FireballXL5

Link to B2S by Haggi: https://www.vpforums.org/index.php?showtopic=52804

This is an AMAZING first effort! Incredible original layout, great modes to play, and a ruleset that is deeper than it appears. Prepare to be blown away with the DMD, mini games, table surprises, and so much more!

This is a new developer that created the table from scratch, learning along the way, improving, and bringing a childhood joy to your desktop or cabinet. I recommend the incredible fun this table offers to anyone, it is quite sim[ply a joy to play!

when i was a kid in the 60's I watched Captain Scarlet, which was a stop motion show like this in the US.... so I'm a huge fan of this time period and theme... great job on your first table....
@Sir_RandomI do have a question... did you not want GI in the table??.... if it was added I believe it would up the realism.... 

I have anxiously awaited the release of this game since Sir Random first announced he was working on it, but I never expected a first effort of this order.  My only contribution to VP has been a clumsy reskin of the Lost in Space TV series; I certainly never considered learning how to build a complete original table on the first go!

How are we so lucky to be seeing such treasures coming out so often recently?  XL5 is top of the heap for me.  It has such a strong 1960s vibe that the nostalgia factor is off the charts.

We've had the Steed and Peel Avengers TV reskin and Fireball XL5. If someone tackled The Prisoner we would have a mod 60s trifecta.

I can't wait to invite pinball pals to my home to see Sir Random's beautiful game in action; what a perfect way to show off my virtual pinball machine.

It is a very nice original table, it looks great and plays great. Thanks, Sir Random. I installed it on my desktop and on the cabinet, which both run VPX10.8.0 rev 1807, and both run flawlessly. I only had to adjust the POV a little for the cabinet.

Salut les artistes! 

J'adore votre table. Enorme travail! La table nous plonge dans une atmosphère des années 60 avec un design sublime et des musiques envoutantes. Même le chat s'est installé sur le pincab pour danser au rythme de la disco.

C'est très amusant, dynamique et les petits jeux d'arcade sont un vrai plus. 

Sans en rajouter je dirai que cette table est plus qu'une table, c'est une oeuvre d'art!!!

Merci à vous. Continuez ainsi pour nous faire réver!!!

Benjamin

super chouette cette table merci  

This table has become a top 5 all time table. I love XL5, I watch it all the time on my 1956 Admiral TV. When I saw that this was made I didn’t have high hopes because it’s a weird IP but man did this blow me away. Absolutely brilliant. 
 

my only complaint or I guess beg for a fix would be the audio, it’s cranked and the SSF sounds really off. Maybe a future fix  pretty please? One bug to report would be if you are playing 2 player and you are in a mode you lose it when you drain instead of being able to continue it when you are playing 1 player. Maybe that's the design?
 

This table is a masterpiece IMO! Everything about it is so well-done and it's super fun to play. I love the music, the little videos that play at the bottom-left, the characters, and the effects! The challenges are surprisingly original and are a blast to accomplish.

I downloaded this table/b2s a couple days ago, but just installed it on my cab this morning.  All I can say is EXCELLENT!  This is so 60's and the music is so corny it's COOL!!  LOVE the table, feel, and game play.  I suggest (as @freakazoidman said earlier) move all of the XL5_ sound files to the BackGlass speakers (I also moved: Chime, M_Intro, M_MBallSnd, and M_Outro to BG too).
Highly recommend this table!!
Now I need to find a Wheel and Loading video for it!

Magnifique table ambiance "Sylvia & Gerry Anderson" années 60 de la série TV Fusée XL5 (Fireball XL5, en V.O.), précurseur des Sentinelles de l'Air puis UFO (dont on retrouve la musique du générique pendant une multi-bille). Il ne manque que Cosmos 1999 pour "boucler la boucle" - mais ce sera peut-être pour une prochaine table de @Sir_Random qui sait ?

Outre l'ambiance sixties et la musique de Barry Gray, j'aime beaucoup le mariage de l'électro-mécanique (avec ses sons de cloches bien spécifiques, les trois bumpers "à l'ancienne") avec le Solid State Electronic grâce à la présence de la rampe, de la tour de contrôle du Secteur 25 en tant que toy, d'un DMD et d'un écran LCD (façon PupPack) y compris les séquences animées sur la gauche du tablier (là où se trouve la carte d'instructions) !

Par contre, le Post-It à droite du tablier, j'adore, mais qu'il affiche les 5 meilleurs scores en mode attract, je trouve que ce n'est pas du tout réaliste (idem concernant les tables EM proposées par Teisen), un Post-It, c'est censé être statique, juste le High Score To Date, c'est tout ! D'ailleurs, à usage strictement personnel, je modifie les scripts de toutes les tables "Teisen Mod" que j'utilise pour que seul le HSTD soit indiqué sur le Post-It (et sans jamais demander les initiales). Pour Fireball XL5, petite exception (c'est déjà modifié dans le script chez moi - la variable HSTimerCount est forcée à 1), le Post-It ne montre que le meilleur score de la table (avec les initiales) mais jamais les 4 meilleurs scores suivants (le DMD, lui, affiche les 5 meilleurs scores lorsque la table est en mode attract).

