<![CDATA[The Greatest Science Fiction Pinball Machines Of All Time - io9 Comments]]> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/io9.com.png <![CDATA[The Greatest Science Fiction Pinball Machines Of All Time - io9 Comments]]> http://io9.com Thu, 03 Apr 2008 17:29:09 PDT Thu, 03 Apr 2008 17:29:09 PDT http://io9.com/373582/the-greatest-science-fiction-pinball-machines-of-all-time <![CDATA[The Greatest Science Fiction Pinball Machines Of All Time]]> http://io9.com/373582/the-greatest-science-fiction-pinball-machines-of-all-time#c5430379 Comment on The Greatest Science Fiction Pinball Machines Of All Time @Kevin Kelly - Not according to the Designers who created the game... see http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=3781

RowenaJellyfish

]]> 8:373582:c5430379 Thu, 03 Apr 2008 17:29:09 PDT <![CDATA[The Greatest Science Fiction Pinball Machines Of All Time]]> http://io9.com/373582/the-greatest-science-fiction-pinball-machines-of-all-time#c4986367 @jammadave: No, Mars Attacks was a licensed property, based on the Topps trading cards. Hence the skippage.

Kevin Kelly

]]> 8:373582:c4986367 Wed, 02 Apr 2008 09:49:08 PDT <![CDATA[The Greatest Science Fiction Pinball Machines Of All Time]]> http://io9.com/373582/the-greatest-science-fiction-pinball-machines-of-all-time#c5429916 Comment on The Greatest Science Fiction Pinball Machines Of All Time Just thought i let you folks here know that you can play all of these games on your PC in case youre interested. All you need to do is install Visual Pinball+VisualPinMAME, (plus some misc. files), then download the Table and ROM files, and there you go with original sounds and rules and everything, just like on the real machines, since VPinMAME emulates the real machines software. Sounds good? Then head right over to www.vpforums.com or www.pinballnirvana.com and sign up,...its free! VPForums alone has about 700 Tables and ROMs available for free download and another 150 are available at PinballNirvana. Many of them are real beauties, and all of them play exactly like the real machines that were on location. If you like pinball, youre going to love them! We also have a great and helpful community in case you have any questions. Just check it out. P.S.: [shameless self-advertising] To absolute beginners i recommend my Visual Install Pack, (link on frontpages of VPForums and PinballNirvana), which includes and automatically installs everything you need to play the tables. Only Tables and ROMs must be downloaded seperately. More info in the forums. See you there, Phoenixx1771

AngellCalidus

]]> 8:373582:c5429916 Wed, 02 Apr 2008 08:29:23 PDT <![CDATA[The Greatest Science Fiction Pinball Machines Of All Time]]> http://io9.com/373582/the-greatest-science-fiction-pinball-machines-of-all-time#c4953445 "The Machine" is not on a fantastically bizzare piece of sci-fi/gaming wierdness, but it's actually the best pinball game I've ever played. An arcade on Pardall street in Isla Vista, California had one, and despite the simplicity of the setup, it was still tons of fun to play.

I was sad when the arcade closed, because I knew that pinball machine would probably get scrapped.

Adarael

]]> 8:373582:c4953445 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:24:21 PDT <![CDATA[The Greatest Science Fiction Pinball Machines Of All Time]]> http://io9.com/373582/the-greatest-science-fiction-pinball-machines-of-all-time#c4946400 For anyone who cares, there's an awesome pinball arcade here in Vegas with machines dating all the way back to the 30's on up. It has both Pinbot and The Machine, along with other equally cool machines.

GenXCub

]]> 8:373582:c4946400 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 10:02:08 PDT <![CDATA[The Greatest Science Fiction Pinball Machines Of All Time]]> http://io9.com/373582/the-greatest-science-fiction-pinball-machines-of-all-time#c4943951 Was bride of pinbot the one where part of the playfield raised up as the game progressed? I thought so, but not so sure anymore.

dirtybacon

]]> 8:373582:c4943951 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 08:18:22 PDT <![CDATA[The Greatest Science Fiction Pinball Machines Of All Time]]> http://io9.com/373582/the-greatest-science-fiction-pinball-machines-of-all-time#c4942511 Bally's Transporter the Rescue
[www.ipdb.org]

Rescue the crash survivors before they get eaten. Pass one of these up a few months back. Kicking myself.


jchasse

]]> 8:373582:c4942511 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 07:00:40 PDT <![CDATA[The Greatest Science Fiction Pinball Machines Of All Time]]> http://io9.com/373582/the-greatest-science-fiction-pinball-machines-of-all-time#c4940830 The Bride of Pinbot machine is actually on sale on ebay for 950$ ;)
Happened to stumble on the auction the other day


Syntheticus

]]> 8:373582:c4940830 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 01:33:37 PDT <![CDATA[The Greatest Science Fiction Pinball Machines Of All Time]]> http://io9.com/373582/the-greatest-science-fiction-pinball-machines-of-all-time#c4936466 Pin-Bot is my favorite. If I ever had the cash I'd love to have my own Pin-Bot machine.

