One of my favorite bingos - Sun Valley - this 1957 beauty has great artwork, and is jam-packed with features.

Magic Squares and a single Magic Line row allow the player to move every number on the backglass.  

The challenge is in getting those features lit, along with a time tree that actually allows you to reposition your numbers well, without tilting!

I love everything about Sun Valley - the knocker that goes off as you get awarded features and scores is particularly gratifying.

Mini episode!  Interview with my shy younger daughter.

Gottlieb's Vari-Targets were, as per typical Gottlieb fashion, simple yet sophisticated mechanisms that allowed for a new dimension of play.  Hitting the target with differing speed/accuracy provided different point values, and would send the ball flying back to your flipper.

Tonight's topic is Roto-Targets - my favorite toy from the woodrail era, that carried through the metal rail era and into some early solid states.

Ball Bowlers (contact and non), shuffle bowlers, and mannikin bowlers are all unique games.  In this episode I go over some of the differences between the various types of bowlers.

EM arcade games offered a level of physicality and beautiful artwork that is no longer seen.  Uprights, simulators, slots, trade stimulators, and more are discussed (in brief).

Staples of EM arcades - made as early as the turn of the 1900s up through the 60s, these (mostly) beautiful machines are easy to understand, and fun to watch.

My final episode on search discs (for now!) - I also discuss the EM world championships at Clay's VFW, the Isley Brewing Company Triple Strike tournament here locally, and give a more lengthy explanation of the search disc, its function in a bingo and what is wrong with my game.

More issues fixed, and more appear with my Ticker Tape search disc.  Search disc and scoring problems are some of the most difficult to troubleshoot and correct on a bingo.

Well, back to tech - I discuss a problem I encountered tonight with scoring on cards 4-5-6 on Ticker Tape, and recount various ways that the search disc can come out of adjustment and how to correct, as well as what to look for when trying to find a searching problem.