How well does the pi handle open GL? I wouldn't have thought it would have enough power to do much. I have one so this sounds fun as I'm looking into building a cocktail head to head. Was going to just utilize a cheap backlit lcd and use an Arduino mega. PI would be nicer to integrate for that and audio, and just control all the in/out on the Arduino.

The real burning question, will it take 70+ hours to reach wizard mode?

It would be funny to keep track of ball time, have that affect your score and reward long ball times, and have it become inactive if you stall the ball somewhere purposely (goes too long without hitting a switch).

I am inspired now. I've seen enough DIYs and re-themes here now that I'm absolutely going to make a Metroid-themed head-to-head table. "Metroid: Screw Attack" sounds right for the title.

Not only that, but 1/2 the size. That was the enticing part of it to me. Seemed like it would be a simpler/easier route for a DIY project. Something feasable. My previous DIY I started was a coffee-table pitch-n-bat. Finished the code for Arduino, including LCD screen. Started prototyping the PF on a piece of MDF, then my first pin (Pinbot) showed up. Now the coffee table is a workbench and I've got a bucket full of unused parts.