The bumpers are used to charge up the swamp-shot, also known as the Thing Flip. Speaking of kinetic, Addams Family’s graveyard has one of THE great risk-reward cluster of bumpers of the DMD era. A lot of tables desire to be something for everyone. Even pick ‘n flick fans can excel at a table where slowing the action down and grinding up extra balls through shot repetition is a viable strategy. Fans of kinetic gameplay will love a table that incentivizes ball control and ultra-quick reflexes. Finesse fans will find a table that rewards flexible strategies and a large variety of modes. Sharpshooter fans will find some of the most precise target-shooting of any table from this era, not to mention one of the most punishing of bricked shots. It’s table that offers something for fans of every table type. While I still firmly believe whatever was the best of 1992’s tables was destined to set all the sales records, I also admit that Addams Family’s success is no fluke. From the maddening lack of ball save, to the joy of stringing together quadruple combos, to the anger-inducing multiball magnets, to the thrill of reaching Tour the Mansion. Really, every shot is truer to the real deal, so much so that our games of digital Addams play out not-that different-from real Addams. When playing the two versions side-by-side, we found the real big difference was on the center staircase shot and the center multiball-lock shot, and the graveyard bumpers having more breathing-room (just wait until we talk about how fixed Twilight Zone’s bumpers are). In the case of Addams Family, longtime fans of this, the greatest-selling real table of all-time, will find their muscle memory will be accurate. This is a legendary ramp, and no digital version of it feels more accurate than Arcooda’s. ![]() Anyway, the staircase and multiball/extra ball lane is where you can truly feel the difference. But, the Arcooda version IS the coin-op done digitally.įor our Arcooda reviews, we’re actually at the mercy of having to switch back to the standard version to get close-ups of the tables. Don’t get me wrong: the standard version plays fine. The standard version, even with the ball size changed to compensate, is going to feel squished. The layout on the left is Arcooda’s build, while the layout on the right is the dimensions for the normal (well, Gold) version of Addams Family. If you want an example, look at the two pics above. While the physics are still the same as Pinball Arcade, with all foibles that come with that (such as live catches being far too easy to pull-off), the actual gameplay of the tables is SIGNIFICANTLY more accurate than it ever has been just by having the dimensions and geometry be less-relative. Not even portrait mode versions of the tables (which every PC version of Pinball Arcade has) feature the true-to-life dimensions Arcooda offers. The secret-sauce for Arcooda is having subtle changes to Pinball Arcade’s standard-edition layouts, mostly de-cramping the space. Even the non-Lawlor-loving curmudgeon Oscar had to concede that Arcooda Addams Family is a masterpiece of digital pinball conversions. ![]() If that’s true, The Addams Family is one of the 76 tables included in Arcooda ‘s digital table software solution, and one of many tables where Arcooda’s version absolutely slays the now-delisted standard version. At least if you have $499.99 to spare, plus either a dual-monitor digital pinball table or a relatively beefy PC + two monitors, one of which is a wide-screen. The bookcase also opens access to the vault at certain other times during the mini games, with varying scores and effects.Yes, Addams Family is one of the many delisted Pinball Arcade titles. A shot to the vault locks the ball for future multiball use, or starts the multiball when two balls have been previously locked. Once the word is completed, like in the movie, the bookcase turns, revealing a shot to the vault behind the bookcase (it is possible but rare for a ball to go into the vault when the bookcase is in the blocking position). ![]() Hits to it award letters in the word “Greed”. Vault Multiball: In the top-right section of the playfield is a blue bookcase, representing the bookcase that Gomez shows Uncle Fester in the movie. Each window corresponds to a different room that the player can enter and receive an award for. The Mansion: The Addams Family mansion is located in the center of the playfield and has 12 “windows”. The machine’s game card describes the game objective as being to “Explore the strange world of the Addams Family.” With that in mind there is no single player goal, though there are two central objectives:
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