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You don't have to wait or drive to a store. Amazon sells $20 PSN codes online instantly.

I just checked and yes, Zen Pinball features vibration feedback. It also is one of the few games that makes good use of the Dual Shock's motion sensing -- you can shake the controller to nudge the table (if you set it up like that in Controls settings) and by holding down the View button {Square by default}, you can use the motion control to pan the camera anywhere over the table.

Since you got me to fire up Zen, of course I got sucked in and blind-bought Sorcerer's Lair. I had thought it would be another Medieval themed table. Turns out it's actually a Harry Potter <strike>rip-off</strike> tribute, complete with a Williams-like theme music. Your granddaughter might like that one, especially if she likes Harry Potter. It's a kiddie theme and it gives out points like candy (which is one of the two reasons I like it -- the other is that it's a "plausable" table, meaning it looks like a table that could conceivably exist in the real world [without a lot of stuff flying all around like in the Mars table for example]). Anyway, check it out. And you owe me $2.49 now. ;)


Here's a trailer for that table:
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If you want to save a trip to BB, you can buy an instant code for the game at Amazon - http://www.amazon.com/ZEN-Pinball-On.../dp/B002YGS5TQ

Amazon will send you a code, which you redeem on your PS3.

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Dear fellas, I can't believe how fast things move on the outside. I saw an automobile once when I was a kid, but now they're everywhere. The world went and got itself in a big damn hurry. ;)

LOL-guess I'm a bit behind the times,I was gonna drive to BB-didn't know
about amazon selling these things too.

That's real convenient,just got a amazon gift card for father's day :)

Thanks again for all your help.

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http://zenstudios.bandcamp.com/releases

Soundtracks to the Mars table, as well as Marvel tables.

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From the Zen Studios twitter account:

ZEN Pinball PSN Sale - Buy Marvel Pinball get ZEN Pinball FREE all week long!

No reason not to own the cool game PS folks. :)

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I'm still holding my breath for a XBLA Marvel sale. Maybe next week with Cap'n. I miss oxygen.

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That's a great deal. I hope Etrigan can hop on that one.

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Thanks Decker,

But I went to amazon and used my GC already.
9.99 each for Zen and Marvel and then Paranormal and Mars for 2.49 ea.

My luck is like that ;) haven't got a chance to play much yet-but they look fantastic!

Gotta get the FF table as well, Amazon says the code for that one is not available any longer?

Well,got lots to explore anyway:)-I'll get it sooner or later,no need for a backlog of tables,just like a pile of unwatched DVD's ;)

Thanks again for all your help.

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Let me know how Paranormal is. It's the only Zen table I don't currently own on one of their two game platforms. (This is because I understood or read somewhere that it was coming to FX2, my preferred game of the two).

The other tables will be available through the PSN. You can buy a PSN card through Amazon and apply the credit to your virtual wallet, which can then be used to buy other tables any time you like. I really like Street Fighter and Excalibur.

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Word on the street is that it will be at some point.

Also - save your pennies for Captain America. :up:

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Oh, I have 240 point earmarked for that one already. Glad to hear you like it. I just read a review of it in one of my gaming magazines and they just loved it and thought it was a lot better than FF even, and they liked that one as well.

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Oodles.

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I've gotten a lot of tables in such a short time ;) so I've only gotten to fool around with all of them very briefly.

I really like it so far,probably one of my faves.
Like I said,I haven't really gotten to fully absorb the rulesheets of these tables yet,but I like the "flow" of this one :)

I think it would appeal to anyone into Pinball in general,and especially those into the Kolchak/Twilight zone/X-files etc. kinda theme,very "dark" mood to it.Right up my alley :)

Enjoy!

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Got to spend a little time with Captain America today and I'm loving it. I did find it weird that so much stuff carries over after a lost ball. I think the Bucky lights and the lane saves carry over, as well as progress in at least the Adhesive X mode.

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When we're given a glimpse of the work that must be involved in creating just one of these tables, like in this blog post for Captain America, I'm stunned. It's so much work and creativity applied to create one $3 item of DLC. Compare that to what Harmonix (the consensus champion of DLC) must do to release one single song as RB3 DLC at 67% of the price of a pinball table. We're getting such value here, I don't know how they make any money. In any case, I'm glad they're still doing it and am more than happy to keep buying them at full price, sight-unseen.

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I think this is a fantastic change. As well as getting partial score credit for at least making progress in any of the modes. For instance if you get a few of the canisters for Adhesive X you still walk away with a few million points even if not the full 12+ for completing the challenge. Part of the reason I like this table so much I think. It just feels far less punishing then a lot of the others.

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So the concept of No Child Left Behind is alive and well. It truly is America's table.

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Everybody wins!

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Except me with my crappy 20M. I need to figure out how to hit the rightmost ramp consistently. Only mode I've completed so far is the Death Ray one and that gave me 13 of my 20 million.

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I put up an 83.8 mil on Capt America today. That was with not a whole lot on my last ball :doh:

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I just got the Capt.America table yesterday.

I only got to play 1 quick game-I SUCK badly ;)
But it sounded like the audio cut out a few times during gameplay?

Anyone else notice this? or maybe it's supposed to be like that?
Love the gunshot sounds though :)

Gotta mess around w/it some more.

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got the FF and Cap tables yesterday
gotta say I like the FF one better but both are nice additions

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I fell like a couple 100K short of 100M yesterday on Cap. Boo!

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My dad called me the other day to inform me that he had beaten my high score in Captain America... then he nonchalantly mentioned that his score was 174 million... and that he had only played the table once or twice before it. Then he said "I really like that table", :lol:, no shit?

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Did he also mention that he only played for about 3 or 4 minutes? If there's on thing I've noticed from Pinball FX2 players, it's that most of them fucking lie something fierce. ;)

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And I fell about 10% short of your score. Got 50M on my first ball but the second choked on a dick. Getting the hang of the table, but I still can't consistently hit the rightmost ramp or the trapped ball in the top center (for sparring, sleeper multi).

I like this table way better than F4. Can't wait for their next announcement.

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Yeah..I like the FF table, but the Cap one is way tight all around. Really well done. (Although I agree that the far right ramp can be a total ****.)

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You talking about Red Skill's little rampy thing? F that place.

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Yeah, that's the one. I love the cosmic cube, though. It's like a "lifeline".

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I think that Cosmic Cube addition is one of the most brilliant table features they've done yet. The fact that it also fits thematically is just perfect. Love how it completely figures into strategy on the table.

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Haha, nah, he said it took him about 20 minutes to get that score. He is an old school Pinball wizard, so he tends to be pretty good at the "virtual" pinball tables.

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I don't understand, what does it do other than give you like 1.2million points? I've never noticed anything special about it.

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It also teleports you to a lit ramp or lane to help achieve your current goal.

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The magic fucking number!

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And lights the ball lock.

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Liars. Every goddamn one of them!

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I forgot about the ramp thing, but never noticed that it puts it at the one for your current goal, that's pretty awesome. Never noticed the ball lock either.

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Zen is announcing the next table tomorrow (they don't specify ZP, PFX2, or MP).

Clue #1 - There has never been a table based on this property
Clue #2 - The setting is a science lab

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Maybe we will get a Beast table. Set in a lab - work with Hank!