Quoted from jwilson:

Still, very little contrast between the red, blue and browns.

Quoted from jwilson:

Compare side to side:
Original More Contrast and Brightness
Notice how the blue in the original basically blends into the red, due to the low brightness. Makes it hard to read, and when it's tiny on a playfield it'll just look like a smudge.

Quoted from mnpinball:

Loving the Independence Day 2 playfield, just needs some Jeff Goldblum giving you some shit Aurich

Quoted from solarvalue:

OK, here's a quick and nasty mock-up. Best I could do with the very lo-res shot map. At least it gives you an general idea of where things will go.
full-playfield_+_shot_map_(resized).jpg

Quoted from Yipykya:

I would think those inserts are a tribute to the "I" in the Heighway Pinball take on how they are using it as you see on their side art graphic for the SE.

Quoted from TomGWI:

Wow and you were ripping on Rob Zombie! Not impressed.

Quoted from TheDude75:

Please don't give Aurich this much credit for the Hobbit playfield. People might start to think he was the one who created it. One or two suggestions from him were implemented. And those were about the first reveal and not the final version.
JP

Quoted from Aurich:

Guys, no need to argue.
You're never going to please everyone, and I wouldn't even try to. I'm always open to suggestions, I don't think I'm always right. I'm sure we'll adjust some things.
My suggestion? Wait for the game to be populated, because that's what I'm doing. I haven't seen the playfield with all the ramps and mechs etc myself. If something needs adjusting then I'll take care of it, within whatever constraints the license has on us.
In the meantime people are free to have opinions.

Quoted from Aurich:

No VUK, it's all ball momentum. It's a short metal ramp that double back on itself, sort of C shaped, so you shoot the ball, it rides up and over back towards you, and drops into the wireform return. Hence reverse ramp, since it switches direction.

Quoted from Aurich:

I promise you nothing about this game will be generic. We're infusing the films into everything we do. Every discussion we have is centered around being true to the films, this game is being built by real fans. I know seeing the playfield in a vacuum was tough, you have to imagine a lot of things you know nothing about. Wait until we can show the full package.
So no one needs to worry about playing a game that won't feel like Alien.
I know it's slow, we're making great progress, frankly the delays are mostly in the rear view mirror at this point I hope. Fall was tough, we really got held up waiting on things. We're no longer in wait mode.

Quoted from TheLaw:

Uff nothing from that piece of shit Prometheus please.

Quoted from EchoVictor:

This is a long read, but well worth it. You'll never look at Prometheus the same way again....
http://m15m.livejournal.com/23209.html
"POW! Alien dick snake, in your face!"
Later,
EV

Quoted from Hazoff:

I liked Prometheus, it was a cool movie when you take into consideration the crap that is mostly put out these days. I thought the special FX were cool and the story wasn't bad. What exactly is the complaint most people had with it?

Quoted from benheck:

In Prometheus they also say "this mission costs a trillion dollars" and later the pilots are betting "credits" as to whether or not they'll find anything.
It's like the script didn't even read itself, so to speak.
What about the biologist who is scared of a dead alien, then tries to touch a living one after getting lost with the guy in charge of making maps?
Abortion scene was great. BUT how did the creature grow that big so fast inside a 90 lb woman? And then grow even bigger locked in a chamber with nothing to eat?

Quoted from HoakyPoaky:

2) Not sure how to describe it, but I like the use of "negative space" on all the mode inserts, so that the lettering will change color based on the LED underneath the insert. That's a cool effect

Quoted from colonel_caverne:

that is a really good thing. hope there will not any dimple like with stern playfields

Quoted from Aurich:

This game is going to be positively dripping with f—ing aliens. If you don't like it the don't buy it, I couldn't care less. But if you don't buy it because you can't see any aliens you're gonna want to spend your money on some glasses.

Quoted from PACMAN:

Hmmmm. Stretching 1 story into 3 or in this case 4 movies reminds me of another franchise that had short people with hairy feet.

Quoted from Zampinator:

It's rumored they have the license! Wouldn't that make for a great pin! From what I understand the old Sega version still does well on route!

