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[jpsalas]

File Name: Banzai Run (Williams 1988)

File Submitter: jpsalas

File Submitted: 11 Jan 2023

File Category: VPX/VPinMAME Recreations

Author(s): jpsalas
Manufacturer: Williams
Year: 1988
ROM: Link to ROM
Permission to MOD?: Yes, without approval

Based on the table by /Williams from 1988.
 
Thanks to EBisLIT for the nice playfield, which I used to build the playfield for this table.
The table's layout was based on the Classic Playfields image.
The plastic and other decal images were found in the internet, mostly eBay.
 

Some extra notes about the table:
 
- The table was built with VPX 7.3
- The ramp color can be changed by pressing the keyUpperLeft, usually the (A) key. The color selected will be saved, so you don't need to do this each time you play.
- The upper playfield is only visible when the magnet grabs the ball. It is not visible during test or calibrating. This is mostly for multiball, so you don't loose focus on the playfield ball.
- The magnet animation with the ball and the releasing of the ball is not very nice done, but it works and it serves its purpose
- I have not fully tested all the options and rules, but everything should be working, and if not, then write it in the Support Topic thread.
- The rom used is the latest bnzai_l3, but you may change it to bnzai_t3 if you have that rom. Change it at the top of the script.
- This kind of view is not the best for this table, but at least you will be able to play it in desktop mode and in standard cabinets.
- If playing in a cabinet I guess you might need to adjust the POV, but I guess most of you know how to do that.
 
Anyway the table is not as good looking as the FSS versions, specially I like Bigus mod , but it won't fill too much your HD
 
Greetings
JP
 
PS: This is the first table in 2023. I started with it December 30th, so it took me 12 days to built it. Everything was started from scratch, both the graphics and the table
 

Click here to download this file

[bolt]

My dream comes true.

 

Thank you so much JP for this masterpiece.

.. and thanks EBisLIT for the playfield.

 

regards

 

bolt

Edited by bolt, 11 January 2023 - 12:45 PM.

[Mike DA Spike]

Nice job JP!
I just started with vr and played a vr version of this, but this would be a good one for my cabinet. Will look at it later today, but really appreciate the effort !

Edited by Mike DA Spike, 11 January 2023 - 11:48 AM.

[STAT]

Amazing ... hurry to the Cab on evening ...
 

Edited by STAT, 11 January 2023 - 12:32 PM.

[ced]

Thx Mr jpsalas !!!!!     

[tmpc]

Thank you.

[clyde]

Thank you JP, The table looks great! 

[Joppnl]

Thanks JP!

Great thought to have the backglass projected and playable on the playfieldl   

Thanks!

[Thalamus]

Wow, I did see that you where working on this earlier, I know you work fast JP, but, not this fast

 

Looking forward to see what you've come up with, the one I've got, with some weird POV in order to give place for the backglass ... works only so so and isn't played much. It a great machine, so it deserves to be played.

 

Thanks a lot !

[jpsalas]

Wow, I did see that you where working on this earlier, I know you work fast JP, but, not this fast

 

Looking forward to see what you've come up with, the one I've got, with some weird POV in order to give place for the backglass ... works only so so and isn't played much. It a great machine, so it deserves to be played.

 

Thanks a lot !

 

I'm always fast doing tables, but these last weeks in Oslo it has been snowing a lot and with -13C during many days, and now it is raining, and everything is full of snow and ice and it is almost impossible to walk. So I haven't been out of the house for almost 2 weeks But I exercise 30  minutes every day And the rest... vpx and Netflix, hahaha.

 

The next tables will be 4 LTD tables, but I guess they will take longer than 12 days to complete

[teisen]

thank you to those involved for the beautiful work! the table was a show!

 

on the apron's card there is a locked ball

 

 

thanks for the work and for sharing

 

hugs

[H215]

This is awesome! Thanks.

How would I go about getting rid of the ball on the left instruction card?

I was thinking about this table a few days ago.. I'm far from experienced with vpx, only going into my 2nd year but this table has a playfield on the backglass similar to catacomb..