Wubbytoes

]]> 8:373582:c4936466 Sun, 30 Mar 2008 10:57:27 PDT <![CDATA[The Greatest Science Fiction Pinball Machines Of All Time]]> http://io9.com/373582/the-greatest-science-fiction-pinball-machines-of-all-time#c4936334 You guys are close but no cigar on "Mars Attacks" - the games were Attack From Mars and Revenge From Mars, and were actually not licensed from the Mars Attacks movie at all. Matter of fact, Attack from Mars was completed *before* the Mars Attacks movie came out. The only similarity to the movie was the big brain on the aliens, really.

I miss my Twilight Zone, but sometimes it was so frustrating I nearly shattered the glass out of spite. =0)

jammadave

]]> 8:373582:c4936334 Sun, 30 Mar 2008 10:26:51 PDT <![CDATA[The Greatest Science Fiction Pinball Machines Of All Time]]> http://io9.com/373582/the-greatest-science-fiction-pinball-machines-of-all-time#c4936168 My friend has Fireball in his basement, and after countless hours of playing, I still couldn't tell you that it's about Odin or a flaming space vampire. Fun as shit, though!

purdy

]]> 8:373582:c4936168 Sun, 30 Mar 2008 09:54:26 PDT <![CDATA[The Greatest Science Fiction Pinball Machines Of All Time]]> http://io9.com/373582/the-greatest-science-fiction-pinball-machines-of-all-time#c4934880 I know someone that restores old pinball machines. Since most of them are from the early '60s to the mid '70s there aren't a lot of SF ones, but he does have an already mentioned one called Xenon which is almost unplayable due to the amazing amount of noise and flashing lights that it produces. He also has a Fireball machine, which is very sought-after amongst vintage pinball collectors.

E0157H7

]]> 8:373582:c4934880 Sat, 29 Mar 2008 21:42:38 PDT <![CDATA[The Greatest Science Fiction Pinball Machines Of All Time]]> http://io9.com/373582/the-greatest-science-fiction-pinball-machines-of-all-time#c4933037 I really liked the "Playboy" machine.
It was kind of Sci-fi because it depicted new worlds that I will never visit.


Zantor

]]> 8:373582:c4933037 Sat, 29 Mar 2008 14:32:38 PDT <![CDATA[The Greatest Science Fiction Pinball Machines Of All Time]]> http://io9.com/373582/the-greatest-science-fiction-pinball-machines-of-all-time#c4933020 @rbb:

I loved that one!
That's the one that mady the synth "ooo, ahh, and oww" sounds with points?
Cool table art too.



Zantor

]]> 8:373582:c4933020 Sat, 29 Mar 2008 14:29:26 PDT <![CDATA[The Greatest Science Fiction Pinball Machines Of All Time]]> http://io9.com/373582/the-greatest-science-fiction-pinball-machines-of-all-time#c4932951 I'm a bit saddened to not see 'The Black Hole' pinball game listed here, with its reversed sub-table within the playfield. Also, firepower, but I guess that one isnt terribly sci-fi.

I wonder if they'll ever play pinball in space.

Ddoom

]]> 8:373582:c4932951 Sat, 29 Mar 2008 14:17:59 PDT <![CDATA[The Greatest Science Fiction Pinball Machines Of All Time]]> http://io9.com/373582/the-greatest-science-fiction-pinball-machines-of-all-time#c4932943 Pinball art pushes buttons for me like nothing else. No matter how tasteless or lame, I love it all.

I've bid on Pinbot tables before, all went too high. Someday though! My Dad and I played the Nintendo version for hours on end, it had great music for the day.

I guess I'll have to settle for the VC version of Pinbot when/if it comes out on Wii.

There's still Alien Crush though!

Seth L

]]> 8:373582:c4932943 Sat, 29 Mar 2008 14:15:47 PDT <![CDATA[The Greatest Science Fiction Pinball Machines Of All Time]]> http://io9.com/373582/the-greatest-science-fiction-pinball-machines-of-all-time#c4930614 Xenon looked and sounded cool, but not much to the actual game.
Twilight Zone, on the other hand...

