Haha, Gottlieb system 3 games tell you where to shoot, most of them do this and it drives me nuts. “Shoot the Spinner”. Over and over again. Or some other shot.
Is this teaching you how to play?

I think OP might mean something similar to AbeFlips videos, only interactive on an actual machine.

I agree, I think that could be a really useful tool for those looking to improve...

All of them can teach economics.

Price per play on location helps you make choices on what you like and your entertainment budget.

Buying machines for home can teach about investment and maintaining costs.

LTG : )

Multimorphic was working on a pinball trainer and had it at TPF years ago. Don't think anything ever came of it though

gstellenberg any info?

And here I was thinking they all did this with those score numbers things.....

Every pinball machine teaches you to play better, it uses reality vs cliff notes

Got deprioritised with the wealth of games MM has at their disposal

Mm has a good system for it with the ball tracking but I don’t know that the accuracy is that of having an overhead high speed cam tracking the ball and flippers. With good software behind it, that would be ideal. Bonus- could also integrate live projected art. Be cool to playback what you did in slow ball - for example to show that you’re dropping the flipper too soon for the live catch, etc.

T3, Arnold gives you a lesson.. "Shoot here, and here"

the attract mode on Centaur shows you what to shoot for

That's actually a pretty cool idea. A line of standups in a horseshoe with a trough in front of it which will redirect all balls shot back to the flippers. Have a setting that will lob balls to you from many different angles. Wouldn't be (too) hard to build, and would be an awesome game for an expo. Would be an excellent first foray into homebrewing

Nothing will get new players more interested in pinball than making it just like homework from school!
Kids love homework!

I've liked the idea of a simplified lighting mode that directs the player a little more.

I think you guys are all just the Teachers Pet...

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Bride of pinbot teaches you how to build a girlfriend like weird science.

i think this is a losing effort on modern sterns, but some earlier dmd games did teach or at least show you the objective on what to do on each mode.
Last action hero tells you what to do at the start of each mode, the attract mode in the game goes into a little more depth.
Nascar also tells you what to shoot for at the start of each mode
Rocky and Bullwinkle does this too. Im sure there are others.

i know a few WPC games just don't tell you anything and flash various lights so you can guess what to shoot for.

i think the OP means he would be curious if anyone had created a trainer that:
1. showed you what to shoot for to start a mode
2. if you hit the target or sequence, it would then return the ball to a flipper and then tell you the result of what you hit, how it impacts your score etc
3. if you missed, it returns the ball to your flipper so you can try again

maybe the OP can download The Pinball Arcade and go to the Extras section with the rules overview.. how they pointed out what to do with the arrows is pretty good for teaching.

I'm not sure what you mean - I get schooled by my pins on a pretty regular basis.

I suspect (and correct me if I'm wrong) that the question is about a machine that teaches general pinball technique, rather than the goals of a specific game? Post pass, cradle, shatzing, etc? Cheers!

Correct.

Just wire your pin to electrify the side rails when they miss a shot

Death saves.

There needs to be a machine that can be setup to practice this.
Ball launch, right outlane, tilt gets more sensitive as the cheater, i mean player's, skill, advances.