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Here's what the first year of modern pinball machine ownership is like - Jaws Stern 2024 Premium
Tomorrow, 3/14/2025 will be one year since my son received his Stern Pinball Jaws premium that was ordered literally the day it was announced in January 2024. This year Stern's cornerstone launched at CES 2025 was…
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Necessary vs. Unnecessary Mods - Playfield Lighting, Shark Eating Ball, More
Pinball needs lights, I get it, but a lot of mods are all about lights on pinball and it makes me wonder: what about darkness ? Is darkness a feature in a game, too? It sure is in video games like Doom. I can see…
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Conversion Kit that turns Swords of Rage into Swords of Vengeance
Photo credit: Paradigm Tilt / Anthony van Winkle Last year, we covered a custom mod to add an additional game mode to Eight Ball in Eight Ball Plus – A $99 Mod To Add New Game Modes to 30+ Year Old Pinball Machine .…
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Custom Pinball Shooter Knobs - An Exquisite Rabbit Hole
Some people are really into pinball mods, and until recently, I haven't really spent much time considering their use and value beyond pure looks. My uptick interest in pinball, both real mechanical machines and virtual…
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AtGames Legends Pinball HD Screen Upgrade
The new AtGames Legends Pinball 4k (ALP4K)? Not the upgrade I was looking for already having the first Atgames Legends Pinball HD (ALP). I had the chance to play the 4k when I attended the Pinball expo 2023 in…
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Add Animation Flair to Stern Spike 2 Speakers with Pinsound Pinvision Coming Summer 2024 (DELAYED)
Sure, it's a $500 mod for the lifeless, boring -- except LE -- stock Spike 2 Stern Pinball speaker grills, but this Pinvision from Pinsound ( https://www.pinsound.org/products/pinvision/ ) mod looks inviting -- if you…
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Own A Stern Pinball At Home? Stern Insider Home Team Feature Allows Up To 8 Players Remembered On Free Play, No QR Code Scanning Needed
This Stern Pinball Home feature seems quite useful -- for those that own their own Stern Pinball machine at home and activate the mode. The video below explains how this can be activated from the owner's service menu.…
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Use Pinball Browser to Modify Your Stern SPIKE Pinball Machine
Yes, you can modify Stern Spike 2 pinball systems -- or so it seems -- with Pinball Browser: https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/acdc-display-and-modify-dot-matrix-images#post-872012 Pinball Browser, created by…
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P3 Multimorphic Pinball = 2/3 Virtual, 1/3 Physical Pin - Swappable Games
This P3 ( https://www.multimorphic.com/ ) is a curious idea at about the cost of a NIB Stern LE ($12,000 USD). Make a table that is moddable and can be changed out quickly and easily with different games and allow a…
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Eight Ball Plus - A $99 Mod To Add New Game Modes to 30+ Year Old Pinball Machine
Am geeking out on this mod. Perhaps, because Eight Ball is the only pinball machine our family has owned. We had it for 10 years or so and then sold it. I don't miss the repairs we had to do it -- fairly regularly --…
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PGM Member Gamer_Nix Shares Old PC to Wallcade Linux Gaming Project
Have been following with interest PGM Member Gamer_Nix's journey learning Linux for gaming and building a bartop or wall mount arcade using an old PC. He started a diary thread in the PGM Discord (pictured below)…
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Steam Deck Powered Mini Virtual Pinball with 24" 1080p playfield
Just caught this "quick walkthru" video from Tre Z, showing his Steam Deck powered mini virtual pinball setup. Am calling it "mini" because it's smaller, but not quite "micro" small-size with a 24" playfield. Parts he…
