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ChadTower:

Pins aren't fragile.  Within the first 5 years they stand right up to full time commercial use just fine.  After that, they fail.  They are designed to only last about 5 years.

If you get a pin and thoroughly shop it, make some connector upgrades/etc, it will be fully reliable again.

I am almost done with Laser Cue, yes, and then I have several more pins sitting waiting for the same resurrection.  I have no plans at this time to build my own, and if I were going to do it, I'd probably use existing boards and just design a playfield layout that matches an existing ruleset.
Witchboard:

--- Quote from: ChadTower on March 09, 2006, 10:38:12 am ---I have no plans at this time to build my own, and if I were going to do it, I'd probably use existing boards and just design a playfield layout that matches an existing ruleset.

--- End quote ---

Wouldn't the easiest way be just to convert an old beat-up EM pinball?  I mean, it's already just a bunch of switches.  Hook those switches up to a keyboard encoder and run a script where switch=sound effect.  I guess this is more simple than what's being discussed in here though.  Don't think I haven't been looking at my Jack in the Box and thinking, "That would make a cool Naruto theme."
ChadTower:

No, not really, especially since an EM is "just a bunch of switches" about as much as an SS is... you really wouldn't want to remove all those stepper motors and relays and such.
Witchboard:
I wasn't talking about removing anything, except for the bell chimes.  I was talking about adding for sound effects.  No lighting or anything else, thus the "more simple" statement in my previous post.
ChadTower:

In that case you wouldn't have to add switches, you could probably just add lines to the existing switches in most cases
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