Various companies make digital pinball cabinets, with working DMD screens, digital backboxes, working solenoids, shaker motors, and tilt bobs to seriously blur the line between real and digital. Not too many locations in the world that can boast that number, and these won’t ever be down for maintenance. There are as of this writing 144 real world tables you can play recreations of either on your iPhone or PC, fully licensed by the original manufacturers. What digital pinball does offer is a valid alternative. Don’t get me wrong, I love real pinball and am not here to convince you digital is better. My name is Chris, and I am a digital pinball junkie. A Beginner’s Guide to Virtual Pinball by Chris Friebus
