{"id":38704,"date":"2025-11-30T21:41:24","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T21:41:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/?p=38704"},"modified":"2025-12-01T09:13:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T09:13:16","slug":"dutch-pinball-open-expo-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/2025\/11\/30\/dutch-pinball-open-expo-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"DUTCH PINBALL OPEN EXPO 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We’re back in the Netherlands for the annual Dutch Pinball Open Expo (DPO Expo) held by the Nederlandse Flipper Vereniging (NFV<\/a> or Dutch Pinball Association) at the NH Congrescentrum in the town of Veldhoven.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The DPO Expo is the largest event held each year by the NFV and it has grown in scope over the past decade. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Originally called the Dutch Pinball Open and focusing more on tournament play, the DPO was intended to be held in different parts of the country each year to make it more accessible to NFV members. After being held at a former motor museum in the town of Drunen in 2013<\/a>, the venue was deemed sufficiently suitable for the DPO to remain there for 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, to help justify the use of the repeat venue, the DPO was expanded with seminars, extra vendors, and even a special guest – a certain Steve Ritchie. This enlarged event added the ‘Expo’ suffix to the title, and the Dutch Pinball Open Expo<\/a> was born. It has remained an ‘Expo’ ever since, moving to the current venue in Veldhoven in 2023<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Veldhoven is around a 20-minute car journey south-west from the fifth largest Dutch city, Eindhoven. Eindhoven does have an airport, but flight options are a little limited and the weather rather temperamental, so we chose to fly into Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport the day before the DPO Expo began and then take a somewhat crowded 90-minute train ride to Eindhoven’s Centraal station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

THURSDAY<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Arriving a day early afforded us the opportunity to explore the city a little and also visit The Pinball Club in Eindhoven which was holding a pre-DPO Expo tournament that night. When we first visited Eindhoven for the 2023 Dutch Pinball Expo<\/a>, the city was holding its annual Glow festival featuring numerous illuminated buildings. This year Glow took place the week before the DPO Expo, but there were still a few lights from the event to be seen.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"Some<\/a>
Some of the remaining Glow lights in Eindhoven<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Eindhoven is home to the global electronics company, Philips, and its presence is found across the city. The city centre includes the newer Philips Museum as well as the former home of the Museum, the spaceship-styled Evoluon, which hosted the 25th anniversary DPO Expo in 2017<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"Evoluon<\/a>
Evoluon in Eindhoven, now called the Next Nature Museum<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The 20-minute walk from our hotel to The Pinball Club took us past the famous Philips Stadium, home to PSV Eindhoven.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"Philips<\/a>
Philips Stadium, home to PSV Eindhoven, with the club’s motto of ‘strength through unity’<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Not surprisingly, PSV stands for Philips Sport Vereniging or Philips Sporting Association, a reminder of the club’s origins as a football team established for Philips employees.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"The<\/a>
The statue of legendary PSV striker, Willie Van Der Kuijlen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The Pinball Club<\/a> recently moved from its previous home 6km to the east, to this new, trendier, more central location in the former industrial complex Strijp-S, which now features multiple restaurants and design studios.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"The<\/a>
The Pinball Club in Eindhoven<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"Inside<\/a>
Inside The Pinball Club’s new home<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"The<\/a>
The bar and seating area in The Pinball Club’s new home<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"T-shirts<\/a>
T-shirts are available<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"Tonight's<\/a>
Tonight’s event<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The tournament was group matchplay, but each group played two rounds before being regrouped. There were A and B divisions with each having a final, as tournament director Michiel explained.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"Michiel<\/a>
Michiel explains the format<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"The<\/a>
The tournament players<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"Play<\/a>
Play in the Warm-Up tournament<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"Play<\/a>
Play in the Warm-Up tournament<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

A number of pinball-themed artworks by Maarten Coolen<\/a> were scattered around The Pinball Club’s walls.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"There<\/a>
There were several backlit custom artworks by Maarten Coolen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"Play<\/a>
Play in the Warm-Up tournament<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"The<\/a>
The A Division final was played on Fish Tales, Hoops and King Kong<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The winner of the A Division was Martijn van Amsterdam. Max Birk was second, Norbert Broman third and Ivan Geentjens fourth.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"The<\/a>
The final four in the A Division: Norbert Broman (3rd), Martijn van Amsterdam (1st), Max Birk (2nd) & Ivan Geentjens (4rd)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

