![]() ![]() a traditional full size ‘real’ pinball table.įirst, full size tables are mechanical (especially older ones). There are three main benefits of virtual pinball vs. You can play on your TV, on your phone, on a tablet, on pretty much anything that has a scree Virtual pinball is basically playing pinball tables (either existing tables or fan-created tables) on devices large and small. A deep dive into the software and hardware.įirst off, let’s define terms.Here’s a (lengthy) post on what I learned, divided into three sections: It’s not much, but it’s got it where it counts. The past three months I dived deep into this domain and built my own table. Then I started reading about “Virtual” pinball, software and hardware that allowed you to build your own table and play multiple pinball games. A quick search into the prices of these tables quickly disabused me of that notion. I then started thinking about pinball, and considered buying a used table. I started building my own home arcade, and got several 3/4 cabinets from Arcade1Up. It was eventually abandoned when we got an Atari 2600, which was in turn put aside when I got a Commodore 64.įlash-forward to a couple of years ago. But it had legs, and a spring-loaded ball launch mechanism. Obviously it was not a REAL table It was a toy that was I can’t even find a picture of online. Then that Christmas, 10-year-old me got one of my favorite gifts: A pinball table. But in between pumping quarters into the latest Atari coin-magnets, I played this table. My memory fails as to what “brand” the table was, and I recall it was as generic as they come. It was at the peak of video game mania, and while it was small, it had the best of all the modern cabinets. ![]() I bought my first role playing game at said hobby shop, a D&D board-game knock off that I couldn’t name today if my life depended on it.Īt one point the hobby shop closed, and it was replaced… By an arcade “parlor”. There was a pharmacy with a soda fountain, another pharmacy a block away with all the newest comic books… Even a hobby shop, at one point. Pinson didn’t have a classic “Mayberry” main street, but it wasn’t far off. When I was growing up in Pinson, Alabama, I used to walk to downtown every Saturday to spend my allowance. ![]()
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