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Get ready to "Pinbrawl" Sunday in Portland, OR

Shaggy April 16, 2010 0

The pinball events just keep on coming, this time in Oregon. We were sent this reminder that this Sunday, April 18th is when Ground Kontrol in Portland, OR is holding their second annual Pinbrawl

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Play "Pinball at the Zoo" tomorrow at the Kalamazoo County Fairgrounds

Shaggy April 15, 2010 0

(thanks to Kevin for the tip) One thing that helps keep pinball going is the number of annual events held around the world to prominently feature pinball machines there. If you live near Kalamazoo,

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Update on the "Special When Lit" pinball documentary

Shaggy April 15, 2010 3

Last September we ran a brief story on a new documentary on pinball called “Special When Lit” and I sort of forgot about it until recently. Now, the documentary will be appearing at a

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Stern's Official Ironman pinball promo video

Shaggy April 14, 2010 2

I know that we’ve already discussed Ironman pinball by Stern but news has been less than abundant recently and I like to try and have at least one item up per day. So here

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New pinball manufacturer out of Spain: Marsaplay

Shaggy April 8, 2010 2

While Stern Pinball has carried the title of the world’s only coin-op pinball manufacturer for a while now (with occasional challenges by companies like Retro Pinball although AFAIK they haven’t been able to roll

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Stern says Ironman pinball available now UPDATED

Shaggy March 31, 2010 7

This caught me completely by surprise – according to a press release that was just sent out by Stern Pinball, Ironman pinball is now available for purchase. I am surprised by this as I

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Next from Stern Pinball: Ironman

Shaggy March 18, 2010 5

(thanks to IcePagoda on the forums for the tip) Via Pinballnews.com Stern Pinball has revealed the first picture of their next pinball machine, Iron Man and with it, a good idea of what to

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Ground Kontrol announces the 2nd annual Pinbrawl Tournament

Shaggy February 27, 2010 0

Last year an arcade in Portland known as Ground Kontrol hosted a large pinball tournament called Pinbrawl and by all accounts, it was a big success. So with one successful tournament of this caliber

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The Big Buck Hunter Pro Pinball promotional video

Shaggy January 29, 2010 0

(Thanks for the tip igo!) Stern is living up to the promise of improving the marketing behind new pinball machines, as we see here with a new promotional video for Big Buck Hunter Pro

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Big Buck Hunter pinball revealed

Shaggy December 31, 2009 1

We heard about Big Buck Hunter Pro coming to pinball ages ago (in fact that is something we discussed on the most recent podcast) and finally we have a look at the game, via

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Arcade Heroes Podcast #11 – Finishing up '09

Shaggy December 31, 2009 0

It’s the last day of 2009 and with that, our last podcast of the year. Due to the slow down in news lately (and I have been rather busy) it was a little difficult

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The making of a homebrew pinball machine + new iPhone pinball app

Shaggy December 24, 2009 2

While homebrew video games are a dime a dozen these days, homebrew pinball machines are quite rare as there are more people out there willing to make their own video game than their own

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