from my old notebook, dated 6-24-1993. Even though I had a full time job doing research I still had this crazed urge to design a pinball machine

Shot Ideas (shots to include in my game design)

  • speed
  • action
  • flow

Yargov Shot

  • Needs quick reflexes; high speed ball

Electra In-Lanes

  • smoother flow

Loop (like BK2K, I'm sure)

  • but easy and obvious

  • Make shots easier, but faster and make reflexes more important
  • floating flippers - eliminate middle drain (?)
  • looks real cool to bystanders, but not impossible
  • vertical stuff
  • magnet - smart ball (this was where a servo would move the ball under the playfield, sort-of like Dracula except it could do loops and such)
  • more steel, less plastic
  • steel playfield? no artwork? no light inserts? blue, red & silver only? makes it look different than a standard game

  • construction site - conveyor belt, with magnet on a crane

  • no bumpers
  • spinners
  • few kickout holes - 1 less mechanism (?)

  • make the playfield arch a readout panel
  • copy cool Star Wars look

-- MattWalsh - 13 Apr 2004

Topic revision: r1 - 13 Apr 2004 - MattWalsh
 
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