"This game is NOT shareware. Please do not distribute" aaaah the good old days where games asked politely not to be pirated

For what it's worth, I was in contact with the person I bought this from, and they had zero qualms with the invoice being shown. It was an address from 24 years ago and is no longer valid anyway, and if they had a problem with it being out there they wouldn't have included it in the sale to begin with :)

Coming up later this week on Kotaku; "Gaming Enthusiast Beats GTA V With Pinball Controller"

"the sheer girth of this thing is.(ungh) impressive" -lgr quote of the year

Nice to see an item of Oddware that actually works, and very well, seemingly.

Its so large, bulky, inconvenient, and ugly and i must own one

It's bizarre that Philips went to all this length to make an arbitrary controller, but not also make it compatible with their CD-i system too :S It would have been perfect for the system, especially considering all the other wacky controllers it had. Also that game looks uncannily like Pinball Dreams/Illusions/Fantasies.

You know you're watching someone dedicated to their craft when they print out an entire PDF manual to make a makeshift one just to show you that one page in hard copy.

Whenever I think of Thrustmaster I think of pelvic sorcery.

I'm starting to think that Clint likes pinball.

That looks like a really neat device! Epic Pinball is also my favorite DOS pinball game. I got it back in the day because it natively supported the Gravis Ultrasound.

Pinball controllers are the only way to play GTA 5.

"Stuff like electric shavers and...whatever else" it seems like a small detail, but I love that sort of casual lines, hahah!

daisy chain them together for intense multiplayer

As a big pinball fan, this looks really cool. It's totally set up like the front of a pinball machine; the plunger and the flipper buttons are in the right places-- and, if you have a good standing setup, it seems like a really good approximation of what it's like to play on a real table (as opposed to controller-manipulated simulation). Shame about the tilt/nudge feature being so difficult to use. Nudging is one of the natural things that comes with playing on a pinball machine, and it's not implemented very well (or very intuitively) on PCs/consoles.The Wii came closest to getting it right with its motion controls (via Pinball Hall of Fame), but it was a bit touchy. This peripheral could've been near-perfect if nudging was better. Laughed my butt off at the end of this, too! Thanks for putting this video together. I really enjoyed it.

Imagine using this with a big led tv rotated vertically on a slanted table. Only VR can beat it realness.

10:43 Wow. I'm going to become a patreon supporter, that was beautiful.

Thank god for a new Oddware episode! Easily one of my favorite kind of videos.

Just a odd fact : Recommend in 2019 Client you are odd, but you aren't forgotten or obsoulit Indeed you are one of a kind and you are a memorable kindly polite nerd Thanks for the nice memories, and knowledge you have given me, the last years Greetings Julian, 18 Germany

The thud when you set the box down is amazing.

Another great review. Of all the subs I have, this channel is the only one I make sure I don't miss! I wish I had that pinball controller back in the 90s because that was my favorite genre. But now it's like a niche thing.

That voice is smoother than gravy.

Philips were instrumental in the rise of the compact disc. Thought it deserved a mention.

I have watched all your oddware episodes and I really feel this is your best one so far! Nice balance between the background info, the stuff we all love, and actual usage of the thingy you are trying to review :)

The bits where you play games never designed for the controller are always the best bits of any hardware review! I’m always in stitches laughing my head off!

I've really become a huge fan of this show. Great job!

KZfaq: "Wanna see a grown man dry hump a pinball controller ?" Me: "Errm ?" KZfaq: " 10:39 " Me: "Neat ?" Never change LGR !!!

That last bit with gta really made the video great. Was not expecting it.

Philips is still huge in Sweden. They make tv´s now mostly. BUt also the odd dvd bluray and Hifi stuff. They marketed the Magnavox stuff here aswell. So the Magnavox Odyssey 2 is called the Philips Videopac in Sweden and i think all of Europe. Philips is considered a quality brand here mostly.

You bring a lot of happiness to my life and for that I'd like to thank you

" Through the magic of the internet, I was able to source a backup copy of absolute pinball" ;)

Imagine playing 3D Space Cadet with that thing.

10:44 - Clint unleashing his inner Arnold

For what its worth? This Virtual Pinball controller would make a GREAT Virtual Pinball machine!!! Perhaps with some mods, extra buttons, I think this would make a good controller for a cabinet.

Oh my god this brings back memories! Thanks for showing it. I had one of these as a kid and just loved it. Sold it some time ago but still got the Absolute Pinball disc in my collection.

As much as I look forward to your videos in general, there's something special about the Oddware reviews that just make me perk up immediately as soon as I see them in my YT feed. :)

I love your Oddware and Tech Tales videos! Keep up the fun and great work.

9:25 Yeeeeeeeeeees! Epic Pinball = Epic. Loads of happy memories.

That is so cool how weird 90's game controllers can be integrated to work with modern games that they weren't meant to be played with, but CAN!!! :O

Looking fresh as always, nice video Clint

10:43 Arnold Schwarzenegger

Just imagine playing Devil's Crush with this thing...

That cord getting crushed gave me so much anxiety.

I remember seeing an ad for this thing a long time ago in a computer magazine. But I never realized from the little photo how huge it is :)

5:45 that invoice was made 4 years before my birthday!

