A hobbyist is rebuilding Microsoft’s 3D Pinball: Space Cadet as a real machine, crafting a physical playfield with working bumpers, ramps, and lighting.

  • Pinball is the most retro game I know of that isn’t a sport. It’s also way more impressive than a video game, to me. It takes a lot of work not just to build the table, but to balance it so it isn’t boring to play like a lot of the earliest pinball machines.

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      Making a pinball machine “from scratch” is one of the things on my bucket list. Having repaired a few over the years and seeing the insane cleverness/trickery that goes on inside, I’ve pushed it down toward the bottom :)