{"id":643,"date":"2018-10-18T19:27:12","date_gmt":"2018-10-18T17:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joanillo.org\/?p=643"},"modified":"2020-09-29T19:28:21","modified_gmt":"2020-09-29T17:28:21","slug":"close-encounters-pinball-aprofundint-en-el-gameplay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joanillo.org\/?p=643","title":{"rendered":"Close Encounters pinball: aprofundint en el gameplay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.joanillo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/close_encounters_instructions_card.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.joanillo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/close_encounters_instructions_card-300x220.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"close_encounters_instructions_card\" width=\"300\" height=\"220\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1842\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.joanillo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/CE_pinball.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.joanillo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/CE_pinball-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"CE_pinball\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1867\"><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>INSTRUCTIONS<br \/>\n3 BALLS PER PLAYER<\/p>\n<p>HITTING A-B-C ROLLOVERS INCREASES INDICATED ROTO TARGET VALUE.<br \/>\nCOMPLETING A-B-C ROLLOVERS LIGHTS &#8220;EXTRA BALL&#8221; AND &#8220;SPECIAL FEATURES&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>STAR ROTO TARGET VALUE IS 500 POINTS. HITTING STAR ROTO TARGET SCORES INDICATED VALUE AND INCREASES BONUS MULTIPLIER.<\/p>\n<p>BLACK DROP TARGETS SCORE 500 POINTS. COMPLETING DROP TARGETS INCREASES BONUS MULTIPLIER, ADDS 5 BONUSES, LIGHTS &#8220;EXTRABALL&#8221; AND &#8220;SPECIAL&#8221; FEATURES, SCORES 5000 POINTS AND RESETS TARGETS.<\/p>\n<p>BONUS IS SCORED AND FEATURES RESET AFTER EACH BALL.<\/p>\n<p>A TILT DOES NOT DISQUALIFY A PLAYER.<\/p>\n<p>MATCHING LAST TWO NUMBERS IN SCORE TO NUMBER THAT APPEAR ON BACKGLASS AFTER GAME IS OVER SCORES ONE REPLAY.<\/p>\n<p>424SS                  B-18583-1<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>M&#8217;agrada m\u00e9s construir les m\u00e0quines que jugar-hi. De fet tinc poca paci\u00e8ncia per jugar. Ja que he fet una nova m\u00e0quina dedicada al pinball de <strong>Encuentros en la Tercera Fase<\/strong> (<em>Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Gottlieb 1978<\/em>), dedicar\u00e9 uns minuts a analitzar-la i entendre b\u00e9 les regles del joc. Les <em>Instructions Card<\/em> dels pinball sempre s\u00f3n molt resumides (veure foto).<\/p>\n<p>Aquesta \u00e9s una m\u00e0quina amb electr\u00f2nica d&#8217;estat s\u00f2lid (SS), la qual cosa significa que totes les regles del joc estan implementades en un xip que porta carregat el software\/instruccions de la taula. Aquest xip \u00e9s una mem\u00f2ria on est\u00e0 emmagatzemat tot el codi, \u00e9s a dir, una <strong>ROM<\/strong>. La gr\u00e0cia del <strong>Visual Pinball<\/strong> i d&#8217;altres emuladors de pinball \u00e9s que s\u00f3n capa\u00e7os de llegir la informaci\u00f3 de la ROM (fitxer que tenim guardat en la carpeta <em>roms\/<\/em>, i fer funcionar la m\u00e0quina per software. Si se sap manipular la rom (els bytes) es pot modificar algun aspecte de la taula, com per exemple modificar el <em>High Score<\/em> per defecte, com hem fet en alguna taula. De fet, el m\u00f2dul que s&#8217;encarrega de l&#8217;emulaci\u00f3 \u00e9s el <strong>VPinMAME<\/strong>, projecte que comparteixen diferents emuladors com el Visual Pinball o el Future Pinball.<\/p>\n<p><strong>HITTING A-B-C ROLLOVERS INCREASES INDICATED ROTO TARGET VALUE.<\/strong> Els rollover (A, B, C) s\u00f3n els tres passadissos que hi ha dalt de tot. Quan la bola passa pel passad\u00eds es tanca un interruptor. Com a conseq\u00fc\u00e8ncia, el <strong>ROTO<\/strong> (<em>rotatory<\/em>) d\u00f3na voltes. El ROTO t\u00e9 targets que s&#8217;han d&#8217;intentar tocar.<br \/>\n<strong>COMPLETING A-B-C ROLLOVERS LIGHTS &#8220;EXTRA BALL&#8221; AND &#8220;SPECIAL FEATURES&#8221;<\/strong>. Si completem els tres rollovers (sempre amb la mateixa bola) s&#8217;activa (s&#8217;il\u00b7lumina <em>When Lit<\/em>) la possibilitat de fer <em>Extra Ball<\/em> i <em>Special Features<\/em> (per\u00f2 encara no tenim <em>Extra Ball<\/em>, senzillament tenim la possibilitat d&#8217;aconseguir-ho. Com s&#8217;aconsegueix? Si ens fixem en el playfield, podem veure <em>Star scores extra ball<\/em>. Per tant, quan en el target esquerra del <em>ROTO<\/em> tenim una estrella, si fem <em>target<\/em> sobre aquesta estrella, aconseguirem la <em>Extra Ball<\/em>. De la mateixa manera, <em>Special Features<\/em> ho aconseguirem quan tenim <em>Star<\/em>  en el target de la dreta (i fem diana).<\/p>\n<p><strong>STAR ROTO TARGET VALUE IS 500 POINTS. HITTING STAR ROTO TARGET SCORES INDICATED VALUE AND INCREASES BONUS MULTIPLIER<\/strong>. Quan fem diana sobre una estrella tenim 500 punts. Fer diana sobre un <em>ROTO target<\/em> incrementa els punts indicats, i s&#8217;activa el multiplicador 10x (s&#8217;il\u00b7lumina), que vol dir que la propera podem aconseguir 3000, 4000 o 5000 punts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>BONUS IS SCORED AND FEATURES RESET AFTER EACH BALL<\/strong>.  