, so i lost the last ball for "cheating" makes me sad.
"Pinball Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection" for the PS3 is #1 I must say. They do make a Wii and Xbox version but the PS3 version is said to take advantage of PS3 graphics.
It has a total of 13 80's, early 90's arcade tables. I can't believe how real those tables look, physics, and sound right down to a little dirt on the flippers. Simply AWESOME!
I hope Crave Entertainment release more arcade emulations like this. They do have a Gottlieb Collection but only on PS2, Xbox, and Wii.
i love pinball machines and i play the original street fighter pinball machine this one brings a lot of memories
Looks impressive. Hope they continue making tables for this game. A Star Wars table would be cool.
I've bought a few games on his recomendation. Doesn't hurt that he actually gives a good bit of gameplay that isn't clipped back and forth every few seconds.
Thunderforce IV rocked. You just gave me a flashback to the speech from that game. HUNTER!
The instruction sheet is usually one of the cards on the lower left and right of the machines, although I've seen ones that were laminated and attached to it with a chain. I never really paid any attention to them, not caring about the intricate scoring methods playing pinball as a kid; but they were definitely there.
3:59 what a nostalgic sweet noise
Nice! I wanted to get a pinball game for the PS2 that Mark reviewed after I watched it. This is pretty cool too.
I remember playing pinball before the arcade explosion, and how they progressed to the point of screens on the pinball machines. Now the arcades are history (for the most part in the U.S.) and we are playing pinball on the most advanced console of our time.......bizarre!!!!
If you look closely, you can see two street fighter 2 arcade cabinets next to the pinball machine. Man, I'd love to go there x)
I wish i had the actual table. This is definately one of the best pinball games i've ever played. The only ones i played more were Adam's Family (got 81 free games with a single hyper-critical multiball), Nightmare on Elm Street (go through the whole series) and Star Wars (because it was well made).
Pinball machines are the best! (when properly maintained).
Very cool,makes me wanna go get a PS3 slim just for these kind of virtual games.Love the 2 SF2 cabs flanking it.All that is miss is the second hand smoke and lil snots hovering over the machine yelling ' You Suck!"
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Zen Studios, the people who made Zen Pinball also made Pinball FX (or vice versa) - they released the same (or very very similar) table for both games.
I don't own the PSN or XBLA games, but I've always been a fan of pinball games.
I miss your Zen Pinball reviews.
You know what we really need, Street Fighter II Pinball Tribute...on Vectrex!
cool pinball game, i thought mark was gonna hit 1000000, then the famous game over music kicks in, nice touch.
Awesome, I like how they have a car, T2 pinball machine was AWESOME!!!^_^
OMG Metal Gear Solid pinball machine is the best idea ever!!!!!
You're a very good reviewer. Thumbs up.
Damn man I don't think I can top that score. Maybe one day lol. I really enjoy this table but I personally like a couple of the tables that came with the game more. I completely agree there needs to be some instructions for this game. I didn't even know about the police Cami thing until now lol. Anyhow, awesome review man.
Lightening Force table FTW!
They have this exact pinball table on Pinball FX for XBOX 360, so is Zen Pinball pretty much the PS3s version of Pinball FX or vice versa?
I love Mark's mention of the great Terminator 2 pinball game. I used to straight fucking WALLOP on that thing back in the day.
In fact, I almost beat the shit out of another pinball pro at the arcade where all the great pinballs were back then. Why? He and I were playing heads up, and I had amassed a ridiculous score of over 3 billion in my first turn, including like 5 extra balls! On his first turn he leaned into the table and hit the start switch with his thigh, resetting everything! XP
They have Zen pinball for XBL? I'll have to check that out. All I know about is Pinball FX, which is also an amazing pinball game.
Have you played Terminator 2: Judgment Day pinball table on visual pinmame yet?
And pinball in general.
I think there needs to be a recreation of the old TMNT and Guns N Roses pinball tables for the console games.
Looks like a kick ass table to get. For a few bucks I am getting it fo sho. They need to make more pinball table add ons for Zen Pinball. Maybe a Mortal Kombat, Doom 3,Terminator,Terminator 2,Sonic,Marvel vs. Capcom,Defender,Space Invaders,Family Guy,Simpsons, and the list goes on. I have played a real Family Guy pinball machine and had a blast.
My favorite is still the Rocky and Bullwinkle table from Pinball FX. I Score way more points than the Street Fighter II table. And I think need to make a Transformers G1 table too. I would bet that would be too damn cool
thx man
are you from NL ?
Handsome fighters never lose battles!
If they made a real version of this, It would be a very beutiful piece of art to have in your living room, bedroom or basement to play with yoru friends is incredible, is the first virtual pinball that really makes me want to spend money on it...
Pinball FX is Zen pinball on ps3.made by same developer.zen studios.
Looks good mark when ever i get my,ps3 online i'm sure to give zenpinball a try.
Btw if you didn't know williams pinball hall of fame is being released again for the ps3&360.Not to mention it will 3 extra tables on it.
Such as no good gofers,midieval madness and arabian nights.
a MGS theme pinball machine would be awesome
I would kill for a Metal Gear Solid pinball table...
