Medieval Madness (Williams 1997) VPW

Medieval Madness is a table that I know well from Pinball FX days and I've spent countless hours on it. In VPX there has never been a version that was engaging enough to really grab my attention. Well... that is not the case anymore. VPW pulled out all the stops, and then more, to make this the best playing and looking digital version of this table ever.

Guys! Get this table! holy crap! 

This is the absolute edition of this table. It looks so real, and plays so real! Im flabergasted at how great this is. I can't believe this is even possible. unbelievable! 

Thank you to everyone who worked tirelessly on this project to bring this to us. A top-tier work of art and passion. THANK YOU!

If you're lucky as a kid, birthdays and Christmas are memorable occasions. Appetites whetted wondering what presents might arrive, sheer excitement throughout the days leading up to the event, the anticipation during the night before, the unadulterated thrill of ripping off wrapping paper, and the eventual joy once the gifts are revealed. Life seems great.

But then you get older. The presents dry up as each year passes and, if you're lucky, you might get to feign excitement at the receipt of some socks or cheap aftershave. Adult life is revealed in all its misery. Wasting hours toiling away to earn money to pay bills. The thrills of receiving those presents as a child seem a lifetime away....

And then this hobby arrives. Incredibly talented people come together and create art, and are kind enough to distribute it to fellow enthusiasts across the globe. With the news of a new VPW release comes that joy experienced long ago, a feeling that most people had resigned to childhood. Thank you guys for all your talent and hard work (and to everyone that contributes to this amazing hobby). I'm sure I'm not the only one you're making feel like an excited kid again.      

There are 19 other versions of this table on the Spreadsheet for a reason, it's a great table!! I was always a fan of MM ever since getting into VP 5 years ago and am very happy to see an updated version (rebuild) with all of the toys. It does look and play fantastic as mentioned, Fleep Sounds are perfect and the VR Room is awesome.....I still get giddy at 61 years young. Thanks team for a table that will keep me playing for years to come.

I rarely stream or play the same table for long. But I play this one in a loop for several hours without any weariness. We always expect the best quality with VPW and the observation is that once again we are not disappointed. The low saturated tone of the colors of the playfield, the lights and the flashers give an impressive impression of "reality". The physics is a little too permissive but remains a good challenge over time (for a long run) in addition to making it instantly fun to play. Special mention for the "Merlin's reject" which is perfect. I would just have liked to see the same effect on the right ramp like the real. Once again for a VPW table there is not much to say except bravo, excellent work. Thank you for feeding us so well... I am full. Insane Job guys!!!

It's my birthday today, and I woke up to this amazing gift! I could not ask for anything more than this amazing beauty of a table masterpiece! Thank you VPW!

Wow!! the physics are incredible and the lighting too. It's fantastic in every respect except one in my opinion - and it's subjective but the playfield graphics seem a little  less sharp than other playfield versions of this table - even with "Unlimited texture settings and on a 4k screen. I think someone else mentioned this. Plus I think the overall LUT is too orange. In other versions the playfield seems more red and purple and has a bit more oomph to it than this one - but this is just my own personal preference. It would be great with some more LUT options to cycle through I think.
Saying that it is amazing and thank you so much for all the work and effort that has gone into this - it's quite something.

VPW doesn't need my 5 star review but they're getting it anyway. Take THAT, geniuses (and thanks... you could have easily waited til Christmas to deliver this, and you didn't)! 🍻

Excellent work, as usual! Thank you very much.

I join my voice to the Loaded Weapon's one regarding the side blade (https://vpuniverse.com/files/file/26907-medieval-madness-williams-1997-vpw/?tab=reviews#findReview-37273)...

In your future creations, if you could consider (ideally as an option) pincab players by significantly increasing the height of the sidebars... That would be great and would allow us to maintain realistic proportions without having to stretch the playfield along the X axis.

What a time to be a part of this fantastic community. When you have spent countless hours, days, weeks and months creating your vpin cab and then get the chance to showcase this masterpiece on it, makes it all worth it! The VPW team have produced the "King" of pinball tables with this release. Just in absolute orc, sorry, awe with how realistic this table looks and plays. Thank you and congratulations for your superb work and efforts.

