I wonder what “The King” would think of his newest ELVIS game.
Pic of the Day: Elvis on a woodrail
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Classic Game Room at PAPA 15
Classic Game Room was at PAPA 15. Did you know that PAPA, Pittsburgh is the gateway to the Disco Pinball Dimension? Regeneration complete!
Terminator 2 Tournament Tilt Termination
I guess this ends T2’s usefulness as a tournament game. I doubt we will see the game used at major events anymore after this glitch that happened during the PAPA 14 Grand Final. It’s a shame since T2 is a challenging game even though it’s quite simple.
Multiball, bitch!
I guess we will see Master Shake in the A-Division at next year’s PAPA. We’d better not see Shake sandbagging in C-Division. Anyone who can handle 18 buttons is not a novice. So, you’d better step up, Shake.
TX-Sector: Great pinball soundtrack or greatest pinball soundtrack?
The music in TX-Sector is one of the better things to happen in a pinball game. This is not an opinion. This is an empirical fact.
New Pinball Dictionary: Trifecta
To score 3 consecutive shots, usually of increasing value with the same shot. An example of this is when a player collects the single, double, and triple jackpot at the beginning of Whitewater Multiball.
Timeline Arcade – Free Play Day for Charity – August 25th
Sure, they may be crazy enough to do this. Crazy like a fox. This place is about three hours away from me and I am still thinking about going to it.
New Pinball Dictionary: Snipe/Sniping
A strategy used during tournament qualification rounds wherein a challenger specifically looks at the games and scores of someone immediately above them in the rankings in an effort to overtake them.
A Lifelong Love
A spotlight on John Reuter, an ambassador of pinball and Master of Ceremonies of Pin-Maine-ia, the New England Pinball Championship.
New Pinball Dictionary: Defense
A strategy used during tournament qualification rounds wherein a player specifically looks at the games and scores of someone immediately below them in the rankings who is looking to challenge them.
This would be the ultimate barcade.
Check out this office that was converted into a giant pinball machine. The first thing I though was, “I’d like to go to a barcade that looks like this”.
New Pinball Dictionary: Ace/Aced/Aced Out
To be defeated on the last ball by less than 1% of your score, especially if it takes bonus count to do it. You can tell if someone got “Aced” when players and bystanders start groaning about how close the game was and then they start taking pictures of the final score.