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- Pinside Outage, Loads of Code, Aliens are Coming, Interviews with Dave Brennan and Nick Baldridge, Billy Madison Pin, Stolen Metallica – TWIP 4/12/21
Pinside Outage, Loads of Code, Aliens are Coming, Interviews with Dave Brennan and Nick Baldridge, Billy Madison Pin, Stolen Metallica – TWIP 4/12/21
— QUICK HITS —
Pinside Suffers Major Outage
The largest pinball website in the world was offline for much of last week. A huge thank you to Robin and the Pinside team for all their work getting the site back up as quickly as possible!
We posted a few updates on TWIP’s social media channels to keep people updated:
After Pinside was back up, Robin posted some more information on what happened and what is being done on this Pinside thread:
Did you miss Pinside while it was offline?? Resources like Pinside are kept alive with YOUR support!!
PLEASE CONSIDER A DONATION TO PINSIDE TO HELP SUPPORT THE SITE AND KEEP IT GOING!!!
Loads of Code
Last week new code was released for many different machines from several different manufacturers:
Alien Pinball Shipping
Last week Pinball Brothers shared a post on Facebook showing an Alien standard version box! Check it out:
Melissa from CoinTaker shared in the comments that Aliens are slowly shipping and that larger quantities should be shipping in a few weeks. She also shared a little insight into the XV version showing on the box, as Pinball Brothers are offering just the standard version and limited version:
Interviews
Last week there were two notable interviews on different podcasts:
Installing Expression Light System on Led Zeppelin Pro Pinball
How to Remove a Playfield From a Spike 2 Stern Pinball Machine
PinClash AIQ Qualifying
Reminder – PinClash on Avengers: Infinity Quest is going on now and ends April 30th!
TMNT Limited Box (with Pinball Artwork)
Congrats to Marco Pinball on 50 Episodes of PinTech LIVE!
— Cool and Crazy Stuff —
Billy Madison Custom Pinball
Meet the Ladies of Marco Pinball
New Hobbit Mod from The Art of Pinball
Stolen Metallica – Let’s Find This Thing
Other Quick Hits:
Happy birthday Doug Polka, Jake Danzig, and Jason Rufer!!
IGN: Unboxing the *Amazing* New Avengers: Infinity Quest Pinball Machine
Brain Junk Podcast: The Shady Game of Pinball
Article: Local pinball wizards keep the classic arcade game alive
Article: He’s a wizard when it comes to fixing pinball machines
Article: St. Louis County loosens restrictions on restaurants, bars, arcades and refs
Article includes pinball: Dale Earnhardt Jr. Keeps a Sentimental Game Unrelated to NASCAR in His Podcast Studio to Remember His Dad
Article includes pinball: “I used to wear sleeveless shirts & long shorts just like him” – Novak Djokovic’s brother Djordje on idolizing Rafael Nadal
Led Zeppelin
Star Wars Comic Edition Pin
Avengers Infinity Quest
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Heavy Metal (contract game)
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Guns N’ Roses
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
Pirates of the Caribbean
Dialed In!
Hobbit
Wizard of Oz
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Monster Bash Remake
Attack From Mars Remake
Medieval Madness Remake
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Rick and Morty
Alice Cooper’s Nightmare Castle
Total Nuclear Annihilation
Jetsons (contract game)
Dominos (contract game)
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Hot Wheels
Oktoberfest
Houdini
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Ranger in the Ruins (uses Cosmic Cart Racing module)
Heist (P3 Game Kit)
Cosmic Cart Racing (P3 Game Kit)
Lexy Lightspeed (P3 Game Kit)
Cannon Lagoon (P3 Game Kit)
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Retro Atomic Zombie Adventureland
Fire & Brimstone
Food Truck
Merlin’s Arcade
The Who
Gladiator
Yukon Yeti
Machine Age
Barry Oursler Black Hole Revision
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Celts
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Alien
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