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Air Ball
xerox4100:
:notworthy: i come before you all to ask for help on how to make something like this?
I am still working on my arcade, and i thought if i could make the theme between this air ball game, mame cab and virtual pin cab. it would make a awesome room. i cant decide on a theme yet.
Rok:
Yikes...That would be one complicated project! I don't have much advice, but I would start looking into air cannons/compressor systems. Maybe even some sort of spring firing mechanism if you can come up with an auto reloader...
javeryh:
You'd probably be better off paying the $8,675 those guys are charging! I wouldn't even know where to begin.
Pinball Wizard:
Ever dealt with spud guns/pneumatic cannons? Basically the same principle but lower pressure. I can probably sketch something up to plan it out for you if you want.
newmanfamilyvlogs:
And once you've got the physical side of it down you'd want to be thinking about the software that's going to drive it. Many several routes you could go there... A dedicated hardware approach like an arduino or maybe a PC tucked away with a bunch of relay/sensors coming in over some kind usb adaptor.
Go the PC route and mount an old LCD projector under the guns. Have the targets pop up in random patterns, and a color/target scheme projected onto them. Remove the divide between the two players, and let them each target different markers/colors on the targets for points.