r/virtualpinball

Last week I asked for recommendations for tables to initially download when I finish my new cabinet. I got a lot of input. I tallied everything up and am posting it here.

To be honest, I will probably try to add each of these tables to my cabinet right away! All of your input was really appreciated, just like all of the advice the community has given me over the past few months!

If there are others that are excellent "must-haves", sleepers, or obsure favorites, add em here.

Here's the list!

(Hmm..., I may have some typos.... Not sure if "Birth Shaker" is supposed to be Earth Shaker??? But I am definitely downloading Birth Shaker if I find it! (No multiball in that one.. just twins and triplettes), but I am not adding the spray bottle mechanical toy......

Reddit Pinball Recommendations (Vote Tally)

• Medieval Madness — 8
• Attack from Mars — 6
• Tales of the Arabian Nights — 5
• Star Trek: The Next Generation — 4
• Theater of Magic — 3
• Blood Machines — 2 (Obscure)
• Doctor Who — 2
• Fish Tales — 2
• FunHouse — 2
• Vulcan Steel — 2 (Obscure)

1 Vote

• AC/DC
• Addams Family
• Alien Star (Obscure)
• Back to the Future
• Bad Cats (Obscure)
• Barracora Cosmic Gunfight
• Batman '66
• Baywatch
• Big Bang Bar (Obscure)
• Birth Shaker (Obscure)
• Black Knight 2000
• Black Rose
• Bride of Pin·Bot (Obscure)
• Cadet JP (Obscure)
• Captain Fantastic (Obscure)
• Charlie Brown Christmas (Obscure)
• Champion Pub (Sleeper)
• Clue (Obscure)
• Congo (Underrated/Sleeper)
• Creature from the Black Lagoon
• Circus Voltaire
• Dark Chaos
• Deadpool
• Deer Magic
• Diner (Obscure)
• Earth Wind Fire Deluxe (Obscure)
• Eight Ball Deluxe (Obscure)
• Elvis (newer one)
• Evel Knievel
• Futurama
• Getaway
• Gilligan's Island
• Goat Simulator (Obscure)
• Guardians of the Galaxy
• Guns N' Roses
• He-Man
• Indiana Jones: The Pinball Adventure
• Jaws
• JP's Space Cadet
• Junk Yard (Sleeper)
• Jurassic Park
• Laser Cue (Sleeper)
• Lesson and Hot Cake Party (Obscure)
• Lord of the Rings
• Mars Attacks
• Mata Hari
• Monster Bash
• NBA Fastbreak
• New York (Obscure)
• Party Masters
• Party Zone
• Pirates of the Caribbean
• Pink Floyd (Obscure)
• Pizza Time (Obscure)
• Shooting Star (Obscure)
• South Park
• Spanish Eyes
• Stranger Things 4
• Supersonic Deluxe (Obscure)
• Surf 'n Safari (Obscure)
• T2
• Taxi (Obscure)
• The Matrix
• ToM
• Tron Legacy
• Whirlwind (Obscure)
• White Water (Sleeper)
• Who Dunnit
• Wizard (Obscure)
• World Cup Soccer
• And... Everything by VPW Workshop

Hi!
I just finished setting up vpx launcher for playing in VR.
A major thing that I noticed with VR in general, is that 2d games rely a lot in 2d textures with normal maps to make things look 3d while saving performance. But VR breaks this illusion making things look flat/weird. For things to look good in VR the models need to have actual geometry instead of relying on textures.
From the 20 tables I setup so far, the most impressive one in VR is Scared Stiff.
The models of the little creatures in the bumpers moving, the ribs, and so on make the table look almost real.
Any other tables with great 3d models?

after extensive review here and on youtube, I determined that the only way to learn about visual pinball would be to take the plunge(r) ha!

I plan to add the Idaho plunger to have a proper-looking table, but at the price of $299, including shipping and no tax, I could not find an alternative to my Switch and vertical flip grip.

I found one used Micro on eBay for $250, with a. plunger, plus shipping and tax. I also considered the Cleveland Software OnePIN mini...which of course I would then need to figure out the display and CPU and operating environment.

I think the Micro will incentivize me to build a full size cabinet and go for high end electronics, or it will tamper my enthusiasm and save me a ton of money!

So my question for those who bought ALP Micro's, was it one and done, or did you go down the rabbit hole this hobby requires? thank you.

Can’t wait to see what they have planned for us! So stoked!!

Hey guys, I'm one of the technicians at Cleveland Software Design and we just posted some really helpful videos on our channel on how to assemble and test our various kits. They are overviews on the Builders Kit, SSF Kit, and Addressable LED Kit. Hope they are helpful for your V-Pin experience!

Hi everyone,

I have been working with a great consultant to help me dial in my virtual pinball machine after installing all of the hardware myself.

He advised me that trying to add Steam and Pinball FX to my cabinet would be a bad idea for two key reasons.

1. The DMD will reset itself every time and will have to be resized before every game.

2. The back glass art will not appear on my second monitor at all.

For those who have connected their steam to their pinup popper with a pinone, have you had these problems?

He offers an alternative for running pinball FX, but it relies on joy2key and cannot leverage the accelerometer or the analog plunger. I know the pinone has those things ready to go for pinball fx. He said his config would not allow that.

Thoughts?

Hi all, I’m an old school pinballer and never even knew this was a thing until reddit suggested it to me. Would love to get started, just wondering how much money am I looking at? I am starting from literally nothing (no PC, no monitors, etc) and don’t have a lot of technology background but can pick things up fairly quickly. I wouldn’t have to have a top of the line experience to enjoy it, just want to play my old tables again and maybe try a few new ones. Thanks!

If you missed the stream, watch the premiere on YouTube with creator RusstyT.

Is there any way to change table difficulty/settings with the press of a button ?

My son has trouble playing a lot of tables, I would like to be able to switch tables to an 'easy mode' (reduce ball speed, reduce slope, more balls,...).

The way I figured would be creating copies of the tables, with fixed easier settings, but just wondering if anyone figured out another way.