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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The1Kilgore 1 year ago
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.
DixieGeek 1 year ago
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.
toyotaboyhatman 1 year ago
One gun is cool, two guns would be better! One for each flipper.
CessnaDriver2 1 year ago
utterly bonkers Jeri, but thats why we love seeing what you come up with!
khisanth75 1 year ago
Im glad I suscribed to you!
MrTechGuy1995 1 year ago
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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kinglonewolf104 1 year ago
Cool!
thewii552 1 year ago
hahaha, that's a pretty neat little thing! :D now make a power glove version! :D
sk7ca 1 year ago
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.
uzimonkey 1 year ago