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JeepMonkey:
I think RayB is right on about the orange DMD. LCD maybe?
Something I think might help would be to make pinball more of a competition for multi player. In all pinball I have ever played, player one takes his turn until his ball drains, then player two, etc. Maybe it could be more like Golden Tee where each turn is not just one of the three balls you are given, rather each turn is shorter with smaller objectives rather than just a free-for-all at anything on the playfield. I think this would keep people more engaged in the machine. Maybe a bit of the feel of the old baseball pins?
LLUncoolJ:
Yeah, like it or not, I think the only way you make money off of pinball is to have it spit tickets. Like I said, almost all arcades are kiddie casinos nowadays. I'm sure they could build a retrofit for the coin door...or a replacement door that will spit out a ticket at certain scoring intervals. All of these places have multiple skeeball alleys...because they spit out tickets. Granted, the average game of skeeball vs the average game of pinball probably is fraction of the time and therefore a better money maker. But the presence of pinball may entice people like us to tolerate the likes of Chucky Cheese and actually consider having a kid's b-day party there.
MikeDeuce:
--- Quote from: JeepMonkey on July 15, 2010, 09:21:20 am ---I think RayB is right on about the orange DMD. LCD maybe?
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Does pinball 2000 count? The novelty of it alone doesn't seem to keep it from being ignored at the arcades I've seen them in :\
--- Quote from: JeepMonkey on July 15, 2010, 09:21:20 am ---In all pinball I have ever played, player one takes his turn until his ball drains, then player two, etc.
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http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?gid=1316 + http://www.pinballrebel.com/game/pins/joust/joust_pinball.htm :)
I'm not sure of its popularity in general, but the lady-friend and I found ourselves amused... felt like a cross between air hockey and pinball.
RayB:
--- Quote from: MikeDeuce on July 15, 2010, 11:39:34 am ---
--- Quote from: JeepMonkey on July 15, 2010, 09:21:20 am ---I think RayB is right on about the orange DMD. LCD maybe?
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Does pinball 2000 count? The novelty of it alone doesn't seem to keep it from being ignored at the arcades I've seen them in :\
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That's a good point.
JeepMonkey:
@ PBJ
Yes it is a long shot, but I would bet that if giving pinball an entire overhaul, enough to completely turn us 1%ers away, to capture a few percent of the non pinballers, traditional pinball would go away.
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