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Budget Virtual Pinball Mini Build Visual Pinball X Pinup Popper Cheap

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Goodwins Place

Goodwins Place

Күн бұрын

This is probably the cheapest virtual pinball machine build out there. I built during the COVID-19 lockdown out of spare parts from around my garage and house.
Running Pinup Popper and Visual Pinball X on a Windows 10 Apple Mac Mini computer.
Pinup Popper setup guide that I followed:
www.nailbuster...
Music:
KZfaq Royalty Free

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@randyiron2
@randyiron2 3 жыл бұрын
Holy crap! Talk about making it happen. My mind would go crazy with all the disarray from your shop and all the pieces just laying around. Way to go! You’re an inspiration on getting stuff done!
@GoodwinsPlace
@GoodwinsPlace 3 жыл бұрын
🤣 thanks, I think. I kind of knew I had most of the bits but it did work out quite well on the day.
@randyiron2
@randyiron2 3 жыл бұрын
@@GoodwinsPlace believe me, it was a compliment. There is no one right way to be. It’s whatever works for you. You made something happen and work. Awesome job.
@GoodwinsPlace
@GoodwinsPlace 3 жыл бұрын
@@randyiron2 exactly, it's all a bit of fun and it's still going even though I have a full size pinball now too.
@nightmanlol
@nightmanlol Жыл бұрын
you know its gunna be a good virtual pinball machine video when the guy is in the garage.
@GoodwinsPlace
@GoodwinsPlace Жыл бұрын
🤘always in the garage. It's where the magic happens.
@BamfSniktThwipp
@BamfSniktThwipp 4 жыл бұрын
Don't put yourself down! You say this is a fairly low-fi version, but it honestly looks awesome!
@GoodwinsPlace
@GoodwinsPlace 4 жыл бұрын
It's made from kitchen cupboard and bits I've found around the house. Higher quality screens and faster PC would make it feel a lot more natural, this is good but would be even better in 4k. Cheers for watching, hope you're good.
@lamersrevengegaming
@lamersrevengegaming 3 жыл бұрын
Fantastic little project, you have inspired me to have a go myself.
@GoodwinsPlace
@GoodwinsPlace 3 жыл бұрын
Do it, doesn't need to be a big expense to have a bit of fun. It's no power setup but plays most quite nice.
@davidretrogamesplayedbadly3533
@davidretrogamesplayedbadly3533 4 жыл бұрын
Utterly brilliant mate, I built a full size arcade machine out of an old wardrobe a few weeks back. Was thinking of a new project, this looks right up my street, will have to give this a go.
@GoodwinsPlace
@GoodwinsPlace 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks. Give it a go, I'm no expert in the software but learnt a load by getting things working. Keep me posted if you decide to do one.
@andykerass3695
@andykerass3695 3 ай бұрын
Late to the party here, this is great! Im inspired bro! Cheers 👍 great way to learn, would love to dive into a big one but... money... space...
@GoodwinsPlace
@GoodwinsPlace 2 ай бұрын
Cool. Good luck. They are awesome once setup.
@andykerass3695
@andykerass3695 2 ай бұрын
@GoodwinsPlace thanks 😊 I played around with software, not bad at all. Yet to do a build but have a 360' fold laptop and a tablet I can use as a wireless 2nd monitor. Was thinking I could make a frame to slot into and out of. Set up the controls via usb... we'll see if I get that far lol
@VeganRashad
@VeganRashad Жыл бұрын
I loved watching this!
@GoodwinsPlace
@GoodwinsPlace 8 ай бұрын
Thank you. Sorry for the late reply to the comment.
@worthinggooner3235
@worthinggooner3235 3 жыл бұрын
Great job on this. Nice to hear that it’s possible to build this without blowing at least a grand. Well played sir. 👏👏😎
@GoodwinsPlace
@GoodwinsPlace 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah just any old bits lying around the house will do. 😂 Seriously though the more you spend on these the better experience you'll get. I just don't have the space or money to invest in a 4k full size with all the toys and power it truly deserves. But mine is still more than playable and good fun too.
@jamalbawadi6966
@jamalbawadi6966 Жыл бұрын
Awesome job on your virtual pinball machine.
@GoodwinsPlace
@GoodwinsPlace Жыл бұрын
Thank you. This was a fun project a few years back. I'm building a homebrew fully functioning pinball machine now.
@NathRetro1
@NathRetro1 4 жыл бұрын
Hey buddy found you through the discord, Dana's stream and Eddie shouting you out so been meaning to come for a while and about time I did 😃. Great project but I am rubbish with doing things like this. Gutted for you about the glass. Looks fab all nice and running. Love the ghost busters one. Very cool buddy 👌👍👍👍👍
@GoodwinsPlace
@GoodwinsPlace 4 жыл бұрын
Hey Nath, Thanks for taking a look, got loads more to do on this, but little bit at a time as I could get carried away in spending on bits. Could have done with the glass as I currently have a load of things sat on the screen which isn't good.
@kdstyles1979
@kdstyles1979 Жыл бұрын
