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  • Submitted: Oct 13 2024 02:48 PM
  • Last Updated: Sep 13 2025 12:58 PM
  • File Size: 21.4MB
  • Views: 10546
  • Downloads: 3,882
  • Author(s): jpsalas
    Halen
  • Manufacturer: Williams
  • Year: 1972
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  • Permission to MOD?: Yes, with approval

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  • 08 Sep 2025 Download Travel Time (Williams 1972) 6.0.0

Download Travel Time (Williams 1972) 6.0.1

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travel time williams 1972



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Based on the Williams table from 1972.
 
Graphics and directb2s by Halen.
 
This table is very special, as it doesn't play with a limited number of balls, but it plays against time. You have a kind of clock in the middle of the table and when it reaches 0 and you drain the ball, then it is game over.
It is a 1 player table, so nothing resets between balls. The clock can be stopped and started by different events in the table, and you can also earn mode time. Take a look at this video for an explanation of the rules and some game play:

 
To me it is a very nice table, and quite different to the rest of EM tables.
 
The time, or the clock, was not a real time clock, and it was possible to be adjusted by the operator. I have added a variable, Difficulty, in the script where you can change the clock speed to easy, normal or hard. Normal is the default.
Also you can select how many "seconds" you get at the start of the table. The standard were 45 seconds, but could be changed also by the operator. In the above video it was set to 1 minute and 15 seconds. But remember they are not real seconds :)
When the clock is 0 and you drain the ball, then it is game over. Tilt penalize only the ball and you loose 15 seconds.
 
This machine was released in September 05, 1972, and one month later Williams made Summer Time, with higher scores and the possibility to earn credits. Travel Time was configured to award only more time, and I have configured the table like this too. But there is a variable at the start where you can change it to earn credits if you prefer. Only the higher scores can earn credits.
 
Anyway, watch the video to get a better idea of the table :)
 
 

What's New in Version 6.0.1 (See full changelog)

  • 6.0.1 Updated September 2025
  • - Fixed clock timer.
  • 6.0.0 Updated September 2025
  • - new playfield color adjustments and lights by teisen
  • - Moved LUT to User Options (F12)
  • - Added some extra options to the User Options (F12)
  • - Updated physics to my latest rev 4.3.1. mostly bouncier rubbers and harder flippers.
  • 5.5.0 Updated 15.12.2024
  • - Updated for VPX8 (adjusted reflections, equirectangular ball, linked flashers to lights, incandescent lights)
  • - Updated physics to my Rev3. Including physics materials, flipper code, ball spin control and slingshot shapes.
  • - Updated LUT images and display system, 10 darker shades and 10 warmer shades.
  • - some graphical changes (playfield mesh with holes, metal wall guides, lights warmer)
  • - added a screenshot for scutters file explorer handler
  • 1.0.0 Released 13.10.2024


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Very unique and fun, thanks.

Table works fine.  Another masterpiece from JPSalas

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fatman19632
Oct 18 2024 08:48 AM

Excellent work JP, Thanks again!

Espectacular como siempre, JP.
Cuántos recuerdos ! Yo sí jugaba con Travel Time a la salida del colegio, me parecía super diferente e interesante, y le lograba sacar bastante tiempo extra.
Tu recreación en VPX me devolvió a mi adolescencia... Muchas gracias !!! 

Merci JP, le concept est génial. Tres belle table.

I think this was the pinball table that they used on the TV show "That 70's Show".

Thank you very much for the great work.

Thank You, Halen and ¡Gracias, JP! for this table with update. 09/10/2025, 09/14/2025

 

Mad703

Love it! Thanks, JP.

Awesome table, JP, really I love it.

Gameplay is fantastic (perhaps a bit easy), like Beat the Clock pinball machine (by Bally, but sold two decades later).

Regardling the video, the 5-second clock duration is 3 seconds (it's normal).

Default setting (done by a jack) is 1 min. 15 sec, when you start a new game (jack permits setting from 45 sec to 2 min 30 - by 15-sec stepping).


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