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Space Cadet VPX (JP Salas)

Mystery Pinball Theater 3000·video·1h 1m·analyzed·Jun 10, 2022
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TL;DR

Gameplay stream and deep dive into Space Cadet VPX mechanics and design philosophy.

Summary

A lengthy gameplay stream of Space Cadet VPX, a digital pinball adaptation by JP Salas based on the classic Maxis game. The host discusses the table's design, mechanics, missions, and skill shots while playing, interspersed with chat interactions and tangential conversations about pinball culture, the challenge of creating a physical Space Cadet machine, and local San Francisco pinball competition.

Key Claims

  • Jurassic Park (JP Salas) did an amazing job with the Space Cadet VPX table update

    high confidence · Host directly states this while describing the table quality and praising the work done

  • Space Cadet is the Maxis/Full Tilt version, not the Windows version, which was incomplete and had bugs

    high confidence · Host explicitly explains the difference between Maxis and Windows versions, noting the Windows version was never completed

  • A physical Space Cadet pinball machine would be extremely difficult to build, particularly due to the wormhole mechanic

    high confidence · Host and chat discuss the technical impossibility/extreme difficulty of creating a real physical Space Cadet machine

  • The IP owner for Space Cadet is theoretically EA Games

    medium confidence · Host mentions EA is the likely IP owner and notes EA is allegedly looking to sell to Microsoft

  • Michael Sheese built five clear plexiglass electromechanical pinball cabinets, sold one to the Exploratorium in San Francisco for a significant sum

    high confidence · Host describes these custom builds and their sale to the Exploratorium

  • JP Salas wanted to license Space Cadet but found it incredibly difficult to track down the IP owner

    high confidence · Host explains why JP Salas threw a new theme on top instead of using the Space Cadet license

  • The original Space Cadet physical game layout was never finished beyond a rough layout and CNC route with barely any wiring or software work

    medium confidence · Host cites engineer confirmations that many features were never designed or finished

  • Al Anonymous was one of the original pinball streamers, along with Deadflip

    medium confidence · Host mentions this while chatting with Al Anonymous in chat about early pinball streaming history

  • Andre won the San Francisco Pinball League finals (recent tournament mentioned during stream)

Notable Quotes

  • “Jurassic Park did an amazing job. Which is an understatement. Overstatement. It's been stated lots of times.”

    Host@ 1:31 — Sets tone for praise of JP Salas' Space Cadet VPX work

  • “This is like this is as close I think as we're going to get to a real physical version of Space Cadet but wouldn't that be great if we could actually get a Space Cadet that's for reals?”

    Host@ 5:19 — Expresses desire for a real physical Space Cadet machine and acknowledges VPX as closest substitute

  • “The wormhole... that's the only thing. Is the wormhole. What kind of backhand magic is this?”

    Host@ 21:43 — Identifies the wormhole mechanic as the primary technical barrier to a physical Space Cadet machine

  • “They were up front about it being Space Cadet. They wanted to license Space Cadet. But it's incredibly difficult to track down the IP owner.”

    Host@ 31:48 — Explains why JP Salas created a new theme instead of licensing the actual Space Cadet IP

  • “This is the dumbest way to play this game and the most awesome at the same time.”

    Host@ 34:14 — Characterizes the unique nature of playing Space Cadet on VPX with real flipper hardware

  • “Jurassic Park stated that they wanted to make sure that it was like a real pin. It plays kind of more like a physical pin.”

    Host@ 48:51 — Confirms JP Salas' design philosophy to emulate physical pinball difficulty

Entities

JP SalaspersonJurassic Parkcompany/organizationSpace Cadet VPXgameMaxiscompanyMichael SheesepersonEA GamescompanyAl AnonymouspersonDaspersonAndrepersonGabeperson

Signals

  • ?

    content_signal: Extended gameplay stream showcasing Space Cadet VPX with technical play-by-play commentary and mechanics explanation

    high · Entire video is structured around live gameplay with rule explanations, mission discussions, and technical details

  • ?

    community_signal: Discussion of San Francisco Pinball League finals, City The Champ tournament, and local competitive players including Das and Andre

    high · Host and Das discuss recent tournament results, upcoming August competition, and mention specific players and games

  • ?

    licensing_signal: Discussion of difficulty obtaining Space Cadet IP license, leading JP Salas to create alternative theme instead

    high · Host explicitly states 'They wanted to license Space Cadet. But it's incredibly difficult to track down the IP owner'

  • ?

    design_innovation: Space Cadet VPX emulates physical pinball difficulty and mechanics, with JP Salas intentionally making it play like a real machine

    high · Host notes JP Salas wanted to ensure VPX played 'like a real pin' and 'still might be a little easy' for expert players

  • ?

    machine_intel: Discussion of why a physical Space Cadet machine has never been manufactured, with wormhole mechanic cited as primary technical barrier

    medium · Host discusses how wormhole staging would be extremely difficult to implement mechanically; chat speculates on workarounds

  • ?

