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  • #91
    I posted this in the PS3 thread, but I was told that everyone is posting here instead so here's some tips.

    I just got the "Prophecy fulfilled" trophy and I wanted to point out some things. Firstly, when you beat the Skadi Worthy and start the final battle, you DO NOT get in infinite ball save (it was suggested that you do). I stupidly let balls drain (cause I was focusing on other shots) assuming it was infinite and it went away after about 30 seconds as usual. Fortunately, you don't have to beat this wizard mode so it didn't matter so much.

    I have a very useful tip for the Kuurth Worthy. There are 4 targets to hit, and each time you hit a target the ball explodes and is relaunched. If you have not hit the far left target in the middle of the spinner, it will interfere with every ball launched and send them straight toward the middle...very annoying and difficult to deal with. It becomes impossible to catch the ball and so you have to hit it quickly which results in the ball hitting something other than a target and being wasted. If however, you hit this target first, the spinner will rotate 90 degrees so it's out of your way and balls can each be caught easily on the left flipper when they are launched. I actually struggled with this for a while before I figured that out (then I felt stupid, lol).

    For the Nul Worthy, I was able to figure out the timing by watching the magnetic lights outside of the mission when the ball goes around the table. You can see exactly when the lights go on so it should clue you in to the timing pretty well (it did for me!).

    I always began each run by going after the Nerkkod Worthy first since it is quite a challenging multiball. Unlike typical multiballs, you have to hit specific targets with specific balls... very challenging for me at least. The next Worthy I tackled was Greithoth since it's another tough multiball. If you can get these two missions done on your first or second ball, the others are all doable.

    Hope that helps!

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    • #92
      Loving this table
      which it took me for surprise since i wasn't a big fan of the comic itself (we comic book guys like to call this one "everyone getting hammers" the comic)
      so far the mission are the most fun i had with the table (its me or is Angrir the easiest one?), i liked the arkanoid like game with Mjolnir against the Serpent too

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      • #93
        Originally posted by bazz View Post
        Loving this table
        which it took me for surprise since i wasn't a big fan of the comic itself (we comic book guys like to call this one "everyone getting hammers" the comic)
        so far the mission are the most fun i had with the table (its me or is Angrir the easiest one?), i liked the arkanoid like game with Mjolnir against the Serpent too
        Everyone keeps mentioning the "arkanoid"-like minigame. I had grown up with atari so maybe i'm showing my age but it was called breakout.

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        • #94
          Originally posted by surf1der View Post
          Everyone keeps mentioning the "arkanoid"-like minigame. I had grown up with atari so maybe i'm showing my age but it was called breakout.
          I'm with you, I remember playing breakout on Commodore64 in our school library when I was supposed to be studying.

          I thought it was arkanoid that started adding details like the enhancement pills (widened/narrowed paddle, convex paddle, speed-up/slow-down, paddle with laser guns, etc.) Not sure if that game was the first to introduce those features, that was.... a while ago.

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          • #95
            Originally posted by bclewis View Post
            I'm with you, I remember playing breakout on Commodore64 in our school library when I was supposed to be studying.

            I thought it was arkanoid that started adding details like the enhancement pills (widened/narrowed paddle, convex paddle, speed-up/slow-down, paddle with laser guns, etc.) Not sure if that game was the first to introduce those features, that was.... a while ago.
            First time I played it it was called Thru the wall on the rubber keyed ZX Spectrum! I think it was most likely the first game I played on it!

            It was either Arkanoid or Batty that added the upgrades and different layouts I'm sure.

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            • #96
              I first played breakout on the atari 2600. Unfortunately, I missed the gaming greatness of the commodore 64. I had the bastard gaming system of that generation, the Vectrex. Never heard of the ZX spectrum.

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              • #97
                aarrgghh, that breakout/arkanoid min game drives me nuts, it's just completely random and the position it hits on the bar has no correlation with where the hammer goes afterwards. so all you have to do is mirror its movements, coz it does that weird comes back to you after it hits the side walls.

                STTC, 3 million for first two hits and then a base 6M for final, with 1M for every time you defeat him (so 2nd time 7M, 3rd time 8M, etc)

                And showing my age here but I love how the jackpot sounds are the classic 6M Dollar Man action noise and, especially, the avengers multiballs is the classic Superfriends transition noise. funny, funny.

                Anyone know how to up the multiplier on the Avengers multiball? IS it just linked to the EOB muliplier?

                And anyone get Bonus Held yet? How???

