Intellectual copyright? (Pinball Slot Idea)

[stayouttadabunker]

Of course I love coming up with new ideas...
I don't think anyone has ever tried this,  but I'm going to...



Edited subject since it isn't a secret anymore. -knagl

[StatFreak]

Of course I love coming up with new ideas...
I don't think anyone has ever tried this,  but I'm going to...

 

[stayouttadabunker]

 
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It hard to divulge the details because I don't have an intellectual copyright on this yet...
I don't have too much intellect to begin with.... 
I'm just starting the topic because I have more to add later on....
My idea is geared toward the attraction of the baby boomer generation.


Basically, I'm sticking a slot machine in a pinball machine...

Bally and Williams is going to reopen their pinball machine divisions after this.
IGT will end up buying all of Gottlieb's old pinball tooling equipment from their warehouses?

[reho33]

I don't have any proof but i think that it has been done before? If you have access to patent search tools try looking there..

[stayouttadabunker]

okay,
screw the copyright stuff then...
I never planned on selling any...lol
I just wanna make one for myself.

I'm thinking of going with a 2 coin Double Diamond Haywire theme.
Or the LCD screened Tabasco with Simm sound?
Maybe stick in a Mikohn progressive display and attach a nice flashing topper?
Add, a TITO to the front door and a hopper dispensing coins into a tray?
The ball rolling through certain lanes will start placing bets and get the the reels spinning.
How many targets should I knock down to get into the bonus round?

[Tilt]

Like this? 


1971 Williams Jackpot.  Photo from the Internet Pinball Database

[stayouttadabunker]

Actually, that's pretty nice...
I was thinking of throwing the reels into the backbox along with a progressive display panel.
Heck, might as well throw an S+ hopper inside and attach a coin tray too!
Who'd like a Double Diamond Haywire pinball machine with
all the cool looking graphics details on the sides and on the deck??

[knagl]

Source: http://www.slotball.com/


I *know* that I've seen a picture before of a slot game that was on what looked to be a S+ slant top, with a big top box that was a pinball game.  I distinctly remember seeing a guy (maybe one of the creators/designers) sitting at the game in a promotional photo pointing at it -- a large overhead sign said, "Play Pinball!"  I don't know where I saw it (it may have been here or somewhere else on the web), and of course I can't find it now.  From what I remember, though, it looked like it was a slot concept that did indeed hit casino floors -- perhaps around the mid 90's.  Has anyone else seen that photo I'm talking about?


Mark- Many early pinball machines were in fact pseudo-slot machines -- they had hoppers and coin trays and players could win (or lose) money based on the outcome of their game.  Those games got outlawed most everywhere, and that's why you see the phrase "for amusement only" on even modern-day pins.

[stayouttadabunker]

I'm seeing that...oh well, I'm never gonna get rich...LOL
Turning my pinball into a DD Haywire theme is going to fun...
I found an old pinball that had a destroyed play-field.
The mechanisms and switches work nearly perfect!
Instead of restoring the playfield,
I'm going to paint the DD Haywire graphics onto it and on the pinball cabinet.
Then, the whole thing will be clear-coated to protect to paint.
That's pretty much the way they restore pin play-fields nowadays.
I'm not putting a handle on it like the drawing you posted...
That thing looks like a slant top like you said...that will  be way too heavy.
I have to build a back-box deep enough to house all the reels, progressive system, lighting,etc.
The rest will be inside the cabinet...there's plenty of room.
I know there are thousands of themes to choose from but DD Haywire is my favorite because of the colors really...
It would be nice to hear suggestions as to which switches on the playfield will control the slot machine components...

[uniman]

Source: http://www.slotball.com/


I *know* that I've seen a picture before of a slot game that was on what looked to be a S+ slant top, with a big top box that was a pinball game.  I distinctly remember seeing a guy (maybe one of the creators/designers) sitting at the game in a promotional photo pointing at it -- a large overhead sign said, "Play Pinball!"  I don't know where I saw it (it may have been here or somewhere else on the web), and of course I can't find it now.  From what I remember, though, it looked like it was a slot concept that did indeed hit casino floors -- perhaps around the mid 90's.  Has anyone else seen that photo I'm talking about?


Mark- Many early pinball machines were in fact pseudo-slot machines -- they had hoppers and coin trays and players could win (or lose) money based on the outcome of their game.  Those games got outlawed most everywhere, and that's why you see the phrase "for amusement only" on even modern-day pins.

Here's the pic you were talking about;
http://newlifegames.net/nlg/index.php?topic=2979.msg34624#msg34624

[knagl]

Here's the pic you were talking about;

Yes!  That's it!  Thank you and K+ Uniman -- I knew I had seen it before! 

From the other thread, here was Uniman's caption for that picture:

Here is a picture of Randy Adams standing in front of the pinball slot. Randy was at Universal in 1984 when he and Gary Harris introduced the virtual stop slot with stepper reels. He moved to Anchor Gaming and is seen here introducing the pinball slot at the 1997 gaming expo.