Lombard, IL
I've been kicking around trying my hand at making my own pinball machine for a while. I love Manowar, and think it would make an awesome one-off game, and most of their music is at the speed I love to play pinball. I'm not going to kid myself into thinking one of the manufacturers would ever make this title because the band just never went mainstream.
There's a ton of great art out there for the band already since they had many of their album covers done by Ken Kelly, who was more well known for doing art for some of the Kiss albums like Destroyer.
How many extra hours do most spend designing their own playfields? I'm debating whether a homebrew or a re-theme is the way to go. As far as re-themes I have 2 potential donor games - a really rough High Speed and an even rougher Blackout. I feel like the blackout might be easier to make everything work without the ramps and diverters involved like the high speed has.
I'd love to hear if anyone has recommendations for what electronics would be best for a music-themed game. I would definitely want to incorporate nice speakers and a good subwoofer into this. And is there some product on the horizon that will make this easier for average to below average computer users like me?
Thanks!
