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    PINBALL MUSIC ON VINYL

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    STERN MANAGEMENT CHANGES

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    ZIDWARE CASE RESOLVED

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    PINBALL MOVIE INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE

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    ‘PINBALL’ MOVIE WORLD PREMIERE

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    UK PINFEST 2023

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    SWAVESEY PINBALL WEEKEND

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    TEXAS PINBALL FESTIVAL 2023

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    EAG INTERNATIONAL EXPO 2023

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    DUTCH PINBALL OPEN EXPO 2022

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    ALIEN REMAKE ANNOUNCED

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    AVENGERS: INFINITY QUEST ANNOUNCED

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    BLACK KNIGHT: SWORD OF RAGE REVEALED

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    BLACK KNIGHT: SWORD OF RAGE

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    AEROSMITH PINBALL ANNOUNCED

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    ALICE COOPER’S NIGHTMARE CASTLE

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    ALIEN REMAKE ANNOUNCED

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    AVENGERS: INFINITY QUEST ANNOUNCED

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    BATMAN 66 FEATURES

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    BATMAN 66 CONFIRMED

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    CENTAUR REVISITED ANNOUNCED

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    DRAINED LAUNCHED

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    CACTUS CANYON REMAKE CONFIRMED

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    DEADPOOL REVEALED

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    FINAL RESISTANCE REVEALED

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    STERN ANNOUNCES FOO FIGHTERS

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    STERN TEASES FOO FIGHTERS – UPDATED

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    FUNHOUSE: RUDY’S NIGHTMARE ANNOUNCED

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    GALACTIC TANK FORCE PROMO RELEASED

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    GALACTIC TANK FORCE: THIRD TEASER

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    THE GODFATHER REVEALED

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    GALACTIC TANK FORCE: SECOND TEASER

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    JURASSIC PARK 30TH ANNIVERSARY: UPDATED

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    JAMES BOND 60TH ANNIVERSARY

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    MORE JAMES BOND PICTURES & VIDEO

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    STERN OFFICIALLY LAUNCHES JAMES BOND

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    NEW LEGENDS OF VALHALLA CLASSIC

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    LEGENDS OF VALHALLA REVEALED

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    STERN REVEALS LED ZEPPELIN PINBALL

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    STERN TEASES LED ZEPPELIN GAME

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    STERN ANNOUNCES THE MANDALORIAN

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    MAGIC GIRL: FIRST LOOK

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    MEDIEVAL MADNESS REMAKE: IN-DEPTH REVIEW

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    PUNNY FACTORY GOES ON SALE

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    PULP FICTION REVEALED

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    PULP FICTION ANNOUNCED

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    PUNNY FACTORY

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    QUEEN REVEALED

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    RUSH PINBALL REVEALED

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    DEEPROOT OPENS RAZA ORDERS

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    SPACE HUNT LAUNCHES

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    SCOOBY-DOO GOES ON SALE

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    SCOOBY-DOO ANNOUNCED

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    THIS IS SPINAL TAP REVEALED

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    VENOM REVEALED

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    HALLOWEEN & ULTRAMAN PINBALLS REVEALED

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    ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN

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    VENOM REVEALED

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    WHIRLWIND: TOTAL CHAOS REVEALED

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    WEIRD AL’S MUSEUM OF NATURAL HILARITY

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    GAME GALAXY

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    CIDERCADE FORT WORTH

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    BISHOP CIDERCADE AUSTIN

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    EASTSIDE BOWL – NE NASHVILLE

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    PINBALL TOOLS: ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC TOOLS

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    PINBALL TOOLS: GENERAL HAND TOOLS

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    MULTIMORPHIC VISIT 2023

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    PINBALL ADD-ON CONTROLLER: PART ONE

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    PINBALL ADD-ON CONTROLLER: PART TWO

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    REVIEW OF THE YEAR 2020

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    DEEPROOT DELAYS LAUNCH

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    2020 VISION

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    PINBALL SWITCHES OFF – UPDATED

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    2019 REVIEW OF THE YEAR

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Pinball Electrical Tools
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PINBALL TOOLS: ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC TOOLS

By Pinball News
4 days ago

Due to limited parts availability from all the new little pinball companies, stock of game-specific replacement parts will b…

