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Pinball FX3 vs. Visual Pinball

Mystery Pinball Theater 3000·video·1h 34m·held·Nov 3, 2019
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TL;DR

MPT3K compares Pinball FX3 vs. Visual Pinball versions of Creature from the Black Lagoon from the Black Lagoon on V-Pin.

Summary

Mystery Pinball Theater 3000 (MPT3K) streams a detailed comparison of Creature from the Black Lagoon from the Black Lagoon from the Black Lagoon across Pinball FX3 and Visual Pinball X platforms, playing both versions on a full-size V-Pin cabinet. The host finds both platforms deliver solid physics and gameplay, with FX3 offering visual enhancements and community features while VP offers better nudging support and customization. Overall, MPT3K prefers VP but acknowledges FX3 is closing the gap.

Key Claims

  • Pinball FX3 Creature from the Black Lagoon from the Black Lagoon from the Black Lagoon pack was released at Halloween

    high confidence · MPT3K stating 'the Zen Pinball FX3 pack just came out This past Halloween Creature from the Black Lagoon from the Black Lagoon from the Black Lagoon'

  • The community released DOFLinks support for the new Pinball FX3 tables the day after they launched on Halloween

    high confidence · MPT3K: 'the community wasted no time coming out with the Doflinks support for the new tables. I think the new tables came out on Halloween. And they had the new Doflinks executable ready to go the next day.'

  • Pinball FX3 does not respond to nudging input from V-Pin cabinets (tilt bob, plunger, feedback table)

    high confidence · MPT3K: 'the problem with pinball effects on my pin cab at least is that it doesn't respond to... it doesn't respond to my nudging, so it doesn't know what my tilt bob is. It doesn't know what my plunger is. and it doesn't know what my feedback table feedback is'

  • MPT3K has 40+ Pinball FX3 tables in their collection

    high confidence · MPT3K: 'I've already moved over to it. I don't know what I'm talking about. I've got like 40 Pinball FX 3 tables.'

  • Analog plunger support for Pinball FX3 exists and uses Xbox 360 controller drivers

    medium confidence · MPT3K: 'Someone did, they did come up with a way to do analog plungers on FX3, so you don't have to use a button... like using a 360 controller. Use an Xbox 360 controlling driver or something like that.'

  • The Chicago Gaming Company version of Monster Bash has a physical post that redirects brick shots on the left ramp

    high confidence · MPT3K: 'the Chicago Gaming Company. they put a post so if it bricks that ramp it actually shoots it towards the left um which wasn't in the williams version'

  • Monster Bash monster indicator lights are broken in the Chicago Gaming Company location version

    medium confidence · MPT3K: 'see how the lights don't work it's broken again nobody's fixed it the monster lights are broken did you fix it or is that is that what you went in to go fix'

Notable Quotes

  • “It's like playing a pristine, fresh-out-of-the-box pinball machine every time. It's so bouncy.”

    MPT3K @ ~12:30 min — Describes the Pinball FX3 physics experience and bounce behavior compared to VP

  • “I still gotta go to Virtual Pinball. But the Pinball FX is getting really good! It's getting really good, guys.”

    MPT3K @ ~45:00 min — Final verdict: MPT3K prefers VP but acknowledges FX3 is improving

  • “It feels like two different types of the same candy. What's my verdict? Which one would I go to? I still gotta go to Virtual Pinball.”

    MPT3K @ ~43:00 min — Direct comparison and preference statement

  • “The problem with pinball effects on my pin cab at least is that it doesn't respond to my nudging, so it doesn't know what my tilt bob is. It doesn't know what my plunger is. and it doesn't know what my feedback table feedback is.”

    MPT3K @ ~6:00 min — Key technical limitation of FX3 integration with V-Pin hardware

  • “I highly recommend, if you got nothing, get Pinball FX 3, play it on your whatever. they've gotten really good.”

    MPT3K @ ~44:00 min — Endorsement of FX3 for new/casual players without V-Pin investment

Entities

Mystery Pinball Theater 3000personZen StudioscompanyChicago Gaming CompanycompanyMonster BashgameCreature from the Black LagoongameFree Gold WatchvenueVisual Pinball XproductPinball FX3product

Signals

  • ?

    content_signal: MPT3K is actively streaming Pinball FX3 vs. VP comparison on Twitch; building content around new table releases

    high · Live stream broadcast documented in content; references to chat interaction and viewer engagement

  • ?

    product_concern: Pinball FX3 lacks input support for V-Pin hardware features (nudging, tilt bob, plunger, feedback); requires button-based workarounds

    high · MPT3K states FX3 'doesn't respond to my nudging' and requires 'two magna save buttons' for nudge left/right instead of forward nudge

  • ?

    product_concern: Pinball FX3 has minor flipper lag compared to VP's fast flips; also lacks on-table nudging (only button-based)

    medium · MPT3K notes 'flipper lag though. But it's tiny. It's not too big' and states VP has 'less flipper lag' due to fast flips

  • ?

    gameplay_signal: FX3 Monster Bash features increased randomness and bounce compared to VP version; scoop shots less predictable

    high · MPT3K: 'in visual pinball I could pretty much guarantee where that scoop is going to shoot every time... Apparently pinball effects doesn't do that' and 'that bounces a lot'

  • ?

    community_signal: V-Pin community rapidly developed DOFLinks support for new FX3 tables; executable ready day after Halloween release

    high · MPT3K: 'the community wasted no time coming out with the Doflinks support... they had the new Doflinks executable ready to go the next day'

Transcript

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0:00
Thank you very much. All right. What up, MPT3K here I'm going to do some comparisons Now the Zen Pinball FX3 pack just came out This past Halloween Featuring Monster Bash And Creature from the Black Lagoon.
1:25
Now I have Monster Bash and Creature from the Black Lagoon on Visual Pinball. Visual Pinball X. I like them. They both run really well.
1:37
Does Pinball FX version of Monster Bash and Creature from the Black Lagoon play better? Or which do I prefer?
1:52
Now, I played them a little bit at Overway Free Gold Watch in the real room. So, I'm going to do some comparisons.
2:03
And that's about it. I'm just going to do a little bit of comparison work here today. See which one I like. Now, just so you know, I'm running today, right now, I'm running in my V-Cab, my V-Pin. the giant full-size scale table is the only way I like to play virtual pinball.

