Big Bang Bar

BigBangJoe · Joined: 02 Aug 2005 Posts: 134 Location: Gent, Belgium

I don't know if anyone has already made a small movie clip of a repro/PMI BBB being played? If not then I'm the first

Before you watch it, here are some comments:

- I removed the glass to avoid reflections. Ofcourse the coils are very loud then... see comment about the sound.

- The tube dancer is currently missing from my machine Sad

To make the machine 100% perfect, I wanted to raise the tube dancer just a few millimeters so her feet would not touch the ground while dancing. However, I find the tube dancer assembly a pain in the ass so it didn't work out. Before I do something stupid and break something (I'm a noob remember), Mushroom Bart will help me get it right, so until then, the tube dancer is out of the game. When she's back, I will shoot another video clip, but I didn't want to wait until then to show you something

- You can see clearly that you can get the ball up the ramp with a left backhand. The ramp is fairly steep, so the flippers are quite powerful

- You can see the reflection of the DMD on the playfield. You can almost *read* the DMD via the playfield. Remember that the glass is off, so yes, the playfield really shines like a mirror

- Near the end of the clip, you see the ball being thrown around in the pop bumpers. One side of one pop bumper didn't work in my machine, but after adjusting it, I got this result. Remember, if your ball isn't thrown around like this, it's time to check the sensitivity of your pop bumpers

- Notice anything when I lose the ball at the end? All lights fade to black! Is it correct that only Capcom can *individually* dim the lights? You can sometimes see that the programmers played around with the dim effect during regular play. It's definately not an everything-or-nothing technology.

- The sound is awful in the clip. My stupid camera turns the sound down everytime a coil kicks. To hear the sound like it should be, connect your PC to a good stereo set, and play the Visual Pinball version of BBB. This clip gives you an idea, but it's not good enough for me. Unfortunately I can't record it in better quality for the moment.

- Don't judge my pinball playing skills through this clip. I'm just trying to make an interesting video clip. I'm not trying to break a high score here Wink

- I turned off all the lights in the room so you can enjoy the light show. Notice how bright the ramp arrows are. And notice what a difference the blacklight makes. This game is just sooo beautiful

However, the contrast in this clip is a little too high. The ramp arrows are not *that* bright, and normally you can clearly see the artwork just in front of the flippers. In the clip that part of the playfield is darker than it really is.

OK, you see there are quite a few

in my post. Nothing more to add really...

You should find the file here (right click, choose "save target as", and download the full file before viewing it):
http://www.pinsandvids.com/bbj/BBB.avi

Enjoy, and remember, one of these is on its way to *your* gameroom!
Joe

BBB93 · Joined: 06 Aug 2005 Posts: 142

unigroove · Joined: 08 Aug 2005 Posts: 118

I think your flippers are set way too strong, looking at how easy a backhand flips right up the ramp. Funny is to hear other soundbites than on my game.

BigBangJoe · Joined: 02 Aug 2005 Posts: 134 Location: Gent, Belgium

unigroove · Joined: 08 Aug 2005 Posts: 118

Flipper strength on my game was 12 when I got it, and lowered it to 9. At 8 I could not make the ramp any more wit the right flipper. I figured there is no need to shoot the ball through the backside of the game and I don't wanna find out if the plastics are indeed unbreakable.

CraigC · Joined: 03 Aug 2005 Posts: 209

that's awesome.

thanks for taking the vid.

-c

Kronis · Joined: 02 Aug 2005 Posts: 94 Location: Washington, DC

Bedankt Joe.

I was hoping to see some puking aliens though. In good time, I guess Wink

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harrrrrrr · Joined: 02 Aug 2005 Posts: 136

Joe,

Wow... nice video... thanks.

john
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arrrrrrr

BigBangJoe · Joined: 02 Aug 2005 Posts: 134 Location: Gent, Belgium

Kronis · Joined: 02 Aug 2005 Posts: 94 Location: Washington, DC

Oops- Ik betekende de dot matrix "match" versie. Mijn vrouw houdt van de cartoons, maar niet van de waitress toespraak...

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BigBangJoe · Joined: 02 Aug 2005 Posts: 134 Location: Gent, Belgium

sellenoff · Joined: 07 Aug 2005 Posts: 101

Can you be specific about VPM's sound for BBB that is not accurate? Try to be as thorough as possible.

I do recall that when I wrote the Capcom sound emulation for VPM there were some problems I ran into, and some hack work arounds I had to put in place, but that was a few years ago..

One of my goals in buying BBB was to fix up the VPM sound issues once I actually owned a capcom and could do some testing... Wink

Of course, that was before I had 2 kids, so it may be awhile before it happens..

Actually, it was while I was working on the sound emulation of BBB that I grew to really be intrigued by the game, which led me to play it at Lloyds, where I fell in love with the game, and which made the decision of buying one from IPB a no brainer.

Regards-
Steve

sellenoff · Joined: 07 Aug 2005 Posts: 101

THANKS FOR THE VIDEOS JOE!!!

I really enjoyed watching them!!

Awesome!!

-Steve

BigBangJoe · Joined: 02 Aug 2005 Posts: 134 Location: Gent, Belgium

Kronis · Joined: 02 Aug 2005 Posts: 94 Location: Washington, DC

I got those interruptions too, but the problem seems to be fixed if I use a player that allows me to adjust the buffer. VLan was good- no breaks at all !

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