NY FLIPPERPRODUSENT! Rett nok er det snakk om et år eller to til vi kan se noen spill fra
dem, men det spirer og gror i -- av alle steder -- Australia! Her er
en pressemelding fra det relativt nystartede "Pinball Design Team"
Australian Pinball Manufacturer is born. Pinball Design Team is what we call our guys working out of our New Murrumbeena premises in Melbourne Australia. A team of 6 Headed up by Wayne Gillard and Andrew Field, with Hardware & software designer Marc Alexander are busy making a pinball machine from the ground up. Our first whitewood sample will be completed by the end of the year with a whole new hardware and software system which will be network ready and software upgrades via a USB memory stick as some of the features. Advertising will be available on the dotmatrix display in attract mode for any purpose inc new movie releases, Coke or Pepsi ads etc which will help reduce the sell price on games as well. Each new game will be available as a kit to upgrade your last game and most parts used will be generic to help easy access to replacement parts around the world, changeover boards at a cost lower than most repairs will make the games affordable to repair. The games will also be available in a Flat pack or Kit form for the hobby market as well as a home version without coin mechs to be sold via large dept stores. So get ready as we begin a new period in Pinball History. Wayne Gillard Pinball Design Team I tiden etter at Bally/Williams la inn årene, har vi sett et par eksempler på forsøk på å starte opp flipperproduksjon i konkurranse med Stern Pinball. Tiden vil vise om Pinball Design Team vil klare å bringe faktiske produkter til markedet eller om prosjektet går i grøfta før det har kommet seg på veien.
Øyvind Møll - 4/5/2004
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