  • Phantom Flip was disabled at Free Gold Watch because pros don't like it

    medium confidence · MPT3K: 'We turned Phantom Flip off at Free Gold Watch just because the pros don't like it.'

  • In Creature from the Black Lagoon, spelling F-L-I-M (out of order) still awards the sequential bonus, not just F-I-L-M

    medium confidence · MPT3K discussing rule nuance: 'if you spell F-L-I-M, it still gives you the sequential. The I and the L don't matter... the one at Free Gold Watch is broken then. Because we are able to spell it F-L-I-M and it still works.'

    • V-Pinproduct
    Waxperson
    Andre Minskovperson
    Deadflipperson
    DOFLinksproduct
    PinUp Popperproduct
    Tomperson
    ?

    product_concern: Monster Bash at Free Gold Watch has broken monster indicator lights; issue remains unfixed; may indicate code or integration problem

    medium · MPT3K notes lights are 'broken again nobody's fixed it' and suggests 'It's not a ROM issue it's it's a it's how they build the table'

  • ?

    design_philosophy: FX3 offers multiple physics modes (easy video-game-y version, classic arcade physics) to accommodate different player skill levels

    high · MPT3K explains FX3 has 'video game-y version, which has very easy physics' and 'classic, which is Zen Pinball's real arcade physics'

  • $

    market_signal: MPT3K indicates preference for VP but acknowledges FX3 is 'getting really good' and closing the feature gap

    high · Final verdict: 'I still gotta go to Virtual Pinball. But the Pinball FX is getting really good!' and 'it's so close'

  • ?

    technology_signal: Community has developed analog plunger support for FX3 using Xbox 360 controller drivers, enabling alternative input methods

    medium · MPT3K: 'Someone did come up with a way to do analog plungers on FX3... like using a 360 controller. Use an Xbox 360 controlling driver'

  • ?

    venue_signal: Overway Free Gold Watch operates ~60 pinball machines; MPT3K has streamed nearly all of them; venue allows rule modifications (Phantom Flip disabled)

    medium · MPT3K: 'out of the 60 machines that are there, I think I almost streamed all of them' and 'We turned Phantom Flip off at Frigga Watch just because the pros don't like it'

  • ?

    gameplay_signal: Creature from the Black Lagoon allows FILM sequential to be completed out of order (F-L-I-M valid); indicates rule ambiguity or location-specific variation

    medium · MPT3K discusses rule: 'if you spell F-L-I-M, it still gives you the sequential. The I and the L don't matter' and suggests Free Gold Watch version may be broken

  • ?

    content_signal: MPT3K experiences technical difficulties during stream setup (Twitch dashboard lag, app issues); manages real-time troubleshooting on broadcast

    high · Multiple references to dashboard not loading, app freezes, network connection issues during stream setup