And Meteor ('based' on the movie), I used to kick the crap out of that one.

Does Space Invaders pinball count?

[www.ipdb.org]

doctor_cos

]]> 8:373582:c4930614 Sat, 29 Mar 2008 05:02:13 PDT <![CDATA[The Greatest Science Fiction Pinball Machines Of All Time]]> http://io9.com/373582/the-greatest-science-fiction-pinball-machines-of-all-time#c5427640 Comment on The the dr who pin was great, I worked in a bar that had 1 machine, I would spend hours, playing that when it was slow. First we had Lethal Weapon 3, Meh, but soon we had Dr Who, and Twilight Zone. The daleks would get stuck 1/2 the time in the dr who machine, and the twilight zone machine would misidentify they special lighter ball from time to time, but man, I loved those games. I'm also of the mind that you should turn the tilt control to as high as it can go. A good player should be able to give a good nudge without fearing of tiilting the machine. It's just part of the skill of the game. Man I miss pinball.

KarenaKaploofah

]]> 8:373582:c5427640 Sat, 29 Mar 2008 04:18:52 PDT <![CDATA[The Greatest Science Fiction Pinball Machines Of All Time]]> http://io9.com/373582/the-greatest-science-fiction-pinball-machines-of-all-time#c4930402 i've got to get some love for Tales from the Crypt, best multi-ball ever

glewwurm

]]> 8:373582:c4930402 Sat, 29 Mar 2008 02:38:12 PDT <![CDATA[The Greatest Science Fiction Pinball Machines Of All Time]]> http://io9.com/373582/the-greatest-science-fiction-pinball-machines-of-all-time#c4930255 Stern's Viper had the best lady robot of all time (probably NSFW) [www.xmission.com]

mr.dandy

]]> 8:373582:c4930255 Sat, 29 Mar 2008 01:22:31 PDT <![CDATA[The Greatest Science Fiction Pinball Machines Of All Time]]> http://io9.com/373582/the-greatest-science-fiction-pinball-machines-of-all-time#c4929773 Bride of Pinbot is a seriously awesome table. I found it in a pizza joint a few years ago and my friends had to literally drag me away from it.

And obviously licensed-theme games were not included, but it bears mentioning that the Mars Attacks game is really, truly a classic. And yes, Twilight Zone. Man, just thinking about those games, I can smell the cheap-pizza/sweaty-teenager odor that permeates all arcades. Or did, when they still existed.

Ed Grabianowski

]]> 8:373582:c4929773 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 22:55:13 PDT <![CDATA[The Greatest Science Fiction Pinball Machines Of All Time]]> http://io9.com/373582/the-greatest-science-fiction-pinball-machines-of-all-time#c4929389 I find the lack of Twilight Zone pinball disturbing. Seriously, where the hell is the greatest pinball machine, Twilight Zone, ever???

Metropolis

]]> 8:373582:c4929389 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 21:46:18 PDT <![CDATA[The Greatest Science Fiction Pinball Machines Of All Time]]> http://io9.com/373582/the-greatest-science-fiction-pinball-machines-of-all-time#c4929213 Where's Xenon?

NefariousNewt

]]> 8:373582:c4929213 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 21:20:56 PDT <![CDATA[The Greatest Science Fiction Pinball Machines Of All Time]]> http://io9.com/373582/the-greatest-science-fiction-pinball-machines-of-all-time#c4929201 Not exactly scifi, but the pinball game that got me hooked for life on pinball was the Dark Knight. It was back in 81 or 82 and seeing the (first) two level game with it's ramps and magna-save, and black knight's voice mocking you when you drained, it sure felt like scifi.

Best score I ever got though was on a Star Trek game. Got many times the next highest score and something stupid like 11 credits out of it.

I haven't played much pinball lately. Wow. I need to remedy that. Thanks for the reminder.

All_Thumbs

]]> 8:373582:c4929201 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 21:19:04 PDT <![CDATA[The Greatest Science Fiction Pinball Machines Of All Time]]> http://io9.com/373582/the-greatest-science-fiction-pinball-machines-of-all-time#c4928892 @Tits McGee: My mom bowled at a place that had pinbot and I remember playing it till they dragged me out of the alley. I loved opening the face and shooting the balls into the eyes. IIRC, that's what started the multi-ball mode.

The only thing better was when she started working in a bar, and they had FunHouse. I still hear Rudy laughing at me sometimes.