Transcript

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0:00
Well, now it's just gonna... Well, there goes my intro. Gosh darn it, like no one's ever seen my intro before.
0:09
Hey! Whatever. Don't be on studio mode if you want to run anything from Elgato Stream Deck. Hi kids! How are you? I'm fine. Good to see you.
0:27
First things first, no theater this Friday. There will be no theater this Friday I am sorry, I apologize Hey Lynn, comes in singing Hurts so good Come on baby Make it hurt so good Sometimes love Can be like it should Hey Iron Fox Hurts so good You guys ever play Space Cadet? Well, I've streamed Space Cadet before, but JP did an update to his table.
1:05
And I also wanted to... Sorry, I'm saying ice picks. I wanted to get back into it one more time. Let's turn the DMD on.
1:18
And let's turn the tilt cam on. Where's the tilt cam? There it is. This is a great table. This is a great version of this table I gotta say JP did an amazing job Which is an understatement Overstatement It's been stated lots of times by JP Salas That JP just kills it all the time So I'm gonna play a little Space Cadet See if we can get at least to rank 6 1, 2, 3, 4 You start off as a cadet So 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Maybe I can get to commander I would love to get to Commodore. I've only gotten to Commodore 63 times.

high confidence · Host and Das discuss the recent finals where Andre defeated Gabe on The Beatles game

  • The City Championship (City The Champ) is a full weekend competition happening in August with tickets already sold out

    high confidence · Host announces this upcoming event and notes ticket availability exhausted

  • “Lost in the zone is a hell of a grind, man. That's a grind.”

    Das (chat guest)@ 48:36 — Community discussion about Twilight Zone difficulty with known local competitor

  • “I don't compete outside of the team league but I'm just too much of a chump to compete.”

    Host@ 46:53 — Host acknowledges local competitive pinball scene but declines personal participation

    • Squid McSquid
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    Deadflipperson
    San Francisco Pinball Leagueorganization
    City The Champevent
    Fred Marcocompany
    Exploratoriumvenue
    VPXplatform
    American Pinballcompany
    Windows XPproduct
    The Beatlesgame

    restoration_signal: Reference to Michael Sheese's custom clear plexiglass pinball cabinet builds and sale to Exploratorium

    high · Host describes Sheese building five cabinets, one sold to Exploratorium for 'a lot of money', weighing ~400 pounds

  • ?

    personnel_signal: Squid McSquid noted as currently working at American Pinball

    medium · Host mentions Squid in context of American Pinball employment

  • ?

    event_signal: City The Champ competition scheduled for August with sold-out ticket status

    high · Host announces upcoming citywide tournament, notes 'it's already filled up so don't try and get tickets'

  • ?

    venue_signal: Exploratorium in San Francisco features custom clear plexiglass pinball cabinet as art/exhibit piece

    high · Host describes Exploratorium purchase of Michael Sheese custom cabinet as 'cherished piece of art'

  • ?

    historical_signal: Discussion of early pinball streamers including Al Anonymous and Deadflip from original streaming era

    medium · Host tells Al Anonymous 'I think there was Al Anonymous I think that was it' regarding original streamers

  • ?

    gameplay_signal: Space Cadet VPX characterized as significant grind with challenging missions and rank progression requiring persistence

    high · Host repeatedly struggles with missions, notes 'this game is such a grind, and it's hard' and discusses rank progression difficulty

  • ?

    product_concern: Some technical inconsistencies noted in Space Cadet VPX such as ramp entrance issues and tilt mechanics not functioning

    medium · Host comments 'The entrance to that friggin ramp' is problematic and notes the table doesn't have tilt functionality

