Pac-Man Adventures in Time - Reactor Core Deathless; Hard Speedrunpinballwiz45b2024-10-18 | Pac-Man Adventures in Time - Reactor Core Deathless; Hard SpeedrunDX-Ball 2: Searching for Bucephalaspinballwiz45b2024-05-18 | Many different types of creatures in this board set...and with this many bricks on each level, come many dangerous feeds returning to the paddle. Big risks, big rewards. Opted not to take many "Board Clear" powers due to the loss in scoring opportunity, but could be great in a speed setting.
Classic rules, Normal difficulty.
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Classic mode. I'm shocked that no extra lives spawned in at any point during the run.
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Classic rules and follows the gameplay of the original.
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One lap through the Wizard Mode.
Follow on Twitch for more live broadcasts: twitch.tv/pinballwiz45b Discord Server: discord.gg/2sxxm87Pinball FX2 - Rogue One: A Star Wars Storypinballwiz45b2024-03-03 | One end to a story, and a new one begins chronologically with the release of Pinball FX3. The last table released for this specific platform before the big leap to DX11 and the beginning of the Williams license. Still better than a good portion of the darn movie.
One lap through the Wizard Mode. Funnily enough, they nerfed the ROGUE targets during the Data Transmission since they were easy to aim for.
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Simulation, 3-ball game. Blooper near the end of the game (in this case, a terrible, terrible bug).
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Simulation mode, 3-ball.
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Simulation, 5-ball settings.
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We also have a certain Chicken joining the fray, and a Captain Glenn Quagmire...uhhhhhhhhhhhhh.........
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Jackpot increase rate per spin was before the nerf on FX3, but that did not stop the trillion scores on both FX2 and 3. Here's hoping we get some more balance on this front going into Unreal.
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Bring on the likes of Paragon!
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Given how I didn't manage to get all the weapons, it made the final battle a heck of a lot more interesting. Then again, the Ammo Argent Cells can be a big help, and I'm not sure how ammo refills work while on the base pistol.
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Default settings, one trip through to the level-ending story. At least, for now...
Follow on Twitch for more live broadcasts: twitch.tv/pinballwiz45b Discord Server: discord.gg/2sxxm87DX-Ball 2: Equalizeral (Standard)pinballwiz45b2023-11-24 | 20th Anniversary Edition of the game also introduces a 16:9 variant, but we're playing this how it was meant to be played with the original look. Only 1 extra life, so I decided to play this a bit safer towards the end to get the full board clear.
Chapters: 0:00 Board 1 8:00 Board 6 15:52 Board 11 24:25 Board 16 37:08 Board 21 45:00 Board 25Zaccaria Pinball - Farfallapinballwiz45b2023-11-18 | If there was one word to describe this table, I'd say "ruthless". The outlane saves can come in handy, but even those can prove to be deadly. Even the feed from the upper playfield can be disastrous in the form of a center drain. Still managed to pull out a great game in this case.
Simulation, 3-ball setting.
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The closer to the base of the flipper, the more successful this trick will be. Attempting this on non-perpendicular angles and close to the tip of the flipper can be tricky.
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Within fractions of a second, the flipper can completely stop the ball dead in its tracks. Slightly outside of that window of timing, there is leniency of slowing the ball drastically to the point of having it under your control.
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Follow on Twitch for more live broadcasts: twitch.tv/pinballwiz45b Discord Server: discord.gg/2sxxm87Pinball FX Flipper Skills - Cradle Separation/Standardpinballwiz45b2023-10-29 | Not so easily done on FX2 or FX3, by comparison. Almost always forced to jailbreak or have one ball sent out of control.
Follow on Twitch for more live broadcasts: twitch.tv/pinballwiz45b Discord Server: discord.gg/2sxxm87Pinball FX Flipper Skills - Post Transferpinballwiz45b2023-10-29 | A fundamental maneuver on an original with a wider flipper gap. Works just as well on most pinball compilations prior.
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Follow on Twitch for more live broadcasts: twitch.tv/pinballwiz45b Discord Server: discord.gg/2sxxm87Pinball FX Flipper Skills - Catching The Ballpinballwiz45b2023-10-28 | Encouraging a more patient playstyle is a key to success in pinball. You are in more control of the ball than you realize; practice and you will succeed.
Follow on Twitch for more live broadcasts: twitch.tv/pinballwiz45b Discord Server: discord.gg/2sxxm87Zaccaria Pinball - Granadapinballwiz45b2023-10-15 | Wait, isn't that the artwork from Spanish Eyes? Either way, a decent game with loads of drop targets and a fairly rare opportunity to earn an extra ball at the center target. The other specials are merely for earning more points, which make the drop target banks worth going for.
Simulation, 5 ball play due to the era it was built in plus the use of shorter flippers.
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Simulation mode, 3-ball.
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Simulation mode, 3-balls.
