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Ideas that would change pinball

By flashinstinct

8 years ago


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    #35 8 years ago
    Quoted from TheCnyPinGuy:

    that is used quite a but on slot machines
    I see that at work daily, they show animations during bonus rounds, and during play show you betX
    (1X,2X,3X,4X,5X) MAX BET
    technology is definitely there, now to implement that in a pin

    BadBrick saw these OLED buttons on slots at a recent trip to a casino. He has convinced me to make targets in Spaceballs that use OLED screens for different effects.

    Just one of the fun things I've been working on. Also, Spaceballs has a minimal service menu at the game, but a much more full featured one as a website that you can access with your phone when you are near the machine. That's barely built out right now though, so nothing great to show on it yet.

    #42 8 years ago

    Check this out. Imagine a pinball experience enhanced with the new HoloLens:

    http://www.theverge.com/2015/4/29/8511289/microsoft-build-2015-hololens-robot-singularity#ooid=x2N29zdDo0vpF-Gf-ZAZm5vpDSGEt3h6

    Service menu? Nah son, just put on your hololens for the service display.

    Or imagine being able to use the technology to fix a pin. Everything you need to touch or do is highlighted in the display. Need to change a flipper? The hololens will guide you through each step.

    #130 8 years ago

    On a recent pinball trip, pinsider Kniessl gave me the idea to do more with the backbox. With just the LCD and no control boards in the one for Spaceballs I had a lot of room left over.

    We came up with two major ideas during the discussion that will make it to the actual game.

    The first is to have a thin exhaust channel on the sides of the backbox aimed at the player that are fed by a squirrel cage fan. They will become active when megamaid switches from suck to blow.

    The second idea was to have the bust of megamaid rise from inside the top of the backbox when her mode starts. It would normally be hidden inside the backbox. This is just a simple belt driven lift or a scissor lift.

    Both of these features will be active during certain attract modes too.

    tl;dr - I think backboxes still have a purpose.

    #146 8 years ago
    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

    Wow, I've not seen that yet. Some pretty cool ideas there.

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