Git Em SteveDave

]]> 8:373582:c4928892 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 20:39:16 PDT <![CDATA[The Greatest Science Fiction Pinball Machines Of All Time]]> http://io9.com/373582/the-greatest-science-fiction-pinball-machines-of-all-time#c4928235 When I found the Bride Of Pinbot spinning head thingie on Ebay, I knew it was for me. It is an awesome decoration. I've been meaning to make it into a lamp!

Lotusmonger

]]> 8:373582:c4928235 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 19:31:26 PDT <![CDATA[The Greatest Science Fiction Pinball Machines Of All Time]]> http://io9.com/373582/the-greatest-science-fiction-pinball-machines-of-all-time#c4928195 I can't imagine how many quarters I must have pumped into Pinbot during my four years of high school.

I used to ditch class to go smoke cigarettes and rack up the free games.

Tits McGee

]]> 8:373582:c4928195 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 19:27:32 PDT <![CDATA[The Greatest Science Fiction Pinball Machines Of All Time]]> http://io9.com/373582/the-greatest-science-fiction-pinball-machines-of-all-time#c4927927 I spent hours on end on the Superman (1979) version. It was set wrong for a couple of months so it got played in relays on the same quarter.

Till the maintainence guy showed up.

Evil Tortie's Mom

]]> 8:373582:c4927927 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 18:59:33 PDT <![CDATA[The Greatest Science Fiction Pinball Machines Of All Time]]> http://io9.com/373582/the-greatest-science-fiction-pinball-machines-of-all-time#c4927900 How could you miss "Xenon" Nothing beats the sounds it would make when you really started racking up the points! ;^)

rbb

]]> 8:373582:c4927900 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 18:54:55 PDT <![CDATA[The Greatest Science Fiction Pinball Machines Of All Time]]> http://io9.com/373582/the-greatest-science-fiction-pinball-machines-of-all-time#c4927856 @lightninglouie: Actually the art on that game was done by Gordon Morison, although he had a Wrightson-esque style.

Kevin Kelly

]]> 8:373582:c4927856 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 18:47:59 PDT <![CDATA[The Greatest Science Fiction Pinball Machines Of All Time]]> http://io9.com/373582/the-greatest-science-fiction-pinball-machines-of-all-time#c4927720 Is that Bernie Wrightson's signature I see in the lower right corner of the Pinball Pool artwork?

lightninglouie

]]> 8:373582:c4927720 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 18:33:13 PDT <![CDATA[The Greatest Science Fiction Pinball Machines Of All Time]]> http://io9.com/373582/the-greatest-science-fiction-pinball-machines-of-all-time#c4927608 @cde: I was trying to stay away from licensed games, maybe I'll do a whole post on licensed scifi game one day, because there's a lot of 'em.

Kevin Kelly

]]> 8:373582:c4927608 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 18:20:52 PDT <![CDATA[The Greatest Science Fiction Pinball Machines Of All Time]]> http://io9.com/373582/the-greatest-science-fiction-pinball-machines-of-all-time#c4927563 I spent much of my college budget on the "Dr Who" pinball game. Multiball with the Golden Daleks!!!. And I've always been able to find it - Denver, DC, Boston....

choinski

]]> 8:373582:c4927563 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 18:16:34 PDT <![CDATA[The Greatest Science Fiction Pinball Machines Of All Time]]> http://io9.com/373582/the-greatest-science-fiction-pinball-machines-of-all-time#c4927462 The Pinball Hall of Fame is the coolest place in Vegas. Pumping quarters into pinball machines beats pumping them into slot machines any day.

TommySez

]]> 8:373582:c4927462 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 18:05:36 PDT <![CDATA[The Greatest Science Fiction Pinball Machines Of All Time]]> http://io9.com/373582/the-greatest-science-fiction-pinball-machines-of-all-time#c4927450 What, no 3d Mars Attacks, the one with the inverted monitor?!

cde

]]> 8:373582:c4927450 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 18:04:18 PDT <![CDATA[The Greatest Science Fiction Pinball Machines Of All Time]]> http://io9.com/373582/the-greatest-science-fiction-pinball-machines-of-all-time#c4927443 No love for "Mars Attacks?" Aww man. It was my first video/pinball machine.

Ghede

]]> 8:373582:c4927443 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 18:03:51 PDT <![CDATA[The Greatest Science Fiction Pinball Machines Of All Time]]> http://io9.com/373582/the-greatest-science-fiction-pinball-machines-of-all-time#c4927322 The `90s "Twilight Zone" pin was a lot of fun. I beat it, so it is now my bitch...

DrJimmy

]]> 8:373582:c4927322 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 17:49:36 PDT