LOVE IT. i just did a build with parts i had around the house as well with some android boxes i had just sitting around. i wish i had a way of doing an active backglass with android but there is no way of doing a true functioning dual screen so i ended up just downloading a bunch of animated zen pinball backglass mp4s and they just scroll through along with the Sharpin scoreboard app to display the zen pinball score on a tablet... not very efficient as its 3 individual devices running and make this work, but it was free lol. the only things i bought were the encoder board and buttons.
@GoodwinsPlace
@GoodwinsPlace Жыл бұрын
That sounds cool, didn't know you could even do that with multiple Android devices. I've just started doing a physical custom pinball build take a look at the playlist on my channel, always welcome input from people if you have any ideas.
@jdbates30
@jdbates30 3 жыл бұрын
I think it is absolutely amazing man!
@GoodwinsPlace
@GoodwinsPlace 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks, it was a bit of fun. Now I want a full size table.
@DadLadsGaming
@DadLadsGaming 4 жыл бұрын
That looks tremendous mate. Great job 👍🏻
@GoodwinsPlace
@GoodwinsPlace 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks. The more I play it the more I want to do more mods to it.
@rollerxcore
@rollerxcore 4 жыл бұрын
This is awesome! I was watching some one build one of these on instagram, and was thinking about doing the same as i have a few screens/pcs lying around. cant wait to see what upgrades you do in the future! 👍🏻
@GoodwinsPlace
@GoodwinsPlace 4 жыл бұрын
It was a fun build. You should give it a go, for a basic build it runs pretty well. Going to look at some sort of mechanical feedback in it so things feel a little more authentic.
@Darwinion
@Darwinion 3 жыл бұрын
@@GoodwinsPlace I don't have any mechanical toys in my cab. If you have a decent enough sound system with good sub and use exciters instead of speakers you can get a decent enough "thump" through the panels. Still not as good as the toys but better than you'd think for the money.
@GoodwinsPlace
@GoodwinsPlace 3 жыл бұрын
@@Darwinion good idea, the sound on this is awful at the moment as just using the speakers off one of the screens, been looking for some decent speakers but need to be small enough to fit inside.
@HomebrewGriffo
@HomebrewGriffo 4 жыл бұрын
That looks awesome mate! Well done!
@GoodwinsPlace
@GoodwinsPlace 4 жыл бұрын
Cheers mate. It's good fun, but already see me wanting to upgrade.
@SEGAZombie
@SEGAZombie 4 жыл бұрын
Wow that’s bloody awesome mate
@GoodwinsPlace
@GoodwinsPlace 4 жыл бұрын
Cheers Scott. Thanks for taking a look, glad you like it. Still loads of ideas to do mods on it, but just time and money slowing me down!
@PompeyGamesRoom
@PompeyGamesRoom 4 жыл бұрын
This was the pinball machine that Dana was talking about during our live stream, wasn't it? Looks amazing mate, nice work :-)
@GoodwinsPlace
@GoodwinsPlace 4 жыл бұрын
Yes, I think it was running in the background. Great fun little build and still use it now.
@VeganRashad
@VeganRashad Жыл бұрын
Good Job
@ThomasGrillo
@ThomasGrillo 4 жыл бұрын
That's a cool little build! Thanks for sharing. :)
@GoodwinsPlace
@GoodwinsPlace 4 жыл бұрын
No worries. Glad you enjoyed it.
@paulpolizzi3421
@paulpolizzi3421 Жыл бұрын
awesome mate!!!
@GoodwinsPlace
@GoodwinsPlace Жыл бұрын
Thank you. Few years ago now as a bit of fun. Doing a full size custom pinball at the moment, more updates on my channel soon.
@tootyuk
@tootyuk 4 жыл бұрын
Awesome stuff Craig! i might have a few bits in the garage that youd find a use for ;)
@GoodwinsPlace
@GoodwinsPlace 4 жыл бұрын
Always looking for a project. More fixes more content 😉 I'm the strange guy at events (not been to many) that asks people for broken items.
@tootyuk
@tootyuk 4 жыл бұрын
@@GoodwinsPlace Hahahahaha i'll see what i can dig out mate :)
@readysteadylaser
@readysteadylaser 3 жыл бұрын
This is Brilliant 👍👍
@GoodwinsPlace
@GoodwinsPlace 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks, it's not been on for a while. Going to have a blast this weekend.
@Darwinion
@Darwinion 3 жыл бұрын
That's pretty decent to say you knocked it up from spare stuff lying around. You could paint the back glass bezel black to match the cab. How smooth is the ball though? Can't really see that in the video. What spec is the pc? I found my current quad core i7 (2.8 GHz) performed much better then the original dual core i3 I had (overclocked to 4.2 GHz). I am using a GTX1070 though for 4K.
@GoodwinsPlace
@GoodwinsPlace 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks, it was a bit of a fun build rather than anything serious. There isn't much slow down, probably more the screens than the system, although an old Apple Mac Mini running Windows isn't ideal either. I'd love to have a play on a 4k setup to see how much different it is. I just don't have the room to build one at the moment.
@virtualpinball5065
@virtualpinball5065 4 жыл бұрын
Great and affordable
@GoodwinsPlace