Ooooh baby.  This is one of the top ones I've been waiting for.  The many other versions of MM are all great, and I  will probably revisit them as each has certain things I like.  But the VPW team always nails it when it comes to near photorealism.  That lighting is so important, as is getting metal parts like ramps and wireforms to actually look like metal.  Your team always chooses the best (imo) sounds for flippers and such.  Gameplay has always been great for this table and this is no exception, and I do love how the ball bounces at times near the castle.  Well done team.  I'm hoping some day well see a VPW masterpiece for a post 2018 table like Bond or Godzilla.  Keep up the great work.

20 games in on a 3 screens pincab and I must say it's by far the best MM on VPX, amazing job guys. The table plays very well, my scores looks like on the real pinball and that's a strike. And it's only version 1.0 so I guess it will only get better from now. 
I do find that the GI is a little too bright at the back of the playfield compared to the front... it would be amazing to be able to set the GI by zones or just make the back 15% darker.
But that's nothing compared to all the great things this table offers.
Cheers VPW team !

Another masterpiece by VPW, especially the VR Mode feels close to the original as no other VP table before, thank you so much....

Thank you so much to the VPW team for giving us this treat and this incredible gift.

Thank you for your amazing effort. You guys are awesome!

This is one of my favorite tables. Such great fun.

Woow,wow...wow....WOW!

Breathtaking visuals and I must say, unforgiving gameplay! The bounciness of the flippers is hard, but therefore really challenging for mastering the game. Those physics are mimiced very well comparing to the real deal. 

It keeps supprising me how much talent you guys have to get this done!

Still very happy with the last stargate table and the collection is getting better and better!

Finally!!!!! The king of the pins now has its VPW version... Stunning, as usual!! Thanks a million for this gem!!

This is excellent! I thought the previous version was good but this is like playing on the real machine. VPW comes through again, as always! Thank you

All I can say is its a good thing I put on my loose pants before I fired up my cabinet tonight!

Thank you very much to all involved!

As Always just looks and plays amazing you guys keep pushing the boundaries of VPX! If I could ask for anything it would be for cabinet users the lower flasher needs to be taller and options for the sidewalls to be larger so we dont have to stretch the table out of shape to fit I hate to cover up this masterpiece with some shitty sidewalls and I have already had requests.   Even with X stretched to 116 it still has a wide gap on each side. I know you can't make everyone happy and it could be the limitations of having a VR Cab so either way if you can't do anything thank you for all that you guys do it is greatly appreciated!

If you are having sound issues add this line to the script.

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The physics are the best, the coding is clean and tidy, the toys are detailed and really cool. The inserts and the lighting are amazing. 

The colors look washed out. Even with a really intense color LUT. It has big 8000x8000 VLM images, so it requires a beefy PC to run decently. You need to set up the Texture Dimension at least at 4096 or the table would look all blurry.  I suspect these big VLM maps are also the culprit for the big loading times when opening the table. Please consider making these VLM maps smaller.  Take a look at the VPW's X-Men (Stern 2012). It has a lot of smaller (4000x4000) VLM images instead of fewer, bigger ones. But they all look sharp even when the Max. Texture Dimension is set at 2048, the light effects are still amazing and you don't have to sacrifice any performance. Also, the loading time is just normal.

There's a ramp, the one with the ladder decal, that looks pixelated. Here's how it looks on another table:

Anyway, amazing job as always VPW! Thanks for sharing these tables 🤙

It's a phenomenal piece of work but the playfield is so...grey. It's not as vivid as others and no amount of tweaking colours, day or night settings etc will get around it. I understand this is a subjective, personal choice opinion and I'm probably the only person in the entire community with this reaction . The professionalism is still off the charts and this is obviously an artistic decision that most will prefer.

VPW teams strikes again with a beautiful masterpiece. Absolutely stunning especially when paired with the latest color DMD. Plays flawlessly. Please VPW team, remaster Attack from Mars. 

Fantastique 

Merci a la team VPW

This could well be the release of the year!
The table not only looks amazing, it plays like the real thing, makes you almost forget you're playing on a vpin!

Great stuff, another flawless victory for VPinWorkshop, another version of a table where theirs is the gold standard.