                And BUG BUG BUG, if you activate the Elven Forge and immediately hit the center shot, you get 18M but then the ball stays in the Odin sinkhole and wont come out (unless of course you've got the game in 'testing'* mode with 10 balls and (more importantly) tilts turned off, and then you can rumble the table like a mofo until the ball eventually comes out. But in normal play, that would be a game killer.

                * When I first get a game, I go into operator menu and play with the settings and get max balls and other stuff, so I can just play with the table and not worry about score, just getting the feel for every shot. That way I dont have to restart the game continuously in frustration, and really work the table out.

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                • #98
                  Fear Itself

                  By far, my favorite table at the moment. The Avengers table pack is the best set of tables by far but, Fear Itself stands out.
                  Simple complexity at its finest.

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                  • #99
                    The woman's weird robot/apocolyptic voice really helps make it stand out too.
                    http://www.pinballmuseum.org/ The City Is My Church

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                    • Originally posted by surf1der View Post
                      I first played breakout on the atari 2600. Unfortunately, I missed the gaming greatness of the commodore 64. I had the bastard gaming system of that generation, the Vectrex. Never heard of the ZX spectrum.
                      Ah, the Vectrex, my friend had one of those, I recall the game backgrounds were printed on clear plastic sheets you just stuck on the screen

                      Regarding the "breakout/arkanoid" mini-game on Fear Itself, I'd say it's actually a little closer to Pong, in the absence of bricks to smash.

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                      • Originally posted by bclewis View Post
                        Ah, the Vectrex, my friend had one of those, I recall the game backgrounds were printed on clear plastic sheets you just stuck on the screen

                        Regarding the "breakout/arkanoid" mini-game on Fear Itself, I'd say it's actually a little closer to Pong, in the absence of bricks to smash.
                        Ah, I forgot about those clear plastic background sheets. I think they had different colors too. I guess they didn't have enough memory to push out those background pixels. The only games I remember from the Vectrex was a tank game and an ateroids like game.

                        @Evolve: I was also wondering what the max multiplier for this table was. I think I got as high as x18. Anyone maxed out the multipliers yet?

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                        • Originally posted by lasvegaspinballhalloffame View Post
                          The woman's weird robot/apocolyptic voice really helps make it stand out too.
                          thats Sin Shmidt daugther of Red Skull, she is transformed in Skadi by her Hammer
                          her voice sound like that because she has a german accent mixed in her voice

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                          • Originally posted by bazz View Post
                            thats Sin Shmidt daugther of Red Skull, she is transformed in Skadi by her Hammer
                            her voice sound like that because she has a german accent mixed in her voice

                            I need to compile a list of the graphic novels I need to pick up to have the entire Fear Itself story arc. I love this story and how the Serpent is called forth by Sin, who then in turn, calls forth the Worthy. Those transformations and the death of Thor sound sick.

                            I've actually got the entire Infinity Gauntlet run as I collected them when I was an early teen.

                            Maybe Zen should consider the Todd McFarlen drawn "New Fantastic Four". When the original Fantastic Four was thought killed, Spiderman, the Grey Hulk, Wolverine, and Ghost Rider teamed up to become the "new" Fantastic Four. That was quite the site to see!

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                            • Originally posted by surf1der View Post
                              I guess they didn't have enough memory to push out those background pixels.
                              The notable thing about Vectrex is that it was based on vector graphics rather than raster graphics -- so, no "background pixels", but rather line segments in arbitrary directions; and I believe there are hardware limitations on the number of line segments possible.

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                              • Originally posted by BootToTheKool View Post
                                I need to compile a list of the graphic novels I need to pick up to have the entire Fear Itself story arc. I love this story and how the Serpent is called forth by Sin, who then in turn, calls forth the Worthy. Those transformations and the death of Thor sound sick.

                                I've actually got the entire Infinity Gauntlet run as I collected them when I was an early teen.

                                Maybe Zen should consider the Todd McFarlen drawn "New Fantastic Four". When the original Fantastic Four was thought killed, Spiderman, the Grey Hulk, Wolverine, and Ghost Rider teamed up to become the "new" Fantastic Four. That was quite the site to see!
                                i have the infinity saga too and it is awesome
                                a new f4 table it could be cool
                                personally if had to do a new F4 related table as some sort of sequel to the existing table i'll go with the Future Foundation run, it would be the perfect excuse to have some of the cosmic F4 stuff like the celestials and Annihilus

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