Arcade Collecting > Pinball
DIY/Homebrew Pinball Scene?
TopJimmyCooks:
If you want to do it easily, get a solid state pre dmd game with playfield features that you like, rearrange them on your newly Macattack cnc'd pf, and get a p-roc to run things and do your rules and scoring. cut and extend the harness as necessary. Print a vinyl overlay for the pf art. Seems like donor game plus $1K of p-roc bits plus beater pc plus playfield plus artwork and you're in business. could probably do a budget build for under $2500.
macattack:
--- Quote from: TopJimmyCooks on June 12, 2013, 12:59:51 pm ---If you want to do it easily, get a solid state pre dmd game with playfield features that you like, rearrange them on your newly Macattack cnc'd pf, and get a p-roc to run things and do your rules and scoring. cut and extend the harness as necessary. Print a vinyl overlay for the pf art. Seems like donor game plus $1K of p-roc bits plus beater pc plus playfield plus artwork and you're in business. could probably do a budget build for under $2500.
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I have similar plans at some point.
Well Fed Games:
Yeah, I am keeping my eyes open for a donor. I would want a widebody so that may limit me a bit. The hard part is it is so much fun designing the thing in my mind/on paper I want to get started... then my arcade cabs remind me that they are in line first!
I get the feeling that the scene is going to boom pretty quick. When I see a project like t800's it is really inspiring... makes sense that physical tables would sprout out of virtual ones!
Gray_Area:
--- Quote from: Well Fed Games on June 13, 2013, 10:23:10 am ---...makes sense that physical tables would sprout out of virtual ones!
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I guess. Not to me.... Why a wide body?
Well Fed Games:
--- Quote from: Gray_Area on June 13, 2013, 02:57:30 pm ---
--- Quote from: Well Fed Games on June 13, 2013, 10:23:10 am ---...makes sense that physical tables would sprout out of virtual ones!
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I guess. Not to me.... Why a wide body?
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Well, I mean, you've got these folks building virtual pin tables, learning angels and physics (or at least a close approximation). The knowledge is there, so I assume the challenge of building a physical pin cabinet might be attractive to some of the creators. Mostly a theory based on the Wrath of Olympus build.
Widebody, as the concept I am mulling over involves several inner playfields (possibly one under the main layer, like Black Hole). I think I will need the extra inches.
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