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Williams Manufacturer
1981 Year

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Barracora (Williams 1981) is one of several Williams System 7 machines, AND was designed by Roger Sharpe, and had 2,350 units made.  It's a fun, fast table and higher scores are pretty achievable... 1M-2.5M is a good game.  If you can get to 4-5M that is a very high score.  

 

I made Barracora a few years ago and was the first table I did with Redbone.  I've learned so much more since then, and physics, graphics and everything is leaps further now, I decided to redo the table.  when looking at the old table I realized there were so many things that weren't just right in my opinion I decided to completely start over from scratch.

 

 @redbone completely redid the playfield and Hauntfreaks redid the backglass images.  This 3.0 version utilizes the latest VPW standards, physics, alllamps and 3D inserts, backglass for desktop, roth targets, standalone compatibility, sling corrections, updated flipper physics, VR and fully hybrid, Flupper style bumpers and lighting. Baked GI, walls, and created a playfield mesh for the saucer physics. Dozens of hours were spent studying gameplay videos to match the table shots and action.  Thanks to the VPW team for the thorough testing!

 

Once again, I've included several options in the F12 menu including various balls, ball brightness, flippers, caps, plastic edge colors, LUTs, and other VR stuff, including LED undercab lighting, and an AI generated topper as an option based on H.R. Giger's 1974 painting called, Li I.  (this was the inspiration of the Barracora lady).

 

For the ROM settings... The baseline comes pretty much correct except for the high score to date is defaulted to 2.5M and the coins are defaulted to one credit is 3 games.  I've included a .nvram file that will adjust the coin/credits to 1 coin is 1 credit.  Also, I've set the default high score to 100,000 (2.5 million is too high to achieve, and I was not able to save zero as the high score).  

 

Required Software (64-bit versions):

VPX 10.8.0 final release or later: https://github.com/vpinball/vpinball/releases
VPinMame v3.6.0-1227 or later: https://github.com/vpinball/pinmame/releases
B2S Server 2.1.3 or later (if B2S used): https://github.com/vpinball/b2s-backglass/releases
ROM: https://pinballnirvana.com/forums/resources/new-fixed-roms-for-vpinmame-v3-6-0-963-beta.8379/

Edited by UnclePaulie
new version


Permission from ORIGINAL Author(s)?

This is my own creation.

Allow file to be included on a VPUniverse downloader app?

Yes

VPX Standalone

Yes
https://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=177
https://vpuniverse.com/files/file/26548-barracora-williams-1981-b2s/
Yes
10.8 required
Yes

What's New in Version 3.0.0   See changelog

Released

Version 3.0.0:

 

I made Barracora a few years ago and was the first table I did with Redbone.  I've learned so much more since then, and physics, graphics and everything is leaps further now, I decided to redo the table.  when looking at the old table I realized there were so many things that weren't just right in my opinion I decided to completely start over from scratch.  Redbone completely redid the playfield and Hauntfreaks redid the backglass images.  This 3.0 version utilizes the latest VPW standards, physics, alllamps and 3D inserts, backglass for desktop, roth targets, standalone compatibility, sling corrections, updated flipper physics, VR and fully hybrid, Flupper style bumpers and lighting. Baked GI, walls, and created a playfield mesh for the saucer physics. Dozens of hours were spent studying gameplay videos to match the table shots and action.  Thanks to the VPW team for the thorough testing!

 

Once again, I've included several options in the F12 menu including various balls, ball brightness, flippers, caps, plastic edge colors, LUTs, and other VR stuff, including LED undercab lighting, and an AI generated topper as an option based on H.R. Giger's 1974 painting called, Li I.  (this was the inspiration of the Barracora lady).

For the ROM settings... The baseline comes pretty much correct except for the high score to date is defaulted to 2.5M and the coins are defaulted to one credit is 3 games.  I've included a .nvram file that will adjust the coin/credits to 1 coin is 1 credit.  Also, I've set the default high score to 100,000 (2.5 million is too high to achieve, and I was not able to save zero as the high score).  
 

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Zuxiff

   2 of 2 members found this review helpful 2 / 2 members

Wow, the plastics and playfield redraw are stunning! I could immediately notice a huge difference in quality, clarity, colors. The screenshots really show a difference from the last ones. Going to be playing this table for a long time!