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Key provided by Quantum Astrophysicists Guild a long while ago, and figured I'd give this a proper go now that Steam gave the clear for profile features.
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Simulation mode, 3-ball play.
Follow on Twitch for more live broadcasts: twitch.tv/pinballwiz45b Discord Server: discord.gg/2sxxm87Arkanoid: Eternal Battle - Retropinballwiz45b2023-09-15 | Not quite arcade-perfect; compare between the 1986 version and here, and you can tell some differences immediately. As such, we have a game built from the ground-up, and a few noticeable flaws that essentially make ROM emulation a necessity these days. No scoring on DOH hits, so only Rounds 1-32 apply for score-chasing!
A great score, in this case, since there was no difference between DOH hits and a Game Over...except for Round 21 and missing a B capsule in another. I'd like to find and play on an authentic Arkanoid board one day. 1st place, as of posting.
Chapters: 0:00 Round 1-3 6:16 Round 4-6 12:36 Round 7-9 16:10 Round 10-12 20:50 Round 13-15 27:05 Round 16-18 34:15 Round 19-20 40:31 Round 21 45:36 Round 22-24 51:37 Round 25-26 57:32 Round 27 1:01:52 Round 28 1:05:48 Round 29-30 1:10:55 Round 31-32 1:16:23 DOHArkanoid: Eternal Battle - Neopinballwiz45b2023-09-10 | A true test of skill in this score-chaser, considering the quick acceleration rate of the ball as it hits bricks and enemies. Frankly, the phasing ball also unnaturally boosts the ball's speed.
Did well enough to place a Top 3 score in this mode; while there were a number of deaths especially late in the run, the number of enemies spawned can set the pace in a high-scoring run. No continues are a must for success. The dynamically changing music and sounds are a great listen, in the meantime.
Chapters: 0:00 Rounds 1-5 5:20 Rounds 6-9 9:28 Rounds 10-14 14:16 Rounds 15-18 19:43 Rounds 19-22 25:13 Rounds 23-26 30:09 Rounds 27-30 35:14 Rounds 31-34 40:07 Rounds 35-38 46:17 Rounds 39-42 54:33 Rounds 43-45 58:55 DOHZaccaria Pinball - Clownpinballwiz45b2023-08-29 | The moving target is truly a clown in this version of the game. Even with a clean hit, most of the time it won't register properly. At least the primary objective was accomplished, and the spinner can be fun to aim for as well.
Simulation, 3-ball mode, and a bit of Offenbach.
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Simulation, 3-ball setting.
Follow on Twitch for more live broadcasts: twitch.tv/pinballwiz45b Discord Server: discord.gg/2sxxm87Pac-Man Championship Edition - Manhattan/Extra Mode 2pinballwiz45b2023-07-22 | This course should look familiar to all the DX players, given the numerous block-based mazes all throughout the run. A much better run that I'm happy with, given all the times I've had to evade the ghosts.
Played on Museum+ -- I'll need to provide some updated runs in other courses, where necessary.
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Very happy to have achieved a run going into Jungly Steps, not so much about losing all stock in Sandbox Land. The show must go on!
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Museum+ players, do NOT use this to grind out tokens. It's not the Arrangement you're looking for, though admittedly better than how it was set up in the previous Museum game.
Originally broadcasted live on Twitch, July 8, 2023: twitch.tv/pinballwiz45b Discord Server: discord.gg/2sxxm87Pinballwiz45b - Twitch Highlights (January-June 2023)pinballwiz45b2023-07-03 | Midway through the year already? Time does fly!
A bit later than usual, if only due to being away for the weekend. The release of Pinball FX should help spice things up a bit more. Among the mix of abnormalities, there are a few other moments that make the stream a bit more fun to watch.
Games featured, in order: Pinball FX3 Pac-Man Museum+ Pinball FX2 Dead Cells Crypt of the Necrodancer Pinball FX Bejeweled 3 PegglePinball Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection - Sorcererpinballwiz45b2023-06-26 | Nearly 15 years, I've been at this lone goal. The elusive Sorcerer's Special, arguably the toughest Wizard Goal in the game due to the risk of draining from the spot targets. To get this, SORCERER needs to be spelled 5 times without ending a ball.
A great playing table otherwise, if not for a few issues in the table's coding. Somehow we skip right over 2X playfield scoring during multiball, and tilting still scores the end-of-ball bonus.
Follow on Twitch for more live broadcasts: twitch.tv/pinballwiz45b Discord Server: discord.gg/2sxxm87Peggle (Grandmaster Speedrun - 6:45:35) [PB]pinballwiz45b2023-06-25 | Crazy how this started out as an 8 hour run, performed 2 years ago. Better routing, a new skip in multi-level challenges, and early completions shaved off a LOT of time. Guaranteeing there will be no more 7-hour runs after this!
Per rules, one break every 3 hours is permitted. First break happens around 3h 4m in.