    • 2:22
    So I usually don't pull out an iPad and play that way, or, you know, on an iPhone. I mean, if you have that, great, that's cool. But I built this big thing so I could play this way.
    2:38
    I'm just seeing if my channel got started. I don't see my recording started. Although I think I am live. Yeah, I'm very much live.
    2:51
    Alright. Trying to bring up my Twitch dashboard. How's everybody doing, by the way? I gave in to the peer pressure. I have a little music in the background, so I'm playing some 80s. Hopefully I don't get a copyright strike anywhere, but I might. So I don't care. It's all good.
    3:22
    Well, it doesn't seem to want to pull up my Twitch dashboard. I'll just drink some boba tea and we'll get started.
    3:34
    It's tea with no boba in it. Alright, what should we start with? what should we start with it never used to take this long to bring up my dashboard but for some reason it's taking forever so whatever whatever whatever app see if it shows up someday all right let's start with pinball effects so recently played is creature from the black lagoon and monster bash here's monster bash oh i forgot to forgot to record a play field for monster bash let's start with some monster bash and let's play classic so there are different versions of in if you're in pinball effects 3 there are different versions of the table. There's the video game-y version, which has very easy physics.
    4:42
    Basically the physics are kind of like you can play for a really long time. I don't know how they made the physics easier, but I guess there are fewer spots on the flippers that you can hit, or the granularity or whatever. I don't know. I don't know how they made it work. We're not going to use that. We're not going to use the classic, which is Zen Pinball's real arcade physics.
    5:11
    I'm going to turn that down just a little bit. Wow, this is amazing. I can't see my own stream. I don't know what's going on.
    5:23
    But I am streaming. If I bring up Twitch back here, I should be able to see myself streaming. That's me.
    5:59
    Alright. Let me just check my network. I'm going to connect to a different network on my phone. Let's launch this puppy in classic mode.
    6:17
    Have fun. I guess that was it. no we want to start a new game we don't want to continue an old game start new well start new them
    6:54
    what's beautiful well not beautiful music what music they may Okay, let's see what music they make. Flippers feel a little laggy.
    7:06
    Yeah. Well, that's nice. The creature has, like... It's actually a lagoon. Oh, and look, the guys are all alive. So I am in classic mode, but I turned on the live monsters and stuff. So that's one nice thing about Pinball FX3. You get kind of the real physics of the table, but you get their additions. Which is like Frankenstein comes alive And the Wolfman and the Bride And these spiders right here Are creepy as They're just creepy Alright let's play Whoa that bounces a lot So we have a version We have the Chicago Gaming Company's Version of this A free go watch And the ball constantly bounces In the lanes up there so you can almost start mummy. The ball will stay up there forever.
    8:01
    Wow, that sucked. Okay. Also, I have direct screen capture for you guys of the DMD. And, uh, you can turn off all this fancy stuff on Pinball Packs 3, like the score showing up for every switch hit. Um, I'm gonna keep it on for right now because that's one of the things that's kind of cool. And what's cool is you can actually you know, you don't get this you don't get those you don't get that feedback on a real machine to see how much the pop bumpers are worth right how much are the pop bumpers worth it's like 105 i got 5 000 just for hitting a scoop so that's pretty neat that stuff there oh oh see if i can do my basic flipper tricks okay up the middle nope up the middle Oh, they're fighting. I get it.
    8:57
    Alright. Let's start Wolfman. Wow, that bounces a lot. Ah! Darn it. Can I... Yeah, I can pretty much kind of... Hit Bride.
    9:20
    That easy bounce? Yeah, that's a pretty easy bounce. So the scoop is friendly. And so is that orbit. That orbit's friendly. What's up Joe Soap? I'm doing a little Pinball FX3 versus virtual pinball If you're around for a little while You can watch me try Both And I will give you my Assessment of which one I like the most I keep hitting the scoop A million just for hitting that scoop? Ah Now the problem with pinball effects on my pin cab at least is that it doesn't respond to... Oh, I started... And there he is.
    10:20
    That's kind of cool. It doesn't respond to my nudging, so it doesn't know what my tilt bob is. It doesn't know what my plunger is. and it doesn't know what my feedback table feedback is so i'm forced to hit so i'm forced to i have two magna save buttons on the side for regular pinball one over here i turn those magna saves into nudge left and nudge right see that one button gives a violent nudge I don't generally nudge left and right when I play real pinball I nudge forward so I should change one of these to nudge forward anyway it's a slight drawback of pinball FX3 um it would be great if 2 million for hitting that scoop jeez it'd be great if they allowed input from the virtual pinball virtual pin cab community to get access to more of the features of virtual pinball ok here's what I should do I should start drac and then start Frankenstein.
    11:59
    And then start Mummy. If I start Drac, I start Mummy and Drac. Let me see something. Well, Bride is ready.
    12:15
    Let's see. I can start Wolfman. Let's see if I can get Lucky here. Okay. Drac and Mummy I need to start Frankenstein Unless I can start Wolfman 2 Crap this is where it gets Hair dryer I'll use it Alright I need to My priority is Frankenstein right now
    12:50
    Damn it Oh my god! Oh, the game, Monster Bash! Everything I gotta start over again. Holy crow. Now, I thought that scoop was gonna be nice to me. I guess that's one good thing about pinball effects, is it feels like you can't you're not guaranteed so they put a level of randomness in it where you're not guaranteed because I would say in visual pinball I could pretty much guarantee where that scoop is going to shoot every time. It's going to be kind of the same place every time.
    13:42
    Apparently visual pinball effects doesn't do that. Oh, it just bounces fast as hell. Alright. I'm going to try again.
    13:57
    Okay, I'm digging this. Also, if you notice, they put the instruments down at the bottom. But you've got to do this every time.
    14:09
    You've got to wait for them to send your scores in. 24 million. Alright. All in all, I'm really impressed with Pinball FX 3. I don't know if I'm ready to move over to it.
    14:29
    What am I saying? I've got like 40 Pinball FX 3 tables. Move over to it. I don't know what I'm talking about. I've already moved over to it.
    14:43
    Okay, bright is always the hardest. Let's get her boosted. Okay, I need to get some hits on Frankenstein.
    14:57
    And creature is always the hardest. Is this an easy bounce? Yes. Oh, no, it's not. Oh, jeez. It's like playing a pristine, fresh-out-of-the-box pinball machine every time.
    15:14
    It's so bouncy. All right, let's focus. I can't do my normal nudging and stuff. I have to hit buttons. It's the only problem.
    15:28
    Yeah, yeah, yeah! I'm doing terrible. Stop flipping so damn much. Let's see what we can do with ball three.
    15:44
    Okay. Frank. I want to show you guys what it looks like when you start multi... Oh, jeez. Unless I get it on a friggin' mystery award.
    15:59
