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Mini Golf (Williams 1964)

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CactusDude / JPO (backglass stuff) / Thalamus (golfer primitive) Created by
Williams Manufacturer
1964 Year

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Ok, so here’s the back story. I stumbled upon a picture of a Williams’ “Mini Golf” table and was intrigued. (I forget exactly how/why I saw it now. I might’ve been browsing IPDB for sports-themed pinball tables and then searching VPU/VPF to see if cool ones I didn’t have were already in VPX). It seemed like a simple enough table, so I had a go at recreating it. Well, since I started, I’ve gotten too busy to work on it. And I was always going to have trouble tracking down a decent 3D model for the golfer (I barely had enough Blender skills to make the flagpoles). So, it was always either going to be a released WIP or a purely personal project. I decided to share it with the hope that someone might be able to take it over the finish line.

 

Update 1: With JPO’s help, there is now a working backglass (separate download – it should be linked in the sidebar).

 

Update 2: Thalamus sent me a golfer primitive, which I managed to write code to rotate around. I'm sure someone could do better with his swing mechanics (unless he's shooting dead straight to hole 9, he'll either clip into his clips or split away from his body at the waist). However, it's close enough to how to should actually look that I'm releasing it. I'm still leaving this download marked as a WIP because one of the 2-player modes that I thought was working has broken (or it never worked to begin with) and I'm sure there are a lot of minor improvements someone *could* do. But I'm hopefully done tinkering with it, at least for quite a while.

 

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Some notes about controls and such:

5 – Insert Credit

1 – Start Game

Left Flipper – Hold down to rotate shooter left

Right Flipper – Hold down to rotate shooter right

Left Magna Save – Hard tee off

Right Magna Save – Soft tee off

Plunger – Whatever tee off was done last (I originally had the magna saves select the type and plunger shoot, but I’ve now decided that using the magna saves to shoot is a better idea)

 

Included in the download:

-        The table (duh)

-        A Tarcisio style wheel

Edited by CactusDude
Removing "WIP" from title and tags because I have no plans to edit it any further. Also, it's at a point where it's as good of a recreation as I can manage.

https://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=3434
https://vpuniverse.com/files/file/10587-mini-golf-williams-1964-10/
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v10.6 optional
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What's New in Version 1.3   See changelog

Released

The bug when alternating between players is *hopefully* resolved now. I did not exhaustively test every scenario, (a player running out of balls, etc.) but I played a couple of quick games and it appeared to work - both on desktop and with the backglass going. Anyway, try it out and let me know. No other real changes, so if you only do 1 player or prefer the other 2 player mode, there are no upgrades you'll notice. Thanks. [Another possibly important note, I tested in vpx 10.6 because that's what I currently have on my main computer.]

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