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Arcooda Pinball Arcade
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I'd say longer than that, I expect a PS3 to last at least 3 years. Maybe 7 to 10 years. It all comes down to the price.
codinghorror
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If you haven't watched the video for this, you should. Some interesting design choices.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDv3Etzv7Ak
Can't say I'm a fan of the honking big black panel in the front, or the optional arcade controls you can put there.. just seems weird in a pinball machine.
Some questions that come to mind:
- I guess classic vertical orientation arcade games (from Ikaruga to Pac Man, etc) could be a match to the vertical pinball display but zero modern games are built for that display format. And that giant ugly black panel at the front, ugh.
- touchscreen main panel certainly solves the UI problem but... seems like overkill to me? And adds expense?
- lighting matrix / coil matrix / shaker motor support: tied to the pinball table, somehow? If so... how?
- is there audio output for the table sounds specifically so those can come from table speakers vs backglass speakers?
- obviously there is proper dedicated DMD screen and backglass screen output support here, which I'd freaking *kill* to have in TPA.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDv3Etzv7Ak
Can't say I'm a fan of the honking big black panel in the front, or the optional arcade controls you can put there.. just seems weird in a pinball machine.
Some questions that come to mind:
- I guess classic vertical orientation arcade games (from Ikaruga to Pac Man, etc) could be a match to the vertical pinball display but zero modern games are built for that display format. And that giant ugly black panel at the front, ugh.
- touchscreen main panel certainly solves the UI problem but... seems like overkill to me? And adds expense?
- lighting matrix / coil matrix / shaker motor support: tied to the pinball table, somehow? If so... how?
- is there audio output for the table sounds specifically so those can come from table speakers vs backglass speakers?
- obviously there is proper dedicated DMD screen and backglass screen output support here, which I'd freaking *kill* to have in TPA.
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codinghorror
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Also, shipping this from Australia would be _brutal_ in cost. It's incredibly expensive to ship a small regular package to Aus, much less a pallet containing a full-sized pinball table at 200+ lbs or so..
