> I remember playing the demo of Fantasies when it came out and loved it. It only
> had the Party Land table, but it hooked me. I think the demo had unlimited
> balls, but a 10 minute time limit.
>
Agreed that table is sweet, but it's my second fav to Stones 'n Bones, and third would be the Billion Dollar Gameshow... car one blew. On the other package the wild west steam engine one is killer fun.

> I went back earlier this year and played Pinball Fantasies, as well as Pinball
> Dreams, but I didn't enjoy them as much. The table designs are still fantastic
> and realistic, but the physics for the ball movement is too far off. The ball
> feels very floaty and doesn't seem to have much weight behind it.
>
I agree, but I guess it's part nostalgia but also quite a bit so as the tables were just designed pretty damn well and have fun good payout.

> I *really* wish Midway would get on the ball and start making collections of
> their pinball titles for pc or consoles. I have been very impressed with the
> graphics and physics of the few pinball games that have come out in the last
> couple years, but the tables don't live up to real machines. PinMAME is good,
> but recreating them in 3D would be awesome.
>
Midway did...once, under the Williams name. I own it, bought it like 4 years ago for $10 at best buy. Williams Pinball Classics (budget tools Encore Software packaged it.) It has Creature From the Black Lagoon, Lost World (some 1960/70s table,) Black Rose, and Arabian Knights. The only one that fairly well blows is the pirate Black Rose table. The original table art is digitized in there, and all the music/sfx are however they are recreated whether running a rom, or copied the effects sounds sweet. The thing is very customizable with 3 difficulties, ball #, and even table angle height can be set too among other things. It's worth a theft off some torrent or if you can buy it for the $10 I got.