 

Thanks uncle Paulie and redbone for your amazing work! 👍

rburel

   1 of 1 member found this review helpful 1 / 1 member

Merci à UnclePaulie de partager cette table.

Excellent travail.

Bravo c'est très réussi.

 

Thanks to UnclePaulie for sharing this table.

Excellent work.

Congratulations, it's very successful.

studly_do_right

   1 of 1 member found this review helpful 1 / 1 member

Gotta love another 80s table with all of the bells and whistles, both the VPX and the VR versions look, play and feel great. Thanks!!

TT11

   1 of 1 member found this review helpful 1 / 1 member

Beautiful remaster and updates.  A must have BARRACORA

Neutron

   1 of 3 members found this review helpful 1 / 3 members

Good flow and nice challenge, slightly set back by graphics with a somewhat VP9 look.  Still very enjoyable.

neil81992

  

Apologies - must have missed reviewing this on the earlier version.

 

With the excitement of an UnclePaulie release comes the certainty that it will be another guaranteed 5 star creation. So much admiration for all the work you put into these recreations, and the constant striving to replicate the source material. Looks and plays beautifully well, as always, with my usual appreciation for the wealth of options in the F12 menu and the hours spent with gameplay videos to ensure the game plays as originally intended. Thank you for another winner - and huge gratitude again to Redbone and HauntFreaks for their invaluable contributions. 

UHATEIT

  

Man the sound effects and lighting on this is just so perfection. Clearly any table you release is well worked on and just awesome. Thank you for all you do for the community!

lolzilla

  

Amazing upgrade, UnclePaulie!

 

The table looks so cool, and even with all the bells and whistles, it performs like a champ on my toaster. It looks clear, sharp and full of color. With "Max. Texture Dimensions" set at 2084, it looks like a dream and runs at 144 FPS effortlessly. This is the perfect use of VLM maps without bloating a table. This is the real GOLD STANDARD.

freakazoidman

  

What an AMAZING  update! Again UnclePaulie works his magic. Barracora is a table I have never played in the wild, but after this  update I truly feel I have, because this sounds, looks and plays like I have a REAL pinball machine from the early 80´s right in front of me. I will happily get lost in that  hypnotic stare from that beautiful female creature for hour and weeks to come. This is not just simply a pinball game. This is a piece of ART. Thank you so much for this!!

Curse

  

Once again, this is a stellar effort on a classic table. GREAT work and I really love all the options you include in your tables for customization. SO GOOD! Thank you!!

onedevotee

  

Amazing update for an amazing table, great job, thank you 👍

PinballJam

  

How do you improve upon seeming perfection? Just ask UnclePaulie! 


The high score update is much appreciated, also. I think I played your previous Barracora table as much as any in my collection - if not more - and I never got close to 2.5 million so that I could enter my initials!


Truly amazing recreation, as always.  Please keep up the exemplary work!

Rivermatty

  

Somehow I missed this when you first posted it but have now installed the 3.0 version on my Cab and it looks great and plays beautifully, thanks so much for all your work on this beautiful Table.

jdsabin1

  

One of THE best authors in this hobby hands down. This is a beauty and I love the era of tables that you distribute.  Thanks for another fantastic release! 

emanoel299

  

Thank you for your great work and update

cl4ve

  

Thanks automatic install as always

dacstyle

  

Trank you, super work, looks and plays fabulous. This is a very nice table and very enjoyable with this virtual version.

Korg82

  

WOW!

Excellent recreation! 

Thank You!!

DomiKamu

  

Another incredible table by UnclePaulie, many thanks (again). Rules are not easy (by chance it's existing a YT tutorial by PAPApinball).

takise

  

UnclePaulie never disappoints.

Thank You.

goodtwist

  

Fabulous update! Thanks, UnclePaulie!

RetroRitchie

  

what a table!
I'm rubbish at it but I cannot stop playing! I come back to this table frequently. 
The updated images give the table that extra fidelity it's just perfect!
Plays so very well, with a challenging but rewarding flow. Another top-quality release, thanks Uncle Paulie, and to all involved.

Lifewater989

  

I love it.  Very well done, sir!  Thanks!

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