    Look at that. That's cool. He's actually started it. And a drink. Okay, here we go. A million per hit on Frankenstein.
    16:19
    So here's your strategy, people. Just murder Frankenstein in a tournament to get some points on the board.
    16:34
    Ah, that was quick. Super Jacket Pothead 2X. I've never seen that before in my life. Oh, well. Star Trek.
    17:02
    What is going on? Get up there. I got Phantom Flip left. Let's see what happens. Good shot. Get up there.
    17:32
    So on the CGC... Damn it. The CGC version of this we have at Free Go Watch. Number one, the ball constantly stays up in the pops. and number two when it comes if you brick this left wire ramp there's a little nubbin that shoots the ball off to the right out lane it doesn't seem to be doing it here all right i'm gonna do one more and then let's take a look at visual pinball's version of monster bash i'm liking this though this this kind of does feel like monster bash yet free go watch it does kind of feel like it what music they make okay except I don't like that I'm launching with the Magna save well maybe it doesn't launch with the Magnus save. Alright.
    18:33
    Let's see how easy it is to hit... No! No! No, no, no! Jeez. Everybody calm the frack down. See if I can hit creature. Creature!
    18:53
    I don't trust that bounce away anymore. Hmm. There we go. That's what I'm talking about. They really, really, really tried to get these physics together on this version.
    19:13
    I think they did a really good job. I mean, I love the action up there. Ah, what am I... I'm nudging, but it's not doing anything.
    19:22
    Because it's not responding to my nudges. That's alright. I always find the left ramp easier to hit than the right.
    19:34
    Damn. I can't get used to hitting a button to nudge. Come on. I want the Ancient Scroll. Always take note of what award you got with the skill shot. Because you can use it.
    19:58
    you can use it to to make a shot wow that came fast there we go she's almost ready I'm not gonna go for her anymore I'm not gonna go for her anymore I'm gonna go for Wolfman how far am I from track I'm not sure I didn't really get a chance to see that.
    20:31
    Nice! I think I'm one away. I don't know how far I am from Drac. Screw it, I'm going to hit Frank. If I hit Frank at this angle, is it going to drain? I think it might.
    20:49
    No! Oh! I think if I hit him at this angle, it'll drain. no when I have I wanna help sensitive the tilt warning
    21:12
    you little no no okay I want more Wolfman Where am I? One more for Bride. Does it tell me? Yeah, two Dracula letters. 22 hits for Mummy. I don't care about Mosh Pit.
    21:44
    I just went for it. And track. I'll take two. There he is. Okay. Come on, baby. Give me the two of them. I'll take the two of them.
    22:19
    That scoop has just become... Became very scary for me now. Look at that. Look at how much it wanted to leave. Can I backhand this?
    22:44
    Yeah! Alright, two monsters. Two monsters. And there they are! Well, they don't show you all the monsters. Extra ball! Everybody's trapped behind Dracula. Come on, move, Drac!
    23:17
    Oh boy. Not a good start. Jackpot! Jackpot Jackpot Jackpot Ah dang it Give me one more. Oh, now I start, mummy. This is a bad time to start, mummy. Okay. I also got to start Creature just to see what he looks like When he comes out Is there a way to Let's get around There we go Finish him I gotta finish Dracula Come on, you hit Drac Hit him in the ass Oh, here we go Silver bullet Oh, that's just silver bullet for Wolfman I can't believe I'm gonna miss There we go.
    24:52
    Bye-bye, Drac. Hairdryer. There we go. Six million for that orbit? I've never known how many points you can get on this game for things to do.
    25:18
    What am I... What am I doing? Ride. Wolf. Holy smokes. Ride. Wolf. No. Star creature feature. Nice. Take a look at this. I want to see what he looks like.
    25:37
    Oh. We don't get a zoom in of him. Damn it. I really... Oh, you get an extra ball instead of getting a replay.
    26:00
    What I need is... Bounce! Have I got them? I don't have any. I have none. No special things. Okay. Should I just go for Monster Bash, guys? Let's just go for Monster Bash. Screw it.
    26:31
    I want to see what this looks like. Drac. Oh, they just do this. Why does he get it? All monsters, two million Quick flips Damn it Still got a ball save
    27:17
    Alright, no more balls saved. Ah. Dang it. Wow. all right okay I'll take that in a tournament oh no no I did it to myself Shoot the game! I will! Oh, thank you for the biddies!
    28:14
    What is happening, Wax? Wax, I bet you can guess in three seconds what version this is. I gotta say they did a decent job it's very elastic it's very bouncy very bouncy but it's still trap up mostly oh boy oh boy boy boy no you see if I can get mosh pit going how far am I away from mosh pit
    29:02
    I'm at three. I can trap up the damn ball. Ah, screw it. Put it in the mine. In the box. Got it. I'm doing that it means nothing in 50 it's just for some freaking habit oh come on it always hits that ramp
    29:51
    damn I cannot hit that friggin mosh pit uh you can tell by the spinner lights blast it Boop! Stop hitting that scoop! Boop! Get somewhere, I don't know where. That's like a super hard shot! Got it. Get all the way around. You suck. Monster Bash is the only game where you can do like tons of work and get like 150,000. Oops. XYZ Manu. Okay, here we go. I'm trying to just go for Mosh Pit right now. No. While ball save is on... Nope, no more ball save.
    31:09
    Oh! What did it just do? Nothing wrong with hitting scoop 44 times to start live and lament. I don't think I've ever seen anybody do that live.
    31:23
    Like, in real life. Okay, got Monster Mosh Pit going. They don't have anything special going on on the play field for Mosh Pit. Mosh!
    31:45
    Damn it. Come on, let's get that Mosh Pit. Got it. Oh, I can start Frankenstein right now. Can I stack those?
    32:04
    Or maybe not. I don't know. Try to hit it. I know I can backhand it. Damn it. I can just murder the mosh pit. Damn it.
    32:18
    Get in there. Oh, you... Oh, fuck. Oh, they're coming back. I wish there was a counter to tell you how many times you hit the friggin...
    32:36
    Oh, I can't hit that for Shia. Got it. But it does nothing. I just hit Frankenstein. It does nothing. It's just a jackpot.
    32:50
    Mosh pit. Try and hit it. Wow. Jeez. Murder it! Ah. Tired. I just get tired of that whole freaking thing.
    33:25
    You have to start it first, yeah. Just because the stupid thing was open didn't mean anything. I did all that work and I just got another additional 40 million?
    33:40
    Andre, what's up Kazzy? 46. Andre at Free Go Watch got, what? 800 million in this game? Last night I was actually DJing a wedding reception.
    34:01
    And the slamming cop texts me. Andre Minskov. He texts me. He's like, hey, I'm at Freehold Watch. Do you want to stream something? Now, obviously, he's top 50, so he's going to blow it up. And I'm like, oh, that sucks. I'm in Sacramento DJing a wedding. tell me next time how you have dynamic back glass with uh pinball fx3 oh that's a good question that's a great question i'm using pinup yep wax is right so i'm using pinup popper which is awesome They didn't spend that much time... Oh, wait. Let me just grab this.
    34:55
    See if I can just grab this free... Frankenstein that's lit. Hey, that's working. It's just switch hits. I'll take the spinner. Spinner all day.
    35:16
