MAMEWorld Forums - EmuChat - Re: Random musings from CA Extreme

> Played the heck out of Video Pinball. Now I know what I'm doing with this one.

Yup. Interesting game, and quite different with the artwork.

> VPforums.com tables > UltraPin

Everything > UltraPin.

> Discrete games are cool. Would be cooler if more than half were working.

That's unfortunate - there were a bunch of working discretes last year (Death Race, several Pong varieties, Breakout, Space Race, and a few I'm not remembering).

> Boot Hill needs more artwork

Yes.

> Is there a language DIP in Asteroids Deluxe? I played a French version today.

I think it's a different set. ROM space was expensive on those early games, so selectable languages would've been prohibitive I think.

> Marble Madness II is not a bad game, just a VERY hard game that frustrates many.

It's very hard because the controller should be a trackball. That's as pure of a game design own goal as I've seen.

> Having fun, bot not having FUN. Not sure why. Maybe due to the fact that a LOT of the
> games that are here this year just aren't working, or aren't in "collector edition"
> shape. Also WAY more crowded than the last time I was here.

The real fun for me at CAX was always meeting up with people I don't get to see the rest of the year, even moreso than the games. Mileage may vary for Bay Area locals, of course.