First I was a bit disappointed of this table (it lacks some visual polish&detail), but then I noticed that it's based on ramp&lane combos, so now I feel it's quite an ok table. I think this is even easier than El Dorado. One negative thing, though: where is the "watch out!" voice sample from the tilt-warning? I need to hear that, because I'm really shaking the machine, when I'm saving my "balls" (it's quite easy to save them from the drains, if you use d-pad for pushing)..
im ready for them to make the rock band kiss pinball table like they did on the playstashion 1 and a star wars pinpall with all the cool sounds
They totally need to do the Terminator 2: Judgment Day pinball table! That was the best pinball table ever!
It's on the Pinball Arcade. But sadly, it's gone. Probably too late to see it.
oh cool, thanks I'll go get it.
No, when did it come out? and for what? maybe I'll look it up
yuhu, i love the Street fighter soundtrack
mars attacks 3D was an awesome table that should be there
Just use the view that moves the camera up the pinball machine when playing Zen Pinball. It's just as efficient as using your eyes in real life.
Thunderforce would be a pretty cool pinball table, but I'd prefer Gradius. Image having the Gradius Options as multiballs, it'd be great.
this table is cool, but the Tesla is my favorite
finally a good street fighter game since the genesis :)
there is. Its called super street fighter II turbo HD remix and its on the ps3 and xbox 360..
I love the telsa table but yh i agree with the review SF2 table is a challenge
Man I got Zen Pinball on my phone at last, and all they have is tons of marvel tables
Yep, you can buy them in 20 or 50 euro versions, and they give you 20 or 50 euro (what a surprise!) worth of credit on the Playstation Network.
In fact, if you own a PSP Go but do not own a creditcard, you can't really live without them.
Zen pinball always looks and sounds great, my only nit picks are that they are TOO much like a simulation. for example the video screen does not need to always be a classic one colour blocks screen it could be updated to a modern visual. as for this game the screen would look better if it was genesis style graphics. id love zen to make a game where it thinks more outside the box more rather than try to be realistic
you should review Crash Commando it looks real good.
and those playstation network cards have money on it ? like walli ?
this game can you only buy it online at the ps store or in normal store ?
and u can`t use walli for psn huh ?
Anyone recall the Johnny Mnemonic pinball machine?
It was beyond awesome.
If there's a pinball game on the Vectrex you should track it down immediately and review it.
Does Sonic Pinball Party ring a bell to you?
@hoolahooop It's called a Tilt. It happens to the best of us. Don't let it get you down, keep playing!
Since they did Street Fighter II, I would assume they could do a Resident Evil and a Dead Rising table
good review
2:3 "A more detailed instruction sheet"? Did you get instruction sheets when you played pinball games IRL 15 years ago? Didn't think so...
There is a pinball game for the Vectrex actually.
Haha yes! Thunder Force reference for the fucking win!
yea that would be so awesome like the simpsons pinball new edition
It was released for Game Boy Advance in 2003.
I've got it
God of War, the Pinball Machine
If they also port the Twilight Zone pinball, it's instant PS3 buy from me!
This same table is downloadable for Pinball FX on the 360.
Bride of Pinbot was the best pinball game, that and the dark knight.
4:05 WHUT??? wait so to get big points...you start multiball, and KEEP the balls in play? I gotta try that. Brilliant strategy. And here i have just been letting them keep goin down the middle.
SWEET
This is also available on XBox Live Marketplace.
it's so cool :)
@Dizzysadako That would be awesome!
We need a wreck it ralph pinball.
and is there same game like this for pc?
ohhhhhhhh nice
i played the street fighter pinball machine at this place my dad takes me to every once and a while. it was fun. and it also smelled like poop. then they got rid of it
no Vectrex version? D:
youtube needs more time to convert uploads to HD flash movies
im surprised you dont review fallout 3 add ons.
is it on visual pinmame?
cool
one time i played an actul pinball machine and was down to my last ball and doing a good job and...... the ball got stuck, i had to bump the machien to get it to move but the pinball machine had a sensor thing and made me not able to make the flippers work, so i lost the last ball for "cheating" makes me sad.
what about a TRON pinball machine???? =D
I will get to work writing that letter
XD
he just uploaded this video.wait.
Hows about RoboTron 2084 THE PIMPBALL MACHINE!
It would be great if this was on xbox 360
psn cost?
TIMESHOCK is & will be THE BEST PINBALL TABLE EVER !!!!
remember that if u get a ps3 slim it wont play ps2 games only ps1 games but i do recomend getting a ps3
I'm getting a PS3 Slim, but I still can't wrap my head around why they chose to put in PSX BC but not PS2. >.>
damn... ps3 gets all the good pinball games
fx pinball for 360 has different tables then zen pinball, except for this table
To me if this pinball game wasn't on that thing, i would rather have Zen Pinball 2 just for Street Fighter II and Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2.
for xbox they should get a halo pinball table
the game is also for xbox 360
i like how he gets multi plats on ps3 =P
wouldve been better if everytime you hit the ball at max speed, ryu shouts SHORYUKEN.
I can never start a fight. The combos are too hard to get for me.