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Spooky Pinball Teaser and Expansion, Ben Heck Interview, Make Your Own Pinball Machine, Ski Pass, TWIPY Coverage, Amazing Drone Footage – TWIP 4/5/21

Spooky Pinball Teaser and Expansion, Ben Heck Interview, Make Your Own Pinball Machine, Ski Pass, TWIPY Coverage, Amazing Drone Footage – TWIP 4/5/21

April 05, 2021 • Time to Read: 13 minutes

— QUICK HITS —

Spooky Pinball Teases Road Trip, Announces Expansion

Last week Spooky Pinball went on a road trip, with a little tease that “You’ll know why and where this spring / summer…”:

Spooky also announced that they are expanding again! They stated “Our goal is to increase quality, make more games, and get them to you quicker”:

Can’t wait to see what Spooky has been up to!!

The Pinball Show Interviews: Ben Heck Interview

Last week The Pinball Show Interviews interviewed Ben Heck – here are just a couple highlights:

On his next game with Chicago Gaming Company:

Ben: Right now, CGC has two games ahead of me, they have their next remake and then their first non-remake game. So right now we’re taking my design and figuring out how to do things, and changing some things with the upper playfield…

On Spooky Pinball’s Timeline:

Ben: We’re developing the new driver board system for the Spooky game…we’re getting the final prototypes and then we have to do the full production run because Spooky is starting their new game in June.

He also talks about:

parts shortages
the new driver boards
flow and stopping the ball
theme integration
a Bible pinball theme
deeproot
licensed vs non-licensed themes
tracking down bugs in programming for pinball

Check out the full episode here!!

Dead Flip: How To Make Your Own Pinball Machine In Visual Pinball

Last week Dead Flip released a crash course on making your own pinball machine in Visual Pinball – check it out!

TWIPYs Coverage

Slash from Guns N’ Roses shared about his TWIPYs win on Instagram last week to over 3.5 million followers!!

Jersey Jack Pinball also shared their Game of the Year acceptance video:

Trophies and plaques are shipping this week!!

deeproot Pinball Update – Retro Atomic Zombie Adventureland Update

Homepin Update

Last week Homepin shared that “we shipped out the very first “Made in Taiwan” Homepin pinball machine”:

There was some speculation as to what this machine was, and Homepin said this in the comments:

This post was more about the fact that FINALLY, after a year of hard work and basically having to start again from scratch, we are up and running again and making finished machines that are leaving the factory. This one was the first to leave of several from this small run of corporate machines. Our new Pinball title coming soon but not for several months.

Pinball Expo New Website

Pinball Expo released a cool new website last week – check it out!!

Buffalo Pinball: 12 Games in 12 Hours

It’s back! After a 4-year hiatus, “12 GAMES IN 12 HOURS” returns for round #3. Tune in for a day full of your favorite BP streamers and a bunch of great pinball machines.

Tune in this Saturday, April 10, from noon to midnight (Eastern) to check out Buffalo Pinball’s marathon on their Twitch channel!!

LAST DAY: Support North Star Pinball Bar

HELP SAVE LOCATION PINBALL!!

North Star opened in 2015 and openly flouted a bylaw that forbade pinball machines from being operated in places that served alcohol. Pinball was essentially illegal in Montreal, and after 2 years of lobbying we were able to change the laws and build a thriving pinball community. To celebrate, we had a prohibition party where we gave away a pinball machine with special guests Roger and Ellen Sharpe.

We recently expanded our operating business, and just before Covid launched a project with the Montreal Canadiens NHL team to operate an arcade at their home arena. Here we exposed tens of thousands of people to a stellar lineup of pinball machines, and a short few weeks after, Covid hit and completely destroyed our business.

So they got Johnny Crap (artist: Jurassic Park) to make them some awesome shirts – please buy one to help this location, click here!!

Pintastic Announcement

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Pintastic New England 2021 Will Be Later in the Year

(Charlton, MA, USA) – Pintastic New England announced Saturday (April 3) that the 2021 show will be a full-featured pinball and game-room event on November 18-21, 2021. The show will be back at the Sturbridge Host Hotel, which is undergoing substantial renovation. The hotel is in Sturbridge, Massachusetts, just a couple miles from the junction of I-90 and I-84.

The Pintastic show has free play rooms, tournaments, seminars, a vendor hall with commercial booths, and entertainment for kids. If weather permits, there will be an outdoor flea market for casual sellers.

Updates and answers to FAQs will be posted on the pintasticnewengland.com website as needed.

Only available THIS month from The Super Awesome Pinball Show!!

High quality pinball apparel!

#pinballforall

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— Cool and Crazy Stuff —

Ghostbusters Pinball on Saturday Night Live!

Happy Retirement Wally Welch!

Amazing Star Wars Pinball Topper

Drone Footage Soars Over Thousands of Pinball Machines

Check it out!!

Other Quick Hits:

Happy birthday Craig Bobbie, Anthony Kurkowski, Kyle Spiteri, and Joe Fox!!
IFPAburgh coming 2022 unless it is an April’s Fools Joke…

Led Zeppelin
Star Wars Comic Edition Pin
Avengers Infinity Quest
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Heavy Metal (contract game)

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