Hi Lelia and welcome to the list.
I can't recall if it's the same in the esp pinball classic manual, but in
the xtreme manual there is a very good explanation of the mechanics of
pinball.
Basically the principle is you have a table which inclines steadily in front
of you. On this is a ball bearing which obviously will naturally roll down
towards you, however you can propelle the ball up the table by flicking it
with flippers, small paddles usually two situated in the middle of the
bottom edge of the table.
Going up the table away from you are various things your ball can roll
around when flicked, targits to hit to score points, bumpers to bounce your
ball off, switches which change the layout of the table or make something
special happen etc.
The object is to hit the ball precisely with your flippers in order to
propelle it up the table away from you hitting as many important targits and
scoring as many points as possible.
the bad news though is should the ball fall to the bottom of the table
completely past your flippers, ---- or indeed on some of the nastier tables
should it run over some specific drains, it'll be lost and that turn will be
over.
Hope this explains things.
This is only the general principle of pinball, and really I'd advise
checking the manual for both a full explanation, and also an explaantion of
how the tables work. I'd also advise trying esp pinball xtreme, not only are
the tables much improved on, but imho the sounds used for things like
scanning the table audibly are more logical and easier to handle.
as to which classic table is easiest, well I'm not sure sinse I've only
played the demo I'm afraid, though I recall the wild west table as not being
so bad, though that might be just because I've played the xtreme version in
pinball party pack vol 1.
Hth.
beware the Grue!
dark.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lelia Struve" <leliastr...@samobile.net>
To: <gamers@audyssey.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2011 10:13 PM
Subject: [Audyssey] Intro and a question about pinball classic
Hi all, my name is lelia and here is my question.
When answering please know that I've never played pinball, I've heard the
sounds of pinball but have neve seen a pinball machine that I can
remember. so what I wanna know is how do I play the tables on the pinball
classic game and which is the easiest one to start with, I'm assuming its
the soccer table.
thanks for any informative tips you can give.
--
Lelia
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