Quoted from AlexSMendes:

https://blog.zenstudios.com/?p=6223

Quoted from Wickerman2:

http://www.pinballnews.com/games/fullthrottle/index11.html
Overview of the Heighway Tech on FT

Quoted from CyberNinja24:

Awesome updates! Since guys were posting pics of vintage arcades, I had to share these. Can you guess which two new pinballs I'm excited about?

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Quoted from iceman44:

Woah, slow down, slow it way down.
Even you, as misguided as you "expletive" may be, know the difference between Jack and Andrew. If not, then you are an "expletive".

Quoted from iceman44:

Yep, Jack did it to himself. A salesman that just can't get past only telling people what they want to hear.
I appreciate Woz, TH and what's coming in the future now with the new $$$ and management.
Jack's distortions certainly weren't limited to Pinside. He just got called out here. The Google group is more of a controlled environment

Quoted from Yipykya:

Mr Thiel's comments on the licensing issues on Alien are very telling during his commentary on the work he is doing for Alien.
I don't think we have anything to worry about. What he has shared is very telling and so far it sounds amazing. From the tidbits gleened from the Alien portion of the shared twitch feed it has exceeded my expectations already and can only get even better as the work continues and more assets are nailed down.
The music fits with the tension the 2 movies evoke and is making for great immersion in that universe. Thanks for sharing this video feed.
If you listen from where the Alien portion begins all the way to the end, much can be learned about the state of this pin. It's in good hands and should reflect as an awesome compliment to the genre it's designed within.

Quoted from jonesjb:

What are the dimensions of the LCD screen on the backbox? Is it classic pinball shape (like with the Big Lebowski) or a larger rectangle as in Wizard of Oz?

Quoted from RobT:

Yet with every passing month, they get closer and closer to being in the same territory time wise. Alien is already well over a year late (was supposed to be ready by April 2015).

Quoted from txstargazer3:

I had placed an order for an Alien LE with Melissa, but this morning I changed it. I ordered the Full Throttle LE with the big screen and black cabinet AND the Alien LE conversion kit. Next week I should know my FT LE game number and she said the FT LE delivery will be in 2-3 weeks. Gonna be a long 3 weeks!

Quoted from Aurich:

Sorry, I don't have any special knowledge here, aside from knowing that every light on the game, GI or insert or otherwise, is RGB. I couldn't tell you how it compares to JJP. I do know Hobbit has some nice insert lighting effects, but they went back to white GI. We definitely plan to use color changing GI effects as part of the atmosphere on the game. But since I don't have a proto yet and haven't seen anything in person I can't speak to how it will all work out exactly. That's the kind of thing that takes some in-person balancing and polish.

Quoted from RandomGuyOffCL:

...cmon Andrew, show us your missle!

Quoted from zeddex:

How dare they remove the manual plunger!

Quoted from Skins:

Simmer down you drunk. I'm playing pinball.
It's nothing about alien. Just a few jabs at a competitor.

Quoted from CaptainNemo:

Why would you send more money to Andrew Heighway at this point? Let's look at the facts.
1. Andrew hasn't fulfilled his full throttle orders. Ask him. Coin Taker hasn't even gotten their orders filled. Ask them.
2. The US Heighway team has NEVER seen a physical game yet. The first they saw it was at Expo. They've been designing the game virtually.
3. Denis Nordman said at Expo he was never paid.
4. Andrew has ex employees suing him for unpaid wages
5. His game is based on Ripley yet S.Weaver denied them permission....seriously...Zen Pinball got permission.
All you have to do is ask Andrew himself if he's shipped more than 100 Full Throttles and that's all you need to know. 4.5 years...4 factories. Countless employees. Does that sound like a man who has money to build you Alien pin. You're all fools and it's gonna be hysterical when you fail to see the truth.

Quoted from J85M:

I like both, but personally I like Sterns placement/sizing the best out of all the current LCD options, it allows for the best of both worlds, a good size screen with plenty of room for nice animations and a good size translite, if I can always have both its the choice I would always make, I love seeing translite art when my games are off, its pinball

Quoted from 27dnast:

I'm really curious to see what that sign says...
"Coming 20___"
What? 17? 18?

