37 replies to this topic

[FreeMason]

as a tribute to Python, it would be great to see this improved.

they are working on a remake with stuff that was cut from the test games that WMS made.

Do you have a source for that?

[belfry43]

I fear that this table will NEVER be emulated,  unless,  somehow,  someway,  Farsight Studios could get permission from one of the two owners,  and make it part of The Pinball Arcade!\

[toxie]

Do you have a source for that?

 

 

http://www.circusmaximusgames.com/

[Joe]

I fear that this table will NEVER be emulated,  unless,  somehow,  someway,  Farsight Studios could get permission from one of the two owners,  and make it part of The Pinball Arcade!\

why when the remake will be better and why are the owners not wanting this game to be dumped?

 

also if it is in pinball arcade some may find a way to rip the roms from the app.

[russdx]

If i had a machine that there are only TWO in existence. I don't think id be to willing to let some random person take my roms and MAYBE damaging them by dumping them lol.

[toxie]

but then again you will be completely screwed -if- something happens to the ROMs otherwise (not that unlikely, too)..

[STAT]

There is no Way to emulate it without the Rom ?

[toxie]

You could script something that resembles the original ROM of course, but thats a lot of work..

Edited by toxie, 11 January 2015 - 10:13 AM.

[STAT]

I know, sorry i am not so good at VP, but that would be a nice Project ...

[Nidwin]

It isn't the scripting but knowing what to script

[Pinfatuated]

I have very little exposure to Virtual Pin and especially creating games for it.  It is my understanding that the new whitewood uses the Ben Heck system.  The forthcoming additional prototypes of Python's Pinball Circus may be using the Ben Heck sysytem, PinKit, or P-ROC.  How does that impact possibly running this game on Visual Pinball?  I'm assuming that there are versions or plugins (or somthing) that allow P-ROC or PinKit to be virtualized on VPin.  I'm not finding much info on the Ben Heck system, so I have my doubts about that being virtualized.  If that is the case, is getting a copy of the new code of similar usefullness as getting a hold of the orignal ROMs?

 

Thanks.

Edited by Pinfatuated, 04 November 2015 - 04:19 AM.

[Joe]

Is P-ROC for VP working yet? I want to play CCC on VP.

[somnia]

Hi everyone! Is anyone still around? I've been working on a VPX version of 'The Pinball Circus' recently, but I'm currently missing the video modes for the Mechanical Giraffe and Pinbo. I managed to find a partial clip of the Giraffe's video mode in this YouTube video (at 8:37: (88) Pinball Circus PHOF - Game play 1 - YouTube), but I haven't been able to find anything at all for Pinbo. Does anyone happen to have these resources or know where I might find them? Any help would be greatly appreciated

[fourbanks]

this is the nearest table i think you will find from JP 

 

Gargamel Park - VPForums.org

 

some clips and info can be found here 

'The Pinball Circus Pinbo - Google Search

 

I don't suppose anyone could duplicate this intricate table without the rom; if it were feasible, it would have already been completed. 

 

i wish you all the luck in the world  

Edited by fourbanks, 21 March 2026 - 12:38 AM.

[akiles50000]

This person John Manuelian has worked in a pinball circus.I have asked a dump of the roms and this was his responde:

 

1) I don’t use roms, I rewrote the game in unity.

2) if I had the roms I would not be able to give them to you without permission from Planetary Pinball. 

They own the rights to the original game.

 

This it,s his facebook:

 

https://www.facebook...um?locale=es_ES

[fourbanks]

i have myself reached out to Planetary Pinball with regards how things stand with this rom, 

[fourbanks]

Only two of the original prototypes of The Pinball Circus games developed for Bally/Williams exist. One went to Ken Fedesna, who was the Executive Vice President of Williams at the tim and the other to Steve Kordek, who later donated it to Tim Arnold at the Pinball Hall of Fame in Las Vegas.

 

Part IV: One Last Trip Around Planet Pythonia  — Nudge

Edited by fourbanks, 02 April 2026 - 09:10 PM.

[fourbanks]

I discovered an old JP link to the table; it would be useful for someone to take the table farther. 

 

https://www.vpforums...h&attach_id=326

 

 

I discovered some music from a popular theme park ride near my house that was taken down back in 2016, and think it might be perfect for this table?  

 

 

 

Chessington WoA - Bubbleworks Complete Soundtrack

 

the rules of the table can be found here

 

The Strange History of The Pinball Circus

Edited by fourbanks, 04 April 2026 - 10:56 PM.