Restored – Williams (1994 DMD Widebody) Demolition Man Pinball
Among the pinball collectors and enthusiasts, the Demolition Man machine is considered a “B” title and thus does not get that much attention. Often, that also means it stays on route longer collecting money where the “A” titles are consumed, restored and put away forever. This is yet another case of – the collectors got […]
Restored – Williams (1967) Apollo Pinball
1967 was at the height of the space race and everyone wanted to share in celebrating the United States’ remarkable technical prowess. The Williams Apollo pinball machine was created to capture and relive these moments for patrons in the back alley bars and bowling alleys. About This Machine This machine was produced in limited […]
Restored – Williams (1991) Terminator 2 Pinball
I’m a huge fan of Arnold Schwarzenegger. Silly, I know. His movies are pretty campy and most of the products that bare the name seem to be marginal at best. However, the Terminator series of movies (particularly Judgement Day) aligned well with the peak of pinball in the early 90’s to result in the creation of […]
News – May 2012
What happened to April? Machines of interest top of the month: Williams Terminator 2 Pinball – full restoration, LEDs, and mods. Williams Demolition Man Pinball (Superpin widebody) – full restoration. Just a great game Stern Ripley’s Believe It Or Not Pinball (RBION) – nice home unit, being prepped for tear down, cleaning and polishing […]
Restored – Williams (1986) Comet Pinball
Ok, so what’s so special about Comet you say? Well ok, it’s considered by most as an average pin from the 80’s. Sure, I’ll concede that. However, it WAS just an average pin from the 80’s. Something changed my mind about this machine that was worth writing about. I see a lot of pinball […]
News – February 2012
February must be pinball time. Well, I’m thinking it’s pinball restoration and repair month anyway. In the queue: Firepower (the classic solid state game from Williams) Star Wars (very fun game, maybe my favorite DE after playing it a little) Aladdin’s Castle (nice EM) Playball (old old EM, very cool game) The Shadow (oh boy, love […]
Restored – Williams (1980) Firepower Pinball
Here we have an original 1980 Williams Firepower pinball. This machine was the pinnacle of technology, even for Williams at that time. This system used the full potential of the System 3-6 MPU board, with extended memory addressing. Also, this is the first pinball machine to use real time speech synthesis. Firepower also introduced 3- […]