PinballBulbs' Mini Virtual Pinball Cabinet 

TAKE MY MONEY!!!! I'm an old pinball wizard from long ago, and I think this cabinet sounds great. The play looks pretty good, and having defender and other games in it as well make it well worth the price. I go to the Pinball Hall of Fame in Vegas often, and my favorites are usually broken. The owners are constantly fixing or finding parts for these old (and new) machines, as many people go there to play. It's the best way to toss away a few bucks in Sin City! Having this table at home would be super.

It would have been nice to see a real pinball player play this and give their opinion of gameplay.

Will it run Space cadet? But really, this is a cool idea, if they added a 3D screen and haptic feedback to enhance the feeling of playing, this could be a nice alternative to owning the much larger and more expensive physical pinball machines, and you get way more games with more coming out

Pros: GOOD digital pinball that emphasizes strengths & doing things analog simply can't. Added sensor to emulate TILT so it can do a good knock off of analog at least. It's also a standup MAIM cabinet! Cons: It's not analog. That's about the only con I really see. I really would have liked a proper analog plunger but I understand how hard it'd be to translate that input to digital. All in all the doubling as a MAIM cabinet is likely the strongest selling point for me. You've got a digital pinball machine that plays hundreds of pinball games but also thousands of classic arcade games as well.

Virtual Pinball can be so much more than what this guy is selling. Yes, you can have real tactile feedback, really feel the flippers, bumpers, and virtual ball banging around, have two sound cards running the music from the back glass and playfield sounds from, well, the playfield. Many real pinball machine tables are available as well via different software. Real DMDs, and more authentic sized options. Plus, there is really cool technology that allows the player to get 3D effects without 3D glasses by having the computer sense where the player is looking and adjust the 3D graphics. No, it still won't truly replace mechanical pinball machines, but with so many really amazing machines out there that many will never get to play, virtual pinball is a great option and really is a lot better than many of the (uneducated on the subject) haters think that it is.

Yeah but does it play Space Cadet pinball?

Man if they have Psycho Pinball tables I'd be in heaven playing one of those!

Very cool V-Pin. Lots of cool stuff happening in home arcade gaming, these days.

Seems like a great vertical make cabinet and great virtual pinball machine. Kinda pricey but it's a unique device right now I guess.

Holy Crap I want this

This really isn't overpriced or absurd. Digital pinball has been around a long time. I recommend going to look at peoples builds on the internet (see VPforums). Creating your own virtual pinball isn't out of the ordinary - and making a quality one yourself is going to run you around 2k. There are of course companies that will build VP machines for you and charge you 2500 bucks and sometimes much much more (virtuapin). But I would say look into what others have done before you shit on virtual pinball. Alot more goes into a virtual pinball build than most expect. It's not as easy or cheap as it looks. As pinball gets older and older and collectors grab hold of all of the machines - the price of normal pinball machines continues to go up. I don't see VP disappearing. I imagine it will only get better and more prevalent.

This needs one of those autostereoscopic eyetracking 3D screens.

Looks awesome.

I own a Pin*Bot and XENON. I 😍 my pinball machines. I will be selling xenon someday and one of these types of machines will replace her. thank you team tested... glad to have one of these on radar...

2500$? a company was on drugs when they decided that lol

looks cold in there.

this thing is awesome, cant wait to try it at the denver showdown. The only major player making these is called vpcabs "were on sharktank". They are very nice but priced high. This hits the sweet spot in size and being a gun shooter is just a bonus. Good work guys. Digital pinball did suck - referring to the older simulators. However Pinball fx2 and The pinball arcade by Farsight studios are kick ass. Its not real but a great alternative for those with limited space or wanting more than 1 machine.

Looks cool but pinball purist will hate it. Would look good in any mancave though.

Ayy thanks for the Killer Queen shoutout!

If they put Pokemon Pinball on it I'll be interested.

Quentin Tarantino makes pinball machines!!thats crazy🤯

When I play pinball I like FEELING the bumpers when I press the side buttons, this would be pretty boring...

Very cool

make your own and use visual pinball add contectors and led bars for alot cheaper and better then this but this is a good ideas and his using a modded version of pinball x lol

This is awesome

The thing I don't like about virtual pinball machines, is even with the best graphics... its still 3d on a 2d screen. So I can't just lean to the side and get a closer look at the bumpers and whatnot. Without the depth it just doesn't work for me.

good idea !

$2500 for what is basically an i3 and a 750 Ti with a couple of TN monitors. That's like $800 of hardware.

Its an expensive toy, but compared to a real pinball machine (single game) its not that bad. Pinball Games are going for insane prices $8,000+

BIGBOSS!!!

AR or 3DS 3D would work great with this

But what if you want to do a slight tap and not go full power like it seems to be happening here.

Where else have I seen that Mark guy?

Is Pinball FX licensed to resell by Pinball Bulbs?

Awesome

TN? Wouldn't you want an IPS? TN panels look horrible when vertical because of the viewing angle.

"All original tables" -Shows Seven Star Wars Tables in a row- ...

I guess I'm just old school but I much rather have the real machine, it'd a certain magic to the real thing that you can't emulate....and I'm only 22 lmfaooo

The thing is crap. Mine broke after 2 years. No wonder they don't sell them anymore.

Make it for occulus rift.

They need cheaper one like 1 up 200 dollars people would buy asap

Digital pinball is just a substitute.

I want one?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

For 2500 I could get a real machine but I would buy it for like 800 bucks

For real?!....thats not a pinball, that's a bigass ipad mounted on a pinball machine.

Sounds expensive

Haha, awkward end to the interview.

People sure do love to complain.

Why try should simulate pinball when you can have real one?

I'm sorry - I appreciate the build, but this particular cab does not impress. It surprises me that this particular one is at this event....so many better builds out there.

Could a raspberry pi do this?

301 club

just like the digital slot machines, this can and will be programmed to let you win and lose at certain ratios for maximum money collection.... I will never play one.

i hope that this doesnt catch on, digital pinball always blows.

6th

$10,000 on the website.....gtfo here

under 20 club woo

Virtual pinball is an abomination

16“For God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. 17God sent his Son into the world not to judge the world, but to save the world through him. 18“There is no judgment against anyone who believes in him. But anyone who does not believe in him has already been judged for not believing in God’s one and only Son. 19And the judgment is based on this fact: God’s light came into the world, but people loved the darkness more than the light, for their actions were evil. 20All who do evil hate the light and refuse to go near it for fear their sins will be exposed. 21But those who do what is right come to the light so others can see that they are doing what God wants.g” John 3:16-21

Gross, simply gross.

Really good interview Norm!