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<\/a>The original intention of the Dutch Pinball Association (Nederlandse Flipper Vereniging)<\/a> was to move the DPO around the country so that most areas would have it hosted somewhere close to them every few years. However, apart from the anniversary show in Eindhoven in 2017, the DPO (or latterly the DPO Expo) has stayed in Drunen since the show was held there in 2013.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The IJsselhallen complex is far larger than the DPO Expo could fill, so the show only occupied the western end of the building, taking over two halls and the entrance lobby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There was plenty of parking on-site, although there was a \u20ac6 charge per in\/out session. Limited catering facilities were available inside, but there was a Jumbo supermarket a short walk away, while the city centre and a variety of restaurants, shops and bars was around 15 minutes away on foot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Inside the IJsselhallen entrance hall were two screens giving information about the show schedule in Dutch and English, and a guide to the venue’s layout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There were two game halls packed full of machines and vendors. The nearest one to the entrance was called the Suyderseezaal so let’s start our tour of the show in there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We got to the venue late on Friday afternoon (due to flight delays) while games and stands were still being set up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Meanwhile more hard work was taking place in the second hall – Hanzezaal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Those who volunteered to help set up games were rewarded with dinner in the venue’s canteen on Friday evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It wasn’t too long before the machines were all on their legs and the show really began to take shape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The entry desks were positioned in the lobby to the left of the information screens. Pre-purchased entry packages could be collected at one table while on-the-day entry was purchased at the other. These were still being set up on Friday evening too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To the right of the entry desk were three additional areas. One was for game repairs where non-working pinballs could be taken to be worked on in peace away from the show floor. Outside that room was a desk staffed by medical staff in case of any human emergencies, while next to that was the seminar area where talks would be given on Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We left for the night, returning early on Saturday morning before the doors opened to the public at 10am. There was still a little work to do before visitors could enter, but the large team of volunteers was working hard to make it all ready in time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The cost to enter the DPO Expo was \u20ac15 ($16.55\/\u00a312.88) per day, although advance packs could be purchased giving entry for both days, a special T-shirt and a poster for \u20ac50.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Additional entry fees applied if you wanted to participate in the various tournaments. They were \u20ac20 for the DPO, \u20ac10 for the Ladies Tournament, and \u20ac3 per entry for the Classic Tournament (with multiple entries allowed). The Kids Tournament was free to enter, while Sunday’s Swiss Tournament for those not involved in the DPO play-offs cost \u20ac5 to enter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Once past the entry desk, visitors could buy posters, reprinted flyers or back copies of the Dutch Pinball Association (NFV) members’ magazine, Spinner<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Additional posters were displayed on a line in the corridor beyond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Also in the corridor was the stand for Jonathan Joosten’s Pinball Magazine<\/a><\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n He was selling copies of the current and previous issues along with the book Pinball<\/em> and photographic posters. He was also giving away free flyers for recent titles from Stern Pinball, American Pinball and Chicago Gaming, and brought along his Total Nuclear Annihilation<\/em> machine for visitors to play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As soon as the show opened, the newest titles were predictably the most popular, with lines quickly forming to play them. The Elvira’s House of Horrors<\/em> Limited Edition was right next to the entrance to the first hall and – with it being the first chance for many to play the game – it soon became the most popular game in the room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There were several vendors in the first hall. Christophe Lienard of Pinball Pleasure<\/em><\/a> had