From reading the Chris Hutchins TAF proto thread, it appeared that Pat Lawlor was twiddling with Addams even through the prototype manufacturing process. Hell, he twiddled with TZ through the sample manufacturing process. The game is never "done" Hopefully whoever is picking up after Dennis has similar skills and design ideas.

Just for you Taylor

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Interesting layout.. Some concerns:

- No lamps in the slingshots. Hopefully the lower playfield near the flippers is illuminated well.. possibly lamps shining downward from the tops of the slings?

- UR flipper is going to get hammered by direct shots from the LL flipper. Hope the bat/bushing/etc can take the abuse.

- Rightmost lane has a shape similar to Tommy right orbit, which is notorious for rejecting shots. Need to make sure that's not an issue w Alien

- Looks like the shot right up to the pop bumper is a U-turn ramp like WOF?

I've never looked at or tried any virtual versions of this so far...

They'll have to shoehorn LEDs into the Alien slings... very little space left. Bulbs would be smashed quickly but maybe an LED can survive in there.

Yea I see them now, behind the switch blades. I guess field testing will show how well that works out. Slings can get pretty violent. Are they designed the same on FT?

You told him to talk to you in person.. he found you and did just that and you ran off. But you still keep posting about it. Keyboard warrior indeed.

No clue about any of that. I dont read pinside religiously and dont keep up w drama during expo. Just observing that when given a chance to talk in person per his request, aurich instead bolted. Appears to prefer forum communication only. Kim is a great guy and doesnt deserve aurich keyboard commando crap, bringing it up again here where kim cant even reply. Lame.

Hilton.. take a step.. BACK??

NOT ram himself (and his opinions) repeatedly into every crevice he can find in the hobby?!?

You MUST be joking!!

I hope Andrew washed his hands after touching that shirt...

2 years ago you were saying the same thing about skit-b. You were completely and utterly wrong about them... you'd think this would give you pause speaking for others again...

Not saying Heighway is a con artist like the Kuleks, just that Whysnow already got severely roasted defending Predator project, maybe he should hold off being so 'sure' and speaking about another company's operations. I mean, he's already representing the entire state of WI battling the IFPA's new fee... doesn't need to be Heighway's PR dude as well

Did I hit on you in the same wet dream where Kevin was delivering Predator LEs and Josh put you in charge of the IFPA?

Seriously, your personality is completely incompatible with me.. I'd shoot myself first. If you read anything more into my "Hi" at Jay's, I'm sorry for your delusions

Yea no kidding.. no idea where the hell hilton got that idea in his head; obviously nothing of the sort happened. Telling someone not to make the same mistake again is hardly character assassination.

Back to Alien... NPO is a buddy of mine and seeing him get out is disappointing, as I know he really really wanted this game. Hell, I want one, but with no concrete answer to "when will it show up if I pay in full today?" it's hard to consider ordering one.

Andrew, if you're still in the building, the earlier you can definitively answer that question, the better. You probably got hundreds of thousands of dollars in orders just sitting on the sideline waiting on a concrete production schedule. I'd buy one today if I could drive up to Ostrander and load it up tomorrow

It was bad enough to cause Nintendo's biggest failure in modern history

http://www.digitalspy.com/gaming/retro-gaming/feature/a562419/virtual-boy-retrospective-nintendos-disastrous-foray-into-vr/
http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2010/04/a_usd50000_cure_for_virtual_boy_headaches

Man it looks like NPO got out just in time :/

Dude, are you f'n blind? You listed all the positive things he said, but kinda forgot the elephant in the room.. you know, the part about refunds delayed for 60 days? THAT is the source of speculation, theories and yes, mudslinging. Oh, and the lack of actually shipped games. What Heighway is doing now is not normal, and a pretty good sign his company is in financial trouble. I certainly do not want him to fail... I want to buy an Alien. But to ignore obvious signs of financial difficulty would be irresponsible. And then you get fanbois like yourself who get all pissy when people point out the obvious....

I think they're handling it OK. Sounds like *you* can't handle criticism of your favorite pinball company?

This is really the only knock I have against Alien and FT.. just don't like the cabinet, for basically these reasons, especially the lockdown bar. If Alien turns out as good as it is looking to be, I could see a decent aftermarket biz of putting folks' Alien playfields into traditionally-built cabinets.. black market of this biz would have cabs with killer artwork on 'em Once Heighway gets more titles out, the modularity will be more beneficial.

Maybe this

is related somehow to this

Display bug and not actual scoring bug?

I think Heighway would have done much better had his first game not been an unlicensed motorcycle theme. U.S. is the biggest pinball market and motorcycle racing is barely a blip on the sports radar here. They simply didn't sell enough FT games to fund Alien production. Had he produced Alien FIRST, I think he'd still be in business now.

For me it wasn't hate, but definitely indifference. The game shot and flowed well, but it was all just "make shots to beat the other bikes" ... lots of motorcycle noises and some cheering; can't really remember anything else, and that's the problem.. it was just unmemorable. Never got any feel of animostity towards the blue biker, never heard any humor or fun quotes. For me it was a good game to play on location but I never considered buying one for home play. Compare to RZSSI.. "Let's go f*ck up some demons!" when you start a game.. Rob himself cussing you out when you mess up American Witch.. Captain Spaulding calling you an asshole and/or talking up his awesome fried chicken as you're bashing him.. the game just oozes personality.

I'm not going to gloss over RZ's problems... as it sits now, it's rather broken from a scoring/competitive standpoint. However, I've had no physical issues with my game; the glaring problems are all software related, and Spooky is working hard at rewriting the code. I'm confident the game will turn out to be great once they're done.

Best backglass since hell I don't even know. The artistic detail and quality of print are simply outstanding.

Plenty of shots in the game.. some very easy (ramp, murder ride), some hard (L/R orbits), some occluded (lightning standups). Hell, Nineball is built around a lock shot that's only possible off a rebound. RZ is similar.. use the pops to get the standups. Fortunately for Eggbert, Stern is quite adept at cranking out fan layouts...