The Pinball Podcast

Pinball March Madness is just about over and now Jeff can finally get some rest. Thank you everyone for participating!

* Don used the word accouterments

* Mojozone wins our Episode 17 contest, a shirt of his choice thanks to Pinballshirts.com!

* The minimalist Pinbot design we talked about via GameRoomJunkies.com

* The Pittsburgh Pinball Open 4 has donated a shirt for this months contest.  Thanks to Dan from WireNot for the hook up.  Also, check out his custom pinball art.

* Stern finally announces Metallica, details courtesy of Pinballnews.com

* Predator playfield art revealed

* Pinball Soul Podcast

* Data East Star Wars code revision

CORRECTION:  On the show, I incorrectly recommended using an emory board to clean contacts.  Joe Zenkus caught the mistake though and said not to use it!  He’s right!  Use FLEXSTONE.  I swear I use flexstone, and just called it the wrong thing because I have a limited vocabulary.  I swear. *cough*  400 grit sandpaper is also acceptable. – Don

MORE CORRECTIONS: 

* Mike Goss pointed out that Checkpoint was the first game that allowed you to select your music.  We weren’t disputing this, but it may have come out that way.

* Rob C felt that we were overlooking the Stern Premium model.  We will probably talk about this again, but we were more going to the point of ditching the Pro model, keeping the Premium and LE.

* Zaccaria made a railroad themed game called ‘Locomotion’, not ‘Locomotive’.

* Pinball at the Zoo – April 19 & 20 – Kalamazoo, MI

* Rocky Mountain Pinball Showdown – April 26-28 – Denver, CO

* PinFest 2013 – May 3-4 – Allentown, PA

* Featured Machine: Whitewater

* Top Five: Favorite Mindless Fun Pins

* Virtual Pinball: Whitewater and Space Shuttle join Cactus Canyon and Central Park on The Pinball Arcade.  Zaccaria Pinball hits iOS.

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Episode 17 is here, and we’re ready to kick of Pinball March Madness. Brackets are available now, so get your entries in by Tuesday morning. Voting will begin on Tuesday after the deadline. Here are the notes for the rest of the show.

* Contest sponsored by PinballShirts.com.  Check them out!

* George Gomez on WGN Radio

* The Hobbit cabinet art revealed via Pinballhead.com

* National Pinball Museum in Baltimore closing

* Kickstarter of the Month: Bring Back the Arcade

* Louisville Arcade Expo  – March 8-10 – arcaderx.com

* Texas Pinball Festival – Dallas – March 15-17 – texaspinball.com

* Midwest Gaming Classic – Brookfield, WI – March 23-24 midwestgamingclassic.com

* Michigan Pinball Expo – Rochester – April 4-7 – mipinball.com

* Featured Machine/Top Five: Ritchie Brothers

* Virtual Pinball: Dr. Dude and Firepower hit The Pinball Arcade, Star Wars Pinball debuts on Zen platforms

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It’s been a longer layoff than normal, but we’re back with episode 16. This month we spend more time on listener feedback, comments, and questions, and we think it made for a great show. Here are the show notes:

* What we’ve been doing in pinball

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The PIN at CES

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Code updates for X-Men out, Transformers supposedly still coming

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Spooky Pinball is gearing up to produce games? ‘Pinball Zombies from Beyond the Grave’

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Stern’s re-run of Tron teased

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ColorDMD releases for Star Trek: The Next Generation

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Leaks confirm that Stern is developing Star Trek

* rancegt’s pins graded by price and rating: Value for Money, Grade 4, Grade 3

* Feb 22-24 – Rose City Pinball in Portland AND Florida Arcade & Pinball Expo

* Feb 28 – March 2 – Ohio Pinball Show

* Featured Five – Hardest Fixes in Pinball

* Featured Machine – Revenge From Mars

* Featured Virtual – Attack From Mars and Genie on The Pinball Arcade, Momonga on iOS, Star Wars coming to Zen Pinball

* Product Review – Rottendog White Star Board

* Listener Feedback

* Listener Q&A

Near the end of the show, we ran into some technical problems that cut recording off a bit. Luckily we were wrapping up, but in case you’re wondering what happened, now you know. Thanks for listening, and make sure to catch up with us on Facebook, Twitter, or by emailing us.

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Episode 15 to close out 2012!  Now with 10% less horrible Thanksgiving-themed pop songs!