The flipper buttons look and sound super authentic, so I can only assume they feel just as good. As a pinball junkie I fully support some intrepid engineer creating something similar but with a better plunger and better tilt mechanics.

Pinball controller to play GTA == the stuff of legend

oddware! man this is one of my favorite series! it's great to see it back!

I could actually see that being pretty cool back in the day while taking breaks from my days of Sim city on my old family Packard Bell.

I love the Oddware videos! - Would love to see some more

Brilliant episode! I espect the GOTY edition of GTA 5 to come bundled with the Philips Virtual Pinball controller now!

I will admit that I watched/listened to the first 2 seconds of this video many times in a row, with headphones on, just to experience the stereo effects. It was awesome.

Man I would have loved this thing back in the day. and Epic Pinball was awesome. I'm surprised they haven't remade it.

love your content man. cant wait for you to hit a million subs! w00t!

I am not even a pinball fan but that controller seems so cool and niched that even I want one

Thanks to Clint and this video my new life goal will be to beat GTA 5 with this controller, expect a No-Damage speedrun later on too!

*plops it on table* "Made by philips" me: Philips made gaming stuff? "Of course they did stuff like CD-i" me: Right, I have only heard of and looked upon CD-i based footage every month of my past 8 years of life including AVGN and KZfaq poop videos yet my brain still gave me the initial response. Nice.

About the oldest thing I know is MathBlasters 2. Thanks for showing off the old tech. Love it! Keep up the good work!

Love that you have Pirate's Gold on your shelf. :) Epic Pinball brought back some memories as well. Also, I wonder how that peripheral works with pinball dreams/fantasies. GTA 5 on that thing... I lost it. haha Great vid!

Just in awe of the size of this controller. Absolute unit.

wow, I know this has nothing to do with the game itself, but the image on your screen through the camera is so clear I thought it was green screened in but then i saw the shadow of your hand! awesome angle!

Love the Another World poster...Also the Arnold voice when you tilted...lol.

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Love pinball but can't afford the pinball machine price? Try Virtual Pinball! An arcade on your desktop! Did I ace the pitch? :D

That was a funny impression of Arnold Schwarzenegger at 10:40.

Virtual Pinball is such an overlooked genre of games. Possibly the most overlooked. Yeah, there was a lot of titles back in the day. But they were also low budget and mostly slept on. And today, barely anyone even makes pinball games. There's also tons of opportunity for developers to do things in virtual pinball besides just simulate live tables. Stuff like Kirby's Pinball Land and Sonic Spinball were starting to try and merge pinball with other genres (in this case platformers) but didn't really go all the way with it.

That thing is very odd indeed. Phillips always seemed to make weird stuff, one of my personal favorites is the Velo 1. Now they're all about toothbrushes.

What a beast! Nice Oddware LGR.... keep em coming!

oh man thanks to you i've started my research! and after 1 year i've found one in italy!!!! incredible product!!

Man I played so much epic pinball when I was a kid! Thank you for reminding me!

the day someone uses these as a challenge for GTA V would be a blessing to watch

great as always, love the bit at the end....try playing a racing game with it!....

That is actually a real quality product. Really well-made, the micro-switches and that heft. God that's good hardware.

This oddware looks very fun to use. Thanks for sharing dude

Oddware is awesome

I was about to buy this back in the mid 90's, haven't seen it since! forgotten that it was Philips that made it! thank you!

As usual, the level of humor doesn't disappoint.

Very interesting stuff. Thanks for the video. And yes, I would totally buy one of these!

I came here for _Epic Pinball._ And, I got a video about a really super-cool PC peripheral. Which makes me happy. :)

I really dig this channel.

That was amazing. Subscribed

Love your work

HEEEUY Phillips!!...*ahem* allright enough dutch patriotism for today... Great review again Clint!

LGR's sense of humor is delightful

What a great video. I wish I could have had one of those when I was a kid.

A whole episode of lgr playing gta v with this controller. Count me in.😀

Sultry voiced oddware reviews are what I sleep to at night

That's actually a rather cool thing. Amazing that you played GTA with it.

oh man... Epic Pinball and me spent a LOT of time together in 1996

Woah. Now I need one of these!

There's just something indescribably hilarious about pulling a big red plunger in order to shoot that had me absolutely dying. Oh, man. I was cracking up.

Looks like a cinder block with red buttons. Pretty cool episode btw!

It is about time for him to make more Oddware!

Due to the slowish Internet where I am (not complaining, at least I have it), I browse the comments while LGR videos buffer in 144p. I wish there was a way I could thank all of you personally. Friggin' endless entertainment. Seriously, the cup runneth over. Mostly clean, too. The community here at LGR is killer.

love your vids Clint. helps make working security @ night go by quicker. another good one. u should play Creepnight Pinball for windows. an older one, but my favorite pinball game of all time

You can always tell when someone sucks at pinball growing up in the early 80s there is a certain swagg lean when you hold the buttons and a certain way of pressure you put on the buttons when you use the flippers fron one side to another

I like the music in Absolute Pinball! It's very jazzy and it reminds me of the Sega Genesis and Sonic 3 & Knuckles.

That is just AWESOME!!!

your mic picks up the base nice and soft smooth :P

hey made, I really prefer your old school intro music like before, it felt so nostalgic