    • 2:01
    See what I did there? Um. That looks a little funky. But I can't get it to render like better than that. Can you guys even read that?
    2:18
    Looks a little funky. Like it look a little. Look a little. Moyet. Moir I don't know what it's called Hey fiends You better take out that butthole What's up fiends There was something I wanted to ask you fiends But I forgot what it was Yeah I can read it okay Alright so it's just me on my scrunched up view what's up devon crates i forgot what it was as well anybody see my stream on monday yesterday it was fun it was at the pinball museum in beautiful alameda and it was a visible pinball machine invisible pinball machine it was a pinball machine made of all clear plexi an actual full freedom electromechanical table i wanted to watch but life well there's a vibe and that was definitely going to youtube because that's that's a uh that is a like cherished piece of art right there that we played they sold one to the exploratorium out here in san francisco for a lot of money because building one of those imagine taking an entire pinball machine getting rid of the entire you know plywood cabinet or whatever you build your cabinet on mdf if you if you build your cabinet on mdf i i forgive you plywood cabinet and replacing it with everything clear you know obviously except the rails and the um the lock bar and the and the and the legs everything else is clear see-through It weighs like 400 pounds And so to build one of those Michael Sheese Built five of them Sold one to the Exploratorium That's a lot of money I'm not getting one of those Let me know if you guys can hear this And if it's not too distracting So this is J.P. Salas Space Cadet this is version 1.1012 or something like that um yes this is more like the maxis the full tilt game less like the windows game because the windows game actually wasn't like completed and had some bugs in it and stuff but it was good enough to to be featured on windows xp and i think windows whatever um this is more like the maxis the full tilt version the full am i saying that yeah full tilt version um and uh for everyone who remembers playing this on their windows pc it's uh it's this is the ultimate version of that this is like this is as close i think as we're going to get to a real physical version of space cadet but wouldn't that be great if we could actually get a space cadet that's for reals there i think are there any shots in here that's not doable it might be tricky to get a ball up to the uh the wormhole up there um from this wormhole up there but you games have done it like it could feed a somehow underneath it could feed a ball up there i don't know that's the only tricky thing about it i think is to get a ball up there so you can wormhole it uh because subways usually go down with gravity they don't usually go up so that's a lot of mechanics hey what's up rz how you doing so let's see on the windows one i used to bind both flippers to the same key um so a few more things i learned about this which makes it a little more fun you understand there's a skill shot if i'm telling you something you already know i apologize but this is new to me because I never really dug deep into this table.
    6:31
    Wormhole could store a ball kind of like... Yeah, exactly. That's what I'm thinking. Star Trek Next Generation Dracula. Right, it could drop a thing, shoot it up in there and store it. Yeah. Also the gumball machine in Twilight Zone. There is a skill shot. You want to shoot the ball somewhere in this area, like the third light.
    6:50
    So full plunging will get you up to the re-entry lanes, but skill shotting, I think one, two, three, like the third light will get you the highest value skill shot so it goes up up up and then down down down from there um skill shot so there's my skill shot and i managed to get you know 30 000 which is nice um now i lit missions so missions are lit here the mission is actually ready to go the missions here's the funny thing it's like kind of like walking dead these don't strobe but Each light represents a different mission in your current skill level. I'm a cadet, so now I have a mission lit. And it's typically, I thought, in the rules, it's like easy, medium, hard. Easy, medium, hard. So once I lit one of those stand-ups, mission was lit on this ramp. And I can refuel my ship, too, on this ramp, too.
    7:45
    Let's see if I can hit that ramp. That's a way to refuel, also, to hit that. generally speaking you can trap right there hey what's up what's up surreal so i have a mission lit and i gotta shoot this ramp to start the mission there we go and you can backhand it pretty well it also refuels your engines okay so now i have to hit nine drop targets this is the mission that i chose and boy this mission okay great um in order to advance rank you have to complete missions this is not one of the easier missions this mission kind of sucks uh and that's unfortunate right there to get it uh so there's my kickback on but it gets up to the top play field um i'm doing pretty well doing pretty well doing pretty well how many how many do i have left five drop targets left uh completing the top lanes the top drop targets up there will give me a multiplier a playfield or yeah playfield multiplier every time i complete the drops is another playfield multiplier so the first time i hit complete the drops it's 2x and how do i hit that Oh my god As you play your mode This is another kick out that's gone As you play your mode You run your fuel down These things are not being nice to me right now I still have four left to go This will lock me a ball or drain the ball One of the two Clearly that's what it does I can do better than this I feel like I can do better than this.