Quoted from chadderack:

Cool opinion. I find a pin about a phone that could destroy the world interesting. The game is like "Whirlwind 3000" with the natural disaster warnings starting and getting canceled (Pat Lawlor for you). The side flipper to lock a ball, magnets whipping things all over the place, and an enemy that attacks your flippers during multiball. If you shoot the enemy targets when they're attacking you you score a super jackpot. Holograms that you can shoot, super cool combos, a futuristic city getting destroyed on the backglass, and the game (in the vid) wasn't 20% finished. And yeah, Keith Johnson is coding it. But I'm sure you knew all that
Back on topic...
Aliens looks like a great game. Build it/ship it.

Quoted from Hazoff:

Can u guys go and talk about DI in a "Dialed In Thread' its making me very uncombfortable, unless an Alien is going to come from nowhere and kill fix it man and whatever that lady is in the back, taking out the cell phone at the same time. Please.

Quoted from spfxted:

Dialed In? No.

Quoted from Aurich:

Not at this stage. I'd love to finish my Metallica mod at some point, see what happens with that, until Alien is done I don't feel like I can devote time to personal pinball projects.
We'll see. I like how I explained why I'm not around and it got 3 downvotes. Typical pathetic Pinside attitude, but thanks for making my point for me.
Whatever, it's not about me, it's about the game, and as you can see from that video it's far from vaporware.

Quoted from libtech:

Stds are getting ready not the LEs yet, looking good, figured there would be more sitting at 90% waiting on a part or two.
My guess is the LE art is either not approved or they are waiting and keeping it a surprise

Quoted from Ferret:

Ambiguous question, there are two upper flippers.
The only way to feed the upper left flipper is to shoot the Vent 1 saucer, which ejects the ball so it drops past the upper left flipper. From there several shots are possible, including the right ramp, Chestburster lane, Vent 2 lane, or APC drop targets.
The upper right flipper can be fed by shooting the Chestburster lane from either the upper left flipper or (difficult but possible) the lower left flipper. The ball will bounce off a standup at the end of that lane and drop past the upper right flipper. This lane will also be fed ~50% of the time when the ball exits the egg bumpers. However the ball reaches the upper right flipper, again several shots are possible, including the upper/center ramp, the Vent 3 loop, or the Airlock.

Quoted from NPO:

I am definitely not getting one with a screen in the backglass. If the screen in the PF tells me the exact same identical information as the backglass, that to me, is a waste of money. Having it in an arcade environment, that I can understand having the big screen. At home though, no way - saving my money there.

$550.00
http://www.heighwaypinball.com/product-category/optionalextras/

Quoted from joelreeves:

So many shots! Very sweet machine Andrew and co. have put together here.

Quoted from redundor:

A similar thing happens on a hobbit a friend of mine has. The right wire form causes the ball to spin from the inlane to the outlane. Super frustrating when it happens, but that's pinball. If it was my game id be right in there tweaking to get it working "properly", but some people don't mind...
Still worth trying to minimize it as much as possible!

Quoted from ronaldvg:

Why do people here judge immediately based on a minute of video ?

Quoted from ronaldvg:

Same thing with the playfield when it was shown. Now almost everybody loves it.

Quoted from ronaldvg:

The ramp lighting is RGB so it can and i suppose will blend in with the game VERY good and it will be something special i hope. Cannot jump to a conclusion right now about that seeing it only in attract.

Quoted from Astropin:

Man, the lighting on that game is incredible.

Quoted from Davidus56:

RZ is a decent game

Quoted from iceman44:

Which is strange because lighting is about the easiest thing to set up
Woz was terrible too. Had to add lighting kit

Quoted from Dee-Bow:

Aren't you the guy who glued children's beads all over his metallica and coloured the sparky with markers? Clearly not everyone is going to share your opinions on what looks awesome or not. I for one, don't. We all get it that you dont like the look of the ramps..really time to move on from it though

Quoted from sed6:

Where do you get Mylar big enough for the screen? I wonder too what shape the scoop Mylar should be cut to?

Quoted from spfxted:

I thought Prometheus was better..sorry...

