Mike is a collector and enthusiast of not only arcade and pinball, but home console gaming as well. His knowledge of coin-op and gaming history is impressive. A regular host of our annual meet-up event: Pincade.

Phil has been involved with pinball since the late 1970’s and is the go-to-guy in Auckland for servicing and repairs. His favourite games are Wms Space Mission, Bally Eight Ball DeLuxe and of the modern ones: AC/DC.

Note: There is so much detail in this interview it is slightly longer than usual.

Phil & Roger have been friends in the pinball industry for many years. Phil as an operator and distributor for Data East and Gottlieb. Roger, initially producing wall mounted “penny games” and then as an importer and distributor of video arcade machines and Williams pinball (1960’s - !991). He also owned the Fun City arcade in Auckland.

Below is a letter that Roger sent out to operators, praising the virtues of the then new Data East Gun’s n Roses machine. It is endearing for it’s content.

Tony & Anna live in West Auckland and have a passion for pinball as well as motor racing.

John Bell in his movie study. John was a collector of pinballs in the early 1980s before he ventured into film collecting and enthusiast cinema, which led to him opening the Time Cinema in Wellington’s Lyall Bay.

Right: In March 2016 John sold me The Getaway, for which he had lost the keys some time prior. The was the last machine of his pinball collection.

Mike Burke in 1998 — This interview was broadcast on Wellington's local TV channel: ONTV in early 1998, and features dedicated pinhead Mikey Burke.

BJ is an avid collector and enthusiast, and program developer for the P3 Pinball Multi-Morphic platform. 

Howard has been involved with jukebox, arcade and pinball operating since 1964, and continues to run machines around Auckland and the North Island into 2020. 

Hawkes Bay’s pinball-loving couple, Adam and Lynda are both collectors. Lynda is also the IFPA coordinator for the region.

A keen player since the early 1990s, and has dominated the leaderboard on any machine at Wellington’s longest running café, Midnight Espresso, since it opened in 1989.