    Drac is lit. Let's see if I can hit Drac. Got it. They wasted no time coming out. So the community wasted no time coming out with the Doflinks support for the new tables. I think the new tables came out on Halloween. And they had the new Doflinks executable ready to go the next day. So I installed it. So now I have all my cookies and all my neat stuff. So I can play Monster Bash.
    35:48
    I backhanded that? How is that possible? I guess anything is possible at the right angle. Oh, don't run out the side.
    36:05
    I got nothing. He just said blah for no reason. Oh, nice stop. I'm wondering if I should go play some Monster Bash tonight. I might be streaming tonight. We'll figure out what to stream.
    36:37
    You know, out of the 60 machines that are there, I think I almost streamed all of them. Damn it. Let's protect one. and play with the other.
    36:53
    Protect one of my balls and play with the other. Drack? Wait. Wait, when Wax talks, I need to listen. Hold up.
    37:12
    See if I can trap. What are you saying? Oh. Oh, after this. Okay, thanks. Ah! Okay. Let me see if I can stop the ball from running around. And... So that's Monsters of Rock. Huh.
    37:45
    Wow! Look at that! Thank you, Wax! 75 million? Wax, I swear I need you standing next to me when I play. Just tell me what to shoot.
    38:08
    I'm serious. I do the best when someone just stands next to me and tells me what to shoot. All monsters are 4 million.
    38:16
    Alright. Alright, let's get some points. Let's poop some points. Oh no. Not that way. Can't get up that ramp.
    38:47
    I'm cradling them and then they're dropping out. Go, go. You go. I want to get up the middle. I want to get up the middle, I think.
    39:39
    Damn it. Quick flips. Quick flips, everybody. Quick flips. Well, that wasn't bad, I guess. And lit shots for jackpot.
    39:55
    Oh, that was weird. Wait, did I do something wrong? And then it just, like, gave it to me from the...
    40:11
    Jackpots. I need to be watching what you guys are telling me. Was I missing the jackpots? I will hit it 44 times.
    40:37
    What's worth doing now? I thought... Isn't mummy switch hits? Just switch hits, right? Just gotta make... Oh, I'm a mummy and creature. That's why the ramps are lit. I'm wondering why the ramps are lit.
    41:03
    Thank you. One spear gun. Another monster bash! Woo! Can we skip it? For a minute, I thought there was like one giant pinball. It looks bigger than the other ones. Oh, because they scale the pinball up when it comes to you. They actually scale the pinball. Well, they don't scale it, but...
    41:53
    The pinball changes size based on where it is on the table. That doesn't happen in virtual pinball. Well, it kind of does.
    42:02
    It's not as noticeable, though. Oh, jeez. Are you kidding me? Yeah, it looks weird, doesn't it, Wax? I thought there was like a giant It's like the ball looked like this big I'm like what's wrong with this picture Oh VPX has an option for it It just looked weird I was like why is there a silver grapefruit Inside the machine right now Is that like Powerball from Twilight Zone Where am I I'm at 681 Alright guys, we're gonna see where I am in the leaderboard once this is done. Where do I sit in the leaderboard for everyone playing? The game just came out two days ago. Or these tables just came out like two days ago.
    43:03
    Ah! Wax, I got a question for you. you've already got me pegged at 430 you already looked it up damn it I gotta I thought you were serious it's not even using my knocker come on I went and bought a knocker so you can go crack crack so I can wake the whole house let them know that my virtual pinball skills on point and all you do is go crook crook come on they gotta we gotta figure out a way to get all the switches working on here oh how you doing hey ah i've unlocked the achievement on the table what about uh about that outfit no let me stop what am i doing i'm coming on to a friggin... What's up? Who's that? D'Amico!
    44:04
    She's kinda cute. You know, there's an option to turn her off. But I turned her on. Alright, that's enough of that. From the monster... Form the monster rock band on the monster bash table. Single player only. I got 20 XP. I do nothing with...
    44:22
    Did you guys notice that my icon is Flight of the Conchords? I do nothing with those unlocks where am I where am I leaderboard 18 oh congratulations I wish I did that in deadflips friggin tournament the other day because I played in his quick tournament that he set up in this table and I played my three games and I think my best was like 15 million Hey, let's go. Can I find out? I just want to look real quick. Yeah. Now check the leaderboard and get sad.
    45:16
    18. All the way up at the top is... Hey, I wasn't that far. Okay, double. 2.5... 1.2... 1.2. Did you play too, Kazzy?
    45:37
    Ha ha! I was like, I can do it because I have a pin cab. I have an advantage. Nah. No advantage because of pin cab. Really no advantage because of pin cab.
    45:54
    I was there as well. Well, well. So, let's see. Now, here's what's cool about the version of Monster Bash. I have...
    46:14
    And visual pinball. Color DMD. Like a mini Chicago Gaming Company version of Monster Bash. color dmd there's different leaderboards for arcade and sim yeah so that was that was classic mode so that was classic um i know i had the uh the the guys like the fancy look but i started it in classic mode and turned all that stuff on just so i could see it so those are supposed to be pinball effects is awesome uh physics and they feel pretty good there's still there's nothing you can do about it. It's still a flipper lag though. But it's tiny. It's not too big. So what's my high score in here? It's like 300. So it's about the same.
    47:04
    But this color DMD is pretty sweet. So let's try it. I want to see how What are we talking about There actually less flipper lag in VP because of their whole uh fast flips thing
    47:30
    Whoa, that ball's quicker! Okay. We're gonna do this, then we're gonna go over to Creature. Um Let's see So what's nice about this Is I can Let me see if I can trap up real quick That actually affected things I'll take it DMD is nice in color I love that color DMD Get my new man just updated creature that is. No, I didn't get the new creature, so maybe I should hold off on doing creature. I can do monster bash right now. If I shake the table, the ball moves. See that? I don't want to shake the table too much because I will tilt it.
    48:20
    Oh, and I haven't really hit anything yet, have I? No, please! Oh my god, my timing is off now because I am adjusting for pinball effects. Yeah, if you want to upload it go for it my god guys I am NOT hitting anything on this table right now
    48:52
    so you don't have the cute little creatures running around but you do have support for everything ah plus plus it I cannot hit an orbit to save my life now Okay, wait a minute Is my timing that bad? Holy shia la bow Okay, let's get serious This feels like when I play pinball Like, for real Every shot I try and hit I miss. I'm almost done with friggin' creature. I think I got one more creature shot and then I'm done.
    49:47
    Ramp, please! Get up there! Oh my god! And it drains me! Okay, so yeah, there's a post there in the Chicago Gaming Company. they put a post so if it bricks that ramp it actually shoots it towards the left um which wasn't in the williams version see how the lights don't work it's broken again nobody's fixed it the monster oh oh shoot are you serious the monster lights are broken did you fix it or is that is that what you went in to go fix
    50:31
