"TILT: The Battle to Save Pinball" Trailer - Newest

"TILT: The Battle to Save Pinball" is an hour-long documentary that tells the story of Pinball 2000, a mind-blowing attempt at resuscitating pinball that failed just at the moment many people thought it might succeed. Find out more at http://www.Tilt-Movie.com , where you can purchase the DVD of the film!

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• pinball
• documentary
• film
• trailer
• tilt

[fsposse]

What is the game at :33? The one where you shoot the balls at each other?

[gmaletic]

@fsposse I believe the one you're talking about is Hyperball. You can do a Google search to find out more. (I'd post a link here but YouTube doesn't allow posting of links.)

[elsquibbs]

Jesus, what the hell was that pinball game with the elephant in it at 0:35? I have never seen that before.

[gmaletic]

It's called Bally's Pinball Circus; it was designed in the mid-'90s, but only two were made. There is extensive footage of it on the TILT Extras Disc; you can also see one in person if you visit the Pinball Hall of Fame in Las Vegas.

[PinBallReviewer]

It is to bad Williams closed the Pinball division the Williams pinball is and still is my favorite pinball makers.

And I want to start up my own pinball manufacturing company is a dream right now but I love to design things and will start doing so in a virtual pinball program that i have and use that to test things out and then make the machine in the real world. :)

[TheWiiHackerz]

I'm really sad that bally/williams went down under. Pinball just isn't what it used to be. Yes there's Stern and don't get me wrong games like lord of the rings is amazing it's just that they got no compitition from anyone so they can do things at their own pace because there's no other company that is pussing them to keep up. Also arcades aren't what they used to be :(

[venuecam]

I'd love to see a re-invention of Pinball much like the way Hollywood re-invent some films into their modern day counter part.

Problems that need to be overcome:

Eliminate coins.

Scores must to connect globally.

Reduce materials cost. Maintain quality.

(Please, anyone elaborate)

I mean we all still go to the cinema even though we can watch films from home much faster and privately.

[elsquibbs]

Great. Thanks for the info.

[gmaletic]

Cost was certainly a factor (I didn't pursue it, but license fees would have likely been in the tens of thousands of dollars.) But also, after you go to a few pinball shows and you've heard Pinball Wizard dozens of times, you really don't want to hear it anymore.

So: cost, combined with lack of desire, kept me from using Pinball Wizard.

Whether the music works in the trailer is open to debate; most people like the use of this music in the film, however.

[textfilesdotcom]

...because it would have cost many, many thousands of dollars to license?