IT'S HERE! PINBALL SPIRE IS OUT ON #SWITCH! 
Join our hero Pip on an exciting journey to uncover the secrets of a mysterious spire in a game that blends the thrill of #pinball with classic action-adventure!
Grab it now with a launch discount!
Trailer on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIsBmXRWfBA
Please share! TY 
This is a reoccurring bug in Stern Pinball's James Bond. After finishing a villain mini wizard mode, the game kills the flippers and collects the balls, as it's supposed to, but then gives a ball but does not enable the flippers. Now you have a situation that you have a live ball, but can't do anything with it. The situation fixes after a drain, but since there's no ball save, it's a lost ball which hurts a lot if you're down to your last one and the actual end is near.
BunnyBall !
I am super exited to announce my latest game: BunnyBall.
Super cute and cozy action in this arcade mix of pinball and breakout!
You can collect new animal balls to play in over 50 levels!
Available on Steam Next Fest June 9th! Wishlist now!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3567270/BunnyBall/
Big news, everyone! Pinball Spire is coming to Nintendo Switch! 
Climb to the top of a mysterious spire using special abilities and the mechanics of #pinball. Play at your own pace with the handy Focus ability that lets you slow down time and aim your shots! 
Check out the trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LcQEVZvgYE
And pre-order the game with a limited-time discount:
https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/pinball-spire-switch/
(Boosts greatly appreciated!)
Robo getting wrapped up for transport, can't use the pinball cart where we're going so had to fold tie the backbox down for hand cart ride.
Data-East/Sega Version 3B platform is an interesting beast. When Data-East first came up with a pinball machine that had a dot matrix display, their approach was to make the display board an autonomous thing that just listened for commands from the CPU board. All the animations and stuff are run locally.
The original one had a 6809 on it like the main CPU board has too, but when they went from 128x16 and 128x32 displays to the huge 192x64, they needed a bit more muscle to handle it.
So the new version of the display board runs with a 68000. In a lot of animations the difference is pretty noticeable with the huge framerate increase and all kinds of creative transitions between the animations.
4 games were released with this platform: Maverick, Frankenstein, Batman Forever and Baywatch. It was in production for less than a year, from fall 1994 to summer 1995.
After that Sega downgraded back to 128x32 displays and a 6809 CPU.
Houston's first pinball manufacturer, Barrels of Fun, launched its second machine this month, based on the Oscar-winning "Dune" films. The lessons learned from its first effort, a machine built around "Labyrinth," starring David Bowie, makes the new table even better.
Found this fun project:
A user called 𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐩𝟏 has detailed their project - a #3DPrinting virtual #pinball machine all powered by their #SteamDeck
Some details:
makerworld page detailing the project here:
https://makerworld.com/en/models/1333715-virtual-pinball-steam-deck#profileId-1372591
The last part went in. Road Show is now in one piece! Last check under the playfield before powering it up!
At MGC, we had the opportunity to play a really interesting early #pinball table: Genco's Spit Fire.
It's very fast and open for a mechanical game. At the time, it was advertised for its lack of pins! In that way, it's a lot closer to modern pinball.
This is what's been missing from your life. #pinball #arcade #bluetooth
In 1976, Sesame Street had a segment in rotation called “Pinball Number Count.” The music is captivating, hopping between 4/4, 4/3, and 5/4 time signatures. And the animation is bursting with color and life. It has forever lived in my head.
Fun fact 1: the song counts to 12, but there were only 11 segments.
Fun fact 2: the vocals were provided by The Pointer Sisters.
@genex @rhiannonstone whaaaat how is there no mention of Next Level? Lots of #pinball tables there, flat fee for entry with in and out privileges
In the land of #pinball!!!
I recently posted a video of Stern's painted light bulbs and mentioned the bulb condoms Williams used. Naturally I was asked to show the condoms!
So here's the difference. Williams put these silicone filters over theirs to change the color. While I'm pretty hardcore Williams fan, I somehow always liked how the painted incandescent bulbs look like.
Here we go, the first production version of the Who Dunnit's 3D printed reel. In the end, 7 different prototypes were made, zeroing in on the shape and then the transparent material. Naturally also learned about designing stuff with FreeCAD while doing it.
Seen in this video is the 2 part model, where the hub and wheel part are printed separately so no support is needed. Before this I also quickly tried on the one piece version but didn't put decal on it.
In the end I reused the old decal as it came off in good shape and it seems to stay on the reel just fine.
All in all, this was a fun project that taught me a lot. Next I'll probably go back to tackling the modified Road Show project when I have the extra time.
Taking some advice from @FediTips to do an introductory post about myself https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/114133970187268189 and pin it to my profile. I am Dave, I'm from the UK but I live in the Netherlands where I work as a contractor at the European Space Agency. I help coordinate education related activities on board the ISS for the European astronauts. I have a wife and two kids under the age of 10. My hobbies include #retrocomputing and #pinball (playing and fixing). I want to design my own pinball machine one day.
The Who Dunnit #pinball machine slot machine reel project appears to be a success. This part seems to be difficult to find around here and even when repros are available in the US, these cost over $100 to import here, which I find a bit steep for a plastic piece this simple, so I made my own.
I'll release a video soon about the whole project and how the finished product looks installed in the game.
The model is now available here for #3dprinting:
Guardians of the Galaxy, Stern 2017.
I remember the Finnish league game where this thing was premiered around here. It's such a pretty and colorful game, looking sharp down to the screen animations.
As a game it isn't super deep for its era, but it's passable with multiple mini wizard modes and stuff.
Technically it's so and so, with the Groot's Jaw being constant headache because of bad electrical design.
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