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I’ve been a Visual Pinball user for around 24 years now. Like most people, I started with a single screen. Then came the backglass monitor. Then another screen. Before long, you want it to feel more and more like a real machine, so you start building cabinets and custom setups to house everything. Then PuP-Packs arrived… and suddenly you needed even MORE screens. 😄 Over the years I’ve probably built a dozen different cabinets and setups. Just a few years ago I had a full custom 4-screen cab that I absolutely loved. Then in 2025 I picked up a Quest 3 and decided to finally give VPX VR a real shot. It completely blew me away. Honestly, THIS was what I had been waiting for all along. Once I got everything dialed in and running smoothly, I was hooked. The 4-screen cabinet eventually came down, and a VPin Sim Cab was born. I used that VR cabinet setup for a little over a year, but over the past few months I realized something: I didn’t even want to walk away from my desk anymore to stand at the sim cabinet. Instead, I found myself standing right at my desk using a small custom pinball controller I built. It was simpler, easier, and honestly just fit my life better. Living in a small one-bedroom apartment means space matters. My desk is an L-shaped rising desk, but a few months ago I removed the “L” section. I really missed having that extra workspace back, but the only way to reclaim it was to get rid of the VPin Sim. That got my brain going. I started thinking about how I could somehow make the VPin Sim PART of the desk itself. One of my desks originally came with two shelves. A while back I turned one of them into a custom pinball controller so I could still stand and play comfortably at my desk. Looking at it one day, it hit me: “If I remove these side pieces, I could mount it underneath the desk… then add this… then that…” And just like that, the project started. This morning I finally made the decision to fully tear down the VPin Cab. I gutted the whole thing. The only parts I didn’t reuse were the front and rear tactile speakers and an original William's plunger. Ended up using a smaller plunger that connected to the KL25Z board the same way the William's did. The new setup runs through a 2.1 system + a mini shaker. Since I mostly play with headphones anyway, losing full 7.1 SSF really wasn’t a huge sacrifice for me (I really loved my 7.1 SSF). I also skipped lighting effects this time around. I wanted this build to stay as clean and simple as possible. Honestly, I’m a little sad seeing the cabinet go after all these years… but at the same time, this feels like the next evolution for me, and I’m genuinely happy with how it turned out. One of the coolest parts is that now the entire setup can be adjusted to the perfect height whenever I want. My Wife was impressed with me and what I did, That makes me really happy. Over the years, every cabinet and project I’ve built has been inspired by ideas from other VPX users and builders in this community. Seeing everyone’s custom creations has always sparked ideas for me, and that’s one of the reasons I still love sharing my own VPX journey after all these years. Hopefully something here sparks an idea for someone else too. Cheers!

Hi there and thanks for taking the time to read this post. I wanted to reach out to members of this forum on behalf of a client who would like to create a new Visual Pinball table based on an existing title to help promote their brand so where better to find someone with enough experience to do a first-rate job! In a nutshell, to help keep costs down, an existing VP tables mechanics will be used but all assets will be replaced by assets provided by our client to remove all the elements of the original title. Off the top of my head: The playfield will have to be replaced whilst keeping all the ramps, bumpers etc in the same place to not affect the gameplay. The DMD and backglass will be replaced. The SFX and music will be replaced (again provided by client). The table will be for private use and non-commercial If you are interested in working on this project, please DM me your details along with some examples of any previous tables you have made and an idea of how much you would charge to help us to make this happen. The successful applicant will need to be willing to commit to producing this in a set timeframe, within budget and to sign a binding NDA as this has been imposed on us (and hence must be on all our suppliers too). Look forward to hearing from you and hopefully working together on this project!

View File Triumph Table (with Backglass) - read notes for requirements Based on the ABBA table by GrayGhost (thanks for the permission to MOD!!) which was based on jpsalas's Vortex Taito table from 1981. *Table requires the Vortex rom to run properly. Music not included for copyright reasons. To add you fav Triumph tracks create a TRIUMPH folder in your Virtual Pinball/Music director and add tracks in mp3 format. 10 music tracks are set right now but can changed to more or less in the script - see note near the top of script. Music must be labelled Triumph-song1.mp3, Triumph-song2.mp3, ... Triumph-song10.mp3 Thanks to Rik Emmett, Mike Levine and Gil Moore, the members of TRIUMPH, for all of the music the created.This table is distributed free to the v/pinball community and meant to be enjoyed by TRIUMPH fans everywhere. Rules are the same as for the ABBA table. Submitter cart Submitted 10/24/2021 Category Original (Original) Game Creations Link to B2S included in zip Link to Media Pack Permission to Mod Yes