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Message: <blockquote data-quote="HotHamBoy" data-source="post: 223921" data-attributes="member: 4638">My friend, I know exactly how right I am <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown    :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /> I live on the West side of Indianapolis where there's currently about 7 public tables spread across the entire city and only half of them work well and are worth playing. I have to drive at least an hour to get to a place with at least 4 tables (Bloomington/Shelbyville). The best options are Lafayette (75 mins) Louisville (2 hrs) or Chicago (3 1/2 hrs). My sister lives in Nashville (5 hrs), home of <a href="http://www.gamegalaxyarcade.com" target="_blank">www.gamegalaxyarcade.com</a>, and you better believe that when I visit I spend the whole day in Antioch. Game Galaxy has about 50 awesome pins, all classics, at a $10 unlimited play day rate. I recommend the trip to anyone.As far as messing with electronics, I recommend people do what I've done and mess around with custom controllers for digital pinball. Mod an existing USB/iCade arcade stick with side buttons or build a dedicated pinbal controller from scratch. Go to <a href="http://www.ultimarc.com" target="_blank">www.ultimarc.com</a> and buy their $35 basic i-pac keyboard PCB and buy some buttons from <a href="http://www.focusattack.com" target="_blank">www.focusattack.com</a> or ebay (but be carefull and do your research). I recommend high-quality concave HAPP buttons as they are the type used on real pinball cabs. <a href="http://www.marcospec.com" target="_blank">www.marcospec.com</a> also has buttons and pinball parts, including a wide range of other authentic pinball buttons such as ball launchers, start buttons, coin doors, etc. If you can't solder try crimp connectors. Any hardware store sells these along with 18-20 gauge wire for cheap. You can grab a lockdown bar off of ebay for ~$20 if you realy want to go all-out on your box.And you know, I think I still would play TPA if I lived in a good pinball city. It may not behave exactly like the real tables but it's an awesome way to learn the rules and layout of tables without wasting quarters or being on-location.</blockquote>

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