I find it funny reading a thread like this, it just goes to show the different things people make a priority. When all is said and done the most important thing to me is how a game plays, the feel of the shots, the variety of the shots and the depth and challenge of the rules. Toys are nice, dots are nice, sound is nice but, there are plenty of games with great toys, dots, art and sounds, that I might enjoy for a minute and half, but would not want in my collection. Obviously I would prefer a great playing, challenging and deep game that also had good dots, sound, art and toys, but, seems so many people focus on the latter. Certainly I like a theme that I can relate to as well, but again, first and foremost is how does it play.

There are plenty of games from the 80s and 90s, that don't have fancy toys and the like, that are great playing games. If this game ends up being like that, then the Skit-B guys should feel great about it. At this point I have no idea whether or not this is a great playing game, time will tell, and I look forward to getting an opportunity at some point to really play one.

Isn't that what the captain of the Titanic said right before . . .

I do hope it is smooth sailing for you from here.

I don't think that is true, despite JJP having vastly more resources, as Kevin as said, they were trying to 'reinvent pinball', Skit-B is trying to recapture what was great about pinball in the 90s and bring it up to date for the needs/desires of today's 'collector/player'.

This is not meant in anyway to take away from what these guys are doing, which I think is pretty darn amazing.

Curious, did you use python or C? Which operating system on you running on? Did you build it on procgame, or did you replace that framework with your own or did you just extend the framework? I guess I could go sift through the p-roc message board (or possible this one) for this info, but figure most of the folks here don't go there and I'm sure others are curious from an intellectual standpoint.

If I tell you how much pencil pushing I am doing, I'd have to kill you With 6700 comments in this thread, I'll be in a nursing home before I could read through them all . . .

but hey, you did not answer the rest of my question, you answered the the easy part, heck you did not even tell me which distro

And I guess the other question is when will the source code be available (and under what license), I'm sure there is some stuff I can "borrow" for my machine.

There is someone building one on the P-Roc forum . . .

http://www.pinballcontrollers.com/forum/index.php?topic=947.msg7928#msg7928

It is surprising today what you can put into a PG-13. Besides tons of sex, smoking, drinking, etc. the violence level has risen significantly.

A recent study showed the amount of gun violence in PG-13 movies has more than tripled since 1985, and last year exceeded the amount of gun violence in top-grossing R-rated movies. http://www.slashfilm.com/pg-13-movies-now-actually-more-violent-than-r-movies-study-says/

Most R rated movies from 20 years ago, could now be PG-13. My daughter is 13, and there are some old R rated movies I am fine with her watching, but some new PG-13 that I have second thoughts about. There are some prime time TV shows that have more sex and violence then some old R rated movies.

Having said that, based on what I have read about the remake, the changes they are making to the basic storyline, the 'world' in which it takes place, and overall philosophy of the director, makes it clear it is not going to be the same Robocop, and will likely fall flat like so many remakes or 're-envsioning' of classic movies. My daughter will likely want to go see it, so I am preparing myself for disappointment when I watch it. Hopefully I will be presently surprised.

not all licenses are created equal. I doubt there is a ton of demand for predator licenses, so the license holder/marketer I'm sure is happy to get money on it. Over time the studios have gotten a lot smarter in locking in the use of likeness and sound quotes from the film for a variety of purposes. Music used in movies is often a different thing, since the movie is licensing it, they are not acquiring a license that they can then in turn license out. Will be interesting to see who the Lebowski guys deal with the music, which is certainly key in setting the tone of some scenes in the movie.

I remember hearing about the movie Big, where they were able to use 'happy birthday to you' for the movie, but not for the DVD, and created their own song for the DVD (so they knew when making the film). Recently 'happy birthday to you' has come under lawsuits as to whether the copyright is even valid on it http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2013/06/13/a-bitter-dispute-over-happy-birthday-to-you/

While I often subscribe the to the maxim that "when people don't know what you are doing, they assume you are doing nothing", I suspect Kevin is actually doing a lot, and just too busy to be spending time on pinside. He last posted about two weeks ago, so it not like it has been a loooong time. While I am sure a lot has happened in the last two weeks, I'm sure he wants to be sure whatever video he posts next will properly reflect the progress. My guess he is once again waiting on vendors to get the latest (hopefully last) revisions done for testing.