    Yeah, I hadn't noticed. Wait. Phantom Flip works. We turned Phantom Flip off at Frigga Watch just because the pros don't like it.
    50:52
    Start Mummy. The monster lights on faces don't work how do I know which monsters I have that's not good one more let me get drag yeah it's annoying I posted about it and nothing yet is it a ROM issue or is it code I mean it's not a ROM issue it's it's a it's how they build the table right come on stop stop and the thing about this version is I can tilt it so if I'm if I do a big move I'm tilting.
    52:08
    For pinball effects, I think you have to spam the freaking button before you can tilt it. It's the table. Tom's masterpiece, so he would...
    52:20
    It's Tom's masterpiece, so he would have to fix it. Or someone smart. You're smart. You're smart, Wax. You know what's nice? It's nice to have options, though To be able to play both of these Is kind of cool And like I said before Oh, I got the link, thank you, man
    52:55
    I don't understand What the heck I need to get some hits on Frankenstein so I can start him whenever I want.
    53:07
    What are you guys' strategy for Monster Bash? If you play Monster Bash, do you try and get some hits on Frank initially so you can get...
    53:19
    So, when you do make progress on everybody else, you can just start him? Can you physically nudge pinball effects? No, you can't. Only with buttons, yeah. As well, only... Well, I'm not going to say you can't.
    53:36
    I'm not going to say you can't, but I don't have... I have not seen anyone online or investigated how to get a mechanical thing to do that. You might be able to do it. Right, I attack bride, microphone is not easy to get. Yeah, I kind of do the same Wax, I go after the ramps as much as possible in the beginning, especially with Ball Save,
    54:02
    because she's hard to start. Someone did, they did come up with a way to do analog plungers on FX3, so you don't have to use a button. I haven't done that yet. I will do that. I have not done that yet. So my analog plunger doesn't work in FX3, which is a shame because it's... I hear it's relatively easy to do. It's like using a 360 controller. Use an Xbox 360 controlling driver or something like that. Oh my god. Guys. Great. I started creating I got nothing else left. Any...nope, nope, no freebies.
    55:08
    Oh, spear gun! And now I gotta hit Gil directly. Why is Gil going crazy right now? I never got this far.
    55:29
    Ah, crap. Maybe I should let the game do it. Ideally, start all monsters as many as you can and start multiball.
    55:46
    That's the trick, right? Shoot it! Gimme mummy. We're the chicks. We're the chicks? I've never heard that one.
    56:09
    God, right into the friggin' slings. No! That was terrible! All right. We are done with this. We're going to go.
    56:25
    Oh, sensors. Is it censored in Pinball FX3? All right. I got to grab that table. In the meantime, let's go back over to Pinball FX3. So my verdict.
    56:42
    Here's my verdict. It feels like two different types of the same candy. What's my verdict? Which one would I go to? I still gotta go to Virtual Pinball.
    57:00
    But the Pinball FX is getting really good! It's getting really good, guys. So if you don't... If... I... Look. I highly recommend, if you got nothing, get Pinball FX 3, play it on your whatever. they've gotten really good I have options here I'm probably gonna go with virtual pinball but it's so close so this is we're gonna do classic oh wait I didn't set this up ah darn here you guys are gonna see the sausage being made again I have to do I have to set my system up to load classic um oh crap I just launched it again to do classic version of creature and I do that in the games manager yes and then we're gonna go these are all the tables I have we're gonna filter by FX3 and where's creature we're gonna do my date added where's creature there she is creature now I got to add these alt alt alternate run modes here copy that and put that into creature and this allows me to start pinball effects in what do they call it in the the pinball effects new physics.
    58:40
    Because they still let you play it with their old physics, which is super easy, which is kind of inviting to people who don't know how to play pinball and those people who like double flipping and all that other stuff.
    58:50
    But slide over, baby. Oh yeah, let me get that. Let's start this puppy up. Recently played creature. Now it's giving me different options. Classic, hot seat 2, hot seat 3, hot seat 4. I want classic.
    59:16
    So we can get pinball effects. Um. Oh, crap. Um. Wax, can you throw that link in the chat again? Because I missed it. And I won't be able to catch it again until I watch the VOD.
    59:37
    All right. We are at creature... Actually, I could just... Never... Thank you. I just realized it's right there on my computer, but... Thank you for being patient with me, Wax, because I swear to God I don't know how to use computers.
    60:00
    I'm literally looking at the link going, Hey, could you upload that again? Can you send me a letter? Can you send me a letter with a stamp?
    60:11
    Could you imagine how these tables would look if they added ray tracing? Oh, man. Let's do it. That bothers me, though. There's no way to turn off This And they want you to be able to see where the plunger is When you pull it But I don't want to see that I don't need this This breaks my immersion You know what I mean Anyway Nobody beats my Simpsons Oh I gotta get your Simpsons That way I can learn Warlock What the frack Wow Warlock Where have you been buddy I think I know where you've been You've been playing Project Cars haven't you Literally not Anything else Do Simpsons Pimple Party We will Not now We're doing Why are you hiding Warlock We're doing I've titled it Pinball FX3 vs. Visual Pinball but since I have them both I can play both oh and you've been playing Star Citizen did that game come out yet?
    61:48
    is that game done? actually I want to prove something here on Jack Danger's stream about Pinball FX3 he was saying he's not used to this game so he didn't know all the rules and one of the rules that people were telling him was that if you spell F-I-L-M in order you get the 8000 sequential Vroom vroom I got into Star Citizen Oh boy, rest in peace Rest in peace Warlock It's the future Still in alpha, free to play Now for, oh, free to play? What's the install like? 160 gigs You need a mighty computer to play Star Citizen, otherwise don't bother So what I was saying was They were like, hey, if you hit film and order you get a sequential prize of 8 million.
    63:02
    That is true. But a lot of people don't know and either our version of creature is broken at Free Gold Watch or you can do collect.
    63:18
    Boom. See how much that is? 4 million. Okay, I should have went to 16. A lot of people don't know that if you spell F-L-I-M, it still gives you the sequential. The I and the L don't matter.
    63:34
    And everyone in the chat was like, no, you have to spell it F-I-L-M. I was like, okay. Then that means the one at Freegal Watch is broken then.
    63:41
    Because we are able to spell it F-L-I-M and it still works. I'm going to try that here. It's going to be hard. Let's try it. Let's try it spelling. Now, I already screwed it up because I didn't get my kiss letters from the beginning. So I've already messed it up I'm buying a new computer by the way I'm going for the i9 Runs fine on the i7 4790 That's my old machine That's my machine that I was using for VR That's what my kid plays Overwatch on In the living room On the 4K TV He's running it He's running an i7-4790 with a GTX 980 Ti.
