Interesting that they mentioned an Amiga, because this video is very similar to the Video Toaster promos. Same narrator, same look, etc. Thanks for posting!
i wish Wizard Blocks, Playboy, and Wild Toys made it to pinball 2000. they were planned for it but unreleased. its too bad the unit ended up on only 2 games and then discontinued. now we're stuck with stern pinball who only uses one unit with far outdated early 90s technology and never even started to think about a new unit! an upgrade from the innovative, but discontinued pinball 2000 is way overdue, especially by a new decade! thank God jersey jack pinball is here to do exactly that!
The arcades are dead.. it wouldnt matter how great the game was. Nobody would ever see it. The lack of innovation plus the popularity of console/PC gaming is the killer.
Pinball 2000 was wildly popular and made a profit. The problem was, Bally could and was making far more profit from slot machines. To say Pinball 2000 wasn't successful isn't accurate. It simply wasn't successful enough. But then again, how do you make a product that can out earn a slot machine? You can't. Hence why Bally only makes slot machines now.
the problem with this game is that they didn't capitolize on all the fun things about pinball, I.E. multiball loopdiloops, terminator 2 aim the gun and fire shoot here and here! see pinball is all about the gadgets and when you dumb it down to shooting 3d ships i'd rather just go play an arcade game.
It was an interesting concept, take a pinball machine and stick a PC on it. I see it though as a last ditch effort by an industry which already knew it's days where numbered. And now there is only ONE pinball manufacturer in the whole world, Stern Pinball. I like the game ideas for Revenge from Mars, but thought Star Wars Ep. 1 was rather naff. Mainly because of Jarjar Binks.
they talked a lot of trash. yeah pinball never be the same again becouse you screwed it up. made williams to dead.... if i like to play videogame i dont want it to do in a pinmachine, what is never been virtual like an arcade.
I never understood the point of pinball machines, they're so boring! They're fun for about five minutes and then they just become pointless. Mind you, I wouldn't rate slot machines or arcade games any better, they all seem like a complete and utter waste of money. :(
@@Packgammon I wouldn't consider it a sport, more of a competive activity, coming from a pinball player myself. There's just no physical aspect to it and really there isn't any like "Leagues" or "Matches" to it. But yes, people don't really understand the whole point of pinball, it takes a lot of skill to learn a table...
@@Brickbuilder128 Over 100 countries consider chess a sport. When I play on a machine with s fairly loose tilt. I get weals and little cuts at the palm of my hand from slap-saving. There are leagues and tournaments usually. Now there's only little due to the Corona hoax. Yes, it takes a lot of hand-eye coordination and concentration in general.
Revenge From Mars is fun and the best of the two Pinball 2000 platform games.
Thanks for posting this video up.
RIP Williams.
If only Pinball 2000 technology could still be used today..
I figure Stern would have done something similar to it since they're the only ones with the budget for it now. Guess RFM was too ahead of the curve.
Interesting that they mentioned an Amiga, because this video is very similar to the Video Toaster promos. Same narrator, same look, etc. Thanks for posting!
I played this once at the Silver Coin arcade some years ago
That sad thing is, the Revenge From Mars game was actually fun! Its the Star Wars that sucks!
It is true
It was a little too late to come out with this. But I cant wait till I can afford one.
I found the Amiga part interesting, having had an Amiga for a few years myself. Although the completed Pinball2000 ran on a Cyrix MediaGX PC.
i wish Wizard Blocks, Playboy, and Wild Toys made it to pinball 2000. they were planned for it but unreleased. its too bad the unit ended up on only 2 games and then discontinued. now we're stuck with stern pinball who only uses one unit with far outdated early 90s technology and never even started to think about a new unit! an upgrade from the innovative, but discontinued pinball 2000 is way overdue, especially by a new decade! thank God jersey jack pinball is here to do exactly that!
5:55 - "Pinball 2000 is here to stay"
Well I mean it stayed...
for 2 cabinets...
yep. revenge of the mars and episode one was the last machine from bally and williams factory. :S
amiga!!!always in innovation
RIP Ken Nordine.
The arcades are dead.. it wouldnt matter how great the game was. Nobody would ever see it. The lack of innovation plus the popularity of console/PC gaming is the killer.
Pinball 2000 was wildly popular and made a profit. The problem was, Bally could and was making far more profit from slot machines. To say Pinball 2000 wasn't successful isn't accurate. It simply wasn't successful enough.
But then again, how do you make a product that can out earn a slot machine? You can't. Hence why Bally only makes slot machines now.
I guess you didn't understand what he meant about "physically interacting with a movie." Video games contain no physical interaction whatsoever.
the problem with this game is that they didn't capitolize on all the fun things about pinball, I.E. multiball loopdiloops, terminator 2 aim the gun and fire shoot here and here! see pinball is all about the gadgets and when you dumb it down to shooting 3d ships i'd rather just go play an arcade game.
It was an interesting concept, take a pinball machine and stick a PC on it. I see it though as a last ditch effort by an industry which already knew it's days where numbered. And now there is only ONE pinball manufacturer in the whole world, Stern Pinball.
I like the game ideas for Revenge from Mars, but thought Star Wars Ep. 1 was rather naff. Mainly because of Jarjar Binks.
@jjjiii2
I agree.. they really play it up like it's going to change our planet as we know it. lol it's just pinball..
Commercial Graphic Design really suffered in the 90's it seems...
"The player will say 'Wow, those other games look old.'"
Um, no. The player will say, "Tales Of The Arabian Nights blows this piece of shit away."
not a revolutionary game, one of gomez's early games called Defender was more revolutionary than pin2000
they talked a lot of trash. yeah pinball never be the same again becouse you screwed it up. made williams to dead.... if i like to play videogame i dont want it to do in a pinmachine, what is never been virtual like an arcade.
I never understood the point of pinball machines, they're so boring! They're fun for about five minutes and then they just become pointless. Mind you, I wouldn't rate slot machines or arcade games any better, they all seem like a complete and utter waste of money. :(
Maybe you never realized that pinball is a skill game, a sport?
@@Packgammon I wouldn't consider it a sport, more of a competive activity, coming from a pinball player myself. There's just no physical aspect to it and really there isn't any like "Leagues" or "Matches" to it. But yes, people don't really understand the whole point of pinball, it takes a lot of skill to learn a table...
@@Brickbuilder128
Over 100 countries consider chess a sport. When I play on a machine with s fairly loose tilt. I get weals and little cuts at the palm of my hand from slap-saving. There are leagues and tournaments usually. Now there's only little due to the Corona hoax. Yes, it takes a lot of hand-eye coordination and concentration in general.