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Are we officially in the "LCD Generation" of pinball?

By iamabearsfan

7 years ago


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    #8 7 years ago
    Quoted from iamabearsfan:

    When I played GB, I started to think what the possibilities could have been on a JJP hardware platform. Let me be clear though, GB is great. I think it is well designed and plays well. Looks good to. One weird thing about LCD's is how they look when they are off. I often wondered if you could have a "Sleep" mode with the JJP pins. In other words have the PC on, but with simply the attract on the LCD playing, nothing else. Otherwise unless the machine is on, you see this ugly black screen. That is one advantage over the DMD.
    The other thing I was wondering is if anyone could retro classic DMD titles to the LCD. For example, TZ would be awesome with this. Or the Williams version of IJ would be awesome too. Maybe that is a pipe dream though because of the licensing and work.

    You could just leave your pins on all the time. That would get rid of that pesky black screen. Some games on route never get turned off.

    #21 7 years ago
    Quoted from iamabearsfan:

    Both of which have a ton of HD video which these LCD's have and will continue to take advantage of.

    I actually think this is a negative, not a positive. DMD dots are an art form like 8 or 16 bit gaming. By the time people realize this, it will be gone for the flash and glitz of HD images.

    Quoted from iamabearsfan:

    It also allows a crazy amount of information to be communicated to both the player and the observer.

    The games still have to be accessible for the newbs so they can't get crazy complicated. Players already complain today about a lack of info coming from the playfield inserts. I'm not seeing how the LCD's gonna solve that because any time you look away from the playfield you're putting the ball in danger.

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