From: "Gregory A. Swarthout" Subject: [PS] Fox Arcade Date: 09 Feb 1999 12:00:18 -0700 Fox Interactive will combine such hot properties as Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Aliens, Predator and The Fly with arcade pinball action in their upcoming game Fox Arcade: Sci-Fi Pinball. The game is scheduled for release this March, according to a press release issued by the company today. Fox Arcade: Sci-Fi Pinball is being developed by Gigawatt Studios for Windows 95/98, Mac, and iMac systems, and will retail for around $29.95. According to Fox Interactive, the game will feature over 100 movie clips from the aforementioned shows and films, plenty of sound bytes, five different pinball tables, special side games, and up to four player multiplay capabilities. [ To quit the Pinball Simulation mailing list, send the message ] [ "unsubscribe pinsim" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Peter Aptenodytes" Subject: [PS] BOS Patch???? Date: 09 Feb 1999 11:43:33 PST It's now February. Any word yet on the DirectX patch for Balls of Steel? Peter ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com [ To quit the Pinball Simulation mailing list, send the message ] [ "unsubscribe pinsim" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Martin Mathis Subject: Re: [PS] BOS Patch???? Date: 09 Feb 1999 17:31:11 -0700 At 11:43 AM 2/9/99 -0800, the hands of Peter Aptenodytes typed: >It's now February. Any word yet on the DirectX patch for Balls >of Steel? Along the same line: When is BRUSA going to be out in the USA? -Martin [ To quit the Pinball Simulation mailing list, send the message ] [ "unsubscribe pinsim" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Magijugglr@aol.com Subject: Re: [PS] BOS Patch???? Date: 09 Feb 1999 20:36:27 EST Yeah!!! what is up with that!!! I heard the release date was 1/5??? Marc Daniels [ To quit the Pinball Simulation mailing list, send the message ] [ "unsubscribe pinsim" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Ben T" Subject: [PS] My 2 Cents (if) Worth Date: 10 Feb 1999 04:23:01 -0500 Love BOS-----Was ranked in top 3rd...WANT RANKING BACK!!! I was headed for top 10%!!! Will it be back? Any real-time www sites to play BOS (or other inferior sims) with fellow net surfers??? I'm new to net and just discovered The Zone and a couple of other game sites but NO PINBALL!!!!! Do I still have to go to an arcade to play others??????? Please...anyone respond.....tonite......Desperate Ben.....(YZFlight on THE ZONE, ICQ # 30153671, THEBAUT SHOOTER @ BOS defunct rankings (can't we all pitch in to keep rankings going?) Like I said, excuse my newbie ignorance...looking for knowledge and a place to play others a game or two. My quarter (or 50 cents these days damnit) is on the table! Let's play!!! I challenge all to a game of Backgammon (my only other game) at THE ZONE site ( http://www.zone.com ) Bring your check book!! hehehe..... YZFlight, in The Zone, remember PLAY ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! P.S. (excuse again) what advantages will direct x give us and what is BRUSA??? Anyone? [ To quit the Pinball Simulation mailing list, send the message ] [ "unsubscribe pinsim" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Ben T" Subject: Fw: [PS] My 2 Cents (if) Worth Date: 10 Feb 1999 05:29:35 -0500 -----Original Message----- >Love BOS-----Was ranked in top 3rd...WANT RANKING BACK!!! I was headed for >top 10%!!! Will it be back? > >Any real-time www sites to play BOS (or other inferior sims) with fellow net >surfers??? I'm new to net and just discovered The Zone and a couple of >other game sites but NO PINBALL!!!!! Do I still have to go to an arcade to >play others??????? Please...anyone respond.....tonite......Desperate >Ben.....