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Completing the code

What do you do if you’re not satisfied with the rules of a machine that you own? One option is to rewrite them, and it’s something that’s being done by an [...]
Weird science: converting EMs to SS and creating replica machines

Somewhere in Africa there’s a man who turns EMs into solid state machines. There’s no dark magic involved, just some weird science picked up from the South [...]
Wizard Mode pinball movie – exclusive interview

The director talks: fascinating insights into the new feature-length pinball documentary about Robert Gagno. [...]
Dutch pinball invasion, part 1

Consider this: The Netherlands is a very flat country. And this: Pinball machines need to be placed somewhere flat. Coincidence? I think not. No, you have got to think [...]
Book review: Santiago Ciuffo’s “Pinball”

A new coffee table art book of Argentinian pins [...]

Timeshock! Virtual pinball goes physical

22nd July 2014 // 2 Comments

Imagine a computer game becoming real. Not cool if that results in a load of Galaxians running round your front room, but when the game in question is a pinball simulator [...]
Bye bye incandescents: The Walking Dead is all-LED

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Wizard Mode pinball movie – exclusive interview

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Revealed: the most significant pinball machine ever

23rd January 2015 // 5 Comments

Here’s a question: what is the most culturally, historically or aesthetically significant pinball machine of all time? Humpty Dumpty? Nip It? Gorgar? The Addams Family, [...]
EM dawn: the rebirth of cool

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Play better! Pinball tips from the world’s top competitors

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The amazing story behind Roadshow’s “Red”

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Heighway Pinball’s Alien – update

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Dutch pinball invasion, part 1

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Does pinball licencing work?

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21st century pinball

16th April 2014 // 0 Comments

Pinball machines were commonplace in arcades and snackbars when Koen Heltzel was a child in Roermond, The Netherlands, in the early 1990s, but by the time he had grown up and [...]
Completing the code

10th May 2014 // 4 Comments

What do you do if you’re not satisfied with the rules of a machine that you own? One option is to rewrite them, and it’s something that’s being done by an [...]
How to score big on games you’ve never played before

13th March 2015 // 5 Comments

You’re at a league meet or a competition, and you’re up next on a machine you’ve never player before. So what do you do? If you don’t have an inkling [...]
Twisted Pins ramps up new business

14th May 2014 // 2 Comments

Ramps, eh? They’re not sexy and they’re not glamorous. And if you’ve got a pin with a ramp that’s knackered then that can be a bit of a problem. [...]

Completing the code