LEARN PINBALL ADD-ON CONTROLLER: PART ONE In his recent two-part article about making your own infra-red testers, Todd Andersen introduced the use of cheap microcontr…
LEARN PINBALL ADD-ON CONTROLLER: PART TWO This second article deals with the use of Arduino software. It starts with an explanation and a few simple Arduino sketches …
LEARN JERSEY JACK PINBALL VISIT The 2022 Pinball Expo marked several firsts, one of which was the first ever Jersey Jack Pinball factory tour. Visitors to t…
LEARN AMERICAN PINBALL VISIT As part of our Pinball Expo trip this year, Pinball News paid a visit to American Pinball at their facility in Palatine, Ill…
LEARN NEW IR PINBALL TESTERS: PART ONE Infrared (IR) transmitters and receivers are vital components used in many electronic pinball machines since 1987. Commonly …
LEARN NEW IR PINBALL TESTERS: PART TWO Welcome to the second part of Todd Andersen’s article detailing how to build and program an infra-red (IR) tester tran…
LEARN FINISHING MAGIC GIRL The history of the Magic Girl pinball had always been one of repeated failure. What began as a heady mix of excite…
LEARN PINWIKI: 10 YEARS ON Back in 2011, there was consternation amongst those who fix pinball machines at the loss of a valuable source of repair info…
LEARN KEEPING THE BALL ALIVE REVIEW As one of the first in the UK to receive my copy of Keeping the Ball Alive – 30+ Years of Stern Pinball, Pinball News&…
LEARN SUPER-SKILL PINBALL 4-CADE The game of pinball has found its way into many different pop culture genres, from advertising to movies, beer cans to art e…
SITES PINSPOTTING – SUMMER 2020 In this edition of PinSpotting we visit three unique gaming destinations in the heartland of America, all founded by a man w…
LEARN PINBALL COMPANIES We often get asked which companies are still active and making games, and which are no longer in business or still developin…
LEARN NACS 2019: A GAME ANALYSIS The North American Championship Series (NACS) is one of the premier competitions in pinball today. Organized by the Internat…
LEARN PINSPOTTING – JANUARY 2020 The 2019 pinball show season has kept us from our visits to interesting places to play pinball. With winter here and the hol…
LEARN INSIDE CHICAGO GAMING Shortly before the start of the 35th Pinball Expo, Pinball News made a journey to Cicero, west of Chicago to visit the Chica…
LEARN PINBALL ACRONYMS Acronyms. Abbreviations. Call them what you will, they’re still a PITA*. They’re fine if you know what they mean…
LEARN MONSTER BASH RE-IMAGINED When we were touring the main hall at the Texas Pinball Festival earlier this year, one of the stand-out items on show was a…
LEARN MULTIMORPHIC’S NEW FACTORY When production of Multimorphic’s P3 pinball platform began, the assembly was undertaken by a contract manufacturer. N…
LEARN PINSPOTTING: HERE AND THERE – JANUARY 2019 “I’m an adventurer, looking for treasure” ― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist Welcome to the Winter edition of PinSpotting. …
LEARN WAYNE NEYENS AT 100 Earlier this year legendary pinball designer, Wayne Neyens marked a very special landmark event at his home in Mountain Home…
