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Turning playfields into coffee tables

What you see above is a pinball table. Or, more accurately, a pinball coffee table. It’s based on a genuine 1987 Zaccaria Earth Wind Fire playfield, and it was dreamed [...]
Sexing up bad translites

Every now and then you come across a great game – with a translite that’s so ugly it has you reaching for a paper bag. Two machines spring to mind immediately; [...]
Keeping pinball alive in the land of fire and ice

Iceland is a spectacularly beautiful country, but it’s a tough place to live if you happen to be a pinball nut. Who plays pinball in a pond? Crazy Viking dudes. Photo: [...]
Pinball 2000 – back from the grave?

Pinball 2000 was meant to make it easy for operators to change the game in a pinball cabinet from one title to another. There was just one problem: in 1999, after the [...]
What’s the point of pop bumpers?

Pop bumpers, jet bumpers, thumper bumpers – call them what you will: you’ll find them on machines of pretty much all ages. They certainly look good and photograph [...]

Review: Monitor pins in storage – BlueMaestro Tempo

14th November 2014 // 1 Comment

Many pinheads have got more pinball machines than space to set them up in. It’s a simple fact of pinball life. One is never enough, and many of us go on buying them [...]
George Gomez interview: his take on colour displays and more

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Completing the code

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Pinball Magazine 3 – 7 reasons to get it

10th October 2015 // 1 Comment

There's plenty to drool over in Pinball Magazine 3, even for non-Kiss fans [...]
Ghostbusters, Alien, Whoa! Nellie: latest updates.

12th January 2016 // 0 Comments

The signs from EAG are that Stern Ghostbusters is imminent [...]
Turning playfields into coffee tables

22nd May 2014 // 0 Comments

What you see above is a pinball table. Or, more accurately, a pinball coffee table. It’s based on a genuine 1987 Zaccaria Earth Wind Fire playfield, and it was dreamed [...]
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. [...]

Turning playfields into coffee tables