Pinball

itp 2008

Virtual Pinball Game "Moving Parts" Addictive Even In Cooperation Mode

Today, when we visited NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program spring 2008 show, we were immediately drawn to "Moving Parts," a crazy pinball game that's the brainchild and thesis of physical-interaction designer Daniel Soltis. It's made of real wood, with wooden buttons and plungers, but the board itself is empty, and stays that way. The game you see is merely a projection from above, but man does it feel real. More »

11:30 PM on Mon May 12 2008
By Wilson Rothman
8,437 views, 8 comments

gaming

A Look Inside the Last Pinball Factory in the World

Did you know that there's only one manufacturer of pinball machines left in the world? That sole survivor of the pinball age is Stern Pinball, based outside of Chicago, and it's the last purveyor of this relatively low-tech entertainment left. More »

10:35 AM on Fri Apr 25 2008
By Adam Frucci
16,274 views, 116 comments

Latest by alin0steglinski: there is nothing that is better than pinball... you can all go play your nintendo and piss3 (ps3) and XXXbox but i will stick to pinball... its simplicity is important to its fun.... its a game of movement... more »

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Virtual Pinball Machine Alters Arcade Gaming Lore

We love technological advancement, but there is something that just feels wrong about TAB Austria's Virtual Pinball machine. Sure, the six different animated games offer more variety than your conventional machine, and the 42" plasma display looks a damn site sexier than the usual mechanized pinball floor, but these things were never meant to be altered. No, not even the promise of online tournaments and user upgradeable games can sway us. More »

5:25 AM on Tue Nov 27 2007
By Haroon Malik
3,398 views, 14 comments

gamers

Park To Play Lets You Use Your Car as a Gaming Joystick

Esoteric Dutch blog Fresh Creation went to the Holland Innovation fair in, surprise, the Netherlands, and they found this crazy little — well, big, actually — thing. Park To Play lets you play games — Pong, Tetris, Pinball, Space Invaders etc — with your car. Yep, you didn't hear wrong. Part art installation, part crazy, what-have-they-been-smoking-over-in-them-thar-low-countries-coffee-houses, they've rigged out the steering wheel and doors with sensors so that you can use the car to control the game. Headlights, brakes, car doors, they all become buttons to control the game with. I like the fact that the pinball flippers are controlled by the car doors. [Fresh Creation]

6:58 AM on Tue Oct 23 2007
By AddyDugdale
2,602 views, 10 comments

Latest by tys: Finally, I have a use for that broken down 2CV sitting in the garage! more »

pinball wizards

Transparent Pinball Machine is Awesome, Beautiful

This is the Transparent Pinball Machine, a custom piece created out of a 1976 "Surf Champ" unit by Michael Schiess, owner of the Lucky JuJu Pinball Arcade in Alameda, CA (which looks like the coolest place ever). It is, without a doubt, the most beautiful pinball machine we've ever seen. And unlike most custom fetishized dork objects, you have a chance to actually play with this one. It'll be unveiled for the first time at the Pacific Pinball Expo in San Raefel, CA, from October 5-7. Pinball museums and expos; isn't America grand?
[Visible Pinball via Boing Boing]

12:15 PM on Wed Sep 26 2007
By Adam Frucci
4,991 views, 14 comments

Latest by MeNotYou: That is one of the most beautiful things I have seen. more »

ye olde pinneballe wizard

Medieval Pinball Machine Made out of Lego

And fie, a-surffing on ye internette, a pinneballe machyne of Leggoe did I espye. Set yorre eyyes pon yonder gallerye. Morre picture lykkeness will ye finde on TechEBlog. [TechEBlog]

6:28 AM on Mon Aug 13 2007
By AddyDugdale
3,032 views, 7 comments

home entertainment

Pinball Goes High Tech With HDTV Makeover

Nothing ruins the day quite like finding an OUT OF ORDER sign tacked to the front of our favorite pinball machine. Here to put OUT OF ORDER signs out of business forever is the Ultra Pin (Global VR). Where old-school bumpers, ramps and bonus whirly things would normally be, the Ultra Pin has a 32-inch 16:9 high definition plasma monitor. More »

6:38 PM on Thu Nov 9 2006
By sjones
1,469 views, 30 comments

gadgets

LEGO Pinball Machine

LEGO-maniac Anders built this working pinball game out of LEGOs and pure iron will. It doesn't just react to the ball hitting certain sensors—it even takes score and can keep a high-scorer's list. We're hunting up some more information this as Anders' site is pretty aged.– John Biggs More »

1:58 PM on Thu May 25 2006
By johnb
472 views, 2 comments

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