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Pinsound Twilight Zone worth it?

By TigerLaw

3 years ago


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“Pinsound Twilight Zone worth it? ”

  • Get Pinsound for Twilight Zone 19 votes
    27%
  • The game will be less fun without original track 27 votes
    39%
  • I don’t know about this Pinsound stuff, but I like to vote in polls 24 votes
    34%

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#19 3 years ago

On the one hand I don't know how anyone couldn't like Twilight Zone's default soundtrack. The jackpot theme is one of the greatest pieces of FM synth music every created IMHO, and that's just one of many fantastic tracks. On the other hand, as far as I'm aware TZ doesn't have any interactive audio stuff such as seamless transitions or synchronized lights or anything like that, so not much will be lost if you buy a Pinsound and use the original mix (My biggest pet peeve with Pinsound is that those sorts of effects are lost completely, so any game that uses them isn't a good fit for Pinsound).

#24 3 years ago
Quoted from Rdoyle1978:

What's a good example of this? Whitewater is the only game I can think of which has direct interactivity with the audio. That definitely *is* lost with the PinSound since there's no algorithm tying the gameplay to the audio

Some other good examples are Addams Family, as you never get Thing flipping the flippers during the bonus jingle, Rollergames completely gives up doing the bonus countdown animation since that's supposed to be synced to the music, the music slowing down on Funhouse when Rudy falls asleep doesn't work quite right, seamless song endings on games like Diner, Creature, and Riverboat Gambler are lost, etc.

#32 3 years ago
Quoted from Rdoyle1978:

I doubt one would miss the differences in TAF, given how good the upgrade is, and how inconsequential the missing feature is. Granner specifically singled out WH20 as missing a major capability, in that the PinSound can’t (yet) speed up music when you’re going down the falls .. so that’s a Bummer, but it’s not the end of the world either.

Actually I'm pretty sure the music does change as you progress down the river, but what's missing are the seamless transitions between those tracks as well as the intros each track has. The same applies for the Wet Willie's tracks and the really nice transition you get from the Wet Willie's theme to the first raft theme when finishing the mode.

#44 3 years ago
Quoted from Mr_Tantrum:

Sound quality was typically not high on the feature list of these pins that were for the most part intended to be placed in noisy arcades.

Okay now that simply isn't true. The technology may not have always been top of the line but the amount of passion and detail put into the soundtracks and sound packages of classic Williams games was above and beyond what they needed to do considering that yes, most of the games ended up in noisy arcades. If you put on some headphones and listen to just about any soundtrack by one of Williams' sound designers I guarantee you'll hear details you've never noticed before.

#56 3 years ago
Quoted from Rdoyle1978:

No please do not do that, they can’t be involved because of the PPS situation

What does PPS have to do with this? Williams' copyright is for the original recordings. I wouldn't think they would be able to claim ownership over new recordings even if the lines are the same. Unless you're referring to some other potential legal issue I'm not aware of.

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