Dutch Pinball &amp; The Bride of Pinbot (DMD P-Roc Mod)

Hey guys, I'm the programmer on the project.
Check out the blog post from ~2 months ago: http://dutchpinball.blogspot.com/

If you have any specific questions I'll be happy to answer them.

Cheers, Koen

#6 12 years ago

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alveolus

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I have been eagerly awaiting this as well. I also want someone to program a PROC to allow you to play Pinbot on a Jackbot.

#7 12 years ago

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RyanClaytor

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Quoted from KoenHeltzel:
If you have any specific questions I'll be happy to answer them.

Hi Koen,

I'm another newbie who has been pretty enamored with your progress on BoP. I do have a couple of questions for you:

1. Will you and your BoP be at the Chicago Expo this year?
2. Any estimated date of completion for this project?
3. Do you have additional P-ROC projects you'd like to tackle after BoP?

Thanks for stopping by,
Ryan Claytor
Elephant Eater Comics
http://www.ElephantEater.com

#8 12 years ago

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KoenHeltzel

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Hey Ryan,

1. I'm considering Expo this year.. it comes down to cost for me, the trip can get expensive from Europe.
2. Nope... doesn't make sense to make promises we might not be able to keep. So "when it's done". If I can make it to Expo that will probably accelerate things quite a bit.
3. I'm thinking about doing new software for SEGA's X-Files myself.. I'm a fan of the series and there's a lot of source material out there. For the Dutch Pinball team I think a retheme or original pinball is more likely. But we won't start another project till we finish the Bride.

Cheers,

Koen

#9 12 years ago

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TheStranger

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Dutch Pinball has mentioned possibly doing Funhouse. Now that should be the project after The Machine. It's a high profile game with about 10,000 machines produced, so demand should be there for an upgrade. The rules are probably solid enough. DMD animations and possibly new higher grade DCS sound should be an upgrade enough.

#10 12 years ago

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SealClubber

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As soon as you guys get this out I will be sorry I sold my BOP.

#11 12 years ago

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vid1900

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Any thoughts on having Stephanie Rogers do some new dialog for the game?

She only charged Williams $50 for her work last time, maybe she would do it today for $100...

#12 12 years ago

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TheStranger

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Hey Koen. A recommendation. Keep the audio the same as the original. The music and sounds are already beautiful. If it is not broken don't fix it. Adding that new score is just going to further delay the release. DMD animations and new rules seem more than enough.

#13 12 years ago

JIM

pintastic

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No way Im getting rid of the Bride till I can try this out. Cant wait till this is released!

#14 12 years ago

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kwiKimart

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OP
Quoted from TheStranger:
Dutch Pinball has mentioned possibly doing Funhouse. Now that should be the project after The Machine. It's a high profile game with about 10,000 machines produced, so demand should be there for an upgrade. The rules are probably solid enough.

I definitely would like to see that along with Whirlwind.

6 months later

#15 11 years ago

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KingPinGames

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from Dutch Pinball's Twitter feed

Next week around this time we will leave for Amsterdam with our Bride. It will be playable all weekend at the Dutch Pinball Open. c u there!

12:43 AM - 28 Sep 12 · Details

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#16 11 years ago

aeneas

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Saw this machine yesterday live in action and it is amazing !
Music, dmd animations, everything is impressive and really of professional quality.

#17 11 years ago

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Prkchpsndwiches

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Anyone have video?? Would love to see.

#18 11 years ago

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vid1900

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Quoted from Prkchpsndwiches:
Anyone have video?? Would love to see.

+10

#19 11 years ago

JON

unigroove

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Utrecht

12y 80,900 2,145 11

Saw the game today at the Dutch Pinball Open and spoke with Koen. Played 2 short games on it and it's simply gorgeous. Great sound packages, very nice new cabinet artwork, great animations and interesting new ruleset.

DP_BOP_right_cabinet.jpg

#20 11 years ago

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Frax

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Holy crap @ new cabinet art.

#21 11 years ago

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Doot77

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Wow, that cabinet looks badass! Now those decals I would buy, but I'm having a hard time to shell out 300 for the originals. Any new gameplay videos out there?

#22 11 years ago

robertmee

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Great potential...Find a nice BOP for $1200, add $300 for Decals and $500 (lets hoping) for DMD package and have a new DMD kick ass game for $2K.

#23 11 years ago

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vid1900

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The P-roc brain is over $300 all by itself.

#24 11 years ago

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Doot77

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Yeah I'm a little curious as to what the price tag on the conversion kit would be. My guess is it will be closer to 1k though.

#25 11 years ago

robertmee

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Ok, so $2500....Still potentially better than some NIB $7K games.