    9:41
    I'm going to take a sip and see how my friends are doing in chat. Good, you guys are great. I'm done. Okay, let's go for the skill shot again. So I failed. One billion. Not on this. I failed. So I will go for the skill shot once again.
    9:59
    Oh, that's not. So that was 30,000 skill shot. Notice that missions are lit again. Okay. Remember, you only have to hit one of these mission stand-ups to light mission on this ramp, the launch ramp. Okay, so I can post. And then I hit the lowest one. And that one is, it doesn't tell me what mission it is, though. So this is target practice. Hit the attack, hit the bumpers, eight bumpers. So eight hot bumpers, that's good. this is now a wormhole I missed my opportunity to get a ball lock this is now a wormhole and now notice how this is running around so it's kind of like I'll show you guys wormhole if I can hit it every time every time loving you is easy cause you're beautiful.
    11:12
    Start a mission again. What was that? Was that it? Did you... Let's get some fuel. Backhand! Mission backhand! No, I can't. I can't backhand the mission shot all right mission nope post now while you're not in a mission you can do other things you can send the ball up to your field multipliers if you can get all three drop targets this metal here a lot of things are just upgrades right if the more i hit these pop bumpers they change colors and i think the the the most value you can get out of them is um if they're red you get the most the maximum value out of them i can't okay i have mission lit that bump pop up all the way at the top that's called the satellite bumper and that is one mission you want to avoid because you have to hit that pop bumper once and it's really hard and we got toasters blue green yellow red least to most Thank you.
    12:30
    Peanut nose. Alright, I'm going to hit some more pop bumpers. Can I hit these pop bumpers? Or these?
    12:38
    I think it's only the pops up the top. I think it's only the top pop bumpers. Oh my god. That's going to come rocketing back at me.
    12:56
    Well, that was the worst game of Space Cadet I've ever played. How did you do it, Manu? I feel like you were waiting on that one.
    13:21
    What's up, Splud? Let's try again, shall we? Hello, welcome to Mystery Pinball Theater. My name is Manu.
    13:32
    And I will play pinball for you today. Today, we are featuring a table. This table is called Space Cadet. And Space Cadet is a table you might remember. No, I'm not making fun of you Is that how you do your stream, Surreal?
    13:57
    I'm sorry Has anybody got any quarters? I'm sorry Hi, my name is Surreal And I am here to show you A game You need to do the Where is Truman scene hey fishbowl i was this close but then i did this i love you guys love when i'm when i'm being cryptic don't you all right there's my skill shot 75 000 didn't do anything but plunge i got 75 000 let's start a mission That wasn't starting me Oh look at that It actually pushed it into the wormhole This game is so snappy though I love how snappy it is So snappy Snappy You get a reflex shot Which is basically a combo You get one reflex shot That would be called a combo in pinball terminology All right we have a mission lit i don know which mission it is boom ah i screwing up my my lanes all right ship is refueled and oh crap it lanes at the top i have to hit lanes at the top can i hit lanes at the bottom though can i hit these lanes no it has to be the top All right, it's got to be the top. Oh! Once again, I want to let you friends know. Oh, there we go. I'm going to let all my friends know there's no theater this week and no stream on Thursday.
    15:54
    Manu has to go up top. Yep. Manu has to go to New York this weekend. Manu, maybe you can answer Why is there two versions of this table? 1.05 and 1.10 I don't know, but I have the 1.10 I have the 1.12 So I have neither of those There are some fixes that JP did And I think another guy did There are some fixes to the table I just grabbed the latest version Whoa, that's a crazy ball hop I grabbed the latest version I could find Let's lock a ball Can we lock a ball please That's not it I still got two lanes to complete That's not locking a ball That's wormholing it Again I wormholed it That sounds dirty Black hole gets you some awards It also hits the metal targets Damn it Oh ball save As of today it is Yeah, 1.12.
    17:05
    That gave me a lane. I had a ball save, so I was able to get that out. Come on, baby.
    17:18
    There's Black Hole again. Get up in the... It's so hard to get the lanes. Get up there. Ooh, this is poppy.
    17:31
    Ooh. There is the That's a ball lock There we go Finally To lock a ball You have to How far does I know Oh my god Snappy snappy snappy I finished the mission To lock a ball I think you have to hit The wormhole target Right there Let's see if I can Hit the wormhole target Nope But if I shoot for the Wormhole target I clearly will hit the spinner.
    18:06
    There's your reflex shot. Woo! Okay, wormhole. Boom. And mmm... I don't think that's how you lock a ball. Well, that's going up. Yep. That's going up.
    18:23