In the B Division, Thijs Kleinpenning was the winner after a tie-breaker with Jan-Willem Smit who was second. Yvonne Vermeulen was third and Shanon Schepens fourth.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"The<\/a>
The B Division top three: Yvonne Vermeulen (3rd), Thijs Kleinpenning (1st) & Jan-Willem Smit (2nd)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

After a few hours’ sleep back at the hotel, it was time to head over to Veldhoven for the start of the DPO Expo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FRIDAY<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"It
It was a cold but sunny day for the start of DPO Expo 2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The Congrescentrum convention centre consists of a number of large exhibition halls which can be configured in several ways, along with multiple smaller rooms for seminars and conferences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last year the DPO Expo occupied three halls (Diezezaal, Genderzaal and Kempenzaal) which had been joined together into one large space (shown below in green).<\/p>\n\n\n

\n
\"The<\/a>
The DPO Expo 2024 used the areas in bright green on the left<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

We noted at the time that there was a large unused hall adjacent to the DPO Expo’s space. Well, this year that Beneluxzaal hall was also occupied by the DPO Expo. However, the show isn’t (yet) large enough to occupy all four large halls, so the two smaller ones – Diezezaal and Genderzaal – were given up in favour of the Beneluxzaal.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"The<\/a>
The space occupied by the DPO Expo 2025 (in green)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

When we arrived around midday on Friday the show build-up was progressing well.<\/p>\n\n\n

\n
\"Looking<\/a>
Looking into the Kempenzaal hall<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"Looking<\/a>
Looking into the Beneluxzaal hall<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"Tournament<\/a>
Tournament machines come off the trucks and into the hall<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"Nothing<\/a>
Nothing happens without power<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

It wasn’t long before the halls began to fill up.<\/p>\n\n\n

\n
\"The<\/a>
The dining area in the Kempenzaal with banks of free play machines at the back<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"There<\/a>
There are always plenty of flowers around the food serving and dining areas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"Vases<\/a>
Vases of flowers on every table<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"The<\/a>
The food and drinks menu for the weekend<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"Free<\/a>
Free play machines in the Kempenzaal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The wall separating the larger Kempenzaal from the smaller Genderzaal was raised during set-up to help with the transportation of machines, but was lowered before the show began.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"The<\/a>
The Stern Pinball stand at the other end of the Kempenzaal with the raised dividing wall<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Across the corridor in the newly-utilised Beneluxzaal many more vendor stands were being built up, while at the far end the numerous machines used by the Open, Classic and Pingolf tournaments that had been brought in were being set up.<\/p>\n\n\n

\n
\"Inside<\/a>
Inside the new Beneluxzaal with Hexa Pinball in the foreground and the tournament machines at the back<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
\n
\"Setting<\/a>
Setting up the main Open Tournament area<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"Machines<\/a>
Machines for the Classic Tournament<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
\n
\"The<\/a>
The viewing area for the live stream by JDL Pinball<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"The<\/a>
The main JDL Pinball streaming desk<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"The<\/a>
The first six machines for the Pingolf tournaments<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"The<\/a>
The remaining four Pingolf machines<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"At<\/a>
At the opposite end of the Beneluxzaal, free play machines were being readied for a busy couple of days<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

While work to set up the show was continuing, national TV stations were filming reports and also reporting live into their news programmes.<\/p>\n\n\n

\n
\"One<\/a>
One of the TV crews reporting from the DPO Expo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"More<\/a>
More media coverage as Winfred de Ruijter is interviewed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

As the machines and vendor stands neared readiness, there was the opportunity for special guest Jack Danger to explain some of the new features in Stern Pinball’s latest release, The Walking Dead Remastered.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"Jack<\/a>
Jack points out the changes and enhancements in the new The Walking Dead game<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"Other<\/a>
Other vendor’s stands were taking shape too<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"As<\/a>
As was the homebrew section<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

