Zen Pinball Demo on PSN -- cool pin!

[ZOM]

You mean flippers instead of plungers, right? You pull back on the plunger to launch the ball onto the table playfield (by applying various pressure to the PS3 controller's button "X", you can launch the ball soft, medium or hard however you like) and use the flippers to score points. Yeah, it's with the pressure sensitive PS3 controller's L1 and R1 buttons that activate the lower and upper flipper sets. ^_~

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

Lol, yeah, my mistake. Sleepy head is sleepy.

[silvergunner]

There is a patch for ZEN Pinball now,but I can`t get information what exactly it does.Will try to figure out in my next game sessions...

[PC Engine Fan X!]

It sure would be nice to know when some new pinball tables will be available on the PSN store from Zen Studios.

Upon looking at the back game case of my NDS copy of USA region Flipper Critters, it says that it, too, was made by Zen Studios as well. ^_~

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

[D]

The demo is very good.
Evryone should at least try it.

[professor ganson]

It sure would be nice to know when some new pinball tables will be available on the PSN store from Zen Studios.

Upon looking at the back game case of my NDS copy of USA region Flipper Critters, it says that it, too, was made by Zen Studios as well. ^_~

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

Ha, I never noticed that.

[silvergunner]

New is you can choose a 6th view(7 in total now) like such in multiball-mode,very fine!
It seems some Bugs fixed but I´m not able to describe it

[ROBOTRON]

i lub v12...i just wish i could play it better!

[PC Engine Fan X!]

i lub v12...i just wish i could play it better!

The way how Zen Studios designed the V12 table, it seems that the ball likes to go down the drain quite fast just like as if it was a pinball table in real life. ^_~

I like the Shaman table myself, reminds me of the classic wide-body pinball tables from the likes of Williams and Bally. ^_~

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

[ZOM]

Tesla table is my fave but I suck at it, funny thing is I'm under the impression that it's the easiest table too.

[silvergunner]

Version 1.02,new patch out now!

[PC Engine Fan X!]

Another new Zen Pinball table is available for d/l for a grand total of five different pinball tables to choose from. Since Zen Studios are big-time Street Fighter fans themselves, they asked Capcom if it was alright to do a Street Fighter themed pinball table for their PS3 pinball compliation and the rest is history. It has a Street Fighter II theme going on for your SF2 lovers. It is a $2.49 USD purchase on the USA region PSN site. ^_~

Here's the link: http://www.us.playstation.com/PSN/Store ... NPinball_H

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

[professor ganson]

That sounds terrific. Thanks for that update. I'll have to check it out.

[ZOM]

Ahh yes, I've seen pictures of that SF table before and it looks amazing. Have to try it one of these days...

[silvergunner]

I like the new SF II Tribute-table.More Pinball,finally!

[PC Engine Fan X!]

The Street Fighter II Tribute Table is a 37MB d/l off of the USA region PSN site. At $2.49 USD, that ain't a bad price at all for this fifth Zen Pinball table. Upon trying it out for the very first time, it feels like a classic Williams pinball table called "Rollergames" with some minor mods in place of course. There are the obligatory SF-II sounds effects in place when the ball goes through it's rounds on the playfield. ^_~

All that is missing is a metal pin placed between the flippers so that the ball can bounce back up on the the flippers to resume play and to even out the odds of "a ball going down the drain" too quickly. I like how there are two SF-II upright cabs placed on either side of the SF-II Tribute Table for that cool retro old-school SF-II vibe. Zen Studios has created another cool pinball table worthy of the Zen Pinball name. ^_~

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

[Thunder Force]

About the flippers, dunno if you guys already know this but activating the top flippers has to do with pressure sensitivity - if you push the button lightly, you'll only activate the main flippers otherwise you'll activate both main & secondary(top) flippers.

I dislike this control scheme a lot. Has anyone managed to turn off the pressure sensitivity while still allowing posting of your scores to online leaderboards? (I saw the game menus say they disable online hi-score posting if you adjust certain options)

On a side note, the more I play this the less pleased I am by the movement of the ball... just as with Pinball FX on 360, the ball movement and collision rebounds consistently feel wrong. If the physics simulation of Williams Hall Of Fame - the current high water mark, as far as I'm concerned - are to be considered 99% authentic (i.e. 1 out of 100 ball motions feel wrong), then the Zen Pinball / Pinball FX ones are considerably below that (like 40-50% authentic imo). Then again, I'm only a casual pinball player, not an expert, so maybe the Zen team are just simulating motion based on a different (older) era of table (?), if so there is still a disconnect between the modern look and the old ball motion. But despite the flaws the Zen/FX games are still fun enough to kill some time on, especially for the low price tag, and the extra dlc tables have also been worth it.

[PC Engine Fan X!]

I'm really not sure if the pressure sensitivity can be disabled in the Operator's Menu settings. I tried using the PS2 Dual Shock 2 controller with a Pelican PS2 to PS3 USB adapter setup and the flipper functionality was even worse. I opted to go back and just use the PS3 Six Axis controller instead for it's better pressure sensing capabilites.

Just like in real pinball, Zen Studios was trying to capture the nuiances of real ball physics...some games are lengthy and others, quite short. Of course, you can "juke" (shake/nudge) the table to try to keep the ball in play longer but at the expense of possibly tilting it and losing your current ball in play. ^_~

I would have to consider the PC versions of Pinball Pro, Timeshock and the two other pinball tables in the series to have the best physics with the ball reacting to the enviroment of the playfield. Of course, in the "Incredible Journey" pinball table, you can even adjust the age of the overall pinball machine from brand new to used but in kept in good working order. ^_~

You can even change the overall color scheme on the SF-II Tribute Table's dot matrix display if you wish if the default "yellow" color isn't your cup of tea...it won't affect your on-line posted scores either. ^_~

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

[Thunder Force]

I'm really not sure if the pressure sensitivity can be disabled in the Operator's Menu settings.

I figured out how to do it.

During gameplay:

1. Start to pause the game.
2. Select Operator's Menu (game in progress will reset)
3. Select "U. Utilities" from Operator Main Menu
4. Select "U 4. Extra Adjustments" from Operator Utilities Menu
5. Select "U 4 01. Lower Arms Sensitivity" from Operator Extra Adjustments Menu, and set this value to "0.15"
6. Select "U 4 02. Upper Arms Sensitivity" from Operator Extra Adjustments Menu, and set this value to "0.0"
7. Now just back out of the Operator's Menu to save your settings.

All the flippers will now work simultaneously just like they did in Pinball FX.

(Changing these defaults does not interfere with online leaderboard use.)