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Baseball (Gottlieb 1970) HI REZ

Baseball by Gottlieb using Zack06007 Diagonale style of wheel. Zack06007 page

The World Series is going on, so I was doing some digging in the days leading up to it to see if there were any baseball themed tables I didn’t already have. In the process of that, I found Maresa’s “Beisbol” on IPDB and instantly thought it looked familiar. Turns out to be a clone of Gottlieb’s “Baseball” with some tweaks to the backglass/artwork. A loserman76 version of that table luckily exists, so I did my best to make the necessary changes. I’ll just say that my reference materials were limited (basically just the couple pictures on IPDB) so it might not be a perfect recreation. If anyone coming across this knows for a fact that a detail isn’t accurate or they have the text that belongs on the left apron card, feel more than free to share in the comments. I can’t promise that I’ll implement everything that’s suggested, but it might help someone down the road build a better version in the future or at least people can make whatever tweaks they want after downloading. I obviously can’t post this table with a specific shout-out to loserman76. It’s a shame he’s not around to keep cranking out EM goodness, but his tables will continue to be enjoyed by a lot of people for a long time. RIP, Jeff. *** List of changes from "Baseball" to "Beisbol" made by me: - Edited the playfield image - Remade the backglass (new images, so had to rearrange/redo the animation snippets) - Changed the plastics from a flat ramp to walls so they look more 3-D - Assigned a material to the base triggers - Changed the color/image for many of the objects on the playfield - New desktop background image - New apron/post-it images - New flipper prims - Tried my best to implement nFozzy physics. First time trying, so I won’t claim that it was done properly/fully. But I’ve at least convinced myself that it plays a little differently than the original without breaking the table, so I call it a win. - The table was built in 10.7. So I would recommend not using 10.6 or earlier, but I don't foresee any issue with opening it in 10.8. *** Download includes the VP table, the backglass, and a couple of wheels (one Tarcisio, one not). The table is free to mod since it started as the free-to-mod "Baseball" table by loserman76. Just be sure to credit the prior authors and please credit me if you use the Maresa flippers or any of the Besibol-specific images. Thanks and I hope you enjoy.

Enjoy this VPX conversion of "Big Hit". Lots of playfield changes. Script was fairly untouched save a few B2s calls. VP9 version by Itchigo. Varitargets credit to Loserman42; Backdrop image from editoy's B2s Backglass.

It's October 1934. The St. Louis Cardinals have beaten the Detroit Tigers for their 3rd World Series trophy. Satchel Paige's pitching is beginning to get attention from the white media outlets. Babe Ruth is the reigning Home Run King at 708 - just 6 shy of his ultimate total of 714. Hank Aaron, who will break Ruth's record 30 years from now, is currently 8 months old. Baseball is undeniably America's Pastime. And the folks over at Pacific Amusement Manufacturing Co. (PAMCO) capitalize on this with their "Major League" pinball table. *** Once again, I was inspired to recreate a table after seeing it on YouTube. While most of the playfield is fairly straight forward, I was amazed at the base running marbles in the center. I realized pretty quickly I had to give it a go. I've obviously never played the real thing, but I think the end result looks like the photos I've seen. This might also be the most fun flipperless table I've made yet. I also made a fantasy backglass for the table. I didn't feel using the post-it note high score on this one, so I stuck a high score reel and there's a running tally of your points and runs on the backglass. And I *think* you should be able to turn off the backglass in the script, if you prefer not using it. There's also one or two other settings you can adjust in the "Configuration" section of the script. *** A quick rundown of the rules: You MUST hit "Batter Up" to bring a marble up to home plate. If you get a ball in the home run spot and nobody's on any of the bases, then all you've done is waste a ball. And before anyone digs up that flyer on IPDB that reads "A batter automatically up every time" - I'm 99% sure that just means PAMCO managed to fix a mistake that occasionally prevented the marble from going to home plate after you hit the "Batter Up" hole. Oh, and if you hit "Batter Up" when there's already a ball at home plate, it's just going to drain back out and be another wasted ball. Otherwise, things are pretty straight forward for people who know basic baseball terms. A home run clears the bases. A triple advances everyone three bases. A double moves everyone two bases. A single moves everyone forward a base, while a steal or sacrifice hit moves everyone but the guy at home one base. Oh, and for scoring, in addition to the labeled values, you get points for players remaining on base at the end. First Base: 200 points Second Base: 500 points Third Base: 1,000 points ~~~If anyone owns or has access to a fully working table and knows that my recreation didn't get something in the rules correct, please get in touch. I'm doing all of this based off of the limited gameplay footage I found on YouTube and some basic assumptions from how baseball operates.~~~ *** Included in this download: The VPX file, my custom B2S backglass, and 2 wheels (one tarcisio style, one not). Ok, enough introduction. Play ball!!

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This is a hybrid view version of Sabbat's recreation of a 1970 Gottlieb Baseball machine. Thanks to Sabbat (Freddie) for permission to make this mod. I added GI lighting and Sabbat did some physic tweaks to the flippers and the inlane rails. It is now easier to shoot the vari-targets. The file contains the .dif file used to patch the original table. Get the original table from the link posted on this page lower right. Use the VP Patcher System to create the modified HV version. The VP Patcher can be found here.

Grand Slam 4Player (Bally)(1984)(chinzman93)(1.0)(FS)(9.2+) Grand Slam - Bally 1983 Orig. Design: Greg Kmiec Orig. Art: Doug Watson This is a recreation of Bally's Grand Slam from 1983 (4 player version). Complete rebuild of the table including a redraw of the plastics and playfield. One of 2 tables to use fly away targets (Speakeasy is the other). Special Thanks: JPSalas for supplying me with a primitive target demo which eventually allowed me to use primitives for the fly away targets. It was very helpful. Koadic for the blue post primitives. Eala for his toolbox loaded on VPF. All the other authors, dev's, and other contributors to the community. Please report any issues to the support topic. A Desktop version will be coming in a couple of days. This table was built with versions of 9.2 and DX9. Thanks! Version 1.0 Rom: http://www.vpforums.org/index.php?app=downloads&showfile=646 IPDB: http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=1079