How a Pinball Machine Works
Keep up with the world of pinball and arcade games by bookmarking us and/or subscribing to our RSS feed. Michael Schiess of Lucky Ju Ju Pinball takes us under the beautifully wired hood of an electromechanical pinball machine at Maker Faire 2009. Whether you're interest is pinball machine, pinball machines, video arcade games, classic pinball, you'll find it all here!
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June 4th, 2009 at 5:57 pm
nice
June 4th, 2009 at 6:14 pm
cool stuff
June 4th, 2009 at 6:58 pm
I never had a really good chance to see the inside workings of a electromechanical pinball machine. I’ve seen them worked on, but never from the outside in. kewl
June 4th, 2009 at 7:58 pm
whoa made in 1 day?
June 4th, 2009 at 8:42 pm
One machine I played had electromagnets that kicked in to help draw the ball into the bottom. I always felt like this machine cheated and really wanted to see the guts of that evil machine.
June 4th, 2009 at 8:44 pm
I was there and I saw that in person!
June 4th, 2009 at 8:57 pm
cool!
June 4th, 2009 at 11:06 pm
he said shit we already know.
June 4th, 2009 at 11:28 pm
cool dude
June 5th, 2009 at 1:19 am
the sad thing is….it took an insane genius to build a machine like that….nowadays it can be replaced with a microcontroller managing everything…that any kid can sit down and program in a weekend. all great accomplishments are just sand castles that will be washed away on the beach….*ANIME TEAR DROP* I’m not crazy ;_;
June 5th, 2009 at 6:35 am
introspective LOL !!
June 5th, 2009 at 10:06 am
Nah actually, everything that people did to build old machines with hard work contributed to the development of modern processors. They couldn’t have sat down and waited for the year 2000 and go like “Hurray, we can now use processors, let’s build a PinBall machine!” because processors wouldn’t be invented without the knowledge of electro mechanics in the first place!
June 5th, 2009 at 12:01 pm
I like the Spartan Mansion in the background!
June 5th, 2009 at 12:50 pm
i love your videos! check mine out if you get a chance! Thank you!
- koolmagicguy
June 5th, 2009 at 1:44 pm
Soo much work, and complexity, for a game, that doesnt match itself in excitement or fun to play it.
June 5th, 2009 at 2:14 pm
wow!!!