Quoted from bob_e:

I got to play one Sunday, It was OK at best...
The ALIEN head was missing, it was NOT in the game when shipped.
highway robbery perhaps

Quoted from Whysnow:

I can confirm this. 3 months in and going strong.
I can only imagine once the xeno head is working and the casuals go bonkers for that...
A complete production game will surely do better than our pre production, and the preproduction is still dominating the location.

Quoted from metallik:

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.

Quoted from metallik:

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.

Quoted from nwpinball:

The Northwest Pinball & Arcade Show is happy to announce we will feature the Northwest debut of ALIEN this weekend at the show! Alien will be in the Nitro Pinball booth the entire 3 days of the show on free play, so get your game on!
The 2017 Northwest Pinball and Arcade Show takes place June 9th - 11th at the Tacoma Convention Center in Washington State! The show features over 400 pinball and arcade machines from the 1950s to today, tournaments, world record high score attempts, vendors, seminars, guest speakers, raffles and prizes. This convention draws 4,000 collectors, players and fans of classic coin-op games.
This is our 10th show! Expect more games, more tournaments, more vendors, more speakers and lots of cool things to see and do! All 400+ games at the show will be on freeplay the entire weekend! We will have Houdini, Alien, 2 Dialed Ins, a P3, 20 of the latest Sterns including 2 new AC/DC Vault Editions, a number of homebrew pinball and arcade games!

Quoted from Whysnow:

in the case of Jpop, 25 people did eventually get games and the value of those games seems to have gone up ~4k from purchase (despite being nothing more than a box of blinky lights made to stay off litigation)
in the case of TBL, 50? people have gotten games and some appear to think they are now doubled in value
in the case of Alien, 24 people have gotten games
So far, Predator is the big flop. Only thing we have gotten there is hours of entertainment and the knowledge that Kevin and crews lives are misserable because of what they all did.
I agree the pre-order is stupid all around, but providing the reasoning why it still lives on. When only 1 company has been a 100% flop, there are potential upsides for people.

Quoted from SunKing:

I don't need a new playfield - mine is fine. I do need new Xeno mech/board and new GI LED's before I can update code.

For the most part, my top 5 changes like the wind. The only pin that's been consistently on my top five list is Williams FirePower. I like a good mix of classic late 70's/early 80's pins with some new modern pins.
1) Firepower
2) Alien
3) Metallica
4) Paragon / Genie (widebody)
5) AC/DC / Star Trek
Even though I love Metallica, it's for sale. After owning it for over a year, I'm ready for a change. For the most part, that has been my pattern with the new pins. I'll get 'em, LOVE playing 'em, but after a year or so I'm ready to move on. It was the same with AC/DC, Star Trek and Ghostbusters. They are great fun for a while, but don't keep my long term interest.
So far, Alien has been different. I can see keeping it for a while. I *LOVE* the theme, and it's a hard pin to play, so it's still very challenging to me. And probably the biggest thing for me - the sounds. I've said before but it bears repeating, David T did an AMAZING job with the audio on this pin. It's immersive rather than irritating. Oh, and the lighting (even though mine is not working 100%) is still the best I've seen on any pin. Throw on an excellent code base/rule set, and you've got a winning combination.
...and I'm still on version 0.94. I've heard lots of great things about the updates...and can't wait to be able to experience 'em.

Quoted from daudioguy:

Thank you so much I'm extremely happy that the work works for you.
Several NWPAS shows ago there was a line of Gottlieb games in chronological order. I hadn't played some of them (Krull, for instance) since I left Gottlieb/Mylstar in 1983. It was great.
I'm really happy that these have survived (and not been turned into MS Pacmans).
Dave Marston, in introducing me for my recent Pintastic talk, said something about my having done this over four decades. Yeow, while correct, it kinda threw me. I intend to keep doing this well into a fifth decade creating audio that makes games more fun.
ddt

Quoted from jonesjb:

Looks like Alien is making it's way up the rankings, now sitting at number 23!

Quoted from Ferret:

While I'm not aware of another game that has a "Reset Tilt Warnings" award, Dr. Dude comes close, with a "Add 1 Tilt Warning" mystery award.

Quoted from Ferret:

Do they? I didn't know that. I have minimal time on WOZ... somewhat more on Hobbit, but I never noticed that award. Should've figured Keefer would come up with that.