    Different color. Yeah. I think if it's a different color than yellow, you get a warp instead. Alright, let's go for a mission. It's the second stand up there It's the second stand up So it's going to be the Second hardest mission or whatever It's really important to learn What the missions are Oh I got a ball save again You love me It's really important to know what the missions are Because there's certain missions you do not want Like satellite Rescue satellite is not a mission you want That requires you to hit that Satellite target all the way up at the top all right whack oh come on i was nailing that i got the center post up i think three shots to the comet gives you your center post up all right more pop bumpers stream is looking out of this world tonight flip stream ah you're funny stream is looking out of this world tonight thank you all right more pops oh no crap all right give me more pops this will give me my pops all right mission is done mission is complete we're gonna go for another mission i want to show you guys the multi-ball too because the multi-ball i guess people feel like the multi-ball a little tricky but if you can oh if you can lock a ball oh gosh how long has it been since someone has subscribed to my channel yeah how long has it been all right here we go all right we are back we have another mission now we have to hit the pop bumpers was that papa smurf yeah that was that's good old jp jp salas the master three pop bumpers left center post is up so i got my center post up got a replay pop bumpers please oh pop oh You gotta get past this freaking drop target list. You can also run out of fuel while you're playing.
    20:56
    So to relight your fuel, you have to hit the launch ramp. Alright. I'm an ensign now. This is a grind. But it's really fun though. Has anyone made a physical... Yeah. I don't know... Surreal. I don't know why no one has made a physical space cadet. Somebody said something about Like there's a shot on it that's impossible Or something Where's What's his name who did um Where's Squid McSquid who now works at At works at American Tell Squiddy to make it Squid can make anything Um There was a white wood that had very similar layout Physical space is gonna be hard With wormhole staging That's the only thing is the wormhole I think that's the only thing Is the wormhole What kind of backhand was that? What kind of backhand magic is this?
    22:00
    Hey, I hit the friggin' You don't want to hit that target Alright, let's do whatever mission this is Let's just do it Oh man
    22:13
    my Sharona thanks son thanks for my socks wow you ever have a 12 year old slowly turn into a 13 year old oh my god it's like I see myself now Surrealism Yep Thank you fiends Alright friends I will keep I'm just going to mention this over and over and over again So you guys can find something else to Something more fun to do on Friday There's no theater this Friday Although I have acquired Attack of the Kill of Tomatoes And I'm Really tempted to do that in two weeks.
    23:13
    Wait until 19? Yeah, thank you, RZ. I think I will wait. I think I'm happy with what I got right now.
    23:28
    We need to do killer clowns as well. Killer clowns? Come on! Stop it! it's like ball three this ball two I love the coverage table that's as big as the room ah that's a not a good skill shot all right select a mission okay There's my mission. Woo!
    24:05
    Okay, I'm too early on that. Or too late? What is it? Is it too early or too late? It's good if I find out if I'm too early or not.
    24:20
    All right. Hit 15 targets. Ah, this one again. Crap. All right. Is that a ball up? No. That is a nothing shot.
    24:32
    15 targets. That was amazing. Keep going, keep going, keep going, keep going. Go, go, go, go. Seven targets left. And that's not pop bumpers. That's actually stand-ups or drops.
    24:53
    Yay, we did it. Don't drain. Oh, you frack. Oh, we only have one target left. We didn't do it. Boom, that's it.
    25:11
    Alright. Here we go. We got to start another mission now. Boop, post. Up. Boop. Is that a lock? Yes, finally I got a lock. I'm not paying attention to my locks.
    25:30
    2x play field. Now the multiball in this game is not like... There's no jackpots or anything. It's just progress through your missions.
    25:44
    This will go red. Yellow. Am I in the same mode again? What am I doing? What mission is this? Upgrade... Wait, what mission is this?
    26:00
    I gotta hit those drops? What's up, Al Anonymous? How you doing, bud? Oh, I got Multiball ready. And... Ha!
    26:24
    And... And I screwed up Multiball. Okay, so I lost my lock. Oh, we got it! No, we got it, we got it. Alright.
    26:32
    So, you gotta kind of pay attention. Start a new mission again. Right, and then... Got a ball save. Oh my god, really?
    26:55
    What is wrong with the entrance to that friggin' ramp? It's not me, it's the entrance to the ramp. There we go. A little air defense.
    27:09
    Let's trap. Can we trap? Maybe. Hey, Owl. I heard you mention... What is your playfield display resolution?
    27:22
    Natively from the camera, it's 1920 by 1080 at 60 frames per second. And then, of course, it's compressed into this little corner from a nested scene. Hey I heard you were doing pinball streams again In about a month or so And I heard that from you That would be pretty sweet You guys know Alnonymous is one of the original pinball streamers Not like us Like wait like There was Deadflip And I think there was Alnonymous I think that was it I'm not shitting you guys either You had like 8 rejects on that round Yeah So that'd be cool if we caught you doing a little more Okay, let's do another mission Where am I at? I'm in a mission Wait, I'm in a mission?
    28:19
    Wait, I'm in a mission Dissing all of the opposition MCs, it's your bus I'm kissing Because I desire Nobody, it's a joke Green!
    28:28
    Green! This makes me want to boot up the old 8-bit Space Cadet. Make sure you don't boot up... Make sure you boot up the Maxis version. Not the Windows version.
