I really like pinball and own a machine myself. Yet as fun as this one is, it is quite big and expensive and needs a lot of maintenance. Enter the modern age and digital pinball machines where a computer screen replaces the playfield. Through software you can play many different tables. Okay, great I thought. But the machines that were available were still big and expensive. And the ‘feeling’. wasn’t always there. Not due to the software but to the cabinet itself, the hardware part. It mostly felt like an engineer put something technical together without understanding design. Or sometimes the other way around, like a designer did the job without understanding all the -uninteresting yet necessary- technical aspects. Okay for diehards but not really suited for the average pinball lover.

I decided to change this. I already played pinball on my iPad. It has a great glossy display, smooth gameplay and starts quickly. Ideal for playing pinball in my room. It would be great if I could build a small pinball machine around it. That way it would be affordable and I could put it everywhere. And so the MiniPin was born. Now after more than two years and many technical hurdles the prototype is ready. A unique digital pinball machine that uses your iPad. It’s a bit like having dozens of pinball machines in your house at a fraction of the cost! It looks great, plays great and works right out of the box. And for specialists like me there is room to tweak and change things and work with the digital pinball community on this. I will update this page regularly with new information.