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I'll take things we don't really need for $300 ...
NihonTiger90 \| 12:22 PM on 11.12.2008	11 comments

Behold Nanotech Entertainment's Pinball Wizard Controller. It is probably the ultimate solution to all your pinball controller needs, at least according to Kotaku. This is the first time I've seen this controller. It is pretty damn impressive, featuring a real plunger, real flipper buttons and tilt-sensing abilities, but the biggest problem is that it's a PC controller, and well ... when's the last time you played a pinball game on the PC?

Or maybe it's the $300 price tag. One wouldn't expect something like this to come cheap, but $300 to buy a controller that you can only really use for a handful of games seems like a bit of a stretch. It is guaranteed to be future-proof - that is, compatible with all future PC pinball titles - but I just don't know if there's a real market for this. It'll make a great novelty item one day, though.

What do you guys think? I'm passing on it for sure.

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10 comments | showing # 1 to 10

garison

Pass as well. It's a doo not want for me.

MrSadistic

If I was able to control a legion of pinball machines to do my own evil bidding, then it would be totally worth it.

Char Aznable

Instead of the plunger, this should have the pistol handle/trigger like the Terminator pinball game. That was awesome.

So no, not buying this at all.

galagabug

dude, there's a pinmame. if you like pinball, offer it your soul. there are also much better solutions out there, but for $300 this looks decent.

Holyetheline

It's neat but I don't want it.

Aerox

No computer or console pinball game will ever come close to the glory of Crystal Caliburn.

If you actually want pinball games though, LittleWing makes great ones, and all but the newest are free.

http://www.littlewingpinball.com/contents/en/downloads/index.html

nukka jdav

Last time I played a PC pinball game was when I was eight years old.

It was movie pinball or something, it fuckin ruled.

pendelton21

I'd buy that for a dollar.

Wedge

Hay now, 3D Ultra Pinball was awesome...

Mxyzptlk

What galagabug, Wedge, and Aerox said. To be honest, I play more PinMame on my computer than any other game.

That's an awesome idea, but not $300 worth of awesome.

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