These beer-drinking Colorado friends designed a controller to make pinball more inclusive

9 months ago 19

Pinball is a nostalgic arcade game played all over the world. But the standard design of most machines makes it difficult, if not impossible, for people with mobility issues to get in on the fun.

A group of Colorado entrepreneurs wants to change that.

Six friends have invented a controller that can be hooked into a pinball machine to make the game more accessible to people with disabilities, injuries or other physical challenges. Their small hexagonal-shaped device features three round buttons on one side, which a player can use to launch the ball and control the flippers, instead of using the buttons on the machine itself.

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