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Accessibility - How do I mod a pinball for Amputees and others.

By TechnicalSteam

4 years ago



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    #1 4 years ago

    Good friend of mine loved playing video games and pinball machines. Unfortunately he had a stroke and lost the ability to move his right arm. This was the start of a downward spiral for him as most of what he loved to do he is simply unable to do at most locations. Think if he could play in some normal semblance without being 1 arm pinball ninja it would help him.

    How can we modify a game without devaluing it. Can we create a Mod that hooks in via factory connectors for Stern Machines that enable someone to use a foot pedal for right or left flippers.

    Would seem that the industry could spend a couple bucks to make games easier to modify and even work with some vendors to create thesemods.

    Pinball can be therapeutic. I've seen some games modded for wheelchairs in past. Would love to see a simple solution to this problem. Would love to see if anyone has solved this . Is there anything commercially available.

    Would seem you could some carefully bundled wires out back of machine with enough play to bring to front. Create a Mobile App that connects to a bluetooth receiver. Giving users a big pad they can hit with 1 hand. IDK just seems like someone must of solved this issue. If I open a place up I want people that don't have much to look forward to not feel excluded because they have some issues that tech could easily circumvent.

    #3 4 years ago

    I'm thinking more of dongle. That alows you to leave machine undoctored but gives you another set of options.
    Pass thru or something no idea

    #5 4 years ago

    Nice - Love to make this more of a call for Stern, JJP and Spooky + Others to do what's right and making machines more accessible.

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