Star Trek Shuttle Pinball Coffee Table: Where All Nouns Have Gone Before

Posted on 19/04/2016 by Lambert Varias

You may remember Altar Furniture from its awesome R2-D2 pinball coffee table. Trekkies who are also pinball fans will be delighted to know that the company has something for them as well.

The beautiful Shuttle Interactive Coffee Table is designed to look like Star Trek‘s shuttlecraft. Inside it is a 1991 Data East Star Trek pinball playfield that you can mess with using custom made electronic controls. As if that wasn’t awesome enough, the front of the table is decorated with dilithium crystals, while actual meteorites are stored and labeled in its rear compartment.

Altar will gladly make the Shuttle for anyone with $15,000 (USD) to spare.

[via Gizmodo]

Flippaper Turns Drawings into Virtual Pinball Playfields: Tilt A Sketch

Posted on 06/04/2016 by Lambert Varias

There are several applications that let you make digital pinball machines, but perhaps none of them are as easy and quirky as the Flippaper. Made by arists Jérémie Cortial and Roman Miletitch, this pinball machine makes you draw the playing field.

You draw the playing field on paper on top of Flippaper’s screen, which has a clip to hold the paper. The machine then uses simple rules based on color and shape to determine how the resulting playing field looks and behaves. For instance, you draw a blue dot to make a flipper, while green lines turn into paths that speed up the virtual ball. You can even modify your playing field on the fly.

Here’s a longer demo:

Contact Jérémie and Roman to commission a Flippaper. The cost is available upon request, which means it’s going to be expensive. But hey, so are real pinball machines, so I bet the artists will sell a couple of units.

[via Gizmodo]

The nostalgic joy of playing ‘Pinball FX2’ in VR

Posted on 16/03/2016 by Jessica Conditt

I associate pinball with family, partly because my father convinced me it was cool when I was a kid, just like he did with The X-Files, Mystery Science Theater 3000, ping pong and a handful of other quasi-nerdy necessities from the '80s and '90s. Plu...

Officially Licensed Ghosbusters Pinball Machines: A Strange Neighborhood

Posted on 13/03/2016 by Lambert Varias

Ghosbusters fans, if you want a pinball machine that’s packed with great art and details from the classic films, call Stern Pinball. Just be sure you’re packing a large stream of money.

Designed by the legendary John Trudeau, the pinball machine comes in three varieties: Pro, Premium and Limited. All machines feature gorgeous art by Jeremy Packer aka Zombie Yeti, unique targets and mechanisms including Slimer, and sound bites by actor Ernie Hudson.

The Premium and Limited Editions also have lots of extra features, the main one being the holographic “Ecto Goggles” feature. Using an LCD, a reflecting system and sensors, you’ll be able to “hit” projections of ghosts such as The Librarian and the Scolari Brothers. The only difference between the Premium and Limited Edition is that the latter has a Slimer-themed backbox and cabinet art. The Premium Edition on the other hand has Stay Puft-themed art that’s a bit different than the ones on the Pro Edition.

I hope you’ve been saving up quarters for the last 32 years, because these babies are going to cost you. The Pro Edition costs $6,000 (USD), the Premium costs $7,600 and the Limited Edition, which is limited to 500 units, costs $8,800. Check out Stern’s Facebook page or IGN for more on the machines.

Pinball Labs wants to bring the pool hall experience to VR

Posted on 21/12/2015 by Steve Dent

Early adopters of the soon-to-arrive Oculus Rift and HTC Vive virtual reality headsets are going to need games, and what better way to waste time than a few rounds of pinball? Thomas Kadlec, the developer of the Star Trek Voyager Bridge VR experience...

How Twitter helped make the ‘Archer’ pinball game a reality

Posted on 22/10/2015 by Jessica Conditt

Pinball FX creator Zen Studios released a bundle this week featuring tables from Archer, Family Guy, Bob's Burgers and American Dad. The pack, called Balls of Glory, is available now across PS3, PS4, Vita, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Windows 10, Steam, And...

Custom The Goonies Pinball Machine: Goonies Never Say Drain!

Posted on 12/06/2015 by Conner Flynn

Mike Johnson is a fan of The Goonies, and a fan of pinball machines. So naturally he wanted a Goonies themed pinball machine. So to celebrate the movie’s 30th anniversary, he made this custom made pinball machine. The only known Goonies pinball machine that exists.

Mike loaded this machine with all kinds of impressive details. From the skull-shaped plunger, to the cave, to the sound effects and music from the movie, it’s truly impressive. As a pinball fan myself I can say that it is a true work of art. He modded an existing Hollywood Heat machine and totally revamped the theme.

After it was finished it let others play it at a Goonies themed art show at the BART brew gallery in Orlando, Florida, where a custom-built Goonies arcade cabinet was also on display:

I wish I was in Mike’s area so I could play his machine. He did an amazing job.

[via GeekTyrant]

R2-D2 Coffee Table/Pinball Machine

Posted on 30/04/2015 by Conner Flynn

This amazing R2-D2 coffee table features the guts from a Star Wars pinball machine from 1991. It features external lights and R2 sound effects too. There’s also a light that resembles Artoo’s holographic projector.

Basically it is the best coffee table ever. It was made by ALTAR Furniture, a company that specializes in taking old pinball machines and putting them inside coffee tables. Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like it’s playable any more, but it still looks amazing.

Sadly, it is outside of my budget at $13,000(USD). I can only afford the R5-D4 unit with the bad motivator. Damn Jawas.

If you have the cash, this is obviously the droid you have been looking for.

[via Home Crux via Gizmodo via Neatorama]

These Miniature Pinball Machines Are Adorable

Posted on 20/01/2015 by Conner Flynn

Even though I would love to, I am not rich enough to have a fleet of pinball machines in my home. However, thanks to Etsy artist PinballArcade, I can have some cool miniatures on my desk. These 1/12th scale models look amazing, standing just 6″ tall.

I not only love playing pinball, I love the art and design of these machines, which is all here, with some really nice details. Each one is handcrafted from wood with gloss decals and metallic finish legs.

Now you can have your own mini arcade to admire, even if you can’t play them. There are a lot to choose from and if you want to see them all, head on over to Etsy now. They cost about $54(USD) each.

Kids’ Pinball Challenge

Posted on 31/10/2014 by Troy Turner

Fun PinBall is a twist on the classic that takes the game to a whole new, exciting level with modular pieces that allow kids to mix, match and create their own designs! Similar to a marble run, the magnetic modular pieces can easily be combined and exchanged. As an educational tool, it teaches kids preliminary physics and encourages creativity and experimentation as well as interaction with others. See it in action —>

Designer: Fun PinBall

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