A large industrial style hall with dozens of pinball games placed in an U shape and a big crowd, mostly male, often wearing black in the center
A homebrew pinball game. The backbox has Hypnotronik written in big letter on it, the digital clock style score is showing 0. The playfield is rather simple and open and a the art is projected from above on it. It shows a green grid of lines and a line of little moving arrows that suggest how to perform the skillshot
6 pinball games lined up, the game in the front is Stranger Things by Stern. The players a cut off, only a couple of hands are visible
mk47 (photo with permission) is giving a talk on PPUC, an open source firmware and hardware to replace the original electronic of a pinball or built entire new games. He is presenting a the underside of a playfield controlled by his laptop and a slide showing a simplified schematic of hardware components
On my way home From German #Pinball Expo 26 in #Bielefeld :-)
Being relatively new to the hobby this was my first pinball event and I went there with no specific expectations.
I learnt that hearing protection is of great help against sensory overload, talking […]
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