New Pinball Table Ideas? - Post 'em Here

[lasvegaspinballhalloffame]

Like a steampunk style?

Yes, steampunk rules!!!

[chomer]

Hi Zen-Team.

Can you give us the PS3 Tables from Zen Pinball which are not in Pinball FX2.

V12
Shaman
El Dorado
Tesla
Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2

I like the tabels and I want them for Pinball FX2 please.

I hope you can do it please.

[VIPER]

Something with bugs and flora around them. In a cute way (Bugs life) not gruesome. You'd be one type of bug, exploring his surroundings. I can imagine a bee hive somewhere, ant-pile/mountain (however that thing is called), caterpillar, bumblebee, grasshopper, flower for a drink, dangerous creek, leathal mantis and a mate of course.


Rise of mankind
This would be a huge table, because it would consist of layers of ages. And as you read on, you will realise it would be a really challenging one to finish.
For example, initial table setting would be in prehistoric times. may not be historically correct, but it would present as the Neanderthals or something in that area, with mammoths, dinosaurs, etc. You would first have to become selfaware. Create fire, make tools, draw on stone, hunt in groups with strategy in mind. One of the final missions could be catching a t-rex, using tools to make stakes and make a BBQ Now, when you are done with quests for pre-historic era, you would become to advanced for it and you would need to evolve. not just like that, but by using the ball and flippers of course. Whe you would successfully advance to a new age, the table would change (ball held somewhere in the meantime). Dinosaurs, caves and caveman,would change into something else. At a latter time, arhaic-antiquity with ancient greece and such, middle age. with bows, knights,..., another would be a not long ago time, with World Wars, then the modern days. In each period you would have to complete the missions and then advance to the next age. In each age there would be also a end of days event. If you would activate it, which you would not want to, something would happen, that would end humanity. Plague in the dark days, nukes in war times, asteroid in modern times, aliens in future. In such case, the game would not be over, but human kind would have to become again and start advancing, therefor you would start from the earliest age again. Because of this, caveman would perhaps not be the best for the first table layout. Something even earlier perhaps, at least primates or even further back into the ''big bowl of soup'' where small cell organism would have to survive, grow, come to land, grow,..., primates, and then next age, caveman. (Nice addition would be various types of balls for completing important quests or advances through ages. Fireball to light the BBQ in Neanderthal era. Stone and wood as well. Iron in dark age.)


The Art of War
You would be one of the conquerors (could be one decided in advance or like in the above case, several to choose from, Cezar, Alexander,..., you choose one and the story begins). You would lead your army around the world with a goal to make whole world into one country under your rulling.


Fairytale
You'd be a common farm boy.You hear of a princess locked in a tower in far away land. Since you are borred with farming and you haven't seen a girl upclose yet, you venture on a journey across lands with endgoal of freeing the princess. On such journey various perils await and people and animals in need of assistance.
(Another idea is a table(s) made from fairytales of the past such as Snow White, Little Red Ridding Hood,...)

[Verjigorm]

Wow, there are a lot of cool ideas in this thread and it's getting harder to think of something that wasn't mentioned before, but let's give it a try.

A math/geometry table:

The table would have a main field and a geometry mission field. Your goal would be to paint geometrical figures on the mission field (maybe a chalk board).

So, how would you do that? The clou of the mission field would be that it has 4-6 moveable flippers. Your goal is to bring them in the correct position, so when the ball enters the mission field and you time your first shot correctly, it brings the ball to the second flipper, from there to the third and so on.
In the end, if all shots were timed correctly and the flippers were in the correct position, you would perform geometrical figures.

Moving the flippers would be done on the main playing field. By doing comboshots (a bit like choosing the fighther on Street Fighter) you choose, which of the flippers you're trying to move. An orbit shot decides the direction of the movement.
How far the flipper would be moved is decided by adding shots. The ramps and targets could have different values, so you need to do the math if two ramps and an orbit are enough to bring your flipper in the perfect position.



