Video: Pinball Emulation At Its Finest
Emulation is one of those tricky subjects that often crosses the legal line, but also has many perfectly ethical and legal uses. This however is indisputably awesome! Chris77 over at Build Your Own Arcade Controls Forum took apart a Star Trek: The Next Generation pinball machine and rebuilt it into what could possibly be the greatest arcade emulator ever. This extremely classy looking setup did not come cheap or easy by the sounds of it, as Chris had to replace many of the cabinet's structural elements (legs, coin acceptors, and service buttons) along with fixing three different LCD displays inside of the machine! Granted, it's not playing the games on a real table and all, but the ability to play classics like The Adams' Family, Funhouse, or Pinbot on demand has to make up for what few inconsistencies video emulation introduces. Even though I have to tilt my head to watch the thing in action, it looks nothing short of breathtaking!
Hit the jump for a full break down on the parts and pieces used to construct this glorious machine!
[Visual Pinball Project] forum.arcadecontrols.com
the following parts are in use:- empty star trek : tng widebody cabinet with
---> new legs
---> new widebody lockbar
---> new "old" williams siderails
---> black painted coindoor (illuminated)
---> wired coin acceptors
---> pinball service buttons
---> new playfield and backbox glass
---> blank williams speakerpanel / grill- 46" 16:9 lcd sharp fullhd 1080p screen
- 30" 16:9 lcd hdready 720p screen
- 19" 4:3 lcd dmd-screen- pc-setup
---> winxp sp3
---> core2duo @ 3600mhz
---> asus p5wdh deluxe mainboard
---> 4gig 1066 ddr2 ram
---> 32gb ssd super talent (read: 230MB/s - write: 160MB/s)
---> nvidia gtx260 with 1792mb ram (for playfield and dmd)
---> nvidia gs7600 with 512mb ram (for backbox/backglass)
---> soundblaster x-fi crystalizer pci soundcard (great enhancement for pinball-sound)
---> 550 watt 80+ arctic psu / 86% efficiency- mot-ion & digital plunger set
- 2.1 quality teufel soundsystem with huge subwoofer (provides a nice and clear force-feedback)
- 4x led-illuminated transparent pinball buttons with leaf-switches
- 6x led-illuminated servicebuttons with plotted inlays
- 3x 22cm fans for cab ventilation / silent & powerfull 600rpm, 161.61m³/h (2x cabinet / 1x backbox)
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Posted to Video Games, Videos on 30 November 2009
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