Party Animal (Bally 1987)

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    Tom
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      @armyaviation

      https://vpinball.com/VPBdownloads/party-animal-bally-1987/

      This was a group effort between Matt @Mlager8 and myself to bring you Bally’s Party Animal.  This project may not have happened if not for Mlager8 stepping up and building a beautiful playfield from sketchy resources.  When he volunteered to do this, the project had been stalled for months, but when he stepped in it took right off.

      Matt took multiple resources and made an amazing playfield for the base of the table.  We were also very luck to get help from Brian Wright on pinside, soon to be here, with some great hi-res images of the plastics and back wall.  Matt made up all of the plastics, frog primitives, multiple attempts at the ramp primitives to get it perfect and the tedious work on the jukebox.  I think we redid the jukebox 3 times to get it actually working like the real one.  Great job!!!

      Other contributors that we should all give thanks too:

      @32Assassin, for getting the build going with converting the VP9 table to VPX, for all of his additional script work and helping me along the way to understand how to manipulate this stuff, thank you.

      @Thalamus, for all of his Surround Sound Feedback implementation and other sound support  which makes this table pop.  Thanks for all the numerous testing requests and for all of the help you have given me in my VPX journey.

      @Cyberpez, for taking all of Matt’s jukebox renders and coming up with a code to make this thing actually work right.  The jukebox is the main item in table, thanks for bringing this all together for us.

      Last but not least, @Bord, for your support, knowledge and expertise along this build.  For all of his help with getting the lights correct, adding shadows to make the lights pop and for following along as this table came together.  Thank you for all of your help, sir.

      Gameplay:  This table uses magnasave buttons to cycle the pig and out lights on the left and right.  Click on the info tab in VPX for instructions on how to get into the service menu to change options like number of balls.

      *****Use the attached NVRAM for tilting purposes******

      Check out: http://vpuniverse.com/forums/files/file/2353-party-animalbally-1987/

      Thanks to Brian Wright for some great hi-res images of the translate which @Wildman took and updated his backglass.  There was even an alternate Dad’s Root Beer backglass, which I could only find one image of, that Wildman was able to recreate.  Thanks Wildman for all of your wonderful B2s support.  (updated Dad’s B2s coming later today with both mugs root beer)

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      #148572
      Thalamus
      Moderator
        @thalamus

        A big pat on the back to you Tom and Matt. I did not expect this to come out as good as it has to be honest. :rose:

        I wish more Pinsiders where like Brian Wright. Thank you very much ! Recreation of these rare machines is important, and helping this community with resources is a sure way of making it available for anyone in years to come, for free !

        Thank you to the regular helpers you mentioned as well. I did not do much on this table. The guys had it all working from the very first beta I got.

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        Tom
        #148573
        bord
        Moderator
          @bord

          Thanks for letting us all follow along in realtime on your WIP thread. Lots of fun to follow.

          The transformation from beginning to end is really remarkable. Great job to you, @armyaviation and @mlager8. I hope you are very proud of your work!

          #148574
          rgarriott
          Participant
            @rgarriott

            Great job. It looks fantastic. And I also agree it’s awesome watching the real time WIP updates.

            #148575
            Mlager8
            Participant
              @mlager8

              Oh man thanks for the kind words Tom, excited for our first release together! It was great to have you helming this project, I can put some of the art side together, but as for as actually building this table, putting every aspect together, making everything work cohesively, the hours of testing, lighting tweaking, refining, that’s all @armyaviation . Tom, I literally don’t think you slept all all during this build, great job man!

              Of course everyone else too, @bord @32Assassin @Thalamus and @cyberpez
              you guys were all super supportive and helped amazingly with this build, Thanks for making this one so fun!

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              #148576
              DeathInc
              Participant
                @deathincclan

                Great Job. Nice looking table. Thanks for all the work you put in. I will get on the wheel when I get home. If it isn’t done by then.

                #148578
                Teahaus
                Participant
                  @teahaus

                  Excellent! Thanks to all for the work and effort! Had never heard of this game before the wip…….that’s what’s so great about VP. A chance to play tables that you may never be able to play or even experience. Kudos!!

                  #148579
                  Tom
                  Participant
                    @armyaviation

                    I had knee surgery last month so haven’t been working since.  I am also about to transition to a new job, so I have had a lot of time to play .  Its been a fun project! :yahoo:

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                    #148580
                    STAT
                    Participant
                      @stefanaustria

                      Very very nice – thank you very much Tom and Matt !

                      Of course also Wildman and bord32assassin, Thalamus and Cyberpez, really great with the Musicbox,
                      now because i can see that, i really want one for my Gameroom  :yes: ;-)
                      Beers are still here  :whistle:

                      Physics and all are great, did a Testgame – :good: – thanks again Guys … i will play it tonight  B-)

                      German Players, dont forget, there is also a German ROM (Text) available:
                      http://vpuniverse.com/forums/files/file/3960-party-animal-german

                      PA_STAT

                      #148585
                      sheltemke
                      Participant
                        @sheltemke

                        Thank you so much for this beauty! Looks totally awesome! ;-)

                        #148586
                        Mlager8
                        Participant
                          @mlager8

                          Thank you so much for this beauty! Looks totally awesome! ;-)

                          Awesome to see it in another cab! Damn jukebox gave us the run-around, but I’m happy how it came out

                          #148590
                          Tom
                          Participant
                            @armyaviation

                            Grab the recently uploaded nvram file to make the tilting work, thanks @Thalamus

                            #148592
                            marie
                            Participant
                              @marie

                              Thanks all. Definitely will bring a lot of joy her again! :heart:

                              #148593
                              JR
                              Participant
                                @jfr1

                                This was a very fun WIP to follow.  Like Teahuas, I’d never seen this so looking forward to getting home tonight!  Thanks to all involved!!

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                                Tom
                                #148598
                                Tom
                                Participant
                                  @armyaviation

                                  yeah it was kind of a dick move releasing it while everyone is at work :whistle: , but it will give you something to look forward to.  Check out the Hardbody WIP cause its gonna be just as nice.  Super excited about that one too.

                                  #148601
                                  -RpT
                                  Participant
                                    @rpt

                                    Looks really great, thanks!  :heart:

                                    #148602
                                    Badazzwi
                                    Participant
                                      @badazzwi

                                      Thank you for the great WIP and now the release of this great table. I enjoyed following along with the WIP and really anticipated the release of the table along with many others it seems.

                                      Hi my name is Barry and I'm a virtual pinball addict.

                                      Hi my name is Barry and I'm a virtual pinball addict.

                                      #148603
                                      Bob Albright
                                      Participant
                                        @bobalbright

                                        Thanks! I had fogotten this table which I played long ago!

                                        "And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make"

                                        "And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make"

                                        #148618
                                        h0pp4z
                                        Participant
                                          @h0pp4z

                                          Great … Yet another eye candy… YAEC :-)

                                          #148630
                                          flstclasic
                                          Participant
                                            @flstclasic

                                            Thanks Tom, 32, Mlager8, Thalamus, Cyberpez, Bord, Brian Wright, wildman, and all else that helped! Can’t wait to try this out. Party On! :yahoo:

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