#26 11 years ago

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vid1900

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Quoted from robertmee:
Ok, so $2500....Still potentially better than some NIB $7K games.

#27 11 years ago

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alveolus

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Quoted from robertmee:
Great potential...Find a nice BOP for $1200, add $300 for Decals and $500 (lets hoping) for DMD package and have a new DMD kick ass game for $2K.

More like 2 games as you will be able to switch back and froth with the original software.

#28 11 years ago

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Inkochnito

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I've had the pleasure of playing the Bride of Pinbot 2.0 at the DPO 2012 and what a pleasure it was!
An enjoyment for the ear and eye. Beautiful animations and great sound (no, not the original sounds).
The subwoofer makes the machine vibrate like a shakermotor.
The rules are very differend. You will have to land the shuttle first, then shoot the heartbeat ramp to activate each of the 3 locks.
When you get all ball locked there's the multiball.
There is so much going on on the playfield, it's very hard to tell (for me) what you need to do.
I know there is a super jackpot and much more, but you will have to play the game to see them.

Peter
www.inkochnito.nl

#29 11 years ago

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pzy

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Here's another pic from the expo with bonus Matrix action

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#30 11 years ago

JON

unigroove

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I've been told by Koen and Barry they will try to put up a new video online soon. However, the location where they shOt the first video was shut down in the mean time. In the room on the phot above were als a very loud The Martix, ACDC BIBLE, X-Men and a AFM w Color DMD. Today The Machine was fitted with a headphone for players, else they could not hear the great soundpackage of the game. Great project! Too bad I didn't get to play a few more games today.

#31 11 years ago

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TheDude75

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Quoted from unigroove:
I've been told by Koen and Barry they will try to put up a new video online soon. However, the location where they shit the first video was shut down in the mean time. In the room on the phot above were als a very loud The Martix, ACDC BIBLE, X-Men and a AFM w Color DMD. Today The Machine was fitted with a headphone for players, else they could not hear the great soundpackage of the game. Great project! Too bad I didn't get to play a few more games today.

No swearing! Check your spelling, Jonathan

#32 11 years ago

rotordave

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Quoted from unigroove:
However, the location where they shit the first video was shut down in the mean time.

They probably had to clean up the mess.

Dave.

#33 11 years ago

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TomGWI

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Quoted from rotordave:
They probably had to clean up the mess.
Dave.

ROTFLMAO

#34 11 years ago

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Pinballerchef

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When....whennnnn.....whennnnnnnmnn??????

#35 11 years ago

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roadshow16

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Any news from the DPO? Who won the main tournament, who was in the final?

Cheers

#36 11 years ago

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Quoted from KoenHeltzel:
Hey Ryan,
1. I'm considering Expo this year.. it comes down to cost for me, the trip can get expensive from Europe.
2. Nope... doesn't make sense to make promises we might not be able to keep. So "when it's done". If I can make it to Expo that will probably accelerate things quite a bit.
3. I'm thinking about doing new software for SEGA's X-files myself.. I'm a fan of the series and there's a lot of source material out there. For the Dutch Pinball team I think a retheme or original pinball is more likely. But we won't start another project till we finish the Bride.
Cheers,
Koen

Hope you make it to expo! I want to see her!

#37 11 years ago

JON

unigroove

Pinball Magazine

Utrecht

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Quoted from roadshow16:
Any news from the DPO? Who won the main tournament, who was in the final?

Although slightly off topic: in the main tournament Jasper van Eeden won by beating Albert Nomden in the finals.

#38 11 years ago

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KoenHeltzel

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Quoted from PINBELL:
Hope you make it to expo! I want to see her!

Sorry, no Expo this year.

As Jonathan stated above, we will make a new video soon about the Bride in its current state. Also we'll give our website an overhaul with more information about how this project will unfold and so on.

Right now we can't answer any questions about kits, pricing etc. The only thing we can tell you right now is that eventually you will be able to transform your Bride and that the game will be challenging, story telling and way more fun than the original. And (DMD) animations and music/sound are unlike anything out on the market right now.

Please be patient, the wait may be long but the quality of the end product is going to make it worthwhile. Please keep in mind that this is (as mentioned above) a "passion project", which is why we cannot make a statement on release-date (if we were making full time hours this would be much easier), right now I'd say expect it to be at least another year..

Stay tuned for some video footage in the next couple of weeks, I'll post them here.

Cheers, Koen
(Programmer at Dutch Pinball)

#39 11 years ago

GAP

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looks sweet. may just have to keep my BOP

#40 11 years ago

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castlesteve

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Koen,

It's obvious the Americans are foaming at the mouth for this. Get them while they're hot and get this update packaged up!!! ok, im one of them too.

#41 11 years ago

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KoenHeltzel

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