(YZFlight on THE ZONE, ICQ # 30153671, THEBAUT SHOOTER @ BOS defunct >rankings (can't we all pitch in to keep rankings going?) Like I said, >excuse my newbie ignorance...looking for knowledge and a place to play >others a game or two. My quarter (or 50 cents these days damnit) is on the >table! Let's play!!! > >I challenge all to a game of Backgammon (my only other game) at THE ZONE >site ( http://www.zone.com ) Bring your check book!! hehehe..... >YZFlight, in The Zone, remember > >PLAY ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! > >P.S. (excuse again) what advantages will direct x give us and what is >BRUSA??? Anyone? > > > >[ To quit the Pinball Simulation mailing list, send the message ] >[ "unsubscribe pinsim" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] [ To quit the Pinball Simulation mailing list, send the message ] [ "unsubscribe pinsim" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Andrei Goldchleger Subject: Re: [PS] My 2 Cents (if) Worth Date: 10 Feb 1999 09:14:08 -0200 Ben T wrote: > > Love BOS-----Was ranked in top 3rd...WANT RANKING BACK!!! I was headed for > top 10%!!! Will it be back? > > Any real-time www sites to play BOS (or other inferior sims) with fellow net > surfers??? I'm new to net and just discovered The Zone and a couple of > other game sites but NO PINBALL!!!!! Do I still have to go to an arcade to > play others??????? Please...anyone respond.....tonite......Desperate > Ben.....(YZFlight on THE ZONE, ICQ # 30153671, THEBAUT SHOOTER @ BOS defunct > rankings (can't we all pitch in to keep rankings going?) Like I said, > excuse my newbie ignorance...looking for knowledge and a place to play > others a game or two. My quarter (or 50 cents these days damnit) is on the > table! Let's play!!! I think that the game should have internet support in order to allow you play with others. And i hope I'm wrong, but the only game I've seen that allows that is BRUSA > > I challenge all to a game of Backgammon (my only other game) at THE ZONE > site ( http://www.zone.com ) Bring your check book!! hehehe..... > YZFlight, in The Zone, remember > > PLAY ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! > > P.S. (excuse again) what advantages will direct x give us and what is > BRUSA??? Anyone? About Directx I don 't know exactly, I think that I makes easier for the programmers to maka games, but i'm not sure.Oh, BRUSA stands for Big Race usa, the third pinball in the pro pinball series...If you don't know them, try to find some info at www.empire-us.com .I have all of them , and they are considered the best pinball simulations around I hope this will help you Andrei Goldchleger [ To quit the Pinball Simulation mailing list, send the message ] [ "unsubscribe pinsim" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Peter Aptenodytes" Subject: [PS] Broken Record Date: 17 Feb 1999 08:58:41 PST Sorry if I sound like a broken record about the DirectX patch for Balls of Steel, but I do have a reason. I have owned this game for more than half a year and I've never played it because the Sci-Tech drivers just would not work with my laptop. Peter ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com [ To quit the Pinball Simulation mailing list, send the message ] [ "unsubscribe pinsim" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Martin Mathis Subject: [PS] BRUSA in USA - not in shops but at Empire US? Date: 17 Feb 1999 18:30:04 -0700 I don't know what the official status is on the US release of BRUSA but it can now be ordered online at Empire's US Web site for $39.95 (I had to delete my browser cache for the order form to display correctly). I've placed my order but there was no order receipt and it says merchandise is shipped within 28 days!? Hopefully it will arrive soon. I've checked at Best Buy and CompUSA but was met with blank stares when I asked shop assistants for it. Apparently they don't have access to any kind of release lists and the title didn't ring a bell with them either... However, there was a short review in the last issue of CGW (Computer Gaming World) that sounded like it was officially out? In my previous post I didn't mean to complain about a delay, I merely wanted to solicit if anybody knew more about the US release. Best, -Martin [ To quit the Pinball Simulation mailing list, send the message ] [ "unsubscribe pinsim" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "William Stilwell" Subject: Re: [PS] BRUSA in USA - not in shops but at Empire US? Date: 17 Feb 1999 19:37:34 PST It has been available at cyberian outpost through the european pinball site www.pcpinball.com. That is how I ordered mine. It took about 2 weeks even with a backorder. Came today---2/17/99 ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com [ To quit the Pinball Simulation mailing list, send the message ] [ "unsubscribe pinsim" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: eastereg@concentric.net Subject: Re: [PS] BRUSA in USA - not in shops but at Empire US? Date: 18 Feb 1999 01:00:17 -0600 At 06:30 PM 2/17/99 -0700, you wrote: >I don't know what the official status is on the US release of BRUSA but it >can now be ordered online at Empire's US Web site for $39.95 (I had to >delete my browser cache for the order form to display correctly). I've >placed my order but there was no order receipt and it says merchandise is >shipped within 28 days!? Hopefully it will arrive soon. I've checked at >Best Buy and CompUSA but was met with blank stares when I asked shop >assistants for it. Apparently they don't have access to any kind of release >lists and the title didn't ring a bell with them either... However, there >was a short review in the last issue of CGW (Computer Gaming World) that >sounded like it was officially out? >In my previous post I didn't mean to complain about a delay, I merely >wanted to solicit if anybody knew more about the US release. >Best, > >-Martin The Tower of Pinball website says that its out in the US. I have looked all over the place also and I was met with the same stares and blank faces as you. I assume its not out yet here. I did get a chance to play it on demo disc included with a us mag and I was very impressed with what I saw. One thing I did notice that is common in all the Pro Pinball games is that its way to dark for my liking. (the higher the resolution the worse it gets) I think a developer of the series said on this list that a gamma correction type feature was on their wish list for the future and that we would maybe see this in a future patch. Has this been done and released yet ??? I ended up getting Micro$oft Pinball Arcade. What a piece of crap this set is. Heres to hoping that the series sells poorly and the giant decides against another in the series. I would hate to see some of the tables voted for in that last wish list campaign ( i.e Black Knight) get the same unjustice and treatment that the tables in the first got. Hey at least they got the sound right !!!! (I think) eastereg@cris.com [ To quit the Pinball Simulation mailing list, send the message ] [ "unsubscribe pinsim" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Martin Mathis Subject: Re: [PS] BRUSA in USA - not in shops but at Empire US? Date: 18 Feb 1999 00:59:01 -0700 At 01:00 AM 2/18/99 -0600, the hands of eastereg@concentric.net typed: >The Tower of Pinball website says that its out in the US. >I have looked all over the place also and I was met with the same stares >and blank faces as you. I assume its not out yet here. I wonder if it's "officially out" but hasn't reached the 'retail channels' yet (i.e. PB shelf space is still paid for by Sierra and M$ or whatever...). >I did get a chance to play it on demo disc included with a us mag and I was >very impressed with what I saw. I have no doubts... >One thing I did notice that is common in all the Pro Pinball >games is that its way to dark for my liking. Hmm, never bothered me or even noticed. Used to have a STB Velocity 128 and recently got an STB Velocity 4400 AGP. Seems alright though I guess a gamma feature would be justified just in case. >I ended up getting Micro$oft Pinball Arcade. >What a piece of crap this set is. Heres to hoping that the series sells poorly With all the shelf space they are getting making it look like it's the one to get...? I don't dislike it but for the 80+MB install (I only have a 4GB SCSI drive bought in times when a 30MB game install seemed huge, I'll have to free space for BRUSA's 240+MB) it doesn't knock me off my feet either. I'm sort of indifferent about it, pretty effort but no real motivation to play it much. -Martin [ To quit the Pinball Simulation mailing list, send the message ] [ "unsubscribe pinsim" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Subject: Re: [PS] BRUSA in USA - not in shops but at Empire US? Date: 18 Feb 1999 09:10:55 +0100 (MET) On Thu, 18 Feb 1999, Martin Mathis wrote: > I don't dislike it but for the 80+MB install (I only have a 4GB SCSI drive > bought in times when a 30MB game install