Carlsbad, CA
Started a blog for our Archer pinball project (code-name Die no Sores vs Monster trucks) here. Check back for news and updated videos soon!
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Very cool! Can you share the details on what you are doing for software and related hardware? E.g., framework, PROC/Fast, etc.?
I just started to get into Archer. This is great! I love the top let flipper and the captive ball mechanism. This is a very well thought-out layout. Adding this to favorites, cant wait to see it finished!
Burleigh Waters
Regina, SK
The looping shots up top look great, and I agree, left ramp through the pops is neato.
Archer is the best!
Why are all the best looking new machines coming from weekend warriors doing them in their basements...? 
Wow! This is great, love it when people come up with innovative yet simple ideas.
One suggestion, when the rocket launcher is down, a shot to the captive ball sends the trapped ball into a post. This post could be swapped for a standup target to add another scoring feature.
Read the rule sheet...are we seriously not doing phrasing? Haha looks great and we'll thought out. Maybe a Brent bunson "god damn it archer" for a left or right drain and if ball save is lit archer saying "shut up brent" a well placed noop too. Such a great show you'll need to make multiple machines for all the great callouts.
I dunno squat about Archer, but that ball lock/add-a-ball seriously needs to be licenced to Stern so that I can have that on a game.
So much great material.
Got to have 'Phrasing' mode.
Would love to see one of the ramps or something go 'dickhead' -> 'super dickhead' -> 'ultra dickhead'
Please tell me the spinner says 'you fox eared asshole!!!' after a number of spins 
Quoted from solarvalue:Wow! This is great, love it when people come up with innovative yet simple ideas.
One suggestion, when the rocket launcher is down, a shot to the captive ball sends the trapped ball into a post. This post could be swapped for a standup target to add another scoring feature.
Thank you. Keep in mind though that video is old. The RL is equipped with optos to keep track of how many balls and whether or not it's been hit.
Quoted from bigd1979:Very cool looks like a layout john t wld do with a mix of congo and jd .
The left up/down ramp through the jets was definitely inspired by Congo (Not Roadshow lol) And the up the middle (Shooting range target which is still being made) to feed the upper left and right flippers is a take on DM's ACMAG shot. The right ramp has been redesigned to be faster since that old whitewood video was made .
Wow, so many cool things on the machine. I'm not an Archer fan, but the layout is solid. The small flipper placement will obviously draw comparison to Twilight Zone. I'm talking specifically about the "camera" and "piano" shots. If that was indeed the inspiration it would be fun to play homage to that. Maybe a similar sound effect interrupted by a snide comment from Archer. Nothing too overused, maybe only in a certain mode.
I had to keep watching the add-a-ball video to figure out what was happening. There's a lot going on to setup that shot. I understand the "manual" feature, but what about returning balls at the end of the game. There must me some type of automatic ejection feature that's not shown in the video.
damn this layout is legit. this video sold it for me
shows all the major shots a nice quick video. hope i can get a chance to play this one day.
sell this design to JJP ;p
I WANT MORE!!!! 
My business partner, coworker and myself, love archer... unfortunately, I get called Cyril at work......
I really like the captive ball/hold area with the diverter. That's very clever, and it opens up a lot of interesting shots.
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