New Pinball Dictionary: Round Zero
A “Round Zero” happens because the number of people who want to compete far outnumbers the number of spots, so they are available for only a short time, possibly only a few seconds.
Category: Features
Name that Move! Smash Pass? | Nudge Pass? | No-Flipper Pass?
Pinballer: Joshua Francis
Location: Washington State Pinball Championship at The Ice Box (Seattle, WA)
New Pinball Dictionary: Chairror
Making a gameplay mistake involving the Electric Chair from The Addams Family game, especially if it causes the player to lose the ball.
New Pinball Dictionary: Tri-Again Ball
When you fail to get a jackpot during a Tri-Ball on a Data East game, and you restart it successfully when the game gives you the opportunity
New Pinball Dictionary: Reversal of Fortune
When a ball travels up a ramp only part of the way but doesn’t pass the apex and heads back toward the player.
New Pinball Dictionary: Scorekeeper Teeter-Totter / Scorekeeper See-Saw
When all the scorekeepers congregate to one side of the qualifying area only to have multiple players from the other side raising their hand to get the scorekeeper’s attention …
New Pinball Dictionary: Slingshort
When the ball hits a slingshot hard enough that it should fire, but it doesn’t, and the ball heads down the middle.
New Pinball Dictionary: Slingtown / Slingtown Express
When the ball enters the slingshot area and volleys back and forth between them. While this is happening, The Player can: …
My Current Favorite Top 5 Pinball Games
Kineticist invited me to be a part of a fun collaboration with many other pinball content creators …
The Museum of Pinball Auction: A Firsthand Account
Jake Danzig gives an analysis of what happened at the recent Museum of Pinball Auction, which resulted in some very impressive hammer prices for games.
He provides reasons why the prices for games may have been magnified over their expected values for this particular event.
Via: ‘Southwest Arcade and Pinball Collectors, Arizona & Beyond!’