@GoodwinsPlace 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching. Have loads of ideas for future mods.
@philsavery3870
@philsavery3870 4 жыл бұрын
Amazing! Really want to give this a try. Have done any more work on this by any chance?
@GoodwinsPlace
@GoodwinsPlace 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks Phil. Not yet, had a busy couple of months and other projects but have some cosmetic items to do. Then I'll get back to the mechanics in getting feedback and other items included. Still play it though which is a good thing.
@dylandouglass1
@dylandouglass1 2 жыл бұрын
You should be selling these. It's impossible to find mini pinball machines online that are pc based
@GoodwinsPlace
@GoodwinsPlace 2 жыл бұрын
I thought there were a few doing them now. I've put this in the loft now as I have a full size table in the setup. I know arcade 1up were doing them and I think I've seen a few others reviewed by Wicked Gamer on KZfaq too. Cheers for watching. It was a fun build.
@dylandouglass1
@dylandouglass1 2 жыл бұрын
@@GoodwinsPlace I bought myself a full size arcade cab last year so no way the missus would allow me a full size pinball table 😄 It's definitely gonna have to be on the smaller side
@GoodwinsPlace
@GoodwinsPlace 2 жыл бұрын
@@dylandouglass1 yeah I'm lucky I keep everything out the garage. I'll do a full room tour when I've managed to clean it. Have one arcade cab in the house too.
@MarchosArcade
@MarchosArcade 4 жыл бұрын
Hey mate , looks cool as hey do you know how to adjust the game wheel ( whre you pick the games ) mine is too big just want to shink it a little
@GoodwinsPlace
@GoodwinsPlace 4 жыл бұрын
If you are using pinup popper there is a screen adjustment where you select each element. Just drag the wheel to the shape you need, took me a bit of time testing at different heights to get it right. I think it's called game select on that screen editor. If you're still stuck let me know and I'll see if I can get you some better instructions. 👍
@DJSajTron
@DJSajTron 8 ай бұрын
how do you hook up two monitors on a mac mini?
@GoodwinsPlace
@GoodwinsPlace 8 ай бұрын
One on the hdmi and the second was on a converter via the USB. Thanks for watching, this setup was only temporary and is in the loft now.
@plunkpinball3108
@plunkpinball3108 4 ай бұрын
Whats your 3 middle buttons on the front for?
@GoodwinsPlace
@GoodwinsPlace 4 ай бұрын
Been a while since I made this, but think one was select, one for back and the other credit possibly.
@plunkpinball3108
@plunkpinball3108 4 ай бұрын
@@GoodwinsPlace gotcha thank you
@davidblackburn9169
@davidblackburn9169 4 жыл бұрын
Silly question duh how do get rid of the permission to play table that pops up when u play a new table 😂
@GoodwinsPlace
@GoodwinsPlace 4 жыл бұрын
Not a silly question. And not an easy fix, you have to accept each one as you play it. I couldn't find any way of doing it on bulk. Same with setting up art and DMD. Took a while and still not perfect.
@1borinquenio
@1borinquenio 2 жыл бұрын
do you make these for sale?
@GoodwinsPlace
@GoodwinsPlace 2 жыл бұрын
I don't sorry, there are a few commercial ones now. Even Arcade 1-UP do a virtual table now. But some kits I've seen look great and let you setup high spec games too.
@ien2023
@ien2023 4 жыл бұрын
V Pinball is a pain to install if you're not a techie. This made sound like it's just a breeze to do it.
@GoodwinsPlace
@GoodwinsPlace 4 жыл бұрын
I followed the Pinup Popper wiki and was pretty straight forward to get to a running position. But the adjustments at the end were a bit of a pain. But no coding or anything.
@tim49013
@tim49013 4 жыл бұрын
Is their a way I could get all the programs pre done on a usb stick I wanted to build one for years but I’m no good with computers if I’m honest I have everything else just no programs withe the tables on
@GoodwinsPlace
@GoodwinsPlace 4 жыл бұрын
Have a look for pinup popper videos on here, there was one with just a picture of an arcade and music that had a link to a lot of tables in the description. But still needs a bit of configuring once downloaded. Some of the ones via Steam might be a bit more plug and play but I don't think my Mac mini could cope with that.
@tim49013
@tim49013 4 жыл бұрын
Goodwins Place thanks buddy sorry I didn’t get back sooner I was away from home but thanks for the tip
@tinusmen1077
@tinusmen1077 4 жыл бұрын
Wauw very nice! Could you make me one? (a)
@GoodwinsPlace
@GoodwinsPlace 4 жыл бұрын
Haha, I don't have any more spare parts. I would love to make a bigger one some day, also have some plans to do other mods to this but time and money at the moment.
@tinusmen1077
@tinusmen1077 4 жыл бұрын
@@GoodwinsPlace well keep me updated :)
@Tossphate
@Tossphate 3 жыл бұрын
Any delay / lag on that telly?
@GoodwinsPlace
@GoodwinsPlace 3 жыл бұрын
It's not perfect but not bad either. I think the system is probably the weakness over the screen. But it is certainly playable.
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