The way multi-screens work in windows is that the further right.. or down in a cabinet's case moves it to the next screen which would be the backbox followed by the dmd. So in theory it's just one long screen.. Would it be possible to place the upper playfield below the regular playfield in vpx so that it's low enough, when we adjust the pov x offset for the table, it positions the upper playfield onto the backbox screen.. Might need a custom screenres.txt. Essentially a really long ass table
in vpx.

Edited by H215, 11 January 2023 - 02:41 PM.

[teisen]

 

Wow, I did see that you where working on this earlier, I know you work fast JP, but, not this fast

 

Looking forward to see what you've come up with, the one I've got, with some weird POV in order to give place for the backglass ... works only so so and isn't played much. It a great machine, so it deserves to be played.

 

Thanks a lot !

 

I'm always fast doing tables, but these last weeks in Oslo it has been snowing a lot and with -13C during many days, and now it is raining, and everything is full of snow and ice and it is almost impossible to walk. So I haven't been out of the house for almost 2 weeks But I exercise 30  minutes every day And the rest... vpx and Netflix, hahaha.

 

The next tables will be 4 LTD tables, but I guess they will take longer than 12 days to complete

 

 

wow JP... 4 tables in 12 days...

 

that is inadmissible...  

 

hugs

[jpsalas]

I forgot about that "ball" which I made visible while testing I'll make it invisible in the next revision

 

And no, I won't make 4 LTD tables in 12 days hahaha

[clyde]

This is awesome! Thanks.

How would I go about getting rid of the ball on the left instruction card?

I was thinking about this table a few days ago.. I'm far from experienced with vpx, only going into my 2nd year but this table has a playfield on the backglass similar to catacomb..

The way multi-screens work in windows is that the further right.. or down in a cabinet's case moves it to the next screen which would be the backbox followed by the dmd. So in theory it's just one long screen.. Would it be possible to place the upper playfield below the regular playfield in vpx so that it's low enough, when we adjust the pov x offset for the table, it positions the upper playfield onto the backbox screen.. Might need a custom screenres.txt. Essentially a really long ass table
in vpx.

For now you can get rid of the ball by opening layers & clicking on Top PF objects & it will be at the bottom of the apron & you can untick visible.

[jpsalas]

This is awesome! Thanks.

How would I go about getting rid of the ball on the left instruction card?

I was thinking about this table a few days ago.. I'm far from experienced with vpx, only going into my 2nd year but this table has a playfield on the backglass similar to catacomb..

The way multi-screens work in windows is that the further right.. or down in a cabinet's case moves it to the next screen which would be the backbox followed by the dmd. So in theory it's just one long screen.. Would it be possible to place the upper playfield below the regular playfield in vpx so that it's low enough, when we adjust the pov x offset for the table, it positions the upper playfield onto the backbox screen.. Might need a custom screenres.txt. Essentially a really long ass table
in vpx.

 

Yes, what you think it is possible. I was talking to wiesshund about this a few days ago This was the way the tables were made when the first cabinets were made. Windows XP had direct support for this kind of big screens, and it was called "spanned" screen, where two or more screens could be setup as one big screen. That spanned screen disappeared when Windows Vista came out. Later AMD and Nvidia added that spanned screen system back to their drivers, but everybody had already moved to a new way to make those backdrops (UVP, db2s). You will find some of those spanned tables in the download section. They had the backdrop and the table side by side.

[Sheltemke]

Thank you so much jp! I thought its not possible in vpx but you showed that it's not true... This was really missed from our collection!

[STAT]

JP's Typo: 12 Hours ...

[Practicedummy]

I hated the fact I only played this machine once in real life. Wish I had brought more money to that arcade back in the day.

[roccodimarco]

Excellent table! I woke up and saw this was released and immediately fired up the cab! Excellent excellent job! This is the last table I have been waiting for. Anything now is just a bonus! Quick question for anyone playing with a push button plunger and not a true pull back plunger. Has anyone been able to hit the skill shot yet? For those who don’t know, if you pull the plunger just right you can bypass the gate at the top of the table and fall right into the hole. The skill shot will auto enter you in the race against green machine. As of right now, I can’t hit the skill shot but have came close to lowering the mech strength to 83.