@markwyner@mas.toIn 1976, Sesame Street had a segment in rotation called “Pinball Number Count.” The music is captivating, hopping between 4/4, 4/3, and 5/4 time signatures. And the animation is bursting with color and life. It has forever lived in my head.
Fun fact 1: the song counts to 12, but there were only 11 segments.
Fun fact 2: the vocals were provided by The Pointer Sisters.
If you really must know, I'm like the Nolan Ryan of getting the pinball stuck where it was never meant to go...
Xenon (Bally 1980).
Notable Features: Flippers (2), Pop bumpers (4), Slingshots (2), Kick-out holes (2), 4-bank drop targets (1), Mini-rollover buttons (4), Standup targets (2), Spinning target (1), 2-ball multiball.
Right ramp sends ball through elevated tube to left-side lane. Infinity lights behind backglass.
This is the first talking Bally game, using the AS-2518-56 sound board and the AS-2518-57 "Vocalizer" board instead of the "Squawk and Talk" system.
A personal best on Harlem Globetrotters on Tour, by Bally 1978.
It's a solid state game, but I'm currently obsessed with this and another Bally game, Paragon. Unlike that one, you can actually master HGOT because the plusX values all feed a single, easy and mostly safe shot through the left side spinner.
It only took me three games to rack up 8 credits.
#FemmeFlip is officially 2 years old! 
Celebrated the anniversary of our #WomensPinballLeague last nite in our amazing new clubhouse with an Irish-inspired menu of bangers and mash… I leaned in to my heritage and brought potatoes 3 ways: classic mashed, German-inspired potato salad & fried with some cheese. (Yes I quoted the famous line from Lord of The Rings.) Another pal brought sausages & fried onions, and one member’s mom decorated cookies with our group logo.What a blast! #YVR #Pinball
fan theory: Jane Austen had #pinball in mind when plotting "Pride and Prejudice". The book looks perfectly designed to be adapted into rules for a pinball machine, where you have to make certain shots for stages of courtship to pair off the sisters, avoid Lydia ending up [spoiler redacted], country dance multiball mode...
(hope this Kickstarter is successful with their literary-themed pinball, maybe they will do Pride and Prejudice next https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/wonderlandamusements/wonderland-pinball )
Good morning Fedi, anyone play #pinball ? Since I can't fit a pinball table in my apartment, any virtual pinball recommendations?
I recently posted a video of Stern's painted light bulbs and mentioned the bulb condoms Williams used. Naturally I was asked to show the condoms!
So here's the difference. Williams put these silicone filters over theirs to change the color. While I'm pretty hardcore Williams fan, I somehow always liked how the painted incandescent bulbs look like.
If you really must know, I'm like the Loreen of getting the ball stuck where it was never meant to go...
If you really must know, I'm like the Jim Henson getting the pinball stuck where it was never meant to go...
Review for Pokémon Pinball on Game Boy Color.
Taken from Total Game Boy 4 (Color) - July 1999 (UK)
I feel that this review misses the ball here, as I enjoyed Pokémon Pinball a ton on the GBC.
Kinda with the Second Opinion writer did this review instead...
This issue can be downloaded here in full:
https://www.outofprintarchive.com/catalogue/TotalGameBoy.html
Got Judge Dredd and the Zone done today. I'm really itching to get back to my Road Show project and finally put the thing back together.
Anyway, here's the shiny Zone.
Here we go, the first production version of the Who Dunnit's 3D printed reel. In the end, 7 different prototypes were made, zeroing in on the shape and then the transparent material. Naturally also learned about designing stuff with FreeCAD while doing it.
Seen in this video is the 2 part model, where the hub and wheel part are printed separately so no support is needed. Before this I also quickly tried on the one piece version but didn't put decal on it.
In the end I reused the old decal as it came off in good shape and it seems to stay on the reel just fine.
All in all, this was a fun project that taught me a lot. Next I'll probably go back to tackling the modified Road Show project when I have the extra time.
Taking some advice from @FediTips to do an introductory post about myself https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/114133970187268189 and pin it to my profile. I am Dave, I'm from the UK but I live in the Netherlands where I work as a contractor at the European Space Agency. I help coordinate education related activities on board the ISS for the European astronauts. I have a wife and two kids under the age of 10. My hobbies include #retrocomputing and #pinball (playing and fixing). I want to design my own pinball machine one day.
The Who Dunnit #pinball machine slot machine reel project appears to be a success. This part seems to be difficult to find around here and even when repros are available in the US, these cost over $100 to import here, which I find a bit steep for a plastic piece this simple, so I made my own.
I'll release a video soon about the whole project and how the finished product looks installed in the game.
The model is now available here for #3dprinting:
My Who Dunnit project is nearing completion. I printed the first production version of the reel and applied the decal to it. I intended to buy a set of decals, but this one peeled off intact. I had feared I'd never get it to look good, but this filament saved my day, I tip my had to Formfutura for their clear HDglass PETG. #pinball #pinrepair #arcaderepair #3dprinted
Elvira's House of Horrors, Stern 2019.
I'm so glad my two previous favorites of pinball history got the 3rd game to follow them. So much love went into theming it, from Cassandra's commentary to custom video segments and all the crappiest movies from Movie Macabre revival.
It's also damn pretty machine and unlike Party Monsters and Scared Stiff, it has a relatively deep rule set.
Mechanically this is one of my least favorite Sterns, so many annoying design choices that need constant fixing or the huge QA issues it had.
Elvira's House of Horrors was cleaner than Cassandra's puns, I pulled the plastic ramps to clean them from the underside, which made it look like new 
#pinball #pinrepair
