I started a new kickstarter project this week for a full sized 16x2 alphanumeric display arduino shield that you can add to your custom projects (pinball or other arcade inspired coolness). It is modelled on the late 80s pinball games such as Whirlwind, Black Knight 2000 and Funhouse and is the a similar physical size. An open source library for controlling it will also be released as part of a successful campaign. It has serial in for connecting up to other systems and is i2c based