A Napoleonic era table:

I'm not quite sure, but I think this era hasn't been mentioned yet. The table could follow Napoleon's campaign and with the many cannons, muskets and pistols of the time, there are a lot of possibilities to shoot balls from.
The american civil war would be an alternative scenario with a similar feeling.


Scrubs:

Being J.D. and having missions like helping Turk with surgery, avoiding the janitor's traps or sucking up to Dr.Cox seems like fun.

You can also count me in as +1 for the Discworld, Nightmare before christmas, Iron Maiden and Steampunk themes.

[Satori]

I'd like to see a multi level steampunk table that looks like the inside of a clock, with pieces that always move and change how you play the table. Repetitive shot high scores should be impossible. It would be nice if it wasn't a high scoring table. We've had a lot of those lately.

What about a table that makes sounds and composes music as you play? I'm sure you've seen games that have reactive music. "REZ" comes to mind first. It would have some techno music playing and everything on the table that you hit would make a pattern of sounds that combine to create more music. Doing certain things would unlock more music. And it should have epileptic visuals.

Why confine the game to the inside of a tall table when almost every one of us have wide screens? One table that fits our screen side-to-side could be interesting.


We could use a few villain tables where we're the bad guy and we have to defend against good guys while doing dastardly deeds. Going with the Marvel thing: Venom. Dr Victor Von Doom. Ares.

http://www.superherodb.com/pictures/portraits/venom.jpg

http://www.superherodb.com/pictures/portraits/doctor-doom.jpg

http://www.superherodb.com/pictures/portraits/ares.jpg

And what about females on the tables? Firestar. Black Cat. Shriek.

http://www.superherodb.com/pictures/portraits/firestar.jpg

http://www.superherodb.com/pictures/portraits/black-cat.jpg

http://www.superherodb.com/pictures/portraits/shriek.jpg

The Last Starfighter. Please? Please? Please?

Tron /original and Legacy

Nightmare on Elm Street /or Friday 13th

The Muppets. Animal on drums, the borty-borty-bort cook, Beaker and the bald science guy, the blue eagles at the top of the table laughing at our mistakes, and Piiiigs iiiiin Spaaaace!

Adult Swim series: Sealab, Frisky Dingo, Archer and Aqua Teen Hunger Force

Back to the Future would be boss.

6 tables Star Wars series?

[Sir Pent]

My table(s)

Personally I'd love to play a zombie/ demon (or daemon) invasion table (I know we've had Earth defense, so It could use some sorts of thing from that table, or the Lord of the rings tables)
I know a few have said zombie, but I'd prefer demon myself, because there are different types of demon enemy and massive bosses, and it can be done elaborately with complex ramps and mini-games etc.

My favourite real life table is Star wars Phantom menace 3d pinball table,(I got second place on it) as the different stages of multiball against maul were brilliant, and everything was perfectly balanced, such as extraball etc
Do like the idea of a Duke Nukem or similar style theme for a table though

[progrocker69]

Tables based on music genres, if not specific bands?

There would be lots of possibilities here. If getting licenses for specific bands were too expensive, you could still make tables based on all sorts of genres from 60s British Invasion, to 70s classic rock, progressive rock, funk, soul and R&B, to 80s New Wave, 90s Alternative and so on.

I love music and would really be thrilled with music-themed tables. And even the exact types of music wouldn't be as important as a table that plays well.

[lasvegaspinballhalloffame]

I'd like to see a multi level steampunk table that looks like the inside of a clock, with pieces that always move and change how you play the table. Repetitive shot high scores should be impossible. It would be nice if it wasn't a high scoring table. We've had a lot of those lately.

What about a table that makes sounds and composes music as you play? I'm sure you've seen games that have reactive music. "REZ" comes to mind first. It would have some techno music playing and everything on the table that you hit would make a pattern of sounds that combine to create more music. Doing certain things would unlock more music. And it should have epileptic visuals.

Why confine the game to the inside of a tall table when almost every one of us have wide screens? One table that fits our screen side-to-side could be interesting.


