Light Gun Controlled Pinball - Set Phasers to Fun

[The1Kilgore]

I have been fixing pinball in Portland, Or. over 30 years and I cannot believe anyone would publicly promote illegal gambling in Oregon. When Oregon outlaws pinball, I will tell all the "REAL" Operators, who they can thank.

[DixieGeek]

Have you tried making the gun with just the single white LED? I've found that most white LED's emit enough IR to be able to saturate photo transistors.

[toyotaboyhatman]

great hack, although I would find it very difficult to play. something about instant action of buttons on the side that gives you a groove.

[CessnaDriver2]

One gun is cool, two guns would be better! One for each flipper.

[khisanth75]

utterly bonkers Jeri, but thats why we love seeing what you come up with!

[MrTechGuy1995]

Im glad I suscribed to you!

[kinglonewolf104]

Very cool. Not only does the pinball machine test your timing reflexes, but it also tests your aim aswell!

I once very nearly got the famous 99999999 (I forget how many 9's) score on Virtua Cop 2 (Sega Saturn) playing in Virtua Cop 1 scoring mode. You need 100% accuracy (that's means shooting around 300+ enemies without missing once). I missed once near the end :( I was so annoyed and yet so proud at the same time (I missed out by a few hundred points). I never came that close again.

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[thewii552]

Cool!

[sk7ca]

hahaha, that's a pretty neat little thing! :D now make a power glove version! :D

[uzimonkey]

That reminded me of the old light gun games in the arcades. We had some kind of hunting one, and then later the old west one with full motion video.

I wonder if it would have worked better if you would have put the sensors in a tube to cut out ambient light. I had to do that for a laser tripwire toy. Though that wasn't using a diode, that was using an LDR that turned out to be quite picky. And I didn't use a potentiometer to adjust sensitivity, it just went to an analog pin on the Arduino.

[sassymovestoday]

Ha, Mike. "It works sometimes." It works when you point it at the sensor. It doesn't work when you aim poorly.

Anyway, thanks for this great addition to the tournament, Jeri! It was a lot of fun to play. -Ryan

[nathanallan1]

Cool project, hope it goes well and lots of people play. It definitely adds a twist to the game.