A third area called the Genderfoyer was also used for competitive events. In the first year of the DPO Expo using this venue, the Genderfoyer was used to house the many machines brought by Van Es Amusements. Last year it remained largely unused, but this year it became home to the Team Tournament, Flip Frenzy and Ladies Tournament.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"The<\/a>
The entrance to the Genderfoyer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"Setting<\/a>
Setting up the machines in the Genderfoyer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Meanwhile, preparations for the arrival of the first competitors continued, with the registration desk inside the entrance being set up and decorated.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"The<\/a>
The registration desk is set up in the foyer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"Preparing<\/a>
Preparing the decorations<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Attached to the Congrescentrum is the NH Koningshof hotel which provides the accommodation and dining options for DPO Expo guests. It’s a large, sprawling maze of corridors over several floors offering 509 simply-furnished rooms ranging from a single bed to a superior kingsize.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We didn’t have time to go outside to take pictures of the hotel section until early Sunday morning, by which time the sun had been replaced by cloud with a light sprinkling of snow.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"The<\/a>
The entrance to the NH hotel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"Just<\/a>
Just one small section of the accommodation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"There's<\/a>
There’s even a small chapel in the grounds<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"The<\/a>
The DPO Expo entrance is visible in the distance<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"The<\/a>
The DPO Expo entrance with a little light snow still remaining<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

While the show has expanded beyond its tournament roots, competitive pinball is still a large part of the DPO Expo with many different divisions and formats. In fact, while the show’s public opening hours start at 10am on Saturday and Sunday, the event is opened to tournament players on Friday evening and thirty minutes earlier on both Saturday and Sunday mornings. The tournaments also run long past the show’s closing times on both weekend days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first competitive event to be held was the team tournament. Originally a competition for teams of four representing a single country, the team tournament has been opened up to any groups of four players. Teams could check-in at 6pm with play getting underway at 6:30pm.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"Tournament<\/a>
Tournament director, Bas Vis, check in all the teams<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The Team Tournament divided the teams into groups of five, with each team playing a match against the other four teams in their group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A match consisted of three rounds. In the first round, each team member played a single game against a member of the opposing team. Then, team members paired up for two split-flipper games. Finally, a hybrid game was played with the first two balls being single player and the third ball played split-flipper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Points were awarded to the winners of each game and the top team in each group went into the four-team final.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The groups and teams were:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

GROUP A<\/th>GROUP B<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Dutch Pinball Team
East Anglian Pinball UK
Les Absentes
Flipsquad
Dutch Terminators ES<\/td>		The Fantastic Four
The Dan Lewell Experience
Team Friday
Belgian Pinball Team
Team Visioen<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
GROUP C<\/th>GROUP D<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Starflip Troopers
Pinball Team Ireland
Dutch Drain Train
Pinbulls
Outlane Kings<\/td>		Pinball Team Limburg
2 Girls with Machine Guns
The Eagle Has Landed
Team DPM
Double Nudge<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n
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\"Play<\/a>
Play in the Team Tournament<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
\n
\"Play<\/a>
Play in the Team Tournament<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

While the Team Tournament was taking place, the first qualifying session for the main Open Tournament was starting in the Beneluxzaal hall.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"Open<\/a>
Open Tournament players gather for the first qualifying session<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"Play<\/a>
Play begins<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The Open qualifying ran from 7pm until 10pm during which the 88 players were divided into eight groups of eleven players. Each player played a single game against each of the other ten players in their group. The three players with the most wins in each group progressed to the play-offs on Sunday, with the top player getting a bye through the first play-offs round.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, the Team Tournament was reaching the final. From Group A it was Flipsquad who were the winners. The Dan Lewell Experience won in Group B, Outlane Kings won in Group C, while Group D winners were Team DPM.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"The<\/a>
The team captains gather for the final of the Team Tournament<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The final consisted of five rounds with a mix of single player and split flipper. <\/p>\n\n\n

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\"The<\/a>
The final of the Team Tournament<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"Split<\/a>
Split flipper play in the final<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

However, after four rounds, all teams were equal on ten points, so the fifth round would decide the overall outcome.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"The<\/a>
The last round decided the outcome<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

In the end it was Outlane Kings who triumphed, with Flipsquad second and last year’s winners, The Dan Lewell Experience in third.<\/p>\n\n\n

