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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 [...]
App review: Level your pin the easy way with PinGuy

Everyone loves a new addition to their pin collection, but setting it up so it’s level and angled right? Let’s face it: it’s a pain in the backside: down on [...]
Original themes and women’s titles from Stern?

Why do all Stern pinball machines have licenced themes? Wrestlemania, The Walking Dead, Mustang, Star Trek, Avengers, X-Men – well you get the idea. The company is [...]
Five chinese pinball machines are GO!

Mike Kalinowski is building a pinball factory in China, which is odd because Chicago is supposed to be the centre of pinball manufacturing. But then again pinball factories [...]

Playfield paradise

29th April 2014 // 1 Comment

Imagine handing over a beaten up old Addams Family playfield, and getting it back a few months later in perfect, minty, as-new condition. Henrik Maurer You may suspect some [...]
John Popadiuk: pinball’s Steve Jobs?

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Review: Monitor pins in storage – BlueMaestro Tempo

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Images from Expo 2014

20th October 2014 // 0 Comments

It’s Game Over for Pinball Expo, but here are some of Pavlov Pinball’s snaps from Chicago. There’s zombies, Dudes, Galaxy Girls, EMs galore and plenty of [...]
An odd way to make dull pins interesting

3rd July 2014 // 0 Comments

How do you make a game you’re bored of playing more interesting? What about messing about with the balls? Buster Gonad’s unfeasibly large balls probably [...]
How game rules come about

26th April 2015 // 0 Comments

Pavlov Pinball talks to Keith Johnson, coder of The Hobbit, LOTR and TSPP [...]
Official mods on the cards at Stern, JJP

18th August 2014 // 2 Comments

There’s no shortage of modfathers and other creative people out there who are making money by designing and selling mods for pinball machines. But for manufacturers, [...]

Pinball 2000 – back from the grave?