his stand selling new Jersey Jack machines as well as custom glass covers, T-shirts, cabinet artwork and other accessories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the left-corner of the room were four video pinballs. Building your own video pinball would be discussed at length in three of the four seminars held in the lobby later on Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The vendor with the largest stand was Pinball Universe<\/a><\/em> who also brought along a large number of machines for free play or to be used in the tournaments. They also had two of the new Atari Pong <\/em>sit-down arcade games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Pinball Universe had a big selection of parts on their stand from their parts division PU-parts<\/a> which included many reductions and special show prices. If we’d had more luggage space on our flight home we would have happily bought a lot more of these than we did.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Two more vendors occupied the back corner of the hall. Karin Kolbe’s The Pinwitch<\/a> had a varied selection of pinball parts, while Chrome Pinball offered a plating service for metal pinball parts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Opposite those two stands was Nicolas Manaud who was running his PinSound<\/a> stand. As well as selling PinSound boards, speaker kits and shaker motors, Nicolas had six machines with the PinSound system installed so visitors could experience the sonic improvements for themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The final vendor in the first hall was Eric Boes<\/a> who had a range of posters, flyers, manuals and assorted paperwork for sale on his stand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Here are the 96 machines in the first game hall, the Suyderseezaal, with an asterisk indicating the game was not playable for one reason or another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Between the two halls was the bar where coffee, tea, soft drinks, beer, wine and various snack dishes could be purchased.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a>SUYDERSEEZAAL<\/span><\/strong><\/td><\/tr> AC\/DC<\/td><\/tr> Addams Family, The<\/td><\/tr> Addams Family, The<\/td><\/tr> Alien<\/td><\/tr> Alien Poker<\/td><\/tr> Attack from Mars<\/td><\/tr> Back to the Future<\/td><\/tr> Batman (Data East)<\/td><\/tr> Batman 66<\/td><\/tr> Batman: The Dark Knight<\/td><\/tr> Baywatch<\/td><\/tr> Big Guns<\/td><\/tr> Black Knight<\/td><\/tr> Black Knight 2000<\/td><\/tr> Black Knight: Sword of Rage<\/td><\/tr> Black Rose<\/td><\/tr> Cactus Jack<\/td><\/tr> Capt. Fantastic & the Brown Dirt Cowboy<\/td><\/tr> Class of 1812<\/td><\/tr> Corvette<\/td><\/tr> Dolly Parton<\/td><\/tr> Elvira & the Party Monsters<\/td><\/tr> Elvira’s House of Horrors<\/td><\/tr> Fire!<\/td><\/tr> Fireball<\/td><\/tr> Fireball II<\/td><\/tr> Flash<\/td><\/tr> Getaway, The: High Speed 2<\/td><\/tr> Gladiators<\/td><\/tr> Gorgar<\/td><\/tr> Guardians of the Galaxy<\/td><\/tr> Haunted House<\/td><\/tr> Hobbit, The<\/td><\/tr> Hobbit, The<\/td><\/tr> Hot Shots<\/td><\/tr> Houdini<\/td><\/tr> Indiana Jones (Williams)<\/td><\/tr> Indiana Jones (Williams)<\/td><\/tr> Iron Man<\/td><\/tr> Johnny Mnemonic<\/td><\/tr> Judge Dredd*<\/td><\/tr> Junkyard<\/td><\/tr> Jurassic Park (Data East)<\/td><\/tr> Jurassic Park (Stern)<\/td><\/tr> Jurassic Park (Stern)<\/td><\/tr> Kiss (Bally)<\/td><\/tr> Laser War<\/td><\/tr> Lord of the Rings, The<\/td><\/tr> Lord of the Rings, The<\/td><\/tr> Matrix, The<\/td><\/tr> Medieval Madness<\/td><\/tr> Medusa<\/td><\/tr> Munsters, The<\/td><\/tr> Mustang<\/td><\/tr> NBA Fastbreak<\/td><\/tr> No Fear<\/td><\/tr> Oktoberfest<\/td><\/tr> Oktoberfest<\/td><\/tr> Paragon<\/td><\/tr> Party Animal<\/td><\/tr> Pirates of the Caribbean (Stern)<\/td><\/tr> Pirates of the Caribbean (Stern)<\/td><\/tr> Pirates of the Caribbean (Stern)<\/td><\/tr> Police Force<\/td><\/tr> Power Play, Bobby Orr*<\/td><\/tr> Radical!<\/td><\/tr> Ready, Aim, Fire!<\/td><\/tr> Revenge from Mars<\/td><\/tr> Rollercoaster Tycoon<\/td><\/tr> Rollergames<\/td><\/tr> Scared Stiff<\/td><\/tr> Shaq Attaq<\/td><\/tr> Silver Slugger<\/td><\/tr> Sopranos, The<\/td><\/tr> Space Shuttle<\/td><\/tr> Spider-Man<\/td><\/tr> Spider-Man<\/td><\/tr> Spring Break<\/td><\/tr> Star Trek (Bally)<\/td><\/tr> Stargate<\/td><\/tr> Tales from the Crypt<\/td><\/tr> Tales of the Arabian Nights<\/td><\/tr> Target Alpha<\/td><\/tr> Terminator 2<\/td><\/tr> Terminator 3<\/td><\/tr> Theatre of Magic<\/td><\/tr> Theatre of Magic<\/td><\/tr> Time Machine<\/td><\/tr> Title Fight<\/td><\/tr> Torpedo Alley<\/td><\/tr> Total Nuclear Annihilation<\/td><\/tr> Twilight Zone<\/td><\/tr> Twilight Zone<\/td><\/tr> Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory<\/td><\/tr> Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory<\/td><\/tr> World Poker Tour<\/td><\/tr> <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n <\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a>