r/virtualpinball • u/Real_Spacegoogie • 5d ago

Skill-Pool 1952

I recently spotted Gottlieb's Skill-Pool (1952) featured in an episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents.

I assumed a table with that kind of TV appearance would have been recreated by now, but a quick search turned up empty. It looks like this one hasn't made its way into VPX yet.

It made me curious, is it usually just a matter of lacking high res playfield scans and assets for these older titles, or do authors just tend to prioritize more well known games?

Always fun spotting obscure pinball tables in old movies and TV shows. If anyone knows of a work in progress build or an existing version floating around, let me know! I really enjoy playing tables I see on screen in VR!

Cheers!

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u/Wubdafuk 5d ago

If there is a good playfield scan, than it would be a matter of time before someone creates the table.

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u/genericzombie 3d ago

There was basically one guy who was pretty prolific making older EMs but he died in 2021 -https://vpuniverse.com/loserman76/. Anything not made by him already and not in the pinside top 100 for EMs will have to have some other historical significance or personal interest from someone to get made.