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@DJSures - what pinball machines do you have there? Something else I really miss. Used to be anywhere you went (pizza place, bar, arcade, you name it) there was always a pinball machine or two (BTW Dave - if I'm ever in that part of the US I'm going to impose myself on you to let me use those pinballs I see in a lot of the B9 pix!)
As for the games we have now
- asteroids
- universal cabinet (played in video) has 20,000+ games from NES, snes, mame, PlayStation, neogeo, sega, Atari 2600 and a few more. It's 4 joysticks and 2 light guns. Pretty wild machine
- 1952 Seaburg model c jukebox (completely original)
- 1976 captain fantastic pinball
- doctor who pinball
- bride of pinbot pinball
The pinballs have all been converted to leds, including captain fantastic - which looks amaze.
The only trouble we have had was with doctor who. A darlington transistor array chip popped so Jeremie hijacked the pins and we were back up and running that night
Here's fixing doctor who
A buddy of mine and I used to cut classes at art school to go play Asteroids
You have some nice classics!
I had collected some pinball Roms (including table simulations) a few years back; I don't know if that site is even around any more. The virtual tables simulated the games down to the tiniest detail; you could even get flipper buttons for your pc, but until there are real Holodecks, it's still just a simulation.
That said, I'll take the simulation over not being able to play, anytime!
Last note (to tie it back in to the topic at hand), I came across my pc copy of T2 on 3.5" floppy disk a couple months back! What was I thinking when I bought it so long ago? Point-and-click is not aim and shoot!
@TEX, like I've said in the past; you're always welcome to spend a few days at my place. That is if you are brave enough to travel to the frigid, frozen tundra of Wisconsin. I'm sure we'd have a blast and have lots of things to talk about and do!
The bride of pinbot on the virtual machine is nice and bright. The challenge we find with the bride is how dark the playfield is. I was thinking of where to add some more lights to light up the playfield.
I saw High Speed on your virutal pinball - that was one of my favorites ever.
As far as darkness of a pin playfield; this is a common complaint people have. More so if you like to play with the lights down. I struggle with this issue also. If you don't mind exterior lighting a lot of people install overhead track lights above their table. However you need to work to keep the glare off the playfield glass. A better solution is to add mini spotlights around the playfield and tie into the General Illumination circuit. The Pinball manufactures like Stern and JJP are now installling them on all their new games where needed. Pinball parts Suppliers sell them. Heres a link:
www.pinballlife.com/index.php?p=product&id=1542
You can attach them to Hex posts like this to give them height above the playfield where needed:
http://www.pinballlife.com/index.php?p=product&id=1542
Also I agree! High Speed is a scream!
The Bride of Pinbot and Pinbot that I used to play were still in use in a boardwalk arcade, but they (and much more) were washed out to sea compliments of Hurricane Sandy. Nice to know you have an original machine!
Speaking of original machines, I have a Cyclone and Jack in the Box, waiting to be moved, cleaned and set up. Of course, what I really need is a house three times larger! *eek*
I'm really happy to see the virtual pinball site (with all its resources) is still there. Now all I need to do is win the lottery so I can quit my job and have time to do what *I* want, and still pay the bills.
I love that old JB of yours. It's older then me and looks a lot better!
Usually you can get these JB with the records. Did your JB come with the 45's as a package? You mentioned that you categorized them. I have heard that replacing the old tubes with the new tube kits will really enhance and warm up the sound. Please let us know if you notice a difference.
Also thanks for the peak into Cap Fantastic. Old EM pins scare me. Way too much going on with all those switches. I tried working on one once and it took me a week to find the switch that was causing the trouble. *mad* Give me a circuit board any time over that mess any day please. However, that was the way it was back then and the only way. Really ingenious when you think about it.
Again, thanks for sharing. This made my weekend.
My stalling point with 3D is that I really need to learn the modeling software. It's just a matter of time.
BTW, when I lived in NJ there was a place called "Princeton Record Exchange". All vinatge stuff, from reel-to-reel to 8-Track, cassette and vinyl. You'd need to make sure you had no other plans the day you visited, 'cause it was easy to get lost browsing for 2, 4, 8 hours!