The best pinball machine ever was created, but it never made it to market. Those dicks at Williams HQ told their people to create the next big thing in pinball back in the late 1990s, and a team of pinball pros did just that. We're talking holograms and explosions and sh*t so cool that they called it the "future of pinball." Sadly, that machine had no future.
You see, the pinball market was going downhill. Williams was making money creating slot machines, and the pinball side of their business was dragging them down. Sadly, the team that created this ultimate pinball machine was fired, and the machine was never made.
If some of this sounds familiar, then perhaps you've heard of or have seen the 2007 doc Tilt: The Battle to Save Pinball. I had not heard of this film until I came across the trailer on Topless Robot today. This sounds like a fantastic film, doesn't it?
If you're interested, there's more info on the documentary here.
Dale North is Destructoid's Editor-In-Chief, a founding editor, and specialist in Japanese gaming. An accomplished musician, Dale was reporting from Japan during the earthquakes of 2011. Luckily, he got the fuck out alive and is home in America now with his wife and beloved corgi, Einstein. Dale is also a co-founder of Destructoid's sister anime site
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8:00 PM on 08.28.2009
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me at least a little entertainment. They aren't food for some machine.
Also it is sad how pinball wasn't making enough money too let this come out. Magic makes enough money to get a facelift whenever it needs it but not the pinball machine.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinball_2000
The way the guy says "Why would they do that?" at the end just made me sad. I want to watch this movie.
So this DVD is going to be a "MUST-BUY".
As for this "article," When I was in highschool (in the 90s) the Revenge from Mars pinball machine was at the local bowling alley (COSMIC bowling alley) in the tiniest of tiny towns, Mass. To say "You'll never see it" is wrong. Maybe you've never seen it, but I bet a lot of us STILL could.
It's too bad Williams couldn't make money making pinball machines anymore. They were the best. Stern still makes them, I believe, but they aren't the same.
Having just seen this story come around again, I've uploaded the photos to my flickr, a blurry one and a not-so-blurry one!
As others have said, the gameplay is fairly average, but it's worth a play if you're in Portland, OR!
They have a Revenge From Mars table at a pizza place in town. Not one of my favorite tables, seems to be a bit cheap. The holograms are neat, but as far as the gameplay goes it's no Medieval Madness or Twilight Zone. Still worth checking out if you ever seen one.
Also, Marvel Super Heroes. "INFINITY!"
Dude, it's a Saturday morning (slow for real news), and Dale North is way cooler than you. Don't be a douchebag.
Oh, so day of the week dictates the amount of time and research someone puts into their job reporting something? Yeah, that argument would go over great at the Washington Post, The New York Times, Newsweek, Time, or even Entertainment Weekly. Don't make fucking excuses for lazy articles with misinformation.
Hey, I'm going to write an article about how the Sega Dreamcast would have been Sega's greatest console but nobody got to play it because it caused the demise of Sega's console division. Yeah, that would be totally accurate as well except for the fact that the DAMN THING WAS FUCKING RELEASED. Same thing with Pinball 2000...this guy did a total half-ass job so don't defend him.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinball_2000
Hey Dale, was that so goddamn hard?
thanks Dale