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Has anyone attempted to build an "Ice Cold Beer" / "Zeke's Peak"
spauldingd:
I've seen some amazing cabinet and Skee-ball builds in these forums, but I was wondering if anyone had ever attempted to build an Ice Cold Beer machine. While challenging, I think it would be easier than a Skee-ball build but obviously harder than a regular cab. It might even be fun to attempt an all mechanical build using hand-cranks and pulleys but part of the fun is the time limits and electronic scoring.
When I first started thinking about this I wondered if the game could be emulated using either the Virtual Pinball or Future Pinball engines, but I didn't get too far as neither seemed to be well suited for the task. I found a program that did a fair job of emulating the game and it was fun, but as a Windows program (running in a window) it wouldn't work well in an arcade cab. I think using a pair of joysticks on a MAME cab would be perfect for controlling the game and a Future Pinball like physics engine should make something like this possible.
Any thoughts?
(+_+):
Zeke's Peak. I remember that contraption. I always thought it was a neat game. The only downside is you'd be locked into that game only. If you have the room,
go for it.
Xiaou2:
I think the problem is that there is quite a bit of complex logic involved in that
game. It would probably cost twice as much to build a replica than to pick
an actual machine up.
For example, if you get the ball in the wrong hole... the game will auto-move
both motors back to the start point, reset the time, remove a ball count, play a tune,
and more.
Would be cool if there were some easy windows programmable motor/ solenoid
controllers.But, for now, it seems you have to be a real brainiac in electronics &
programming to build something of that nature.
spauldingd:
All true. I think the switches and motors could be controlled by an Arduino or some such controller, but I don't think an Arduino would be up to the task of the game logic, timing and scoring.
All of that complexity had me thinking a software emulation would make more sense, but would not nearly be as much fun to build or to play. If done well, it would benefit anyone with a MAME cabinet that wants to play a simulation of the game on their cab.
HanoiBoi:
I also recently came across a windows simulation that is similar to Zeke's Peak and Ice Cold Beer. It's titled Mount Neverest. While it's fun for a few times, what they really missed out on is the sizing of the holes versus the ball. When the ball is close (but truly wouldn't fit in while sitting on the bar), it still gets sucked in.
I'd love to see this simulated nicely in MAME. Zeke's Peak is the one I'm familiar with, and never saw Ice Cold Beer (the game, of course).
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