    64:31
    I spoiled that kid. But it's supposed to be for VR also. And it works pretty well for VR. Move your car!
    64:45
    I love the homage to Move Your Car that's in the Flintstones. Damn it, I just blew that. Yeah, definitely want an M.2 SSD, otherwise you're looking at 10-15 minute loads. Crazy time.
    65:07
    Loads forever. Yeah, if you get an M.2 that's running... That's not running at the SATA, like, PCI speed. If it's running... Congratulations! Some of the old motherboards, they gave you an M.2, but it still ran over the SATA.
    65:26
    I don't think you have to worry about that now. They won't build them like that, so you're okay. That's a good system. This chip's still kicking.
    65:35
    I watched it get played on maxed out systems, and it's still crazy loading. I have one, but it's for Windows, so it's small. Yeah, he means an M.2 for the game and all. all your operating system and everything. All right, let's see if we can get that kiss first. Let's see if we can get the K. I usually time it when it goes S, but Pinball FX does this weird thing. If I hold the flipper down, hold the thing down, it slowly relaxes it. I don't, don't do that. Hold it back. Like I'm holding it now,
    66:09
    and then it puts it back. I don't want that. When I pull the plunger, I keep the plunger out. K-I-S-S, K-I-S-S, K-I-S, got it.
    66:23
    Okay. Now I need the L to show you guys. So I gotta go up. Where is that freaking shot? I can't even see. It's right there.
    66:36
    I don't hit the post that much in the real machine. Come on, do it for me. Do it for me. Damn it. It's only an alpha, so I imagine it's not optimized. Oh, dude. Seriously? You think they're going to optimize it seven years down the road? I think it's optimized. It's got to be somewhat optimized. I mean, I haven't played it. I don't know. You the man, but I hope something is optimized. It just ball searched me.
    67:24
    Damn it. Got it. Okay, so I got FL. I need the I and that's the snack bar. Wow, this is... Go to the SC World Map. It shows all the dev stuff. Oh, that's cool.
    67:52
    Damn it. Alright. This is just one goal for this. Start the snack bar right now. Let's just... No! I got it. I can get the snack bar if I sneak it in.
    68:23
    So if you shoot the snack bar a bunch of times, you can... Okay, got it. So I got F, L, I. Oh! I just need the M. See if we get that sequential.
    68:39
    The pops are a little much. You mean the two... Yeah, they're a little strong. Uh-oh. Damn it. Can you post-pass on this?
    69:13
    got it, see, got it, sequential, guys, I spelled it F-L-I-M, you still get the sequential if you spell it, so the only thing that matters is the F and the M, so don't stress about F-I-L-M, if you even want eight million points, which is so tiny, it's not even worth worrying about, you can crack up, fuck, I don't care, um, yeah here's the thing uh uh this one this one is not exactly like monster bash there's some things about this emulation of creature which i played a little last night too doesn't sit well with me either and i've played this a bunch at FreegoWatch. Monster Bash is pretty spot on. This one here, especially this thing, I don't like that dynamic. Maybe I can turn that off in the settings. K-I-S-S, K-I-S-S, K-I-S, got it.
    70:25
    I'm not going to worry about it this time. I'm going to go for a boom. That's the, oh, I didn't get, oh, because I hit a switch. Sometimes you get a bonus if you go, it's a combo if you do F and an L.
    70:37
    Shoot the left ramp. I'm gonna backhand it, watch. Okay I didn Three million 6 million 9 million 12 million
    71:01
    15 million. 18 million. 21 million. Oh, keep going. Oh, damn it. Move your freaking car. Guys, I just cracked up 21 million. well a ridiculous amount of millions just from that mode there you can win tournament games if you can lock in on that left ramp get your combo going get 16 million on the board immediately and then play I've done that before where I've just like gotten the 16 million combo and then just went on and did other stuff because at least you put some points on the board that plunger is too strong and incentive targets which are not worth it because they're um dangerous so i don't even bother did i just lose move your car that sucks move your car is a lot of points five don't care about that mode really What am I missing? I'm missing snack bar Jet bumpers are a million a pop Man, if you just spam that corner You get a lot of stuff Jeez I've never tried most of this that I'm trying now Pops, million Come on, show me that pop era Where I get millions and millions and millions and millions Okay, this is kind of bullcrap Hey, let's start the film Aww I lost out on all my perks Let's start the movie Oh I don't have the neat stuff turned on There we go I just turned on All the stuff wasn't on Okay, now we got... Now there he is. Sorry about that, guys.
    73:17
    There he is. Alright, shoot the snack bar. Shoot the snack bar. Damn it. Five. Four. Oh, there goes my snack bar shot.
    73:43
    Okay. So do you see the truck? The truck moves. I should have had that thing on before. Look, money showed up there.
    73:58
    He swims by. Yeah, I got that back at the back of the boot. This... I feel like this is too easy. Yeah.
    74:17
    The VP one gives me more of a challenge. Not to say that I'm blowing it up right now, but... A lot of these shots are pretty easy. And I am in classic mode.
    74:29
    Trust me, I am in classic mode. Oh, I... Uh... Action ball! Let me out! We want to capture that guy so we can look at the animation of him getting captured.
    75:01
    Look at those scores. 105... What a random... random-ass score. 105-something. for... Oops. Get up there.
    75:19
    I'm missing the eye. I need to continue. Oh, there's another move your car at. Why am I bad at this shot? Got it.
    75:36
    100. Meow meow meow meow. Move your car! 13 105,930. Why did they think of that value? Give me the damn ball!
    76:01
    Move your car! Oh hit that switch! Hey guys, I got a replay. Okay, F I L M. Oh, I should have went to the top lanes. That was dumb.
    76:34
    Okay, easy. Wait, I mean snack bar, not top lane. So now I have to hit the targets to light the snack bar. They won't give it to me on the scoop anymore.
    76:58
    Which does nothing. Super hard. I can light another extra ball at Kiss level This is the most boring Damn it I have another box of balls But shit, I shouldn't go for extra balls Let's see if I can capture this pump It goes up to That's way too much power Wow, this is super hard I have to hit that one switch To light the snack bar What's that, 2x?
    77:53
    This is insane Every 10 hits I make a million Come on, hit... Do the pop bumpers... Oh! Just something I just noticed. That the pop bumpers change the...
    78:12
    Let me see. Do the pop bumpers change... Yeah, they do. They change the snack bar lights. Never knew that.
    78:20
    Okay, so now it's an easier snack bar light. Sorry, I didn't mean to clap on the microphone. Alright, I'm going to install...
    78:47
    I'm going to go ahead and install... why is that there? I'm going to go ahead and install the visual pinball version of the same table. and let's take a look. Thank you, baby.
    79:04
    Thank you, sweetie. Sorry, that's condescending. Thank you, ma'am. I'm at 30. Wow. No one's playing this game right now.
    79:16
    All right. You guys will get to see more of the sausage being made because I'm going to put in Wax's new version of this table. Where is it?
    79:37
    It's on my network. Boom. If there's anybody still watching, we're about to do the final. There it is.