\n
\"Third<\/a>
Third place, The Dan Lewell Experience<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"Second<\/a>
Second place, Flipsquad<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"Winners<\/a>
Winners of the Team Tournament 2025, Outlane Kings<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"Outlane<\/a>
Outlane Kings’ team shirts<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

SATURDAY<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday at the DPO Expo began at 9:30am when the second qualification session for the Open Tournament began.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"The<\/a>
The Open Tournament qualifying on Saturday<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Officially public access didn’t begin until 10am, but with tournament players, vendors and show staff allowed in early, the halls were getting busy and queues building for some of the most popular games some time before the public opening.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"A<\/a>
A frosty start to Saturday at the DPO Expo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"The<\/a>
The information screen in the entrance foyer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"On-the-day<\/a>
On-the-day payments were handles at one position, pre-registrations at another<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

10am was also the start of the Classic Tournament in the far corner of the Beneluxzaal.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"The<\/a>
The Classic Tournament staff get ready for the start of qualifying<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

For the Classic Tournament, competitors played ten games on the available machines. Their scores are ranked against other players’ scores on those machines and points awarded. Players could choose to replay a machine but could only play any machine a maximum of two times.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"Qualifying<\/a>
Qualifying in the Classic Tournament<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

With the show officially open, let’s take a look around the show halls, starting at the corridor leading from the registration desk and into the Kempenzaal hall.<\/p>\n\n\n

\n
\"The<\/a>
The corridor from the registration desk towards the main show halls<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"Local<\/a>
Local pinball club Pinball Eindhoven<\/a> brought a bunch of pinballs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"Erik<\/a>
Erik Boes had his regular large selection of pinball flyers, posters and documentation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"Christophe<\/a>
Christophe Lienard’s Pinball Pleasure<\/a> had a small stand and a selection of the latest titles<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"Pinball<\/a>
Pinball Pleasure’s machines always had queues to play them<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
\n
\"The<\/a>
The two Harry Potter machines were especially popular<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"The<\/a>
The first bank of free play machines<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"More<\/a>
More free play machines<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
\n
\"More<\/a>
More free play machines<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
\n
\"More<\/a>
More free play machines<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
\n
\"More<\/a>
More free play machines<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
\n
\"More<\/a>
More free play machines<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
\n
\"The<\/a>
The relaxation and dining area<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"The<\/a>
The hot food counter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"Retro<\/a>
Retro Nerds<\/a> brought a selection of unusual titles<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"Check<\/a>
Check Mate, Don Quijote and Icarus on the Retro Nerds stand<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"The<\/a>
The Stern Pinball<\/a> village<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"Some<\/a>
Some of the many Stern Pinball machines<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"Two<\/a>
Two The Walking Dead Remastered Premium machines<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"More<\/a>
More Stern machines<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"Carl<\/a>
Carl Jacob’s Private Gameroom<\/a> had a large stand with parts, mods and machines<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"Assorted<\/a>
Assorted parts on the Private Gameroom stand<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"Toppers<\/a>
Toppers and backglasses from Private Gameroom<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"Carl<\/a>
Carl also brought these three machines<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

In the corridor leading to the Genderfoyer, Mirco Playfields and Pinball Professionals both had stands.<\/p>\n\n\n

