I’ve asked him to start by recreating original Fireball backglass art without the scoring boxes. And Ian’s commissioned custom artwork from Punkin Studios – a local artist he met last year at Orlando Mini Maker Faire. He’s got cosmetic work to do as well, with plans to make custom bezel for the monitor, repaint the head and mount the speakers. You can read much, much more about the project (which is a great jumping-off point if you feel like updating an old pinball machine yourself) at Ian’s blog, which has plenty of detail.įireball Pinball HD is still a work in progress: Ian wants to add tilt sensors, event tournament capability with play tracking and prizes, and an accompanying website NFC login for your phone a thermal printer to output QR codes so new players can scan and register to claim their score and a current sensor to look after the solenoids. When the camera moves around to the back of the machine, you’ll see some grey rectangles appear on the video – hover your mouse pointer over them learn more. Here’s a demonstration of the electronics mounting. (Your average pinball machine in 1976 did not have HD graphics.
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