Pinball Hand Tools
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PINBALL TOOLS: GENERAL HAND TOOLS

By Pinball News
2 weeks ago

More often than not, I’ve found myself having to deal with damaged hardware. I find the main reason for this is a previous p…

Our visit to the Multimorphic factory
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MULTIMORPHIC VISIT 2023

By Pinball News
10th April, 2023

Back in 2019 we paid a visit to the Multimorphic factory in Round Rock, Texas. Since then, much has changed, both with the c…

Building the pinball add-on controller hardware
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PINBALL ADD-ON CONTROLLER: PART ONE

By Pinball News
24th December, 2022

In his recent two-part article about making your own infra-red testers, Todd Andersen introduced the use of cheap microcontr…

Writing the code for the pinball add-on controller
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PINBALL ADD-ON CONTROLLER: PART TWO

By Pinball News
24th December, 2022

This second article deals with the use of Arduino software. It starts with an explanation and a few simple Arduino sketches …

Pinball News visits Jersey Jack Pinball
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JERSEY JACK PINBALL VISIT

By Pinball News
7th November, 2022

The 2022 Pinball Expo marked several firsts, one of which was the first ever Jersey Jack Pinball factory tour. Visitors to t…

Pinball News visits American Pinball
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AMERICAN PINBALL VISIT

By Pinball News
3rd November, 2022

As part of our Pinball Expo trip this year, Pinball News paid a visit to American Pinball at their facility in Palatine, Ill…

Building your own IR Testers
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NEW IR PINBALL TESTERS: PART ONE

By Pinball News
16th October, 2022

Infrared (IR) transmitters and receivers are vital components used in many electronic pinball machines since 1987. Commonly …

Part Two of the IR Testers article
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NEW IR PINBALL TESTERS: PART TWO

By Pinball News
16th October, 2022

Welcome to the second part of Todd Andersen’s article detailing how to build and program an infra-red (IR) tester tran…

Completing Magic Girl
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FINISHING MAGIC GIRL

By Pinball News
25th August, 2022

The history of the Magic Girl pinball had always been one of repeated failure. What began as a heady mix of excite…

As the PinWiki repair site celebrates its tenth birthday, we look back on a decade of growth
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PINWIKI: 10 YEARS ON

By Pinball News
30th April, 2021

Back in 2011, there was consternation amongst those who fix pinball machines at the loss of a valuable source of repair info…

Keeping the Ball Alive book by Paperflock
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KEEPING THE BALL ALIVE REVIEW

By Wayne Johns
12th January, 2021

As one of the first in the UK to receive my copy of Keeping the Ball Alive – 30+ Years of Stern Pinball, Pinball News&…

Super-Skill Pinball 4-Cade from WizKids
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SUPER-SKILL PINBALL 4-CADE

By Pinball News
19th September, 2020

The game of pinball has found its way into many different pop culture genres, from advertising to movies, beer cans to art e…

Pinball locations in Illinois on Route 66
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PINSPOTTING – SUMMER 2020

By M.G. Brown
27th July, 2020

In this edition of PinSpotting we visit three unique gaming destinations in the heartland of America, all founded by a man w…

Pinball companies past, present and future
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PINBALL COMPANIES

By Pinball News
2nd June, 2020

We often get asked which companies are still active and making games, and which are no longer in business or still developin…

NACS 2019 Game Analysis
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NACS 2019: A GAME ANALYSIS

By Dennis Kriesel
1st March, 2020

The North American Championship Series (NACS) is one of the premier competitions in pinball today. Organized by the Internat…

Pinspotting - January 2020
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PINSPOTTING – JANUARY 2020

By M.G. Brown
3rd 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…

The models on the new Medieval Madness topper
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INSIDE CHICAGO GAMING

By Pinball News
20th November, 2019

Shortly before the start of the 35th Pinball Expo, Pinball News made a journey to Cicero, west of Chicago to visit the Chica…

Pinball acronyms and abbreviations
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PINBALL ACRONYMS

By Pinball News
7th August, 2019

Acronyms. Abbreviations. Call them what you will, they’re still a PITA*. They’re fine if you know what they mean…

Brian Allen's alternative Monster Bash translite
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MONSTER BASH RE-IMAGINED

By Pinball News
24th May, 2019

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…

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