I've always thought using an internet connection to play head-to-head against friends at another location would be awesome. The possibilities of cool stuff you could do would only be limited by the imagination.
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Quoted from wayout440:Well, Pinball 2000 (RFM) has it - at least for scoring anyway.
http://www.mypinballs.com/tournament/
I'm talking about simultaneous play where things you do directly affect things on the other person's game. Imagine being able to collect "smart bombs" that could be used to trigger penalties on the other player's playfield. For example, you could be given these choices ...
1 - Raise drop targets that prevent the other player from shooting a certain ramp
2 - Reverse their flippers
3 - have them lose x amount of points
4 - Make their outlane gaps wider
This kind of interactivity would take pinball into a whole new direction and would be a major game changer.
Quoted from thedefog:I'm extremely surprised nobody has eliminated the backbox yet. I know some would scream in opposition, but what is the point anymore? A cab has no reason being much bigger than a PF anymore, I'm sure it can be done and not look cheap either. I hate moving pins so much, that the thought of a 80 lbs easy to move game is very appealing to me. If you're going to start innovating, that is the first place to do it. Glad HWY did some of that with their design. I'm sure ops would love that too.
I can understand why people wouldn't want to completely eliminate the backbox. It would make the new pins look weird in a typical lineup. It wouldn't be difficult, however, to design a backbox that's super easy to take take off and put back on.
Quoted from Whysnow:for location, I can assure you that most operators woudl gladly take a $300 reduction in price if it meant no backbox.
I think you're wrong about that. The backbox acts as advertising for the game. Removing it on location would reduce the profits.
Quoted from Tribonian:I'd like to see electroluminescent (EL) animated playfield plastics. Model railroaders are doing some very cool work with that tech: http://www.microstru.com/Animated-signs.html
That's very cool! I'm sure it's only a matter of time before the modders start utilizing that tech.
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