    79:54
    Uploaded today. Creature from the Black Lagoon version 1.3. we're going to send it to tablesvp boom and I'm going to I'm just going to go ahead I usually do this with wax's updates I'm just going to go ahead and overwrite the other one don't even bother worrying about anything so I don't have to redo it in pinup Where is it? There it is. So this one goes bye-bye. Actually, I'm going to make sure that the names are the same. Baby takes the morning train To find them He takes another home again To find him waiting for him My baby takes the morning train. He works from 9 to 5 o'clock. He takes the morning train. Hey, no problem. Dante.
    81:07
    Dante in the his house. Here we go. Before we forget what the freaking pin-up player version looked like, let's do this. Recently played. Oops. Back it up. recently played creature boom hey and i got colored lights in the background i just got to get robo robo that stuff from don't panic flip to for you guys to be able to change the lights but i'm not whatever all right finally we are here creature in the black lagoon virtual pinball visual pinball it's all virtual visual pinball version let's try it out my plunger works oh so wonderful look at that so wonderful all right k i k i s s k i s s k i s k i s s ah i didn't plunge hard enough that's what I'm talking about.
    82:21
    Dante, thank you for the follow. Thank you for the follow, Dante. It's very nice of you. I feel like I get more follows when I do real pinball than when I do virtual, but... I love virtual pinball.
    82:42
    As long as you know in the right context. Well, this is way, way better. I'm sorry. Monster Bash... So here's my... I'm sorry. I don't need to flip this for that long to know that it's better. Monster Bash on Pinball FX3 So on a scale of 1 to 10 You added the... You did?
    83:14
    You added the missing screws and bolts because you like it. Was it wax? Was there a missing bolt up top? I feel like there was a missing bolt up top. Unless I'm wrong.
    83:33
    So on a scale of 1 to 10, Visual Pinball's version of Monster Bash gets a a nine point damn it a nine point damn it gets like a 9.5 and pinball effects's version gets like a 9.3 it's really super close almost all the stuff was missing or looked bad i changed that stuff on most tables okay so wow i'm not plunging hard enough this is this is why You have to plunge To get that skill shot I don't know Oh come on Give me a kiss Baby I'm just going for FILM I don't care what order I get in Because 8 million is not enough It's not worth it I'm telling you If you play this game If you're like playing in a tournament or whatever You get to practice find the ramp.
    84:42
    Find the ramp. Which I'm not finding right now. There it is. Shoot it maybe two times. And then shoot it up the middle.
    84:53
    To get that. To get a couple million on the board. That's a million right there. Okay, where I am? Where I am? Where am I?
    85:09
    2x. I need my S for kiss. Oh, come on. Come on. I'm getting it the hard way. I had to work for that.
    85:23
    Alright, now we start the show. Start the show. Now, here's one thing I want to try. If you shoot it up this left ramp, one of the balls stays in here for a little while. That way you can kind of try and find the girl with the other ball.
    85:51
    Damn it. Okay, I'm not doing great right now. Okay. All right. Okay. Wax, where are you publishing your modified tables? My new thing is putting in the drill holes, openings around, targets, slings. You have to go into camera mode to fully appreciate it. And he will send you a link, buddy.
    86:18
    Damn it. Shoot the snack bar. Okay. Nice and easy. Because I want to send one of these balls up the ramp. There we go. Oh! You freaking bastard! No! Oh, man.
    86:44
    Yep. This one wins. It's much harder. It feels like the actual table. Hey! We're playing a little bit... We're finishing up Creature. Creature from the Black Lagoon. You want to try?
    86:57
    My son just got home. He might try a couple with me at the end. and the rejection. This game could be brutal. I mean, you could... The risk-reward, that's the thing. The risk-reward... The risk-reward factor on this game is not as high as Monster Bash, but it's pretty good. I got an extra ball. Ready?
    87:31
    Is that move your car? Oh Move your car Like I was saying earlier The homage to move your car in the Flintstones Is pretty funny Ooh Also I gotta tell you The As far as the physics It's cool Pinball effects is great The ability to do flipper tricks in visual pinball still beats FX, though. Because they feel just like... Damn it, I should have nudged or something. They feel right.
    88:13
    I turn this from Stash Kid's creature, which is 100% legit. Awesome. Okay, I tune this. Not turn this, tune this, Manu. Read English.
    88:26
    Look at that. Oh, almost got the skill shot. How you doing Skylar? My family's back so I'm going to finish up the stream. Hopefully get you guys FILM. That's not the left ramp. It's close. Not quite.
    88:56
    That's not the left ramp. I want that left ramp so bad. It's not going to make it. Got it. Three. Okay, it's not worth it anymore.
    89:24
    Alright, we got the film ready to go. Oh, I'm glad to see that it gives me a kiss too. Okay, we're gonna go soft plunge to the top. Today a guy just showed me his virtual cab. First time I've seen a virtual cab in life. After that, we went to an arcade show.
    89:45
    There was more than 100 tables. Lots of new ones as well. First time I played a real Metallica Monsters. Real Metallica Monsters, Bash, Guardians, Hobbit, Tron, Total Annihilation, Jurassic Park, Wonka, and many more. Today was a perfect day. Ah, that sounds like a freaking perfect day. That sounds awesome.
    90:04
    Got it. That's going to go around for a little bit. And now I just need to get... Oh, that didn't stay up there very long. That also, I think, gives me a multiplier.
    90:12
    Ugh! Oh, wow. Snack bar. No snack bar. VPX has its issues, like the stupid monster bash lights thing. I'll get it fixed. The number of tables is over 700 now and climbing, not to mention all the tables and EMs. That will never be anywhere else. Thank you guys for watching. Okay, my verdict.
    90:40
    This creature on Visual Pinball, it's just too good. It's just too good. But Monster Bash, the creature in Pinball FX3, very good.
    90:54
    The creature here is way better. As far as Pinball FX, as far as Monster Bash, you know what? I'm going to give them both. I'm going to prefer to play the visual pinball version but you are not losing anything by playing the pinball effects version kicks butt and it also has the cool animations and stuff um so that's it I guess that's it them flupper ramps
    91:27
    what's a flupper ramp You okay? My little boy and I, he's dying, like, in front of me. I should go attend to him. You all right? Okay. Thank you guys for watching. Hopefully this was helpful.
    91:44
    Either way, you can't lose if you pick up Pinball FX3 because of all those tables that they have. And I'll show you just real quick.
    91:51
    Pinball FX3 has a huge growing list of ridiculous, amazing tables. and they just go on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on. And you like, yeah? I like, no, I like these. You like, he's telling me which ones he likes.
    92:17
    Let's leave it on, like that, that one, that one, that one, you like that one? I like that one, I like that one. Yeah? Star Wars?
    92:30
    Huh? theater magic he did toe tan oh toe tan is terrific all right I gotta go I'll see you guys Thank you. you