![]() ![]() Being a pinhead himself, it’s always been a personal goal of Adrian’s to keep his simulations as close to the real thing as he can. "The Pro Pinball simulations are well known for their depth and realism. There are many who share our passion for the series and want to see these titles built for real." He said, " We love Pro Pinball, and we’re not the only ones. That is the team, but we had a whole load of questions to ask them about their Timeshock! project, not the least of which was why they chose to build the real version of a computer pinball simulation.Īs Jurgen told us, it was a natural fit for them, and for Adrian Barritt who created the Pro Pinball series. ![]() ![]() If you send them an e-mail, ask a question on Facebook, or send them a tweet, Marina will be the one you will reach. Marina has earned her stripes working at the biggest national radio station in The Netherlands, and along with her professionalism and knowledge she never fails to bring a dose of positive energy to the team. Marina Veereschild is in charge of customer relations at Silver Castle Pinball. Like Ruben, his number one pinball is Star Trek: The Next Generation. With many years of experience of drawing, graphic design and branding, Jonathan is using his expert knowledgeable of colouring and typography to ensure the Pro Pinball artwork shines in real life. Jonathan Meibergen is the team's graphic artist. Another pinball fan, his favourite game is Star Trek: The Next Generation. So his job is to make all the parts and models ready for production, with special attention being paid to realising the crystal and time machine mechanisms. His background is in industrial design with deep knowledge of materials, production methods and 3D-modelling. Ruben Meibergen is the team's designer and mechanical engineer. Continuing in the same vein, his favourite game is Whirlwind. He stayed with Williams solid-states when he collaborated on the conversion of a Road Kings to a P-ROC-based dot matrix game, as featured in our Dutch Pinball Open report. Pieter van Leijen is Silver Castle Pinball's technical manager with a degree in electronics who has been living and breathing pinball ever since he bought his first pinball - a Williams Stardust - twenty-five years ago. And that doesn't take into account his personal collection of more than 20 collector-quality pinballs, of which his favourite is Whitewater. As an experienced businessman and programming expert it seemed like a natural project for him to tackle. A long-time fan of the Pro Pinball series, he told us it has been his dream to play the Pro Pinball series for real one day. Jurgen van Dulst was the one who initiated the whole project and has been the driving force behind it. They chose the Silver Castle Pinball name after one of their friends kept referring to their development workshop as ' the silver castle', and the name stuck. Jonathan Meibergen and Marina Veereschild Pieter van Leijen, Jurgen van Dulst and Ruben Meibergen Silver Castle Pinball is Jurgen van Dulst, Pieter van Leijen, Ruben Meibergen, Jonathan Meibergen and Marina Veereschild, who have their headquarters in Utrecht in the central part of The Netherlands. Pinball News can now bring you answers to those questions, and a whole lot more. The Web was the first, Big Race USA and Fantastic Journey completed the series, but if any of them was to be made into a real, physical machine, Timeshock! would be the most likely candidate.Ī little over two weeks ago, Silver Castle Pinball, a new pinball maker based in The Netherlands, published a promotional video to reveal that they have plans to bring Timeshock! to life.īut who are Silver Castle Pinball, and how do they plan to bring the Timeshock! computer pinball into the real world? Widely regarded as one of the best, if not the best, pinball simulators around even some seventeen years after it was first released, Timeshock! was the most grounded and realistic of the four Pro Pinball games. ![]()
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