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66fyssh said
I had not seen the Virtual Pinball Machines before. The side-by-side comparison video is really amazing!!! I'd love to see and play one in person. Have you heard anything about whether or not you can use a little "english" to move the ball around?? As you know, the use of "english" is very important to being a "Pinball Wizard"!!

I've never seen one of the virtual machines 'in person'. I stumbled across info on them when I was looking for computer pinball games. Since then I've read up a bit and watched a lot of YouTube videos about them. As I understand it, the level of reality varies quite a lot depending on how much effort people put into building them. Even though there isn't an actual pinball some folks opt to install a pull back plunger control to launch the balls. They're connected to micro switches. If you've ever played some of the computer software versions of pinball you've probably seen the games that allow you to nudge the table with the keyboard (or controller). I've read about some guys building inputs into their virtual machines that sense nudging. I guess they use a set of switches similar to the tilt mechanisms for input.

I doubt any of the virtual machines will ever completely duplicate the feel of a real machine but the good ones are supposed to come close. I used to play pinball games on the computer and on a PlayStation. Some were a lot of fun and I imagine a well made cabinet version would be a heck of a lot of entertainment.