Byron Wheeler's Homemade Virtual Pinball Cabinet Running Visual Pinball / Future Pinball Emulator

This is a video depicting the construction of my homemade virtual pinball cabinet. Although some details are omitted, I tried to include all steps with at least some detail. To my friends outside Canada, I refer to Canadian Tire store, meaning all items mentioned in this video can be purchased at your local hardware store.

[@embryon1111]

I think Chris Leathley is close to genius being able to get the physics down so well when he created the software. Kudos to Chris!!

[@Metalman200xdamnit]

GothiicTemple I feel you on this,I really do but at the same time,this is the only affordable way to have multiple tables on a home budget. I will ALWAYS love true pinball,but this is a good idea and deserves our support.

[@embryon1111]

Thanks for that and I totally agree. Real pinball machines are so so soooo much more fun than virtual, but virtual is still fun as well. Where I live, its impossible to get a real machine, but maybe one day.

[@Metalman200xdamnit]

Byron Wheeler Too true. I do not care how good virtual pinball becomes,you cannot replicate the actual ball in the playfield,the feel of the bumpers.the feel of the flippers,the actual plunger (or button),and the "english" when your shot goes astray. But this is a great MAME for pinball and I would love to have that someday.

[@darkjames2010]

+Byron Wheeler hey man they closed the comments on the PSP cfw. I didn't see what you wrote

[@embryon1111]

Oh.....ok.....I found the files I needed that you were talking about. The problem is when I go and try to revert ( p s p u pdate ver. 6.60, it says no need!! I already have the latest 6.61 - and thats it! Nothing I can do!

[@darkjames2010]

the one i use keeps the 6.61 firmware and makes cfw over it. it does go away if your power off and on or lose power. but if you keep the file on your memory cards than reinstall is easy. i have the file in a Dropbox if you need it i can make the file share.

[@teddyl7006]

Wow. I've long had fantasies of bringing my old favorite pingers back to life. Too cool.

[@MrStout14]

I used your black spray paint the glass on my cab and made a wooden lockdown bar I made a mini cab and couldn't find one in my size.. thanks for sharing.

[@Metalman200xdamnit]

That looks so sick and I love the idea,I hope it gives you many,many hours of gaming pleasure and I love the project.Great Red Green shout out at the end.

[@embryon1111]

Yeah....I loved Red Green!

[@vision821k4]

@@embryon1111 do you still have this? any updates? really good job!

[@embryon1111]

I totally love real pinball machines and in my opinion, pinball simulation is not near as fun as a real machine. With this being said, I still find pinball simulation very fun and worth playing and a preservation of nostalgia for me personally. What I hope will be developed in the not too distant future is 3d pinball simulation. Now that would be something!!!! :o) :o)

[@embryon1111]

dmd's are usually with newer tables. If a DMD exists with a table, it is shown automatically on the backglass with the rest of thr backglass art. There isn't a need to set up a third screen for a dmd, as with visual pinball/pmame/pinmame

[@demoniclese]

Great cab design!!! Awesome job looks like the real thing!

[@embryon1111]

yes . . .I think in the near future, we'll see virtual pinball in 3D!!!! Now that would be bloody awesome!! The most thing I'm really missing is sometimes when the ball bounces off the bottom of the playfield glass.

[@MrStout14]

dude those edges on the bottom of the playfield look like murder on your palms. 3d would be awesome..

[@isakmgm]

Great Job man! soon i'll make one of my own. cheers and keep up your good work . Isak E.

[@embryon1111]

personally, my favourite tables are the Stern tables from the early to mid 80's. I think these had just enough technology. I find a lot of games in later years had lots of gadgets on the playfield, but the game play wasn't there. It has to be a happy mix!! :o) Or maybe I'm just old school.

[@embryon1111]

Thanks Isak!! Hope u have alot of fun making it!! :o)

[@embryon1111]

Mmmm....interesting!! I have it strongly in my mind to be like the Stones and Paint It Black. With the gold trim, I'd add some kinda space theme on the sides.

[@marcedany26]

nice man , hard job but great job, congratulations ffrom argentine ,i like pinball tables!!

[@embryon1111]

No need to solder!! Wires to your buttons clip on (if you buy clips) and wires to the i-pac are held by holding screws.

[@embryon1111]

Yes.....there are loads. Visit here. . .pinsimdb.org/pinball/index-10-future_pinball and you can sort by re-creation. My favourite of all time was Embryon!! :o) And thanks for the comment!

[@VirtualArcades]

Definite Secret Sauce stuff. I like it :)

[@Moonanomaly]

Very very nice Video and Pinball machine !!! Great work. I'am very interested in those home made machines (pinball,arcade/mame,...). Is it very expensive and difficult to build a machine like yours? Best regards from Germany Chris

[@demoniclese]

Hey are there an many 'real' arcade type pinball games for the Emulator you are using? There are a few of those thing around Visual Pinball, VPinmame and they have AWESOME replicas of the real pinball games i remember playing on Yonge St in toronto in the 80s. I would love to make a cabinet and set it up like yours! Again awesome job... Cheers

[@berowarocketclub]

Fantastic! Great job.

