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Linux Powered Pinball
Ixliam:
In the November 2005 issue of Linux Journal at http://new.linuxjournal.com/article/8476 there is an article on an Evil Knievel pinball that had no backboard/scoreboard, but was just the playfield. The person built a PC interface to control the machine and provide a scoring system. Might be an interesting option to look at for getting old machine with no scoreboard up and running.
SirPeale:
Thanks for the subscriber only link. :D
stratjakt:
Be pretty easy for an EM game like Evel Kneivel was (IIRC), but I'd like to see them build an interface for something more complicated/intricate, like Addams Family, Twilight Zone, or Terminator 2.
Howard_Casto:
This is already out and has been out for quite some time. Some guys hacked visual pinmame to work with a custom i/o board that hooks to the parallel port. They used it to do various things, including using pinmame to emulate the video portion of baby pacman and control all the lights/ect.
RayB:
Im all for saving game machines, but a pinball without the head area is just lame.