Swami Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 There are a few pinball games to choose from that might be interesting if Bob or Kurt were interested: Granny and the Gators Elvira and the Party Monsters from Lynx Police Force from Lynx 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 +1 for any new 7800 pinball games. Doesn't have to be a licensed type of deal either. Good simple playfield layouts with uncluttered artwork and graphics would be best IMO. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 5 hours ago, Swami said: There are a few pinball games to choose from that might be interesting if Bob or Kurt were interested: Granny and the Gators Elvira and the Party Monsters from Lynx Police Force from Lynx Do you like Twilight Zone or The Addams Family? Those are 2 of my personal favorite pinball machines. As for other pinball video games it would be nice to have a copy of Rollerball for the 7800. Most of the other 8 bit machines have a port of it. The NES and Colecovision ones are my favorites. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBeefy Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 I really need this in my possession first but more pinball would be cool. Original tables or otherwise. Pinball AtariAge! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 4 minutes ago, MrBeefy said: I really need this in my possession first but more pinball would be cool. Original tables or otherwise. Pinball AtariAge! I could get behind that, as I'm a huge pinball fan myself! Definitely would be cool if the pinball portion of Baby Pac-Man could be leveraged into some original tables!! ..Al 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swami Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 6 hours ago, Shawn said: Do you like Twilight Zone or The Addams Family? Those are 2 of my personal favorite pinball machines. As for other pinball video games it would be nice to have a copy of Rollerball for the 7800. Most of the other 8 bit machines have a port of it. The NES and Colecovision ones are my favorites. I do, I like a lot of pinball. Rollerball I've played so much on NES, MSX and ColecoVision, I think I'd like a new pinball to video or improved. Although, I imagine rollerball or xmas pinball would be easy to port from the NES *if* the code were available. The thing about the Lynx games is that they do look pretty disproportionate and blocky when they are blown up to normal screen size and could use a graphical enhancement. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swami Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 Thought about this a bit. To be time-consistent with the Atari 8-bit era and whatnot, how about a four-flipper version of 8-ball Deluxe or if someone really wanted to go nuts, a four-flipper version of Taxi: The taxi Lola, Gorbi, Santa and Drac use? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+FujiSkunk Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 How about the Atari tables? Superman, Middle Earth, Time 2000 and so on. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBeefy Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 Any time frame on this showing up in the store? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcusFrom1982 Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 Doesn't look like it will as all Pacman games have been removed 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 On 7/19/2019 at 4:46 PM, MrBeefy said: Any time frame on this showing up in the store? After PRGE. ..Al 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcusFrom1982 Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 Yeah!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldschool80skid Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 17 hours ago, MarcusFrom1982 said: Doesn't look like it will as all Pacman games have been removed I was meaning to pick up pacman Jr. along with baby pacman. Hopefully, the other pac titles will become available again for the 7800. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andromeda Stardust Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 23 hours ago, MarcusFrom1982 said: Doesn't look like it will as all Pacman games have been removed 6 hours ago, Oldschool80skid said: I was meaning to pick up pacman Jr. along with baby pacman. Hopefully, the other pac titles will become available again for the 7800. I hope it's not a C&D thing like with Princess Rescue... ? Well there's still this: https://atariage.com/store/index.php?l=product_detail&p=303 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 1 minute ago, Kosmic Stardust said: I hope it's not a C&D thing like with Princess Rescue... ? No, nothing like that. ..Al 5 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcusFrom1982 Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 1 hour ago, Albert said: No, nothing like that. ..Al Oh thank god! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andromeda Stardust Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 So why were all pacman related games (except Pesco) removed, including the 2600 games? 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainBreakout Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 On 7/4/2019 at 9:46 AM, Swami said: There are a few pinball games to choose from that might be interesting if Bob or Kurt were interested: Granny and the Gators Elvira and the Party Monsters from Lynx Police Force from Lynx There's also Gottlieb's Cave Man. The 3rd of the 1st Gen vid/pin hybrids. I can vouch for it. I owned it for a year or so and got it working. Like Baby Pac-Man it had a unique video game hardware design, referred to as "the cage" housed inside the pinball cabinet, which was built around a Gottlieb System 80 design (which itself was prone to pretty serious design flaws). The game tho, was really fun, and possible to go on a real run with, and get in the zone with both the video and pinball parts. The voice synthesis is also hilarious. So yeah, not knocking the massive accomplishment that 7800 Baby Pac-Man is at all. Just want to express that Cave Man could be on par with it if that mountain is ever summited. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+GoldenWheels Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 Built a little controller to try and help myself out a little...Sanwa stick with a four way gate, of course, a big improvement (I use to snigger at this...8 ways kind of suck for Pac-anything, I am convinced), when I go into the pinball screen I just put both hands on the controller, one thumb on blue, one on pink (and it is wired for 7800 mode). It has helped me on both parts of the game, but I still am pretty hopeless in them mazes...I head straight for the pinball path asap! And getting the stick into that case was hard....I had to grind 2cm tabs off the metal frame, and it STILL barely fit. 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 @GoldenWheels That controller looks great. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imstarryeyed Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 Hey GoldenWheels that stick looks great. I really need to design a special controller for myself for that game as well! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blainelocklair Posted July 30, 2019 Share Posted July 30, 2019 On 7/23/2019 at 3:51 AM, Kosmic Stardust said: So why were all pacman related games (except Pesco) removed, including the 2600 games? Hello everyone! I too noticed recently, when searching for Pac-Man Collection for 7800, that the Pac games were removed from the store. I have a POKEY sitting at the house begging to crank out some Pac tunes. At the risk of approaching a sensitive subject, I'm also curious as to what changed the availability of the Pac games in the store. Is there any updated info available about what happened and when/if they might be available again? Thanks! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+groundtrooper Posted July 30, 2019 Share Posted July 30, 2019 I can't tell you why. But I am confident they will be back in the store after PRGE this year. But I will let @Albert either confirm or deny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Kaboomer Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 On 7/26/2019 at 9:04 AM, GoldenWheels said: Built a little controller to try and help myself out a little...Sanwa stick with a four way gate, of course, a big improvement (I use to snigger at this...8 ways kind of suck for Pac-anything, I am convinced), when I go into the pinball screen I just put both hands on the controller, one thumb on blue, one on pink (and it is wired for 7800 mode). It has helped me on both parts of the game, but I still am pretty hopeless in them mazes...I head straight for the pinball path asap! And getting the stick into that case was hard....I had to grind 2cm tabs off the metal frame, and it STILL barely fit. Any plans you can share to help us build our own similar version? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+GoldenWheels Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 On 7/30/2019 at 11:17 PM, Kaboomer said: Any plans you can share to help us build our own similar version? I can get the case model tonight, if it has a number on it (it may not). I bought a few so I still have them at least. Other than that, if you know how to do the resistors for the 7800 controller....the real issue it was just cramming the stick in there and finding room for the wiring. The metal gate on the stick had tabs I had to grind off...and though you can't see it (much) in the photos, when you hold the controller...it is just a little pregnant. I don't claim to be a great solderer/wirer, I ain't, but this was by far the tightest fit I ever had to work with. i was going to cut the 8 way bit off the restrictor gate but actually needed the 8 way part to help route wires and keep them out of the way! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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