[@embryon1111]

Sorry dude....must have been the beer!!! ;o)

[@embryon1111]

can't wait to see it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@embryon1111]

yeah Aaron...they were. I couldn't locate a lockdown bar so I've since used smooth box corners!!

[@pestorer]

dude this is awesome ! beauty !!!

[@MrStout14]

I'll post a video I am 75% done with the build. The goal is to not pay for anything. The frame of the cab is an old metal bar stool, the glass in the cab and backglass are from old windows some lady was giving away, I used left over buttons from a mame build I did.. the best score was a dude on Craigslist gave me 2 dual core computers with ram and hard drives one had a 8800 GT in it.. been collecting parts for 2 years now I'm in the build stage..

[@sensiseed84]

fantastic!!!!

[@gabitomania]

great job man, i put my video, see!!!!

[@PinballScreenGen]

You can! Can't paste URL but search in KZbin for Pinball FX2 Running in Virtual Pinball Cabinet. The video links to forums posts.

[@embryon1111]

I already had the backglass monitor and pc, everything else combined was approximately $800 (lexan glass, plywood, stereo, 40" lcd, i-pac, buttons, legs, misc)

[@embryon1111]

No DMD. . .I didn't design the cab for DMD. DMD displays are used with the Visual Pinball emulator or PMame - isn't this correct? Not sure if the Future Pinball emulator can be configured to use a separate screen for DMD.

[@MrNiceHk]

Nice work ... you manage to get Hyperpin to work ? .. got a very simular cab myself .... constantly tweeking it

[@Nico-Thiry]

Nice work ! :)

[@ConstantXplorer]

That's pretty saucy...I'd love one of those. But what happened to the sound at the end?

[@gkmackey]

Nice! Damnit!

[@embryon1111]

Thanks!!!

[@embryon1111]

no....didn't use Hyperpin. . .although its a nice front end, it was taking up too much of my time to get it working right. . .so I want with Game Ex.

[@ozzfestveteren666]

Hello, i'm very interested in this. Since I have an old pinball machine I was thinking about converting it. Where do I get the software that is capable of running the pinball table on one screen, while running the score and backglass on another? Is the software available to purchase or freeware. I've been wanting to do this for awhile, I first thought of it a few years back but lacked the time.

[@SirFriedGoat]

why would you want to do that? Zen pinball is terrible compared to the Williams and Bally tables of old.

[@AndreaS_BEAUT-LIFESTYLE]

What brand and type of legs do you use?

[@embryon1111]

thanks!!

[@embryon1111]

so - where do I see a pic or video of that?

[@South336Victor]

Love it, Good Job (;

[@embryon1111]

thanks!! I`m thinking I may redo the outside and put some sort of space theme on it....

[@South336Victor]

What about the dmd? You dont care about seeing the animations or score?

[@embryon1111]

If you were to buy all parts and materials from new, I would estimate $1200 american....give or take $100 (I'm not sure how expensive electronics and computers are in Germany). Just don't skimp on the video card. Get the best you can - and thanks! :o)

[@MrNiceHk]

Nice ... I use Game Ex for my arcade cabinet ... is it easy to set up in Game ex ? must try that later

[@darkinertia2]

i dont think you understand the concept of video games lol just cuz its on virtual doesnt mean its not random, if youve played some VP/FP tables youd know that its getting pretty realistic and its only getting better...of course its not perfect, but do we have a choice? last time i checked theres only ONE company and maybe 2 or 3 arcades if your lucky in your area. if this is the only way we can get our fix, theres nothing wrong with that at all. this can even get people into pinball too

[@walterworth890]

whats the songs in this vid?

[@adkeylog]

I downloaded a table for future pinball that was his name, I wonder if you make creating tables? I'm building a pinball

[@alltidmagnus]

next up.. DMD install?

[@Energyone]

You really don't get it. Take it from a pinball fanatic.

[@michelelindsley812]

My visual pinball recently had problem starting up and now it says on the pc it wants to restore settings, I do not know if the builder of it saved any files, I have 762 tables, can you help plz?

[@embryon1111]

can you still access your files on your PC? If you cannot, you can plug your hard drive into another pc and haul your pinball files so you can reinstall fresh on another computer.

[@michelelindsley812]

I'm not electronically inclined, The maker of the pin said he would fix everything he has the file of all of my tables and add a front door access panel/coin door if I shipped it back to him, then he ships it back to me, I'd have to have it in writing and under Paypal protection. Ty for writing back to me.

[@jesse7676]

What did the total cost come to?

[@johnspimpin503]

that is so bad ass bro check out mine homemade is so much better than buying cause its your own creation

[@HomebrewPinball]

I weep for the future , predictable ball outcomes programs with no concept of spin and rubber reaction let alone the problems with flat screen off axis viewing.Haven't we already got video games ? leave the pinball alone.

[@embryon1111]

The song credits are at the end......

[@xXDarkAngelXx811]

kiss pinball = awesome

[@NathanHassall]

dont faceplant into the screen!

[@embryon1111]

your Mama!!

[@mreilly1325]

yes i like the... video? lol was looking to buy table then i seen the price ??? 32 inch a 19 inch and 42 inch with 10080 table's on it £2,499 on ebay

[@embryon1111]

Ummmmm.....?????