    28:45
    Don't boot up the Windows version. Crickets. That was clearly from me and my brain. Fiends, thank you very much. You boot up the Windows version, it's... It's not as... It was not really completed. Although you can sit there and play forever because you get extra balls. I think the Windows version, what it did was... Whenever you got a wormhole shot... It gave you an extra ball. It was like crazy. Windows version doesn't boot. I used to have a patched Maxis to get to work on... Oh, okay.
    29:22
    Deep Loop made a prototype for a game called... Oh, look at that. Fiend, thank you for the sub at tier one. You are legendary. Gladiator?
    29:36
    Look at that. Yeah. Yep. That's it right there. That's it right there. wow um oh flip stream uh remember that part that was in stock on i don't need to go any further do i that part that was in stock at two in the morning when we were streaming that part was no longer in stock when i went to buy it today so I emailed Kyle and I emailed Emoto and I both said you guys are evil and mean oh by the way if you use code mpt3k 150 that will get you free shipping on orders or more at Marco that only good until June 17th so order now Yeah
    30:36
    Nah, I emailed, I just said, I used the email link that says, uh, email if this is out of stock. Like, you click a link and you give them the email address, and Emoto tells me that what that does is it not only emails you, but it tells the procurement department at Marco that someone wants this particular piece. So that's nice So anyway Ah I wasted my freaking Kickback I'm ensign Anybody get higher than ensign on this
    31:26
    They were up front about it being... I don't have a rage. That's Surreal's channel. They were up front about being Space Cadet. They wanted to license a Space Cadet. But it's incredibly difficult to track down the IP owner. so they threw a new theme on top which raises the question why bother at all yeah game was never finished beyond a rough layout and cnc rata barely wired up no software work done when the engineers working on it confirmed that a lot of features were never designed slash finished and the actual space cadet layout is impossible to physically build hardly anyone at the company was particularly interested in working on this project compared to other projects none of which were being close to being finished let alone ready for manufacturing the IP owner in theory would be EA hmm yeah I guess Surreal's channel has everything
    32:48
    I'm not going to dispute that. Bam! Thank you, Fiend.
    33:09
    So good. EA who's allegedly looking to sell and already allegedly Microsoft already allegedly wants to buy you'll let me know when the joke is no longer it's I like to laugh Surreal's channel does have a lot notice how I changed it Surreal's channel has everything Yeah, Surreal's Town has a lot.
    33:59
    This is a world's better than the Windows. It is! It is! I never would play the Windows freaking game.
    34:07
    I mean... This is... Ow. In a way, this is the dumbest way to play this game and the most awesome at the same time there's real clickies um do i have the tilt bob on i don't have the tilt bob on hey let's find out if we could tilt this game can we can we tilt this game let's see Oh, that's not good They didn't write See, that's the part Okay I don't know whether it's JP or Or what Because I don't think JP ever had a cabinet I'm not sure But a lot of JP's games don't tilt Ooh They don't Does anybody know? low fuel i gotta get more fuel guys all right i need more fuel
    35:17
    frack does any of that you you vp uh professionals know anything about tilting in vpx do you have to code it specifically because this game doesn't tilt unfortunately I just finished up a doom melt transition I don't know if I would be able to use it But surreal if you could put it on the I think you're on a github or something If you could put it with a list of If you could send me the shader I don't know That sounds awesome I don't know if I could use it though I don't know what I would use it It's like a it's like a it's like a song title looking for a song i think you just have to call it yeah so didn't he does not he's not calling the tilt somehow i remember reading about how that was done once somewhere everything everything but surreal is my buddy so if i want to borrow a shader Target practice Alright Pop bumpers eight times One Two Three, four, five, six, seven, eight One left game You gonna do that to me? Oh!
    36:51
    Use it on Halloween There we go Mission complete Next mission We're gonna speed run this Let's speed run it This is so snappy though man This game just snaps all over the place What is this? Ship refueled Is this more pops? Oh I chose the same mission twice Okay that's good Oh no Frack you Okay then at least give me the pops then Eight finished select a mission stop using my kickbacks it might have gone to who it might have gone to South Peak as part of the Cinematronics acquisition claim oh I had red pop bumpers damn it I'm trying to read like stuff I'm trying to be cool stuff ball three great borrow get one custom written whatever Maxis was the publisher not the developer for full tilt look at how fast that look at how fast the um skill shots going now there we go 75 K mission start back to level ensign that ramp is just not liking me man that was not a good shot ramp ramp okay ran oh I like I just hit the ramp three times.
    38:46
    Two more hits on the ramp. Ramp! Oh, crap. Ramp! Oh, crap. Alright, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. Pinball is about patience, right?
    39:02
