Difference between revisions of "Custom Made Pinball Tables"

Latest revision as of 00:55, 23 June 2015

1 Introduction

Outside of the major manufacturers, a few people have constructed their own pinball machines either from tables they have converted or completely from scratch. Some were done to order (Aaron Spelling, Fun Time Frankie), whilst other were personal projects.

A pinball makers wiki offers an up-to-date list of custom machines, as well as a good resource for retheming or building your own game.

1.1 Conversions/Rethemes

1.1.1 Ramones Pinball

Gottlieb Genie converted to a Ramones Pinball.

1.1.2 Aaron Spelling

Lethal Weapon 3 converted by the factory for Aaron Spelling

1.1.3 Bride of Pinbot

Bride of Pinbot using the P-ROC interface board to provide a completely new game experience.

1.1.4 Metallica

Earthshaker pin converted for Metallica.

1.1.5 Funtime Frankie

Customised pinball table for UK celebrity Frank Skinner

1.1.6 Chief Bank-a-flip Galactic Poker Dice

A Williams 'Time Warp' converted and reverse engineered by Duncan Brown. Pictures here, mentioned in TOPcast #58

1.1.7 Futurama

Atari Superman converted to a Futurama pinball table

1.1.8 Ritchie Rich

Made for the film Ritchie Ritch by Data East.

1.2 Custom Machines

1.2.1 Forbidden Planet

See the Pinball News review here

1.2.2 Coconut Island

Coconut Island Website

1.2.3 Bill Paxton

Ben Heck has been working on a machine based on Bill Paxton

1.2.4 Jeri Ellsworth

Jeri Ellsworth has been working on a machine, some clips are available on her Youtube Channel

1.2.5 John Popadiuk

John Popadiuk is taking a limited number of commissions for custom tables Website

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-==Custom Made Pinball Tables==
+==Introduction==
 Outside of the major manufacturers, a few people have constructed their own pinball machines either from tables they have converted or completely from scratch.  Some were done to order (Aaron Spelling, Fun Time Frankie), whilst other were personal projects.
+A pinball makers wiki offers an [http://pinballmakers.com/wiki/index.php/Custom_Games up-to-date list of custom machines], as well as [http://pinballmakers.com a good resource] for retheming or building your own game.
 ===Conversions/Rethemes===
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 ====Metallica====
 Earthshaker pin converted for [http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2009/10/metal-on-metal-behind-the-scenes-on-a-custom-pinball-game.ars Metallica].
+====Funtime Frankie====
+Customised pinball table for UK celebrity [http://www.lfgss.com/thread39176.html Frank Skinner]
+====Chief Bank-a-flip Galactic Poker Dice====
+A Williams 'Time Warp' converted and reverse engineered by Duncan Brown.  Pictures [http://gamearchive.askey.org/Pinball/Custom/CBAFGPD/ here], mentioned in [http://www.pinrepair.com/topcast/showget.php?id=58 TOPcast #58]
+====Futurama====
+Atari Superman converted to a [http://home.comcast.net/~special_when_lit/pwpimages/Futurama%20Pinball.html Futurama pinball table]
+====Ritchie Rich====
+Made for the film [http://www.pinballuniverse.com/rr.htm Ritchie Ritch] by Data East.
 ===Custom Machines===
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 ====Jeri Ellsworth====
 Jeri Ellsworth has been working on a machine, some clips are available on her [http://www.youtube.com/user/jeriellsworth Youtube Channel]
+====John Popadiuk====
+John Popadiuk is taking a limited number of commissions for custom tables [http://zidware.com/pinballcustom.html Website]
 ===Custom Hardware and Software===
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 [http://social.pbos.info/ PBOS]
-[http://www.oddchange.com/freewpc FreeWPC]
+[http://www.oddchange.com/freewpc FreeWPC] [https://github.com/bcd/freewpc FreeWPC codebase]
+[http://fastpinball.com/ FAST Pinball]
+===Conversion Companies===
+[http://personalpinball.com/ Personal Pinball Inc]
+===External Links===
+[http://xtcpinball.com/?p=59 Big list of custom projects]