One of the more interesting developments in the Pinball industry has been the “Homebrew” machine, basically single machines or sometimes two machines that are made out of the whole cloth or occasionally made using other machines with new art and roms.
Example 1 is Ferris Bueller
What’s rather interesting to me is that with a home brew game you don’t have to worry about buying the rights because it’s not an item for sale. The fellow who made the Sonic the hedgehog pinball machine didn’t have that problem as Sega apparently embraced the whole idea of the machine.
And there are also others that are more basic, made completely out of the whole cloth to wit:
The great thing about a festival like Pintastic is that these one or two of a kind games get exposure to the general public who can enjoy and appreciate all that comes with this hobby.
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