* Our thoughts on Special When Lit – A Pinball Documentary

* Listener, Mitchell, asks about our thoughts on Stern Transformers Pro

* Listener, Don, asks about TZ TPA issues, which Jeff covered (in part) in this video.

* Listener, Jason, shares a story about his son playing X-Men, as seen here:

* Our thoughts on Avengers and The Hulk LE

* ‘The Pin’ on location at… Costco…

* Featured Five: Naughty and Nice

* Featured Machine: Taxi

Thanks for listening, everybody. Remember to chime in on our Facebook page, shoot us a mention on Twitter, or drop us an email at pinballpodcast [at] gmail.com.

Episode 14 is upon us, and it’s our most rambling show yet!  Side note: we have not figured out how to reply to messages sent via this site.  So, we’re not trying to be rude by not replying, we’ll figure it out eventually.

* Current WMS ‘About Us’ page

* Multimorphic.com, creators of P3 pinball

* Stern’s ‘The Pin’ promo video

* Stern’s ‘Avengers’ rumor confirmed via Arcadeheroes.com

* Wizard of Oz ‘Crystal Ball’ feature revealed at last

* ProPinball Kickstarter failed

* Featured Five: Favorite backglass/translite art (see bottom of post for links)

* Featured Machine: Shrek

* Virtual Machine news: Pinball Maniacs on iOS, Twilight Zone on TPA, Marvel Civil War is out now

We both made big lists of our favorite backglass art, here’s a list of links so you can view them for yourselves.

Don’s favorites:

* Impacto

* King Kong

* Popeye Saves the Earth

* Black Knight 2000

* Spanish Eyes

* Pinball by Stern

* Cosmic Gunfight

* Alien Star

* Kings of Steel

* Sorcerer

* Andromeda

* MotorDome

* Pin*Bot

* Big Guns

* Fire!

* Jokerz!

* Earthshaker

* Atlantis

* Elvira and the Party Monsters

* Mata Hari

* Class of 1812

* Hurricane

* White Water

* Junk Yard

* Triple Action

* Heighway Pinball’s ‘Full Throttle’ flyer via Pinballnews.com

* Transformers Home Pin via Pinballnews.com

* Wizard of Oz video from the Pacific Pinball Expo – Sept 22, 2012

* Skit-B October Predator Update video

* Featured Five: Tools You Can’t Live Without

* Stainless Steel Round Magnetic Parts Tray that Don mentioned…

* Magnetic Light Mine that Jeff mentioned…

* An example of a Digital Soldering Station

* Leaf Adjustment Tool via Pinballlife.com

* IDC Insertion Tool via Pinballlife.com

* Gameroom Junkies Podcast featuring Patrick and Preston

* Spooky Pinball Podcast starring Charlie and KT

* Featured Machine: Haunted House

* This Old Pinball DVD featuring Haunted House

* Scared Stiff and Big Shot coming soon to the Pinball Arcade

The top five tools segment was suggested by Mike Goss, but we forgot to give him credit on the show!  Thanks, Mike!  And thanks to everyone for listening!  See you in a month!

Episode 12 show notes (for posterity).

* We talked a bit about Jolly Park, manufactured by SpinBall.

* Listener Kevin asked for TPP video podcasts, turns out Jeff has been making them for years.  Check out his site, Silverball Restorations.

* Pro Pinball Kickstarter page

* Pacific Pinball Museum Indiegogo crowdsourcing page

* The New Pinball Dictionary

* Best of Craigslist Pinball – courtesy of listener, Joe Zenkus

* Pacific Pinball Expo 2012 – happening right now!

* The White Rose Gameroom Show – October 12 & 13

* Pinball Expo 2012 – October 17 – 21

* Featured Five – 5 Pins for Non-Pinball Players suggested by Tony

* Featured Machine – Theatre of Magic

* Taxi and Harley Davidson hit The Pinball Arcade.

* Forgot to mention that a Plants vs. Zombies table hit Zen Pinball and Pinball FX2.

* Location Report – Check out Flipper McGill’s in Idaho Springs, CO RIGHT NOW.

* Location Report II – Listener Bill highly recommended The Pinball Parlour in PA.

* Craigslist finds – Arizona EMs and Freddy in CO

* Product Review – Pinball Magazine Issue #1

Thanks for listening!  More pinball talk to come (at some point) every month!

 

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