    Oh, my God. Das? What? Das? Wait. I can't speak, Das. What's up, man? You guys, okay. Well, uh, look, we're gonna put Das in here. You guys, um... I want you guys to all meet Das.
    39:38
    If you are a long-time viewer of this channel, You have met Das already Missing San Francisco Das where are you I mean you don't have to tell the chat But you can send me a whisper on Twitch Where are you living now bro Das was my stream buddy Back in the day it was like me and Das the little bubble gum And uh It's good to be seen by you my man Wow Got me all emotional now I get so emotional baby Every time I look at you Scales shot Typing on Xbox Well at least you got something Nice You're watching me on Xbox? That's impossible Das I don't know Das Oh shoot That's crazy Bro We were just talking about you a couple days ago actually over at free go watch man We were what we talking about because it was every time that old it was a San Francisco League tournament the league tournament your name came up because anytime we talk about competitive pinball Das is a serious. Das was a serious competitor. Ah, I missed it
    41:03
    Um Trying to get back I cool man so yeah here I am playing space cadet which is pretty freaking cool on my v-pin at home reflex the reflex what am I doing which which Oh more more
    41:40
    oh ramp oh crap mission completed all right mission completed impossible never i logged in to watch video of the finals but you live oh okay yeah i think we got the yeah we got the finals on das you got to see um what's his name gabe's game on beatles it was stupid i mean andre won the finals i don't I mean, no spoilers, but I just spoiled it. Andre won this final. But Andre and Gabe were just like... Those games were so good.
    42:22
    Yeah, and Gabe put up like a 15 million game on Beatles. It was stupid. What am I doing? Pass the... What am I doing?
    42:33
    More ramp? Oh, more ramp. four ramps crap four ramps one two ah boop the sounds on this is so so fun though i miss my lanes why ramps why are you making me shoot so many ramps oh my god how steep is that ramp I want this ball lock, actually.
    43:17
    You know what my mama says. You can one in one hand and shit in the other. See which one fills up first.
    43:29
    You gotta be kidding me. oh my god uh gabe took me out of the finals one year oh wow gabe did wow yeah gabe is hardcore and super nice guy uh i'm also using the up arrow for nudge so maybe it's bound to a keystroke oh i see yeah i guess i'll go into the table and fix it What's up, DPF? All the months. 29 months.
    44:05
    What's up, DPF? Hey, thanks for that message earlier. I was working it out with the family. Yeah. Yeah, I'm looking forward to August.
    44:19
    We'll talk about it later. Devin Crates! Woo! Ah! It was a battle on TZN. We both monstered it, but he got me. Did you guys both get in the zone? Das, I have a Twilight Zone in my garage right now. That's a grind, man. That's a grind. Lost in the zone is a hell of a grind. Rolling Wonder. What's up? At least that didn't turn into Ramp-O-Cramp.
    44:54
    Heh. Alright, now it's time to be awesome. Good to see Andre won again. Yeah! It was a while before Andre had a win! It's been a while since Andres had a win at the San Francisco Pinball League So yeah By the way I just got word that I'm good to go for streaming City Champ
    45:35
    So So you will see Thank you, Mr. Hardlock. I've started something that I like to call my MPT3K Pro Series. and the first of the pro series was that san francisco um pinball department finals the next pro series will be uh in august when we do city champ which is a citywide or whoever wants to fly in and compete uh we a full weekend competition damn i have to go watch so it's going to be a couple of days and uh yeah it's already filled up so don't try and get tickets it's already they're all gone people ask me hey man why don't you compete because i don't compete i'll compete in the i'll compete in the um in the team league but outside of that i'm just i'm just too much of a chump to compete Wow lanes huh really all the way at the top that's one that's two that's three yay first time I lost in the zone I had two balls left and couldn't hit the scoop I shake and left we go watch an insane rate yeah but remember you lost in the zone on the stream once. That was pretty baller.
    47:38
    I think you almost lost in the zone twice on stream. It was when I used to do late night streams. Oh, ball's ready to be locked right there.
    47:52
    Oh, I lost it. Man, you lose that ball lock and that's heartbreaking. Ha! You know what? Launch freaking thing.
    48:11
    Ah! Oof. God, this is being just a jerk and a half! We are not getting the commander. I don't know. Who cares about the skill shot?
    48:36
    This game is such a grind, and it's hard... The digital version of this that you play, you know, the Maxis one or the other one, easier than this one. And JP stated that they wanted to make sure that it was like a real pin. It plays kind of more like a... Sorry, a physical pin. And it still might be a little easy to write super players. I'm not playing like a super player today, that's for sure.
    49:11
    But this is a real kind of challenge. Woo! Oh, boy. That was a good save. Wow, that was a hell of a save. And I completed the mission.
    49:31
    The flippers have a huge travel... They do, don't they? You should see... So you're familiar with the ones on the real game. The Maxis one. The Maxis one, I swear to God, they go straight up. You can trap so hard on the Maxis one.
    49:51
    Look, that is a lot of hits to the satellite target. Oh my God. That was more hits than you ever get in a whole game on that satellite target.