seemed huge, I'll have to free > space for BRUSA's 240+MB) it doesn't knock me off my feet either. I'm sort > of indifferent about it, pretty effort but no real motivation to play it much. If you don't have much harddisk space you can delete sound files for the frequencies you don't use. E.g. you use 22kHz - then delete all 11k and 44k sound files. You can save 100MB(?) of harddisk space. The same works with the various graphic resolutions. Once decided you can clear disc space here, too. Regards Carsten [ To quit the Pinball Simulation mailing list, send the message ] [ "unsubscribe pinsim" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Sam Gabrielsson Subject: Re: [PS] BRUSA in USA - not in shops but at Empire US? Date: 18 Feb 1999 16:41:10 +0100 >The Tower of Pinball website says that its out in the US. I haven't been told anything certain about BRUSA beeing out in the US, the release list on the sites news page just says it is out in europe. The only thing about the us release is what some joker said, namely it would hit the stores in us on february 30th... [ To quit the Pinball Simulation mailing list, send the message ] [ "unsubscribe pinsim" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "cypressorlando" Subject: Fw: [PS] BRUSA in USA - not in shops but at Empire US? Date: 18 Feb 1999 18:04:50 -0500 This list is certainly HEATING up! Went to BRUSA page and a lot of = people are playing!!! Are they all in Europe? No ladder yet (i = think-was in a rush). Have to get back to find out start dates, etc. if = any..=20 On advice learned in list, I did the following at=20 http://www.outpost.com : Outpost # 57192 Qty: 1 Desc: Pro Pinball: Big Race USA Price: $29.95 SUBTOTAL: $29.95 Tax: $0.00 Shipping: $0.00 TOTAL: $29.95 They have free shipping thru the end of February. After ordering, i = took advantage of their tracking feature (ended up having to call = toll-free #) to find that they do not know when they will get game nor = how many they will get, other than knowing they will get the 6 = backordered units taken to date. How reassuring! =20 I still think BOS is the BEST EVER!!!! I want posting site back!! Can = we do anything to get it back? How much does it cost???? -----Original Message----- >>The Tower of Pinball website says that its out in the US. > >I haven't been told anything certain about BRUSA beeing out in the US, = the >release list on the sites news page just says it is out in europe. >The only thing about the us release is what some joker said, namely it >would hit the stores in us on february 30th... > > >[ To quit the Pinball Simulation mailing list, send the message ] >[ "unsubscribe pinsim" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] [ To quit the Pinball Simulation mailing list, send the message ] [ "unsubscribe pinsim" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: moonjade@excite.com Subject: Re: [PS] My 2 Cents (if) Worth Date: 18 Feb 1999 19:40:59 PST On Wed, 10 Feb 1999 04:23:01 -0500, Ben T wrote: > Love BOS-----Was ranked in top 3rd...WANT RANKING BACK!!! I was headed for > top 10%!!! Will it be back? > > Any real-time www sites to play BOS (or other inferior sims) with fellow net > surfers??? I'm new to net and just discovered The Zone and a couple of > other game sites but NO PINBALL!!!!! Do I still have to go to an arcade to > play others??????? Please...anyone respond.....tonite......Desperate > Ben.....(YZFlight on THE ZONE, ICQ # 30153671, THEBAUT SHOOTER @ BOS defunct > rankings (can't we all pitch in to keep rankings going?) Like I said, > excuse my newbie ignorance...looking for knowledge and a place to play > others a game or two. My quarter (or 50 cents these days damnit) is on the > table! Let's play!!! > > I challenge all to a game of Backgammon (my only other game) at THE ZONE > site ( http://www.zone.com ) Bring your check book!! hehehe..... > YZFlight, in The Zone, remember > > PLAY ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! > > P.S. (excuse again) what advantages will direct x give us and what is > BRUSA??? Anyone? > > Any information on real time pinball? > > [ To quit the Pinball Simulation mailing list, send the message ] > [ "unsubscribe pinsim" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] _______________________________________________________ Get your free, private email at http://mail.excite.com/ [ To quit the Pinball Simulation mailing list, send the message ] [ "unsubscribe pinsim" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Richard Horrocks Subject: Re: [PS] BRUSA in USA - not in shops but at Empire US? Date: 19 Feb 1999 15:44:23 GMT > If you don't have much harddisk space you can delete sound files > for the frequencies you don't use. E.g. you use 22kHz - then delete > all 11k and 44k sound files. You can save 100MB(?) of harddisk space. > The same works with the various graphic resolutions. Once decided > you can clear disc space here, too. You can delete just about any file in the DAT directory, as long as it exists on the CD, in fact if you can put up with the loading times, you can delete the entire DAT directory. If you want to delete the GFX for resolutions, they are stored in the DAT\PC\Vxy directory where "x" is the table view (0=low 1=medium 2=high) and "y" is the resolution ("1"=640x480 up to "5" for 1600x1200) If you manually add files, you will need to manually delete them when you uninstall the game. Champie - Pro Pinball Programmer [ To quit the Pinball Simulation mailing list, send the message ] [ "unsubscribe pinsim" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Richard Horrocks Subject: Re: [PS] BRUSA in USA - not in shops but at Empire US? Date: 19 Feb 1999 15:44:23 GMT > I think a developer of the series said on this list that a gamma correction > type feature was on their wish list for the future and that we would maybe > see this in a future patch. Has this been done and released yet ??? Not yet I'm afraid. We've been busy getting "Pro Pinball 4" and a non-Pinball game off the ground. Gamma correction falls just behind saving the high-score codes (to a disk file) on the requests that I've seen. We were hoping to have it in for the release of BRUSA, but it got pushed out due to time. Champie - Pro Pinball Programmer PS. Don't ask when BRUSA will be out in the US, you'll probably know before I do. :^) [ To quit the Pinball Simulation mailing list, send the message ] [ "unsubscribe pinsim" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Tarek Oberdieck Subject: Re: [PS] BRUSA in USA - not in shops but at Empire US? Date: 19 Feb 1999 18:10:10 +0100 At 15:44 19.02.99 +0000, Richard Horrocks wrote: >Not yet I'm afraid. We've been busy getting "Pro Pinball 4" and a non-Pinball >game off the ground. Gamma correction falls just behind saving the high-score >codes (to a disk file) on the requests that I've seen. We were hoping to have >it in for the release of BRUSA, but it got pushed out due to time. Pro Pinball 4 ? Beautyful ! Tell us the Release Date, Champie. Tarek [ To quit the Pinball Simulation mailing list, send the message ] [ "unsubscribe pinsim" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Martin Mathis Subject: Re: [PS] BRUSA in USA - not in shops but at Empire US? Date: 20 Feb 1999 01:59:15 -0700 At 03:44 PM 2/19/99 +0000, the hands of Richard Horrocks typed: >PS. Don't ask when BRUSA will be out in the US, you'll probably know before I >do. :^) Too much too soon, the New York Dolls [ To quit the Pinball Simulation mailing list, send the message ] [ "unsubscribe pinsim" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Martin Mathis Subject: Re: [PS] BRUSA in USA - not in shops but at Empire US? Date: 20 Feb 1999 01:57:06 -0700 At 04:41 PM 2/18/99 +0100, the hands of Sam Gabrielsson typed: >The only thing about the us release is what some joker said, namely it >would hit the stores in us on february 30th... and if it's Y2K compatible that would be februark 30th... -Martin [ To quit the Pinball Simulation mailing list, send the message ] [ "unsubscribe pinsim" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Richard Horrocks Subject: Re: [PS] BRUSA in USA - not in shops but at Empire US? Date: 22 Feb 1999 10:16:57 GMT > Pro Pinball 4 ? Beautyful ! > Tell us the Release Date, Champie. I don't know about the release date, but I'd guess we're aiming to have it ready for next Christmas. [ To quit the Pinball Simulation mailing list, send the message ] [ "unsubscribe pinsim" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ]