![]() Some of the talented chaps behind the game explain more in official Kickstarter video below. The next step would be a re-mastering of the four classic tables The Web, Timeshock!, Big Race USA and Fantastic Journey.įurther money would see the title headed to 3DS and Wii U, too. The first step in the plan is to bring a new Pro Pinball table to PC, Mac, iOS, XBLA, PS3, PS Vita, Linux and Android (including OUYA and Kindle Fire). "Now with your help we'd like to do both these things and more!" "Not a week has gone by without someone asking us to either bring the original tables to modern platforms or to create a brand new table in the series," the Kickstarter campaign page states. Its being headed up by Adrian Barritt of original series developer Cunning Developments, who has recently won back the rights to the franchise.īarritt's recent work under new company Silverball Stuios includes titles such as Mario Pinball Land, Metroid Prime Pinball, Pinball Pulse: The Ancients Beckon. It is perhaps a difficult time to relaunch the series - with Zen Studios' Pinball FX2/Zen Pinball games already dominant over many of Pro Pinball's targeted platforms.īut the Pro Pinball project has the bonus of nostalgia. But with 13 days to go, only $80,000 has been pledged. That currently includes the Sensible Software coffee table book launched earlier this month, and Pro Pinball: Revived & Remastered, an attempt to bring the classic franchise to a new audience on modern platforms. Then there's the third category of project - those still awaiting their fate. ![]() The site makes it difficult to locate failed projects, although third-party site The Kickback Machine tracks those who weren't successful. It's natural, after all - Kickstarter is essentially an interest filter. For each Project Eternity or Broken Sword there are countless others who don't meet their funding goals. As King puts it, "We taking something that people remember from their past with the sole purpose of preserving a collection of the greatest pinball machines for future generations." With the crown jewel of pinball now in the collection, and continued strong support on Kickstarter, it seems this mission might actually become a reality.For every well-publicised Kickstarter success there are many unheard-of failures. It's an impressive achievement to crack The Addams Family pinball nut, and takes Farsight Studio's mission one step nearer to completion. A similar Kickstarter campaign was utilized to digitize The Addams Family for. Being able to introduce my kids to this and other tables in the collection was also really special, most of all because they then wanted to go and play "some real pinball" as they put it. The Pinball Arcade is a pinball video game developed by FarSight Studios. Pulling the plunger and launching into my first game on the table for some 20 years was actually quite emotional. Playing The Addams Family pinball beta with my family I was impressed how close the the original it felt. With the arrival of the more powerful New 3DS XL (and New 3DS) Pinball Arcade was now possible on the system. One platform that King confirmed was now on the horizon was the 3DS. On other platforms the game is in process, Xbox One, Xbox 360, Wii U and Linux. Currently the Pinball Arcade is released on iOS, Steam (Windows /Mac), Android ( Google Play), PS4, PS3/Vita, Kindle (Amazon App Store) and OUYA. Trying out the beta version of the table led the conversation to which platforms it would be available on. The table is then tweaked in the development environment so the ball can move around like the original before going through rigorous test both with Farsight Studio's in house pinball experts as well as a bank of pro players who ensure the finished table offers the same pitfalls and opportunities for top end pinball techniques as the original. From here the team emulate the brain of the table that connects the switches to the Dot Matrix Display and tracks the score. These are then modeled on the computer before each piece is photographed and have the image applied. The process begins by getting a well maintained version of the physical table and painstakingly disassembling it into constituent parts. ![]() Trying The Addams Family table out on the PC, I talked to King about the process offered an insight into how accurately these tables are recreated in virtual form. Our fans are great, I can't tell you enough."Īt that point the hard work really started. "The support we get on Kickstarter for these pro tables is phenomenal. The project was quickly funded and what had been assumed impossible, through community collaboration and hard work, developer Farsight Studios was able to bring into reality. As with other Pinball Arcade table projects (Terminator and Star Trek The Next Generation for instance) Kickstarter offered a route to acquire the money for the rights and begin work on the table.
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