The cabinet sidekick
The in-cabinet mod recognizes player names, catches final scores, keeps a local cache, drives the playfield display, and leaves room for playful cabinet moments when the internet gets flaky.
What it does
Give every cabinet a live scoreboard and a little personality.
pinball.cv keeps the machine untouched. The mod recognizes Stern Insider Connected players, turns trusted games into scores and messages, and leaves room for a few surprises as the cabinet learns new tricks.
The game-room controls
Pick a machine, refresh scores, change the welcome message, check the plan, handle username bans, or unregister a mod without digging through a maze of settings.
The backbox view
Admins can jump into one operator, see their machines, clean up scores or messages, review plans, and keep trouble names out of the leaderboard chase.
Playfield monitor
Welcome to Smith Pinball Arcade
The ball path
Catch the player, catch the score, keep the fun moving.
Power up
Registered mods check in with the cloud. Fresh installs are added to the right location during setup, then the machine is ready to play.
Find the player
The mod starts tracking only after a real Insider Connected player is present, keeping anonymous games off the board.
Post the score
Final scores are tied to the registered mod and confirmed player name, then sent to the local and global boards.
Stay playable
If the network drops, the machine keeps showing clean local messages and cached scores instead of scary system screens.
Game room
Run the lineup without losing the arcade feel.
Operators get quick controls for the selected machine. Admins can drill into one user, see their cabinets, and use the same score, message, plan, ban, and unregister tools.
Godzilla ProOnline - chasing globals
Jaws PremiumOffline - local scores safe
Foo Fighters LEReady for its first scan
Score
Local
Message
Plan
Ban
Unregister
FreeLocal board and welcome message
ProGlobal chase and bonus tools
ArcadeVenue-wide ideas next
1LUNA_SPIN842,901,220
2JET_BUMP731,004,880
3ORBIT_7685,553,140
LUNA_SPINAllowed
TILT_RAGEBanned
Play modes
Start local, chase global, save the big venue tricks for later.
The dashboards show Free, Pro, and Arcade in one simple matrix. Free and Pro are usable now; Arcade is visible as the future bucket for bigger location-level ideas.
Free play
The baseline cabinet mode: useful, local, and calm when the network blips.
- Heartbeat check-ins
- Custom playfield welcome message
- Local machine leaderboard
- Offline cache for rough Wi-Fi nights
Pro chase
For locations that want every big game to matter beyond the cabinet.
- Global pinball.cv leaderboards
- Richer machine stats
- Dynamic playfield display ideas
- Plan changes from operator and admin dashboards
Arcade mode
A placeholder for bigger venue tools once the first cabinets prove the loop.
- Venue-wide controls TBD
- Fleet-wide moments TBD
- Disabled for selection today
- Reserved for later packaging
Kickstarter campaign coming soon.
pinball.cv is heading toward a Kickstarter launch for players, collectors, and locations that want live scoreboards, cabinet messages, and playful connected moments for real pinball machines.