Video coverage of the largest match play tournament ever. 400 players battled it out for $60,000 in prizes. The following is coverage of the A Division Final Rounds.
Pinburgh 2014 Video Coverage
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Pinburgh 2014 post-mortems
with contributions by Gene X, Jeff Parsons and Ron Hallett.
Let’s Play: Gator
I think I may be prejudiced against mini flippers. Yes, even zipper mini flippers.
The more you know … about Pinburgh
This is the greatest pinball video on the Internet. It’s better than F&#! you, Jungle Queen! It’s better than the greatest pinball save! It’s better than the salami and the bologna combined!
The Circuit Final Battlefield is revealed!*
PAPA has revealed what the games will be in the Circuit Final. It’s time for rampant unfounded speculation!
Ready Aim Fire! Gameplay!
I remember actually doing well once on this game… I don’t remember how, though. It was all a blur of flashy colors, awkward sounds and music that sounded like the game show The Joker’s Wild on crack…
New Pinball Dictionary: Loop Pass
This is a skillful way to bring speedy orbit shots back under control. As the ball is heading back towards the flipper from an orbit, the player drops the flipper just as the ball hits it.
Terminator 2: Pinball Tutorial
Hey, LOOK! It’s a tutorial on Terminator 2. Let’s see how long Bowen Kerins can keep his GameBreaker lit.
PAPA Gameplay: Strange Science Pinball
Jon Replogle plays Strange Science at PAPA World Headquarters … a fun game to play with a frenetic, unbalanced high-scoring multiball.
New Pinball Dictionary: Bounce Pass / Dead Bounce / Dead Flipper Bounce / Dead Flipper Pass / Dead Flip
This is the first flipper technique to teach new players. Simply choosing to not flip at the ball is the easiest move to pull off, but can be the most valuable move once you get used to predicting the best times to use it.
New Pinball Dictionary: Cheesing
To manipulate the manual plunger during Multiball so that the automatic plunger is unable to force the ball into play. This move provides an advantage because, since there is a ball in reserve, the player doesn’t have to worry about the ball ending due to a drain.
Mark and Mark on Classic Game Room
This video does not have pinball in it. However, it does have PAPA’s Mark Steinman and Classic Game Room in it so the video deserves special dispensation.