LGR Oddware - Philips Virtual Pinball Controller

Nice :D

StigDesign1

I can't quite remember how much, but I'm pretty sure that it costed around 15.000 escudos, or 75 euros in today's currency (85 dollars)

PIXEL

Oh, neat! Any idea how much they were there?

LGR

no worries. We also reminisced about the MSX days and he reminded me he brought me to a and IT expo where he and his colleagues were trying to promote tech ("The new media systems" tech they put on everything with a processor back then) that would become the CDi . Apparently they R&D guys all agreed it wasn't viable tech but they had to promote nonetheless :) . I have vague memories of CDs and moving pictures and whatnot.

Banjo Guy Ollie

Back then, here in Europe, I saw these "monsters" on store shelves all around the place! Never bought one, though.. too expensive to me back in those days.. Great video, Clint! ;) Cheers from Portugal!

PIXEL

:D Well said ! If Transarctica ever gets a re-release/update it really needs more C&C like controls for battles (numbered groups, selection of multiple units at once, formations, radar/battle map). And/Or a Real-Time with Pause system à la Pillars of Eternity.

Maximilien Noal

Man... This reminds me that was working on a project to make a Pinball controller for my XBox 360 out of a wired controller I got cheap from eBay. I still have everything for it. But nothing has been constructed! lol! I seriously need to start working on that one day!

Ian Guebert

Plywood board, screw to board, and clamp board to desk. Make sure to put rubber feet on plywood so you don't scratch your desk. Then make a follow up video!

Nick Schafer

Alwaaays

LGR

awesome! i am glad to see you finding odd and alternate ways to play with yer balls of steel!

Sterling Treadwell

You know, you probably could. Though I wouldn't want to try!

LGR

I wonder if you could stand on it and use it like a roll n' rocker?

Andrew Buffenmyer

Glad you got the floppy! And yeah, you can tell it's definitely meant to mount to a desk, but I didn't feel like screwing holes just for the episode, hehe

LGR

I do love a positive oddware episode! Maybe if this thing was mounted to a desk, you could "slide" the top section to get those left and right tilt switches working correctly... (Thanks for the signed floppy, completely forgot and it came as a really nice surprise)

David Taylor

Yeah, I'd have to be playing a LOT of pinball to want to keep this thing set up.

LGR

It's impressive how well it sells the feeling!

LGR

Even I'm not that sadistic!

LGR

Sure thing!

LGR

Quite possibly, seeing as it was manufactured in Italy! Thanks for asking him :)

LGR

I had to put ON pants just for that, haha

LGR

That intro music reminded me of a dear childhood game, Holiday Island. <a href="https://youtu.be/f-3RVpEphXw?t=29s" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/f-3RVpEphXw?t=29s</a>

MrMattan

Personally, I'd like to have the ability to download and run pinball tables through Future Pinball direct from a source engine, kind of how Happy Chick handles emulators on Android phones. But as for the accessory, as much as I like the idea of an authentic pinball experience, it's a bit too bulky and expensive for my standards.

Caleb Bott

That looked surprisingly good actually. Asked my father about it and he'd never heard of them. Reckons they were probably made by third party then sold as Philips . Think it's the most positive oddware yet :)

Banjo Guy Ollie

That thing looks so cheap and ridiculous yet so much fun when you actually use it...

Alyxx the Rat

Have you tried Transarctica (PC version) with this pinball controller ? The train battles are already quite hard in that game, but winning with this thing against any enemy train (even one with only one soldier and nothing else) would be surprising to say the least. ;-)

Maximilien Noal

I have one criticism of this video: You just had to stand up and ruin the idea that you do reviews sans pants, didn't you? ;)

Thanks you, Thanks you, Thanks you, I salute you for saying The Netherlands.

Druid Donagh MacBran

Thank goodness you don't have to engage a stiff microswitch to nudge a real table!

LGR

I'd love to sometime!

LGR

Heh. I just came back from visiting someone in our local pinball league for my first time and spotted the notification for this video in my inbox. How's that for timing? ;) That does look like a LOT of force required to get the nudge switches working in the thing though. Then again, as I'm slowly learning with the real thing, nudging for real really does take a lot force... :B

Kris Asick

This is bloody spectacular! No one has guts anymore to release specific one genre controller. It'd be great if you'd ever get Steel Battalion controller for original Xbox. That thing is insane.

ksen

Haha, thanks, tried to think of the worst-fitting modern game to play with it

LGR

I'll give them dedication for pulling off such a bulky bit of kit - except for that tilt control though (though I wonder if that's just due to the ravages of time, rather than a design thing). And the GTA5 road test - totally inspired. Actually surprised it's mapping kind of worked there.

Rob Caporetto

There are indeed a couple others I'm aware of at least :)

LGR

Haha, that'd be so painful

LGR

Absolutely, I wish I had one back then

LGR

Oh yeah, it plays nicely with modern pinball games too. I don't use nudge/tilt very often, so it's not so bad!

LGR

Hehe, it does make good back massage practice

LGR

Yes! You tried a pinball controller with a non-pinball game once again! I was hoping for that so I could laugh at it! :P Also, it looks like you're trying to give the Virtual Pinball controller a massage when you try to tilt, especially with the forward tilt... o.o

Lindsay Michelle

It makes me wonder if there are other pinball controllers out there. I thought the Thrustmaster was an oddity, yet this thing comes out of nowhere and says "oh hai". If nothing else, it makes a good bludgeon tool. :P

The Enforcer

I was hoping/had a feeling you'd play Epic Pinball... Endless hours as a kid would have been made so much more fun with this Oddware!

Randall Strye

I sense a future gta lets play with the pinball controller.

Michael Lamartina

sweet shirt - my favorite game! its gotta be awesome with pinball fx2, aside from the difficult tilt on the thing

rudy brinks