Chapters: 0:00 - Adventure Mode 1:33:46 - 35 Oranges 1:43:23 - 45 Oranges 1:57:45 - 55 Oranges 2:15:02 - Duels 2:23:56 - Serious Dueling 2:41:44 - Duel to the Death 2:59:21 - Multi-Level 3:05:01 - BREAK 3:14:20 - RESUME Multi-Level 3:55:50 - Tri-Level Duels 4:20:35 - Multi-Level Score 4:47:05 - Insane Challenges 6:06:30 - CleanupPinball FX - Crypt of the NecroDancerpinballwiz45b2023-06-14 | Well, this was something I never saw coming, even as a player of the original game. Rhythm-based pinball is an interesting concept, especially with Hearts and multipliers taking place over the traditional 3-ball game. Now that I think about it, this is really a Deathless run from the original game.
Con: No Dead Ringer, sadly. Though there are some bells at the end of a ball/game that have a familiar ring to them...
Classic mode, one lap, and REANIMATE!
Follow on Twitch for more live broadcasts: twitch.tv/pinballwiz45b Discord Server: discord.gg/2sxxm87Bejeweled 3 (Quest Mode 100% Speedrun - 47:19) [PB]pinballwiz45b2023-06-03 | Haven't done one of these in a while, if only due to the use of hybrid controls that made Stratamax trivial to complete. Time Bomb, meanwhile, is a pain. Should be able to break the 45 minute barrier at some point, but it's a start considering the return to speedrunning.
Apologies for the lack of content over the past few months.
Originally broadcasted live on Twitch: twitch.tv/pinballwiz45b Discord Server: discord.gg/2sxxm87Pinball Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection - Taxipinballwiz45b2023-04-09 | This game was scripted...somewhat right, but still has noticeable flaws. The multiball music only plays the failed sequence and the Spinout multiplier becomes worth even more than the base Jackpot value! At this rate, collect a Passenger, lock a ball, don't go for a Jackpot (unless Lola is a threat). Rinse and repeat for big Spinout values! We also almost never see the 2nd Jackpot Special because it always cycles back to the 1st set of Passenger lights.
Pinball Arcade set things right through ROM emulation, but nothing is ever as fast as the real deal.
Follow on Twitch for more live broadcasts: twitch.tv/pinballwiz45b Discord Server: discord.gg/2sxxm87Pinball Deluxe: Reloaded - Rydespinballwiz45b2023-03-20 | Incredibly low scoring is somewhat a breath of fresh air, given some of the tables in the collection already score in the hundreds of millions, if not billions. Side effect: 10 million or more is a pain.
Unique shot multipliers and car selection make for a very interesting way to score. Combined with the mods, finishing the rydes and emptying the tip jar is extremely valuable. Multipliers range from 1x all the way up to 90x for finishing a ryde, which is crazy especially during multiball modes.
Follow on Twitch for more live broadcasts: twitch.tv/pinballwiz45b Discord Server: discord.gg/2sxxm87Pinball Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection - Jive Timepinballwiz45b2023-03-16 | The only Williams table that didn't get ported to Pinball Arcade from Farsight's catalog. Certainly not the first to be recreated only once. Lost World (Bally 1978) comes to mind from another compilation.
Today I learned that you can stack Extra Balls on this table, unlike the original EM. Incredibly difficult table if only due to the seemingly large flipper gaps and outlanes. That aside, lit bumpers and (safely) advancing/collecting the bonus is key to scoring big. Thankfully, no scoring glitch in this playthrough, though I have run across it many years back.
Either way, a more difficult setting, but with breaks in between with some minigames for every Jackpot multiplier I earn! Don't worry, as often as two of the three total minigames are activated, we do go bowling a few times. While they break the flow of the game, they all give good opportunities for additional score and a ball saver when diving back in.
Bad news, the spinners completely broke in Tier 1 towards the end of the game. Scoring is also ridiculous, given the jackpot values with the Tier 3 multiball mode.
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Full 1080p recording in this playthrough compared to the 720p highlight from a live broadcast, but both should be enjoyable all the same.
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One lap through all the major modes on the table, in all its chaotic (yet somehow controllable) glory. If you're a fan of stacking modes together, this is one of them -- another field goal for Deep.
Follow on Twitch for more live broadcasts: twitch.tv/pinballwiz45b Discord Server: discord.gg/2sxxm87Pinball FX2 - South Park: Butters Very Own Pinball Gamepinballwiz45b2023-01-22 | Yes. That is the official title of the game. Normally I'm not a fan of the series, but this pinball game is surprisingly good. Also this, considering the designer went on to build games like Wild West Rampage and DOOM. Unfortunately, Butters was one of the select number of games that didn't make the leap due to licensing.
One lap through the wizard mode, many other fun modes to play...and multiple groundings.
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Deep's choice of a simpler game to play and finish, compared to Fantastic Four. He'd nail his design style down on his next table -- Infinity Gauntlet, which is one of my favorites.