Pinball Dreams: Nightmare

Fenrir · 23 January 2005, 15:16

Ok you all remember Pinball Dreams - it's been one of my fave games back in the days and I spent countless hours on it and its sequel - I even bought the boxed set on PC but the other additional tables (tarantula over all) sucked big time.

I remember one thing: I've never managed to 'complete' Nightmare. It seems like the table locks up at a certain point. To test it widely, I bought it three different cracked versions at the time, and Nightmare always locked up. That is, the bonuses froze and the ball didn't score anymore. You just kept playing and nothing happened, only the side bouncers worked.
I tried it on WinUAE too, and dowloaded it, but it locked as well after a while. On the Amiga I could get only as far as the 11th hour, then it froze and au revoir.

Is that a programming bug straight from the software house? Has it ever worked?

IFW · 23 January 2005, 15:30

Afair it works perfectly on the original...

Fenrir · 23 January 2005, 15:34

my - actually... what troubled me is that the emulated one behaved right like the ones I had at home.
Too bad the PC version I bought original hadn't pinball dreams in it.

Amiga1992 · 23 January 2005, 16:59

Just get a WHDLoad preinstal which will have the original in it.

RuySan · 23 January 2005, 20:42

the same happened to me

IFW · 24 January 2005, 01:09

The same would happen to anyone using a crack

Doc Mindie · 24 January 2005, 01:35

Strange . . . all the cracks I've played with Pinball Dreams, worked very well with Nightmare . . . . I had problems with Steel Wheels on the onedisk version though.

Too bad I don't have that one anymore

Shatterhand · 24 January 2005, 06:34

What kind of problems?

I remember that Nightmare was the table I had the highest score... I can't remember now what it was, but it was a whole lot bigger than all the other scores in other tables, and I never saw that happening.

And my version was cracked. By Fairlight, if I remember correctly.

JohnnyWalker · 26 January 2005, 02:22

My cracked version of Pinball Dreams worked perfectly, but like Akira pointed out, why not just *legally* download the WHDLoad version now?

Link: http://aiab.emuunlim.com/aiab-pbdreams.zip

Enjoy!

andreas · 26 January 2005, 13:12

Quote:

Originally Posted by Doc Mindie

Strange . . . all the cracks I've played with Pinball Dreams, worked very well with Nightmare . . . .

Confirmed. I only ever played the FLT crack, though

But no lockups or anything of that sort.

W.K · 08 February 2005, 00:32

play pinball fantasies instead, much better game

Bamiga2002 · 08 February 2005, 15:24

Quote:

Originally Posted by W.K

play pinball fantasies instead, much better game

Pinball Dreams has better graphics, but Fantasies is more interesting. Btw. 12 billion points in Beat Box!!

23 January 2005, 15:16	#1
Fenrir Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Tromsø, Norway Age: 47 Posts: 66	Pinball Dreams: Nightmare Ok you all remember Pinball Dreams - it's been one of my fave games back in the days and I spent countless hours on it and its sequel - I even bought the boxed set on PC but the other additional tables (tarantula over all) sucked big time. I remember one thing: I've never managed to 'complete' Nightmare. It seems like the table locks up at a certain point. To test it widely, I bought it three different cracked versions at the time, and Nightmare always locked up. That is, the bonuses froze and the ball didn't score anymore. You just kept playing and nothing happened, only the side bouncers worked. I tried it on WinUAE too, and dowloaded it, but it locked as well after a while. On the Amiga I could get only as far as the 11th hour, then it froze and au revoir. Is that a programming bug straight from the software house? Has it ever worked?

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23 January 2005, 15:30	#2
IFW Moderator Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: ... Age: 52 Posts: 1,838	Afair it works perfectly on the original...

23 January 2005, 15:34	#3
Fenrir Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Tromsø, Norway Age: 47 Posts: 66	my - actually... what troubled me is that the emulated one behaved right like the ones I had at home. Too bad the PC version I bought original hadn't pinball dreams in it.

23 January 2005, 16:59	#4
Amiga1992 Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: ? Posts: 19,645	Just get a WHDLoad preinstal which will have the original in it.

23 January 2005, 20:42	#5
RuySan Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Portugal Age: 42 Posts: 139	the same happened to me

24 January 2005, 01:09	#6
IFW Moderator Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: ... Age: 52 Posts: 1,838	The same would happen to anyone using a crack

24 January 2005, 01:35	#7
Doc Mindie In deep Trouble Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Manchester, Made in Norway Age: 51 Posts: 841	Strange . . . all the cracks I've played with Pinball Dreams, worked very well with Nightmare . . . . I had problems with Steel Wheels on the onedisk version though. Too bad I don't have that one anymore

24 January 2005, 06:34	#8
Shatterhand Warhasneverbeensomuchfun Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Rio de Janeiro / Brazil Age: 41 Posts: 3,450	What kind of problems? I remember that Nightmare was the table I had the highest score... I can't remember now what it was, but it was a whole lot bigger than all the other scores in other tables, and I never saw that happening. And my version was cracked. By Fairlight, if I remember correctly.

26 January 2005, 02:22	#9
JohnnyWalker aka ThunderPeel2001 Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: UK Age: 45 Posts: 303	My cracked version of Pinball Dreams worked perfectly, but like Akira pointed out, why not just legally download the WHDLoad version now? Link: http://aiab.emuunlim.com/aiab-pbdreams.zip Enjoy!

08 February 2005, 00:32	#11
W.K Registered User Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Sweden Age: 44 Posts: 14	play pinball fantasies instead, much better game

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