    50:02
    That was ridiculous. Oh! Mission completed. One more! Okay, never mind. Woo! Okay, I got a mission lit. Ah, ooh, nudge.
    50:31
    Oh, no, bad flip, bad flip, bad flip, bad flip, bad flip. All right, what are we doing? What are we doing? Damn, those targets up there again. Can I lock a ball, please? All right, I'll take this. One.
    50:48
    Go, go, go. Go, go, go, go. Can I get these lanes down here? once again I can't I can't I can't do these lanes damn it I'm still ensign yeah oh that was good ball save to the lanes how many more lanes do I need what's up technologic
    51:19
    nah these lanes don't count hey hey well this will do oh that doesn't fire it all the way up oh man that will
    51:49
    field multiplier 2x Let's finish this Pops No Is it end sign End sign Oh man Alright I might have one more in me This is not the way I wanted this stream to go down 3 million is garbage on this table Man you play the game You play the Maxis game on the computer you're getting like 20, 30 millions.
    52:26
    Oh, wow. Yeah, yep, yep. The rules for this... Do I still have it? I was sitting and I was eating dinner and you can't see it, but the rules are pages and pages and pages the rule now i'm like how is a game like this have so many rules it doesn't really have that many rules a lot of this fact that was on is that on game game facts yeah a site that i used to work for a lot of this
    53:16
    Yeah, GameFAQs, because it's owned by CBS Interactive. We used to... I would hate to work on GameFAQs, because it was a mess. Now it's better.
    53:25
    Yeah, 2022 GameSpot. A lot of it is just explaining what pinball is. It's like, drain the little hole down at the bottom. And, you know, whatever.
    53:39
    It's whatever, right? Very specific. but there's a good like 10 15 pages of no credits there's like a good 10 15 pages of like how to play this game all right last time last one here we go skill shot credit no credits no more tickets available All right. By hitting other mission lights, you light other missions that might be harder.
    54:18
    That is so distracting. No, you suck. Flip. Is that? Yes. Yep. Yes. Flipstream. that's okay i can still play you know what flip stream i'm gonna play orbital one the next time i free go watch and stream it just for you just for you you know they have one at the pinball museum and uh the only reason i would stream it is because it's that free go watch because I don't know why I wouldn't stream it at the Pinball Museum, but I figure I'd be wasting my time on it at the Pinball Museum.
    55:08
    Since there's so many other cool games at the Pinball Museum. But if it's a free-go-watch, I'll stream it at a free-go-watch. Aw, thanks.
    55:19
    I'm actually excited to stream Orbital One. I'm not too sure how many people have ever streamed orbital one i'm there probably have been people um there is a vpx of orbital one unfortunately yeah i gotta go i gotta get back to the next level because flipstream i know you and i know Dirty Toes.
    55:52
    And also my buddy Justin lives out there with his three kids. And Scoot? Oh shit, Scoot lives out there. Oh my god. Okay. Yo.
    56:08
    If I come out if I come out there I gotta stay with you because I don't have money for hotels. Actually, I should stay with my buddy for a night Then I'll stay with you We'll figure it out I gotta visit my buddy Who's got all the kids I gotta act like I like kids Three hour drive from Portland Oh, okay Wow, you're three hours drive from Portland Oh my god Have you ever met up with Scoop?
    56:42
    Look at that Look at those ball saves I know you can get to Arkin You mastered the Arkin trail Yeah, but I wouldn't go with Surreal Because Surreal killed 4 out of 5 people I just watched them murder everybody at the end
    57:07
    Surreal Unfortunately, you know this, right? The next time I come out there We gotta stream Oregon Trail again We have to I don't even know if Severeal's still here But that's what we gotta do Ramp left One ramp left Frag Oh yeah that's right he streamed You guys streamed from your place That's right I forgot about that I want this ball lock But I want this ramp also Let's get this ball lock either ball lock or ramp. This scoop reminds me of Guardians.
    57:53
    It's just as annoying. Zool might have killed him. What do we need to do? We need to eat our spinach.
    58:08
    Oh, man. I need to do better next time on Space Cadet. I'm sorry, guys. We didn't get past instant. Holy smokes. Nobody would have died if it hadn't been For my reverse Furry skills That sounds good 4 out of 5 trail victims recommended Well there you go There you have it kids Space Cadet the latest version 1.0 1.12 1.0 1.2 1 whatever There's a lot of tables coming out right now I know I did this one before But when I fired it up And played it for a little bit It was so snappy and fun I just gotta give JP another shout out For this incredible reproduction of this table JP is one of the masters in all of this So it's always fun to play Play their tables And with that I'm gonna say goodbye to you guys I'm saying goodbye for a week you won't see me until next Tuesday.
    59:16
    If you have friends... So many blinking lights, exactly. If you have friends who enjoy the theater...
    59:24
    And that's all, folks. You can... You can take a break this week. We'll see you next time. I'll be in New York, so if you're in New York, give me a shout.
    59:37
    It's my hometown. let's go find out what uh george is doing don't panic flip streaming i don't know we'll find out bye
    60:09
    Thank you.