Ben Heck's Zombie Adventure Land Pinball Pre-orders!

Tempting, but where would you get replacement parts? His job on Bill Paxton isn't half bad and is better than some of the latest offerings from Stern....
 
I really wonder how hard it would be to program a pinball conversion these days...

The layout seems like it would be the part that requires real experience and skill.
 
I really wonder how hard it would be to program a pinball conversion these days...

The layout seems like it would be the part that requires real experience and skill.

There were about 5 custom pinball companies at Pinball Expo last fall and they said that there are more open source tools available and the community is growing and building more. The price tag is still pretty high ($10s of k's) but better than it was for the Spelling family.

But basically, if you can program in python, you can customize your game. Yes, there's still the issues of artwork and changing toys and mechanicals if you want to really customize it, but if you just want to write new rules for an existing pin, you can.

Looking forward to see what people make in the next 5 years!
 
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