Arcade Heroes

[Via Barcade.com and Play Meter Magazine]

It’s always great to hear stories that come out of wishes granted by the Make-A-Wish foundation. This particular one deals with Ryan (last name not given), a 10 year old boy with a rare disease (also not listed what it is but it appears to make use of appendages such as his hands either difficult or impossible) whose wish it was to become a pinball wizard. Obviously due to his condition this would be a problem so a company called U Can Do Inc. modified a Stern Spiderman machine so Ryan and others that also suffer from similar conditions can play pinball. The new controls overrides the standard pin controls with large circular domd switches that can be slapped with one hand or two. If the player is unable to use their hands, the feet may be used and if the player cannot use anything below the neck, they can be tapped with a twitch of the head. I have not seen anything like this for pinball before although I have for arcade titles (SF Rush 2049 is a good example).  Ryan’s wish was granted by Fox 11 in Los Angeles, the Mak-A-Wish Foundation and U Can Do Inc.
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Tags: Make-A-Wish, Pinball, Stern, U Can Do Inc.