Pinball Champ 82 (Zaccaria 1982)

Always a tonic to check out a new nFozzy Zaccaria, thanks

Hope to see a Farfalla nFozzy some day.. 

Drummo has offered to whip up a VR3D backglass for that

Thank you very much for this update. It is a great improvement over the previous one, which was not bad, but this is certainly a lot better.

I played the real machine a lot in my late teens, and consider it one of the best Zaccaria tables.

I feel that the flipper physics on this version could still use a little tweaking (some shots seem too strong and occasionally unexpected ball direction, especially from the tip of the flippers), but all in all, an excellent effort. 👍

Hey there, for the life of me I cannot seem to change the sidewalls on this, even to a generic red or blue. Do you know the image/primitive or way to make the sidewalls any color but black?

28 minutes ago, UHATEIT said:

Hey there, for the life of me I cannot seem to change the sidewalls on this, even to a generic red or blue. Do you know the image/primitive or way to make the sidewalls any color but black?

Actually there are no walls in cabinet mode on this table. The image file FS_backdrop is the file and , it's just a black background (toggle to the backglass view to see where this file is selected). You can change that image to a different color, but the rear wall will also change color

Thanks for this well done update, @teisen!

I used to own the 1983 version, Pinball Champ. My restoration page here https://www.passionforpinball.com/pinball_champ.htm

I loved the timed game play and hated it at the same time! It was frustrating hearing that gal say "what a low score- try harder!" Zaccaria was shameless using Williams sound effects and I loved it. That u-turn ramp shot in real life is a total SOB to make but the upper playfield is critical to the game. The real goal is to get all the time add-ups you can so you can maximize your time on the upper playfield drop targets. It really is best to play it in 5 ball mode. 3 ball will just piss you off!

Now I hope I can find the '83 version of the b2s which simply shows Pinball Champ without a year.

Thanks for bringing me back in time, Rodrigo!

EDIT- Ha! Lucky me @Wildman made the 1983 b2s version, yes! https://vpuniverse.com/files/file/2692-pinball-champ-zaccaria-1982/

1 hour ago, burger said:

Actually there are no walls in cabinet mode on this table. The image file FS_backdrop is the file and , it's just a black background (toggle to the backglass view to see where this file is selected). You can change that image to a different color, but the rear wall will also change color

Thanks man, I exported the image, colored it all red, then reimported it back in so it has some color. What was odd is there was an image that had woodgrain on it but I couldnt figure out that getting in there. But it's red now!

18 minutes ago, Cliffy said:

Thanks for this well done update, @teisen!

I used to own the 1983 version, Pinball Champ. My restoration page here https://www.passionforpinball.com/pinball_champ.htm

 

I loved the timed game play and hated it at the same time! It was frustrating hearing that gal say "what a low score- try harder!" Zaccaria was shameless using Williams sound effects and I loved it. That u-turn ramp shot in real life is a total SOB to make but the upper playfield is critical to the game. The real goal is to get all the time add-ups you can so you can maximize your time on the upper playfield drop targets. It really is best to play it in 5 ball mode. 3 ball will just piss you off!

Now I hope I can find the '83 version of the b2s which simply shows Pinball Champ without a year.

 

Thanks for bringing me back in time, Rodrigo!

 

EDIT- Ha! Lucky me @Wildman made the 1983 b2s version, yes! https://vpuniverse.com/files/file/2692-pinball-champ-zaccaria-1982/

 

I was about to download that too, tho it's from 2014 so I figure they will update that shortly now that this table is out!

1 hour ago, Cliffy said:

Thanks for this well done update, @teisen!

I used to own the 1983 version, Pinball Champ. My restoration page here https://www.passionforpinball.com/pinball_champ.htm

 

I loved the timed game play and hated it at the same time! It was frustrating hearing that gal say "what a low score- try harder!" Zaccaria was shameless using Williams sound effects and I loved it. That u-turn ramp shot in real life is a total SOB to make but the upper playfield is critical to the game. The real goal is to get all the time add-ups you can so you can maximize your time on the upper playfield drop targets. It really is best to play it in 5 ball mode. 3 ball will just piss you off!

Now I hope I can find the '83 version of the b2s which simply shows Pinball Champ without a year.

 

Thanks for bringing me back in time, Rodrigo!

 

EDIT- Ha! Lucky me @Wildman made the 1983 b2s version, yes! https://vpuniverse.com/files/file/2692-pinball-champ-zaccaria-1982/

 

Thanks, Cliffy; Burger did an excellent job on the table's physics and sounds, among other tweaks... DgrimmReaper added VR support, and I believe we now have an improved version of what was already a very good table—my thanks to the creators!

In Brazil, we have Taito's *Polar Explorer* table, which is also a copy of this one, but fortunately, it doesn't have that time limit!

Nice update, thank's.

Every time a zaccaria table is updated, a fairy gets it's wings! If Zankor and Locomotion ever get completed or I take a crack at them myself, I'll be able to leave Steam for good! I love the steam version of this one, but every vpx transformation makes it so much better! Thanks! 

Yes! Thank you to the author and contributors! Z is under represented!!! 

Thanks Teisen & everyone involved for this great update! Would love to see you work your magic on Spooky.

This table iis in my top 3 of all Zacarriah tables out there. I am a huge fan of this, Farfalla, and Nautalus. But there is always love for Spooky, Robot, Time Machine. 

Thank you massively for doing this! Love this one!

Nice! Thank you for updating the table. What a hard table to play. I Love it