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ragnar:
I was curious as to where I should talk about pinball arcade here.  Seems that the pinball forum is dedicated to actual pinball machines.

Anyway.  With LCD prices going down, a move to a new home possible this summer and a hatred for idle hands I have some plans.  A 4 player cab and a Digital Pinball build.  I can tackle the 4 player cab but I was curious as to:

1) What software is needed.
2) What kind of hardware beyond buttons and an iPac is needed (not worried about the PC).

THANK!

Necro:
You mean a digital pinball table?  Check the HyperSpin forums - as far as I've seen, the HyperPin section is very active and can give you some help. 

Regarding #1: Pinball emulators and ... virtualizers?  (whatever not an emulator is called that runs something).
Regarding #2: 3 LCD screens - one for the playfield, one for the backglass, and one for the scorescreen.

Go check out the forums noted above - tons of info.  It actually seems easier to put one of those together (if you're not squeamish about decasing an LCD tv) then a MAME cab.  It's basically 4-6 buttons, the plunger, and coins. 

RetroBorg:

--- Quote from: ragnar on April 11, 2011, 09:22:12 pm ---I was curious as to where I should talk about pinball arcade here.  Seems that the pinball forum is dedicated to actual pinball machines.

Anyway.  With LCD prices going down, a move to a new home possible this summer and a hatred for idle hands I have some plans.  A 4 player cab and a Digital Pinball build.  I can tackle the 4 player cab but I was curious as to:

1) What software is needed.
2) What kind of hardware beyond buttons and an iPac is needed (not worried about the PC).

THANK!

--- End quote ---

There's lots of virtual pinball cabinet builds on theses other forums.

http://www.hyperspin-fe.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=38

http://www.vpforums.org/index.php?showforum=29

BadMouth:

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=98252.0  :)

I don't think there's any software out there besides visual pinball and future pinball.
If you want a 3rd monitor for the DMD, you'll need 2 graphics cards.
Other hardware depends on how far you want to take it.
chris77 (in the thread above) has taken it about as far as is possible.  ;D

Dazz:
Dude... Digital pinball machines suck.  Don't build one.  Go get a real machine and you'll enjoy that much more.








All you need to know can be found on the HyperPin Forums and Visual Pin Cabinet Forum.  Between these two sites you should be able to get any and all the information you need.

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