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: Tri-Again Ball
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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!’
PINBALL EXCUSE #011 – This machine failed to act as I thought it should
“Larry Playfair missed several games that year as the result of an unusual accident suffered off the ice between contests in Chicago.
“How do I become a world ranked pinball player?”
Triangle Pinball promotes competitive pinball play in the Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill (North Carolina) area.
With IFPA ranked competitive play returning imminently, Ovid Dillard described what that means to you if you are an aspiring tournament or league player.
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New Pinball Dictionary: Kill Shot
A dangerous shot that often leads to a drain if missed, but is often important to make in order do well in the game.
New Pinball Dictionary: Postmaster General
During gameplay, The Player hits a number of posts, pins, rubbers and other non-scoring elements in a row for a noticeable period of time.
New Pinball Dictionary: Maroon
“A ball being stuck on a part of the [virtual] play table without being stuck in any element or mechanic of the table.”