Pinball High Score Contest, Sunday 10:00-13:00
2024-08-11 18:00 - 21:00 UTC | Contest Area, West Hall 4
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Pinball High Score Contest
In-person contest
Friday and Saturday: 10:00-18:00, Sunday 10:00-13:00
Contest Area, West Hall 4

The inaugural Pinball High Score contest at DEF CON will run Friday and Saturday: 10:00-18:00, Sunday 10:00-13:00 with games available for daily High Score contests, daily challenges and open qualifying for a main tournament. The daily contests will allow any attendee to play pinball games and attempt to record a qualifying high score on each of the unique games. At 18:00 on Saturday main tournament qualifying will end and the top 8 players with the highest combined scores across all eligible machines will qualify for the Sunday finals event where they could become the first DEF CON Pinball Champion!

Achieving a high score may sound simple but pinball rulesets are very complex and the skill to complete a “Wizard Mode” or achieve a high score requires research, practice, knowledge and execution. Out of the box thinking, analytical skills and pattern recognition are traits that pinball players must exhibit to be successful and some games have rule sets that can be studied and exploited to achieve a high score. Hackers are at an advantage here and while this is just a pinball contest, I expect that the community is ready for this challenge.

Stern Pinball has prepared an exclusive DEF CON 32 digital badge that will be available for any attendee to earn for playing in this event. Additional DEF CON specific Insider Connect badges may be unlocked during game play.

Pinball developers have a long history of including Easter Eggs/COWS in games. Easter eggs “may” also be available for attendees to discover during the conference. Undocumented Easter eggs found by players during the event will be documented, verified and recognized.