\n
\"Part<\/a>
Part of the Mirco Playfields<\/a> stand<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"More<\/a>
More of the Mirco Playfields stand on the other side of the corridor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
\n
\"Pinball<\/a>
Pinball Professionals<\/a> were promoting their repair, customisation and restoration services<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"This<\/a>
This Dolly Parton has music and custom sound calls tied in to the gameplay<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Moving into the Beneluxzaal hall, we start going anti-clockwise with Hexa Pinball<\/a> who had two of their Space Hunt games as well as a demonstration of their Plungr connected scoring system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Space
Space Hunt on the Hexa Pinball stand<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Showcasing
Showcasing their Plungr<\/a> scores, leaderboards and remote access system<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Chrome
Chrome Pinball<\/a> were showing the results they can achieve with their chrome plating service<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n
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\"Dutch<\/a>
Dutch Pinball<\/a> and Dutch Pinball Exclusive<\/a> were showing their Alice and Lebowski games<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
\n
\"Also<\/a>
Also on the stand were these models from the Pinball Legends range as well as a number of The Art of Pinball<\/a> mods<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"The<\/a>
The Pingolf machines<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
\n
\"Tools<\/a>
Tools for Pinballs were selling assorted equipment to maintain, repair and restore your machines<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
\n
\"The<\/a>
The Dutch Pinball Museum<\/a> had a large stand showing how various pinball mechanisms work along with a brief history of the game<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
\n
\"Some<\/a>
Some of the interactive exhibits<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
\n
\"LED4Pin<\/a>
LED4Pin<\/a> had some great deals on parts and playfield protectors<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
\n
\"Loose<\/a>
Loose Flip<\/a> had some very striking T-shirt designs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The RS Pinball stand had the latest titles form several manufacturers, including Pinball Brothers<\/a>‘ Predator<\/em> and Barrels of Fun’s Winchester Mystery House<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"RS
RS Pinball<\/a> had two Predator machines<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n
\n
\"They<\/a>
They also had the Queen and ABBA machines from Pinball Brothers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
\n
\"The<\/a>
The Barrels of Fun<\/a> wall had Labyrinth, Dune and Winchester Mystery House<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
\n
\"There<\/a>
There was always a long line to play Winchester Mystery House<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
\n
\"There<\/a>
There was still a queue even after the show closed and all the machines were switched off<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
\n
\"RS<\/a>
RS Pinball also had a good selection of Spooky Pinball<\/a> Titles, including this Evil Dead<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"Turner<\/a>
Turner Pinball<\/a> and American Pinball<\/a> were also represented<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The illuminated art blades from Graphylux<\/a> were also on offer at the RS Pinball stand<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"PinSound<\/a>
PinSound<\/a> had a stand selling their audio boards, speakers and speaker light kits<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"Wijnants<\/a>
Wijnants Speelautomaten<\/a> had four machines from different manufacturers on their stand<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Two more machines on the Wijnants Speelautomaten stand<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"Pinball<\/a>
Pinball Italy<\/a> were showing four of their beautiful restorations<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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Two more restorations from Pinball Italy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The homebrew area featured some games we’d seen before but also some surprises.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The homebrew area<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"Despicable<\/a>
Despicable Me and Super Mario Bros. from Pinball Amigos<\/a>, plus The Rocky Horror Picture Show from Wolfgang Grauvogl<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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The Invaders Fight Back from TAD Pinball<\/a> and SeeTouch, and Space Singularity by Rebellion Pinball<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n
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\"Metal<\/a>
Metal Legends Worldtour<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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A completely recoded Black Knight 2000 complete with LCD panel and animations<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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This Kingpin game by Tom D.K. has an interesting story behind it<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The Kingpin game above was built from scratch by Tom D.K. originally using a Capcom Breakshot cabinet but, when that was found to be too shallow, one from a Flipper Football. It was built using only pictures of the original game to create the playfield and all the artwork.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"Pinball<\/a>
Pinball Universe<\/a> had four machines and a selection of playfields<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"Toy<\/a>
Toy Story 4 and Legends of Valhalla from Pinball Universe<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"Queen<\/a>
Queen and The Godfather from Pinball Universe<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"There<\/a>
There were also a few playfields for sale<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Right at the end of the Beneluxzaal were a several more rows of free play machines.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Free play machines at the back of the Beneluxzaal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"More<\/a>
More free play machines<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"More<\/a>
More free play machines<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The final row of free play machines<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

When the DPO became the DPO Expo, the addition of seminars was a major part of the enhanced show package. These now stretch across both days of the show, allowing those who can only attend for one day the opportunity to see the presentations by the special guests and ask them questions in person. As a result, two of the guest speakers – Dr. Sander Bakkes and Steve Ritchie – held seminars on both days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminars take place in a dedicated presentation room called Baroniezaal. Pinball News was there to help with the seminars and record them.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"Inside<\/a>
Inside the seminars room<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
1:00pm<\/td>Dr. Sander Bakkes
<\/strong>They Psychology of Pinball: Why we get angry at pinball machines (or ourselves)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n
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Dr. Sander Bakkes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Dr. Sander Bakkes is an Assistant Professor of Game Design and Playful Learning, and here he explores what players enjoy about games, and pinball in particular, and why certain types of game both anger us when we fail to beat them but somehow keep bringing us back for more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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