Steve Young is the owner of the Pinball Resource, and he is a wealth of knowledge.
We discuss his start in the hobby, some of his best-loved games, thoughts on specific games, the business of pinball, and much more!
Visit http://www.pbresource.com to see some of the parts that are available. Steve is constantly working to bring us new parts, and you can see some of his work at http://pbresource.com/news.html.
Contact Steve for parts orders at 845-473-7114.
You can also email Jimmy at pbr@pbresource.com
Pinball Resource is a fantastic, well... resource!
Thank you, Steve!
The Multi-Bingo is working very well! I am having a lot of fun losing on a variety of games in a single cabinet.
Right now I have (mostly) working:
Bright Lights (100%)
Broadway '51 (100%)
Coney Island
Spot-Lite
Palm Beach
Leader
Zingo
Circus
Stars
Atlantic City
Barrel 'O Fun
Barrel O' Fun 61
Fun Way
Lotta Fun
Stock Market
Ticker Tape
I have lots of bugfixing to do, and some cosmetic work to do before York.
Dan from Tiltcycle has a United Manhattan for sale near the Pittsburgh area. A beautiful flipperless woodrail with fantastic artwork and challenging gameplay. Increasing your bonus, earning the double bonus and collecting it looks very fun - contact Dan for more information!
I am working on artwork and portioning for additional games. I'm excited to show it off in just a matter of a few weeks!
The Multi-Bingo is alive!!! I've been playtesting and enjoying the gameplay of Bright Lights and Broadway '51.
All 13 games currently implemented have changes that were required once the actual hardware was plugged in.
I'm working on a new game!
For tonight's featured game, I learned about 1952's Bally Miss California this week:
http://ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=4753
Miss California is a re-themed Atlantic City without the Extra Ball feature. It was apparently produced for the West Coast.
The game is just about ready to test! I have a switch issue, and a couple of computer issues that I have resolved, then I should be playing a ton of new bingos. :-D
There's a solid state magic screen game called Palm Beach Turbo for sale by the operator near Baltimore, MD. Please contact me if you are interested in an inexpensive solid state bingo!
http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=5495
Today's featured game is 1960's Bally Ball Park - the first and only game that Bally produced with a running man unit. I really wonder why that might have happened. A fairly straightforward two player pitch and bat, Bally Park has a moving red target that will score four runs when hit!
http://ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=2890
The game's schematic is complete and now I am beginning to wire it up!
So exciting to see the game move from conceptual phases to physical reality.
Much, much more work left to do, but things are coming along nicely!
Today's game is 1967's Bally Boot-a-Ball. This is a head-to-head EM soccer game. Each player has three sets of flippers to attempt to get the ball into their opponent's goal.
http://ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=356
The game is starting to become a physical reality now!
I went on a road trip over the weekend to pick up hardware from Dennis Dodel. Had a great time, and Ava and I got to meet Dennis and his friend Jon.
Now, I'm working on the hardware and wiring, and I am more excited than ever!
Today's game is 1962's Williams 3 Coins. 3 Coins is the replay version of Jolly Jokers. The layout is unique and interesting to play, as well as a lot of fun.
http://ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=2535
My multi-bingo has come along well - up to 8 completed games, and another two in progress. Many thanks to Dennis Dodel, Chris Dade and Bingo Butch and his son Mike!
Next episode I should have the first hardware episode.
This episode's game is 1965's Bally 50/50. Bally has made an interesting, low-production 2 player game here - 1/2 of the playfield is essentially not useful for scoring or progression at any given time.
http://ipdb.org/showpic.pl?id=842&picno=9964
Game progress: my game is coming along very well! I have Coney Island, Bright Lights, Broadway '51, and United Zingo reasonably finished.
Now, I am working on United's Leader and Bally's Spot-Lite.
My code, to this point, has been released at https://github.com/bingopodcast/bingos
I'll be keeping this updated as I add each new game.
Today's game is 1964's Bally 2-in-1. Very fun looking game where you have to get a hand to 21, then hold. The trouble comes in that next ball, you will get a hit unless you hit a particular rebound switch off the skill shot.
View the machine at http://ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=2698
Sal Mazzeo is a slot machine collector and restorer, and joins me for this episode of For Amusement Only. He has a fantastic collection that has really sparked my new-found interest in slot machines!
He has multiple articles in Gameroom Magazine, as well as the COCA magazine.
Sal has made the generous offer for anyone looking for help with slots to shoot him an email at mazzeosa@fuse.net
As an interview episode, I did not wish to add in the development update this time, but the development of my multi-bingo is going very well indeed! You can follow along here: https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/multi-bingo-machine
I'm working on the artwork and integration of the artwork with the code for Coney Island. Special thanks to Chris Dade and Ryan Claytor for all the help!
This episode is all about the 1950 Bally Turf King. I picked up this game back in January, and decided to have my eldest daughter do all the renovation/restoration on the game. Ava did a fantastic job, and unbelievably, she was interested every step of the way! The game is complete, and the only thing that really needs to be done one day is to polish the shooter rod housing and coin acceptor slot. Otherwise, it looks beautiful, and plays great!
Ava discusses some of the things that she learned during this odyssey, and she and I discuss gameplay and the difference between her and my gameplay styles.
Lastly, I discuss a deal on bingos in Baltimore, MD.
Contact me at foramusementonlypodcast@gmail.com if you're interested in one of the bingos, or for more information.