Hollywood Heat
Gottlieb, 1986Quoted from Luckydogg420:Great theme idea, and great starter pin. HH I a a great game with a crappy theme; perfect choice.
FYI. The red ramp in HH is the same as Tee'd Off. If you need a new one, just cut out the center over the bumper with a dremmel tool and drill a hole to mount it on the flamingo plastic post.
Or leave the center piece and mount a toy to it where the 5 balls mount to it in Teed off.
Thanks!
Surprisingly the ramp is in perfect shape.
Another new video update highlighting a couple of the Goonies action figures that I've picked up on EBay. Some of the little accessories will totally work on the play field. Pinchers of peril, statue of david, etc.
what if you lowered the PF and for the plunger you incorporate the BOOT from the gate opening scene kinda like rube goldberg GOONIE idea.
Quoted from SKILL_SHOT:what if you lowered the PF and for the plunger you incorporate the BOOT from the gate opening scene kinda like rube goldberg GOONIE idea.
That would be amazing!
as long as you have the spacing (wires don't get too close to each other), I would lower the playfield. You'll have to fill in the existing plunger hole and drill a new one, but I think it will be worth it. It will also give you more spacing on the sides to do a cool cave mural sideboard decals.
Quoted from SKILL_SHOT:what if you lowered the PF and for the plunger you incorporate the BOOT from the gate opening scene kinda like rube goldberg GOONIE idea.
1) Bowling ball rolls down slight drop in railing to...
2) Bucket which pulls...
3) Rod which closes bellows..
4) Blowing up balloon...
5) Which is popped by pin...
6) Scaring rabbit who runs on treadmill....
7) Pulling boot which kicks football...
8) Onto paddle wheel...
9) Opening valve...
10)Allowing water pressure to turn sprinkler...
11)Which wraps up string to open gate!
Would be awesome to see someone with some programming skill take the time to make that the skill shot. Regular skill shot to START the Rube Goldberg machine, then you have to hit a couple combo shots to complete it. Truffle Shuffle Super Skill Shot for completing the combos, complete with Truffle Shuffle animation!
DMD animation of said events Chunk toy starts shaking a gate in front of ball shooter lane opens and auto launch starts the ball 
Quoted from mikeatsparkys:I whipped up a quick comp for the cab graphics. This was idea number one, just a simple but big logo on the side. I'm going to mock up one with a full graphic too. What are your thoughts on this? Don't mind the yellow legs and rails. Those may change.
http://gooniespinball.com/post/72862635209/cabinet-graphic-comp-1Cabinet Right Side Comp1.jpg 35 KB
Don't change a thing. The yellow legs REALLY contrast well. Absolutely love this.
The playfield would look awesome with this as the art:
thats on the head sides. I think the DVD/VHS artwork would look good on the PF if not the translite. Balanced shows most of the characters and any GOONIE would recognise it even with 1 eye 
Quoted from BloodyCactus:do you intend to use much of the existing layout, or are you going to change the layout somewhat?
Pretty much the same layout.
Quoted from SKILL_SHOT:thats on the head sides. I think the DVD/VHS artwork would look good on the PF if not the translite. Balanced shows most of the characters and any GOONIE would recognise it even with 1 eye
Yeah, I think I'll go with the DVD art for the back glass.
Playfield may be a treasure map. The plastics above the targets would incorporate more graphics based on the locations on the map. The upper play field would be the cave with the ship.
Locking the balls would signify the kids being captured by the Fratelis on the ship. When you hit the ramp to unlock multi ball, that would be Chunk and Sloth coming to the rescue to free them. (queue the music)
Well, that's my theory so far with the play field. I'm hoping to start working on it by this weekend.
How's the skeleton piano gonna be worked in? Those could be ball locks too (each mistake mapped to a lock capture)
Quoted from RudeDogg1:Are you going to include the giant octopus from the deleted scene after they walk the plank?
I don't have any plans with the octopus yet.
Quoted from sd_tom:How's the skeleton piano gonna be worked in? Those could be ball locks too (each mistake mapped to a lock capture)
Possibly. However, there's certain music that is very recognizable when Chunk and Sloth come to the rescue. this could easily be tied into the ramp when 2 balls are locked.
I could see the targets being piano keys and have those sound effects. That could be cool?
Another video update. I did a test of the MP3 Trigger. Check it out! The tracks take 5-10 seconds to play. Something that will need to be addressed for sure.
can you run more than 1 of those to have music and callouts seperate for less gap in the sound or even overlapping? Still cool. GOONIES NEVER SAY DIE but Mouth says "muerto" 
I use these boards all the time building animatronics. Your sounds will start once you see the light come on. It will come on instant either by using the wheel or triggered switches. I am pretty sure you just need to update the drivers again. If you already updated them, just download them again and flash it. Sometimes things get corrupt during the move.
Also check to see if there is a delay on your original mp3 as stated above.
One other thing then what I said above. Make sure you are using a 5v 1a power supply. This is probably making the audio wig out and crackle.
Buy some headers and connectors for this board because the pads lift very easy. Makes it so much easier to work with.
Kind of funny that all the sound and speech can come off a 4 inch square board to handle all the pinball sounds.
The Fratelli chase scene music sounds like it is slowed down a little bit. Maybe the bitrate on the mp3s is too high?
