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Guy builds life-size digital pinball machine
CrunchGear —
... A guy over on the HyperSpin/HyperPin forums did just that and uploaded the following video to YouTube for the whole world to see. Looks pretty nice, no? ...
Enthusiast turns his HDTV into the ultimate digital pinball machine
DVICE Atom Feed —
... used an HDTV, an LCD monitor and a 3D pinball simulation program called Future Pinball to build his own 1080p pinball cab. It recreates that classic pinball experience to the T, with the LCD acting as the backglass — and Bill can essentially play any supported pinball game he wants now all in one machine.
Check out some of his high def gameboards below, and check out the video above to see Bill's cab in action.
HyperSpin, via Offworld, via Giant Bomb
Video: Life-Sized Pinball Sim Running on HDTV
Wired: Gadget Lab —
... Awesome, that is, until the maker BadBoyBill gets rather distracted and starts dicking around with both the tables and the video camera. In fact, it kind of reminds us of that guy at the house party who sits by the stereo, playing the first few seconds of a song before deciding he'll play you something even better. Result: total frustration. Learn to edit, BadBoyBill, and better still, learn to sit still for five seconds.
Other than that, it's an amazing mod, man.
Announcing HyperPin Digital Pinball Frontend [Hyperspin forum via RAW Feed] ...
HDTV Pinball Machine is Almost as Good as the Real Thing [Pinball]
Gizmodo —
... . It's a real-time 3D pinball simulator for the PC, with which enthusiasts can recreate and play on their favorite tables in a simulated arcade. Builder BadBoybill (indeed!) took this all a step further, adapting the app to display on two screens, giving the appearance of an actual table. Bumping, shaking and drink-resting are not recommended. [HyperPin via ...
