[New VP10 Alert] Count-Down (Gottlieb 1979)

[VPinWorkshop]

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Count-Down (Gottlieb 1979)

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This table is reminder to a simpler time when all you needed was a bunch of drop targets and few colored lights to keep you entertained for hours. No complex rules, no intricate ramps, no wireforms, no multiball, no loops, no fancy bash toys, heck there aren't even any spinners, just pure simple pinball fun. Complete drop target banks and blast off!

 

The VPW cosmonauts that brought you this in order of appearance:

FrankEnstein - 3D modeling, rendering, some code (Rocket design)

MCarter78 - VPX table build (Rocket science)

bthlonewolf - Additional scripting (Rocket tune-up)

DGrimmReaper - VR Setup (Launch ramp engineering)

HauntFreaks - Backglass (Mission control engineering)

Apophis - Scripting support (Count-down voice)

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• Submitter
  VPinWorkshop
• Submitted
  07/02/25
• Category
  VPX - Pinball Tables
• VPX Standalone
  Yes

 

[GordonJames]

I'm noticing that when a ball is drained and the table starts to tabulate all the bonuses and stuff and the insert lights for the 1000, 2000, 3000 etc are counting in order, there sounds like a bell should be ringing each time but there's a short click sound sample instead. Like the bell sound sample is playing but it's interrupted before it can finish playing and another bell sound sample starts to play over It.

[lordzakk]

rom???

[bca32444]

x2, I am having a hellava time finding a working ROM. 😞

[drady]

Same issues as other rom and table wont work - getting a "Machine countdwn (count-down) error 

[robertms]

1 hour ago, drady said:

Same issues as other rom and table wont work - getting a "Machine countdwn (count-down) error 

 

You must use an updated ROM. Have a look at this helpful video from Rudy:

 

FIXED ROMS for VPinMAME v3.6.0-963+

[drady]

3 hours ago, robertms said:

 

You must use an updated ROM. Have a look at this helpful video from Rudy:

 

FIXED ROMS for VPinMAME v3.6.0-963+

awesome that did the trick thank you

[Eduardo]

I believe there is an error in the script when handling the start key. When the game is in progress, on the first ball of player 1, pressing start should activate player 2, but this ends up resetting player 1 and restarting the count.

I ended up noticing that this happens in all Gottlieb System I. So disregard it

Edited July 9, 2025 by Eduardo

[lminimart]

So, there is no 7-digit backglass for this one (that I'm aware of). That being the case, any hope of a post-it note for rolled scores?

 

Great job on this! Highly addictive table.

[E041389]

Can this be changed to a 5 ball game ?

[Cliffy]

9 minutes ago, E041389 said:

Can this be changed to a 5 ball game ?

Sure. Hit F6 when you start the table for the rom options

[kellyf]

Nice table guys.   Is there anyway to turn those horrible generic EM bell sounds off?  This game didn't have them.  I've watched many youtube videos of real tables and it has digital kinds of sounds, beeps and boops, not the bell sounds.

The bells really annoy me and since it's not supposed to use them, I figured there must be a way to turn them off.

 

Thanks if you can help.   Again, awesome work.

[Cliffy]

On 11/15/2025 at 7:39 AM, kellyf said:

Nice table guys.   Is there anyway to turn those horrible generic EM bell sounds off?  This game didn't have them.  I've watched many youtube videos of real tables and it has digital kinds of sounds, beeps and boops, not the bell sounds.

The bells really annoy me and since it's not supposed to use them, I figured there must be a way to turn them off.

 

Thanks if you can help.   Again, awesome work.

adding fix here

https://vpuniverse.com/files/file/26014-count-down-gottlieb-1979/page/3/?tab=comments#findComment-97336

 

[Pavlos]

As always perfect from VPW.

Anyone else is experiencing drop of FPS as the game continues ?

Same with No sync and Frame pacing