Quoted from NPO:The playfield would look awesome with this as the art:
Thanks for the sweet 80's Goonies poster idea. I just ordered it on Amazon for .93 cents(; Such a classic-I will have it framed and will go in my movie room(:
http://www.amazon.com/The-Goonies-Movie-Group-Poster/dp/B002SRN5RS/ref=sr_1_7
Quoted from Industen:One other thing then what I said above. Make sure you are using a 5v 1a power supply. This is probably making the audio wig out and crackle.
Buy some headers and connectors for this board because the pads lift very easy. Makes it so much easier to work with.
Kind of funny that all the sound and speech can come off a 4 inch square board to handle all the pinball sounds.
Good note here for sure. I think that was a 9v power supply.
Quoted from toyotaboy:pretty sure you have empty lead-ins on your audio tracks. The moment the green light comes on, that indicates it's playing.
Yes, I'll check that too. Makes sense.
Quoted from bjoechamp:What a great idea!! I'm following this thread love the progress so far. By far this movie and the IJ films wore out my fathers vhs player as a child.
HA! Goonies and the IJ trilogy are my favorite movies of all time.
Quoted from fattrain:Definitely enjoying watching this thing move along. Keep up the good work
Thanks! It's been fun.
Quoted from swedishc:What sample and bit rate are you using for the MP3s? Since it is hardware decoded, you should look up what the ideal combination of those needs to be for clear and fast playback.
I have no idea but I guess I should find out. Thanks! I'm going to start trimming these down a bit too. I think they have a bit too much lead in to the tracks as well.
I recommend using Adobe Audition for editing your audio. There is a free version located here:
https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/entitlement/index.cfm?e=cs2_downloads
While you are on that page, might as well get a copy of Photoshop CS2 since it is also free. I know you are using Pixelmator, but Photoshop is going to be a lot easier to work with when it comes time to send your art to the printer.
I'll have a new video update early next week. Right now I'm working on the following:
- Recording sound bites from the movie.
- Slow disassembling the donor cab.
- Taking metal bits to the powder coater next week.
Another video update! Woohoo! This one explains how to get the audio from the DVD. Sounds simple enough and it turns out it is.
Quoted from mikeatsparkys:explains how to get the audio from the DVD
Maybe I don't know macs, but on the PC I would just stick it in my drive, and use something like audacity to record the system stereo mix as it's running. You could also rip the DVD to something like MPEG-4, then strip out the audio track.
on linux, rip with handbrake, open in like audacity or ardour? I had a much more convoluted process getting all the sounds + music + spoken voice out of skyrim for my pin.
so you have the timings down for the goonies stuff now, so no dead silence at start? was that the sound or issue with the mp3 trigger?
Quoted from BloodyCactus:on linux, rip with handbrake, open in like audacity or ardour? I had a much more convoluted process getting all the sounds + music + spoken voice out of skyrim for my pin.
so you have the timings down for the goonies stuff now, so no dead silence at start? was that the sound or issue with the mp3 trigger?
I haven't gone back and tested that dead space yet on the Trigger. I still need to get a 5v wall wart to power them. I think that was causing the sound quality issues.
Quoted from mikeatsparkys:I still need to get a 5v wall wart to power them. I think that was causing the sound quality issues
what are you powering it with now? in the last video you plugged something into it. When I first got mine I didn't have a wall wart either, so I actually tapped 5v off a usb cable and it worked ok (don't recommend it, I think the trigger draws more then 500mah and you can pop the usb driver chip in your computer)
Quoted from toyotaboy:what are you powering it with now? in the last video you plugged something into it. When I first got mine I didn't have a wall wart either, so I actually tapped 5v off a usb cable and it worked ok (don't recommend it, I think the trigger draws more then 500mah and you can pop the usb driver chip in your computer)
it was a 9v or 12v wall wart that I had laying around.
Use Audacity in place of Garage Band. It's free and works great for things like this. Use it to import the audio files(s) from Handbrake that were converted from the original AC3 audio tracks on the DVD.
I think you might be making more work for yourself with your method of ripping the audio. It is a lot easier to rip a .vob from the DVD with something like DVDRipper and use one of the many tools available online to extract a raw .wav and an uncompressed .avi of the entire movie. In Protools, Adobe Audition, Garage Band...etc, add the .avi as a video track and the .wav as the audio track. Watch through the movie in your audio program of choice and use the program's splice tool to cut out all of the clips from the .wav you want and dump each one to an individual .wav.
This will make the process much faster and will guarantee the best possible quality.
Mad props for this man. Very pumped for you. Am curious if you wanted to do a dmd game how one would go about creating animations, etc...
Quoted from swedishc:I think you might be making more work for yourself with your method of ripping the audio. It is a lot easier to rip a .vob from the DVD with something like DVDRipper and use one of the many tools available online to extract a raw .wav and an uncompressed .avi of the entire movie. In Protools, Adobe Audition, Garage Band...etc, add the .avi as a video track and the .wav as the audio track. Watch through the movie in your audio program of choice and use the program's splice tool to cut out all of the clips from the .wav you want and dump each one to an individual .wav.
This will make the process much faster and will guarantee the best possible quality.
You could be right on that. I'll try something like this before I get too deep into the audio extraction.
Quoted from mikeatsparkys:You could be right on that. I'll try something like this before I get too deep into the audio extraction.
And this is why I post my progress. Haha. I'm doing this to learn some new skills and create something that will hopefully turn out awesome.
Thanks to all of you for you input/feedback/cheers/etc.
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