We could use a few villain tables where we're the bad guy and we have to defend against good guys while doing dastardly deeds. Going with the Marvel thing: Venom. Dr Victor Von Doom. Ares.

http://www.superherodb.com/pictures/portraits/venom.jpg

http://www.superherodb.com/pictures/portraits/doctor-doom.jpg

http://www.superherodb.com/pictures/portraits/ares.jpg

And what about females on the tables? Firestar. Black Cat. Shriek.

http://www.superherodb.com/pictures/portraits/firestar.jpg

http://www.superherodb.com/pictures/portraits/black-cat.jpg

http://www.superherodb.com/pictures/portraits/shriek.jpg

The Last Starfighter. Please? Please? Please?

Tron /original and Legacy

Nightmare on Elm Street /or Friday 13th

The Muppets. Animal on drums, the borty-borty-bort cook, Beaker and the bald science guy, the blue eagles at the top of the table laughing at our mistakes, and Piiiigs iiiiin Spaaaace!

Adult Swim series: Sealab, Frisky Dingo, Archer and Aqua Teen Hunger Force

Back to the Future would be boss.

6 tables Star Wars series?

Adult Swim would HAVE to include Metalocalypse.

[TinglyDi3ase]

ESRB Rating

So many utterly awesome ideas!

The one thing that I am wondering though is why, when almost every PFX2 player on my XBL list (a fair few people) is of an age where they are considered an adult, people shoot down more 'mature' ideas - Horror, Gore, Violence, Nudity, all that good stuff - on the basis that PFX2 won't be able to maintain the ESRB rating.

I don't understand why this is such an issue. Surely there are enough adult players to warrant adult tables? If the rating was made higher, would people seriously stop playing it altogether?

[bclewis]

If the rating was made higher, would people seriously stop playing it altogether?

No, but it would require just as much work/time/money to make, and likely fewer people would buy it.

[Womble]

I would like to see a science fiction space opera themed table.

Ditto. Some franchises/IPs I'd like...

Forbidden Planet (featuring Robby the Robot)

Cthulhu

Dune (but not the lame non-Frank Herbert books)

Solaris (tee hee)

War of the Worlds

Tintin: Destination Moon

Hellboy

Mars Attacks!

Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy

The Fifth Element

Dead Space

[BarbieBobomb]

So many utterly awesome ideas!

The one thing that I am wondering though is why, when almost every PFX2 player on my XBL list (a fair few people) is of an age where they are considered an adult, people shoot down more 'mature' ideas - Horror, Gore, Violence, Nudity, all that good stuff - on the basis that PFX2 won't be able to maintain the ESRB rating.

I don't understand why this is such an issue. Surely there are enough adult players to warrant adult tables? If the rating was made higher, would people seriously stop playing it altogether?

You're right, there are enough adult players, but we prefer to keep it appropriate for the young ones too

[TinglyDi3ase]

No, but it would require just as much work/time/money to make, and likely fewer people would buy it.

Why would fewer people buy them? You may be right, but I think you're relying on a lot of untested assumptions.

One table.....out of 30-odd. It would hardly change the overall feel of the game. It would merely add another dimension for those that wanted to give it a go. I still think it would be worth a try.

[bclewis]

Why would fewer people buy them? You may be right, but I think you're relying on a lot of untested assumptions..

Yep, that's why I said "likely".

Pinball is already a niche market. I think most adults who buy pinball DLC would happily buy all "family-oriented" tables, but not everyone would buy restricted tables. Heck, I'm an adult (at least by age...), and I'd be less inclined to buy adult-themed tables.

I'm already uncomfortable enough playing the "Moon Knight" table (I'm not familiar with the comic, but we have a white hero wearing a costume reminiscent of a KKK outfit, black villains (at least thematically), and a sidekick dubbed "Frenchie" -- yikes!).

[hectorpuppet]

I'm already uncomfortable enough playing the "Moon Knight" table (I'm not familiar with the comic, but we have a white hero wearing a costume reminiscent of a KKK outfit, black villains (at least thematically), and a sidekick dubbed "Frenchie" -- yikes!).

Marc Spector is Jewish, if that helps...