Another Mopar Off My Bucket List - Barracuda Fastback

4spdragtop said
Thanks for the callout Larry!
Hey John, GLAD YER BACK. Sorry to read of the health issues. Even with the setbacks you've endured you get more accomplished than I do.
I had to retrace your steps to catch up.
Very ambitious and skilled!
I'm curious about the digital pinball machines, how exactly do they work?
Glad yer back and havent lost your sense of humor!:thumbsup:
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Hey there 4spdragtop. - Good to hear from you. I admit to being ambitious but you've mistaken me for someone else on that whole 'skilled' description. If I were in a police lineup (again) and you were to say the suspect was skilled, they'd have to turn me loose.

As far as those pinball machines go, the 1st 2 we bought were made by a company called 1UP. They are 3/4 of the size of a conventional pinball machine. That may sound undersized but it is still large enough to give you decent hand spacing between the flipper buttons. The smaller size makes them easier to find room for in homes yet large enough to re-create the feeling of playing full sized machines.

1UP makes a number of different machines that are constructed much like the old machines. The play table is actually a computer monitor and the flippers are controlled by the side buttons just like a regular machine. Each 1UP pinball machine has 10 pinball tables built into it. You're able to choose which one you'd like to play by scrolling through them via buttons on the front of the machine. The ball launch plunger actually works like a real one using electronic technology. One other big advantage they have is that they weigh just a fraction as much so they're easier to move. - And of course, owning each machine is like owning 10 machines.

It may not be exactly the same as a 'real' machine but it's darn close. We own 6 machines. 3 real and 3 digital. Now that we own the digital ones we haven't played the original ones anymore.

The 3rd digital machine we own is another 1UP 3/4 scale machine but it's been modded to have over 100 different tables on it. It also has additional monitors added to simulate the back glasses of each table. There must be over 1000 tables that are available for installation.