Tenim diferents targets que ens poden donar bonus. Aquests targets poden estar desactivats, o activats quan la l\u00e0mpara associada est\u00e0 il\u00b7luminada. Quan perdem la bola s&#8217;incrementa el Bonus acumulat, i es tornen a resetejar totes les caracter\u00edstiques. Aproximadament, el bonus \u00e9s proporcional al temps que hagi durat la bola.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A TILT DOES NOT DISQUALIFY A PLAYER<\/strong>. En aquesta taula fer <em>Tilt<\/em> no est\u00e0 penalitzat. El <em>Tilt<\/em> es detecta quan movem la taula per tal de desviar la traject\u00f2ria i que no caigui en el forat. En moltes taules fer <em>Tilt<\/em> \u00e9s sin\u00f2nim de fer trampes, i aix\u00f2 significa normalment perdre la bola i desactivar temporalment els <em>flippers<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MATCHING LAST TWO NUMBERS IN SCORE TO NUMBER THAT APPEAR ON BACKGLASS AFTER GAME IS OVER SCORES ONE REPLAY<\/strong>. Quan s&#8217;acaba la partida, encara tenim una oportunitat. Si els dos \u00faltims d\u00edgits del nostre marcador coincideixen amb el High Score (?), aleshores sembla ser que se&#8217;ns regala una partida.<\/p>\n<p>A grans trets, aquestes s\u00f3n les regles d&#8217;aquesta m\u00e0quina. La majoria dels jugadors (com jo mateix) prou feines en tenim de qu\u00e8 la bola no caigui en el forat. Per\u00f2 si es vol fer una bona puntuaci\u00f3, s&#8217;han de con\u00e8ixer aquestes regles i tenir una estrat\u00e8gia. Hi ha gent que es dedica a col\u00b7leccionar i registrar <em>High Scores<\/em> dels pinballs. Per exemple, com es pot veure en aquest <a href=\"https:\/\/pinside.com\/pinball\/machine\/close-encounters-of-the-third-kind\/scores\" title=\"sClose Encounters High Score\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">enlla\u00e7<\/a>, per al <strong>Close Encounters<\/strong> hi ha registrada una puntuaci\u00f3 de 691.000, amb 5 boles. La possibilitat de jugar amb 3 \u00f3 5 boles dep\u00e8n d&#8217;una opci\u00f3 en el software, i en les m\u00e0quines reals aix\u00f2 es configura amb un interruptor DIP que est\u00e0 documentat en el full d&#8217;instruccions que t\u00e9 l&#8217;operador (en el sal\u00f3 recreatiu o en el bar).<\/p>\n<p>Com sempre, el m\u00e9s divertit d&#8217;aquestes taules \u00e9s la possibilitat de jugar amb varis jugadors (fins a 4 jugadors, que es van tornant).<\/p>\n<p>En les refer\u00e8ncies he ficat un video de l&#8217;escalada al <strong>Devil&#8217;s Tower<\/strong>, que em sembla espectacular. Pensava que l&#8217;escalada deuria estar prohibida, per\u00f2 no, es pot escalar si es demana el perm\u00eds, i no es pot deixar material durant l&#8217;escalada.<\/p>\n<p>I recorda, com en el playfield s&#8217;indica: <strong>We are not alone<\/strong>, i en qualsevol moment podem rebre una visita&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Refer\u00e8ncies:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ipdb.org\/machine.cgi?id=536\" title=\"close encounters pinball info\">Close Encounters Pinball info<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jfiPXmqXzS0\" title=\"Explicaci\u00f3 del gameplay\">Explicaci\u00f3 del gameplay<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pinrepair.com\/roto\/\" title=\"roto-targets\">Gottlieb&#8217;s Roto-targets explanation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/es.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Close_Encounters_of_the_Third_Kind\" title=\"Close Encounters of the Third Kind, the movie\">Close Encounters of the Third Kind, the movie<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/deto\/index.htm\" title=\"devils info\">Devils Tower Info<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.es\/search?q=devil%27s+tower&amp;tbm=isch\" title=\"devils images\">Devils Tower Images<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pinside.com\/pinball\/machine\/close-encounters-of-the-third-kind\/scores\" title=\"Close Encounters Pinball High Scores\">Close Encounters Pinball High Scores<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4Fu_kHDk_qs\" title=\"Close Encounters Pinball\">Un altre video d&#8217;aquesta m\u00e0quina al Youtube<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8J_3WzKGZfI\" title=\"Devil's Tower Climbing\">Devil&#8217;s Tower Climbing<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;- INSTRUCTIONS 3 BALLS PER PLAYER HITTING A-B-C ROLLOVERS INCREASES INDICATED ROTO TARGET VALUE. COMPLETING A-B-C ROLLOVERS LIGHTS &#8220;EXTRA BALL&#8221; AND &#8220;SPECIAL FEATURES&#8221;. STAR ROTO TARGET VALUE IS 500 POINTS. HITTING STAR ROTO TARGET SCORES INDICATED VALUE AND INCREASES BONUS MULTIPLIER. BLACK DROP TARGETS SCORE 500 POINTS. COMPLETING DROP [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7,16,32],"tags":[270],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joanillo.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/643"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joanillo.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joanillo.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joanillo.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joanillo.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=643"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.joanillo.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/643\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":644,"href":"https:\/\/www.joanillo.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/643\/revisions\/644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joanillo.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joanillo.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joanillo.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}