#The pinball arcade cabinet support movie
#The pinball arcade cabinet support mod
#The pinball arcade cabinet support software
#The pinball arcade cabinet support Pc

#The pinball arcade cabinet support Pc

I could also play almost any PC action game on the backglass as well (since they are 16x9 games). So with the extra space left over on the 3rd screen, I can put nice animated logos or whatever I want there using Pinball X as a frontend, as well as having animated videos for the backglass.īy having arcade controls on the cabinet this would also allow me to play MAME vertical games on the playfield, and MAME horizontal games on the backglass or playfield. This would allow me to make use of that space in a good way!īoth Pinball FX2 and The Pinball Arcade can now support DMD / displays on the third screen (TPA uses a mod, PBFX2 has native support now). I HATE trying to 'squish' a square backglass into a wide rectangular screen.

#The pinball arcade cabinet support movie

Not just for the DMD like everyone else, but also to extend the backglass (only possible with Future Pinball) to make use of the excellent movie clips / colour DMDs / gadgets and other things you could see in Future Pinball. What I found was that I wanted to have a 3 screen setup, and I wanted to make use of the ENTIRE 3rd screen. but it really helped me tinker with different ideas instead of rushing into things. boy my wife just 'LOVED' seeing this in my mancave for weeks on end. So I came up with this mock-up to tide me over and help me figure exactly what I wanted. anything really costly that I didn't already have.

DOF, LED controlled lighting, feedback, etc Things that will come later on down the line and were not a priority:

it had to be made as cheaply as possible to keep me from becoming single (my wife is not a big gamer) it had to be made using many of the components I already had (I already had most of the electronics needed) I wanted two player controls with actual (PC / Xbox 360 / One) hardware for maximum compatibility and ease for all games I wanted something that would play Future Pinball, Pinball FX2, The Pinball Arcade, Visual Pinball, MAME Arcade games, and PC games (ie fighting and action games) So I decided to ditch the 3 screens setup and use them to make a combination Pinball and Arcade cabinet that would also play PC games! (I can move the simpit in front of my UHD TV's new location easily when I want to use it).Ĭommence the start of the creation of PinKadia!Īfter reading ALOT of posts of other projects, here is where my priorities were, and what I wanted: Also, with VR headsets coming out, I wouldn't be using those screens as much when I (someday) get one. I would get 2/3 of the same visible screen field of view that I had with 3 screens using a custom 21:9 resolution of 3840x1640, with much nicer colour and resolution. So when I got myself a 55 inch UHD 4K curved TV, for my normal PC gaming, I found I loved playing my racing games on it much better. That being said, I always thought the 3 screens (that spanned almost 10 feet!) were a bit much. The dash has two tablets that act as tachometer / speedometer, and a button box / control panel. The console on the right rotates around to switch between a shifter and flightstick.

#The pinball arcade cabinet support software

It had three 42 inch TVs for surround view, as well as 12 transducers combined with SimVibe software to give vibrational feeback from telemetry data from the racing games I played. It housed my custom simpit that I made for racing and flight sim games. I've also been an electronics technician for 20 years. I love arcade games and pinball, and video games in general. I'm a 42 year old guy who grew up in arcades in the 80's and 90's. Visual Pinball (makes use of the two different sized DMD areas on the third screen):

#The pinball arcade cabinet support mod

The Pinball Arcade (with animated backglass, and running a mod for use in a cabinet): Pinball FX2 (with animated backglass and marquee / logo):

PC Games (only horizontal games on the backglass screen for now, vertical games on the playfield screen soon to come):įuture Pinball (my favorite pinball simulator, best sound and graphics, and its free! I customized most tables to make use of my unique extended backglass on the 3rd screen):īAM - 3D head tracking for Future Pinball demonstration (really cool): MAME: Horizontal and Vertical games on the playfied screen with marquees on the backglass screen): Here are video demonstrations of the different systems I have running on it via Pinball X: Here is the first video tour after I finished most of it right before Christmas. Since I just finished getting MAME up and running with alot of the media I needed for Pinball X (which I use for a Front-end), I figured I should post my build here for the Video Game Arcade crowd. It also occurred to me that not everyone is into Pinball, and that section isn't really for project builds. I have a post of the details of the build process in the Pinball section: Back in November / December of 2015, it took me about 2 months to build a combination of a Pinball and Arcade cabinet which I call PinKadia.