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badmonkey

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« on: March 11, 2010, 06:11:00 AM »

I hope we do see an xbox port.

This has been number one on my wish list for years..



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Pulsemasta

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« Reply #1 on: March 11, 2010, 09:47:00 AM »

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Pulsemasta

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« Reply #2 on: March 13, 2010, 12:25:00 AM »

QUOTE(flux2k @ Mar 12 2010, 06:06 PM) View Post

Could you imagine hooking up an Xbox with VP to an HDTV?
http://gizmodo.com/5...-the-real-thing


That probably almost costs the same as getting a real pinball machine lol

I would rather have a real one just because I would know its real, and also for the analog feel of pushing the buttons for flappers, being able to bump the table, exc. Bumping a giant LCD might end in disaster lol
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moonmaster1

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« Reply #3 on: March 15, 2010, 02:41:00 AM »

I'm for this 100%. There is alot of 90's pinball machines I'm itching to play.
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Pulsemasta

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« Reply #4 on: March 15, 2010, 02:53:00 AM »

QUOTE(flux2k @ Mar 13 2010, 06:42 PM) View Post

Yes but you'd be able to play 100's of pinball machines.



Yeah, but it wouldn't be the same I don't think, as playing the real ones.... I would rather just have a normal TV set up so I can sit down and play, if its going to be virtual.
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Pulsemasta

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« Reply #5 on: March 17, 2010, 05:15:00 AM »

QUOTE(XTecuterX73 @ Mar 16 2010, 09:47 PM) View Post

im sure someone on here is interested, they just aint talkin yet, lmao  laugh.gif

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Pulsemasta

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« Reply #6 on: March 21, 2010, 07:47:00 AM »

QUOTE(hcf @ Mar 17 2010, 04:29 PM) View Post

Wow, I am very interested too! Any Xbox developer is still alive? Even if he cannot do this port, it would be very usefull if he can give us some clue in order that we (developers without experience in Xbox) can go into this project  smile.gif



There are a handful of Xbox developers out there still, but most of which don't actively write for Xbox, and those that do are working on their own projects and probably wont port this, but we can always dream  rolleyes.gif
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moonmaster1

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« Reply #7 on: March 21, 2010, 08:12:00 AM »

At least it can be said that the xbox scene is still alive and kickin'. At least through the mod community.

As long as there is folks who still play xbox, there will always be another port of something. Just don't expect to play visual pinball right away.  wink.gif
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Pulsemasta

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« Reply #8 on: March 21, 2010, 12:18:00 PM »

QUOTE(moonmaster1 @ Mar 21 2010, 03:12 PM) View Post

At least it can be said that the xbox scene is still alive and kickin'. At least through the mod community.

As long as there is folks who still play xbox, there will always be another port of something. Just don't expect to play visual pinball right away.  wink.gif


Yeah, if it does happen, Visual Pinball is a complex program that would take a year or more probably to port... if you figure emulators can take 6 months to a year for a good programmer to port over. Plus im not even sure when programming language VP is written in... if its anything other than straight C++ it becomes a hassle in itself just to rewrite everything to make it work with the XDK
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moonmaster1

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« Reply #9 on: March 22, 2010, 02:07:00 PM »

From Wikipedia:

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Every Visual Pinball table includes two main parts: the "physical" playfield design and the script which controls the table gameplay. The editor uses Microsoft VBScript for user programming. The game itself is written in C++ with the Active Template Library for making ActiveX controls.[2] Visual Pinball runs on Windows 98 or newer.


If we get a porter I'd say maybe 6 to 8 months provided there are no snags.
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« Reply #10 on: May 21, 2010, 09:32:00 PM »

i doubt it, the first thing is, is anyone interested in even porting this? would love to see this on the box.  pop.gif

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« Reply #11 on: May 22, 2010, 06:19:00 AM »

It would be awesome to have this on Xbox, but I think there is probably more
chance of finding hens teeth...lol.
That and another update to Alien vs Predator on Xbox...can't see any of them happening.
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« Reply #12 on: May 22, 2010, 11:17:00 PM »

You are wrong on AvP. I talk to SirLemonHead all the time and he has done a lot of work on it. He will be releasing an update as he has said.

As for Visual Pinball, this is a big project to take on. Either a new dev will need to come around and get interested or a current/old dev will need to be interested enough to focus exclusively on this for some time. I like Pinball a lot and this slightly gets my interest but not enough to divert from the other things I am working on. I hope someone does take it on.
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« Reply #13 on: May 22, 2010, 11:43:00 PM »

QUOTE(Hyper_Eye @ May 23 2010, 06:17 AM) View Post

You are wrong on AvP. I talk to SirLemonHead all the time and he has done a lot of work on it. He will be releasing an update as he has said.


Thats good to know then. People have been asking for some time about progress updates,
with no reply, so I thought this was an indication that it was pretty much "dead in the water".
Thanks for keeping us updated.
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Mega Man (?)

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« Reply #14 on: May 31, 2010, 05:23:00 AM »

Xport said that it would be tough to port....
I think it would be amazing!

Power to it's production!
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