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Looks like A1U is getting into the Virtual Pinball 3/4 scale machine (Star Wars)
Ken Layton:
--- Quote from: JDFan on January 03, 2020, 09:39:26 am ---https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjHwZM8xmKY&feature=youtu.be
Looks like A1U plans to release their version of the 3/4 scale Pinball machine at CES with a Star Wars licensed machine.
Looks like they changed the video to Private !
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The video is back up again.
This machine is 8 inches taller than the Toy Shock machine. Also has more commercial-looking legs with levelers. Be interesting to see what the cabinet build quality is like compared to the Toy Shock machine.
leapinlew:
I'm glad I never built a virtual pinball. There is no arguing that a self built unit would have a ton more features, but since virtual pinball is a post-golden-era thing, I'd be fine with a commercial product and can't justify the 2-4x cost difference.
Howard_Casto:
If you build it yourself you can still come off pretty cheap. I think if you are thrifty and can get some of the stuff cheap or for free (as in used tvs) you could probably build one for around 1000, maybe a little less, and just for the fact that it'd be full sized it'd already be worlds better than the commercial units.
leapinlew:
--- Quote from: Howard_Casto on January 07, 2020, 09:32:30 pm ---If you build it yourself you can still come off pretty cheap. I think if you are thrifty and can get some of the stuff cheap or for free (as in used tvs) you could probably build one for around 1000, maybe a little less, and just for the fact that it'd be full sized it'd already be worlds better than the commercial units.
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The size of a full size virtual pinball is a turn off. Hell, the size of a real pinball is a turn off to me. Smaller scale is more reasonable. I liked the unit Malenko put together. I don't think $1,000 is impossible, but I think it would be really difficult.
Howard_Casto:
A core 2 duo machine can run most vpinball stuff just fine. Those are around 50 bucks. Add maybe another 50 for a decent video card. Your backglass and dmd screens should be virtually free... most of us have smallish monitors lying around that would do the job. So you've got to buy/find a 46 inch tv, get about $200 in wood, some pinball legs, a handful of buttons and some paint. Table glass and a coin door would be nice, but that might blow the budget.
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