J'adore cette nouvelle table qui vaut largement ses 5 étoiles !

@Sir_Random pour un coup d'essai (votre 1ère table), c'est un coup de maître !

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Peace,

Love this table.  It may be a tad too easy (as I put up 4+ Billion points in my first set of games).  Also, I'd like to see some love for us cabinet players, with the videos either on the backglass or in the DMD.  Maybe someone out there can do a puppack for this table?  Out the gate this is an awesome table with room for improvement.

I'm not sure if I ever got to see Fireball XL5, but the more I played it, the more things looked and felt familiar. Either way, I don't know much about it. I enjoyed playing the table though and seeing the different modes and characters. My favourite mode is the Venus multiball with her twist dancing. The music is also great. I wouldn't have known that the theme song was from a TV show if I heard it on the radio as it sounds like a hit from those years. The table and gameplay capture the theme perfectly. Well done, Sir_Random on your first release! I look forward to seeing your next table.

Beyond Fantastic. This Table inspired me to make a New weekly Post "Sermon of the Week" in  my Facebook Group "World of Virtual Pinball" (link in my profile). Congrats on Fantastic Table.
 

𝙉𝙚𝙬 𝙎𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙎𝙚𝙧𝙢𝙤𝙣

Sermon of the Week!

This Table is a MUST have that became available this week. You would not believe the look, feel, DMD, music the list goes on. Even Hauntfreaks made contributions (v1.01) upon seeing the first version to this Table Masterpiece (lighting). This first Table by Author Sir_Random deserves praise. Don't be left out!!!

Table: FireballXL5

Amazing Table!!!  Love it.  Watching Fireball XL5 now.  Never give a Lazoon a whistle🤪

Normally I don't get much attention from tables that look like they're from the 60/70s.

In this case it did.

It's good to see someone else in an original daring with videomodes and a special DMD .(I went to that part of code like a sick person first and it was interesting).

Then I read the thread of the process.

Great job here!!! Congratulations and thank you!

This is quirky, fun and just cool! Seriously not a fan of older style EM pinball, but this is different. Love it!

I love this table! It's real FAB! (Oh, wait. No one said that in that show.  Maybe your next table?  Hint, hint!)

Ok, I watched Smaug play the game and I knew I'd have to have it.  My Saturday mornings were cornflakes and Steve Zodiac!  Real nostalgia!

I downloaded it to my beta-machine, a laptop.  And I could not get the game to work.  I'm having the same problem others are having with it not being able to start the B2SController and the variable highscore not being available.  My beta-machine has the same versions of VPX and FlexDMD as my cab, but, of course, not all the settings are equal.  My laptop doesn't have a DMD and multiple screens, of course.

I loaded it up on my cab, and it fired right up. So I figure there's some issue with the definitions detecting whether it's running cab mode or FS.

All that aside, I bloody love the gameplay!  I've only played a couple of games and haven't gotten it all tuned up for my screen, but this is such a great game. I can't stop playing it!

I've been looking at your code, and I am thoroughly impressed! And, of course, all the artwork and music from the show!  So great!

Thanks for all your great effort!

Wow! Just Wow! When I saw your table on the VPin spreadsheet I had hopes. Little did I know that my hopes would be shattered beyond my expectations. This is the best mix of EM and SS I have experienced to date. Your retro futuristic theme  suits this table perfectly! Such an amazing homage to Gerry Anderson. The UFO music during multi ball made me giggle like child. Awesome!  So much going on the DMD as well. Great mini games!  Shooting the spinner during that "Earth Shield" mode is so satisfying. Best sounding spinner since Taitos"Meteor".  I heard rumors you have  another table up your sleeve. Can´t wait Sir !!    

Info to cab  users: Depending on your setup, all or most of the sounds may run though the SSF. I opened Sound Manager (F2) and sent basically all sounds marked XL5 from table to Backglass. That should fix any sound issue. 

Excellent table.  Very fun.  Great DMD work.  Make sure you have the latest version of FlexDMD for the DMD to work properly.  @Sir_Random is also being very helpful getting issues fixed

I love this, thanks so much, and worked perfectly on my Cab out of the box. I remember this series from when I was a kid so it's extra special. Great music, visuals, and DMD plus the great video games although I've only seen one so far. More practice needed haha. The rules and difficulty are spot on if you ask me, keeps you coming back

Great Table  and this is really your 1st Taböe ? Respect and thank you for sharing. 

I have wondered because on my left side is a thicker gray border but everything seems to be the right size on the screen. Playing the Table is great though  Great sounds too , thank you for everyone that helped as needed too  

very good, lots of fun i need b2s please.

i cannot register with vpf for some reason.

Awesome work.

muito top

Fun table! Nice retro gameplay and nostalgic late 60s tv music. Long live Gerry Anderson!