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.
Real pinball. Live scoreboard energy.
Drop a small mod into a real cabinet and let the game talk back: player names, big scores, venue messages, local or global leaderboard chases, and a few extra surprises without touching the switch matrix.
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 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.
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.
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.
Registered mods check in with the cloud. Fresh installs are added to the right location during setup, then the machine is ready to play.
The mod starts tracking only after a real Insider Connected player is present, keeping anonymous games off the board.
Final scores are tied to the registered mod and confirmed player name, then sent to the local and global boards.
If the network drops, the machine keeps showing clean local messages and cached scores instead of scary system screens.
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.
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.
The baseline cabinet mode: useful, local, and calm when the network blips.
For locations that want every big game to matter beyond the cabinet.
A placeholder for bigger venue tools once the first cabinets prove the loop.
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.