Homebrew Showcase: Akira Pinball at Pinball Expo 2026
Summary
Akira Pinball homebrew at Pinball Expo 2026 showcases custom mechs and a comic-inspired artwork plan still in progress.
Marco Pinball homebrew showcase at Pinball Expo 2026 features Dan Albano, designer of the Akira Pinball homebrew, and graphic designer Austin Wade, who handles the playfield and cabinet artwork and has been collaborating on inserts and modes. The segment walks through the game's custom mechanisms, including a player-timed accelerator loop, an elevator mech, and a rising cryo tube mech with magnetic ball chaining, and notes the playfield artwork and inserts are still in progress. The creators say the game is near the playfield printing and insert-testing stage.
Dan Albano's Akira homebrew pinball machine packs a player-timed coil loop, a rising mech and a magnetic ball chain. At PINDEVCON 2026 inside Pinball Expo 2026, Dan and artist Austin walk us through the build, from the hidden lower playfield to the comic-panel art plan.
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