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OMG! A PC to Pinball Machine USB Interface.
quadrider1:
this guy made his out of a 47 inch lcd, but is charging 3g for it.
http://inlandempire.craigslist.org/vgm/1986140056.html
lilshawn:
i'd have to say that the dmd effects are allot better than a standard pin.
the layered 3d scrolling background is pretty good, and i haven't seen anything like that yet.
guess having a computer directly control the DMD leaves it open to better and better graphics.
still... i think the orange DMD needs to go bye bye on pinballs... it's probably just as much to have an LCD put there nowadays. mmmmm color...
mark shaker:
--- Quote from: lilshawn on October 06, 2010, 06:47:47 pm ---still... i think the orange DMD needs to go bye bye on pinballs...
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The plasma DMDs are about $150, so a small LCD would be cheaper.
But it's not about the cost, it's about the tradition!
- Mark
lilshawn:
not to be pessimistic, but the tradition is what got pinball in the trouble it's currently in now.
kids nowadays don't care about orange graphics... they have been soiled by high definition this and terabytes that. if stern hopes to stay alive beyond the next machine release, they'd better start making the machines appeal to the younger crowd.
P.S. kids these days are obsessed with blue lights... let's make a DMD thats blue then.
P.P.S. TRADEMARK DIBS ON THE BLUE DMD!!! FIRST FIRST!!!!
mark shaker:
--- Quote from: lilshawn on October 06, 2010, 09:12:38 pm ---not to be pessimistic, but the tradition is what got pinball in the trouble it's currently in now.
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I'm not sure. A few disjointed thoughts on the subject:
How much innovation does it take before it's not pinball anymore? I'm not a fan of the Pinball 2000.
Stern exists because of the home market and not too many kids can cough up $5K for 1 game.
When ever one of my friends brings one of their kids over to my place, they walk right by the MAME cabinets and fire up a pinball machine. After all they have video games at home.
I started my homebrew pinball project before the P-ROC hit the market. (With luck I'll be finished around 2020.) I decided to put a 26" TV in the backbox, because I knew how to make stuff happen on a TV from a windows box and it's themed after a TV show anyway.
- Mark
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