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“Hauntcade vs. Winter!”
Our pop-up Hauntcade Gaming tournament is now in it's 9th incarnation!! Horrorhouse Fest Pinball Tournament of Death is one unlike any other. With 4 hours of truly interactive and wildly haunted times, where players emerge either dead or with far too many prizes!
Join in the madness which was just recently featured alongside Elvira's House of Horrors at Pinball Expo in Chicago, and winner of > Read the full story...
“Initial Rival”
February 2nd, 2020
Just who do these people think they are coming into my home and tagging thier names all over the place? I remember at times, welcoming and encouraging it. Now I can't help but notice and wished I hadn't. Whenever I turn these pins on, there > more...
“Meeting the Man Who Saved Pinball”
January 29th, 2020
It was August 3rd, 2019, the third day of Pinburgh 2019. I had a rough go at my first ever Pinburgh missing E finals by a couple spots. D division is commonly referred to as the Drinking Division, and E, > more...
“My 45 year journey”
January 23rd, 2020
My EM journey started as an SS obsession (well, after being on Pinside for a while, probably not by your standards)… Way back in 1982, my wife and I were in our first house, in our first jobs and had a > more...
“A Beginner's Journey into a Life...”
January 22nd, 2020
You know that feeling when you're not prepared to for your exam, and your teacher starts to pass out the test; you just sit there waiting...and then it reaches you... EOS, whats that? Coils, Solenoids, Leaf Switches- OH MY! That's kind of what > more...
“INDISC 2020”
January 14th, 2020
INDISC 2020 proved to be all I had hoped it would be and more. Having come to the Museum of Pinball for one day last fall and realizing it wasn't enough, I signed on for four days this time and > more...
“Rosebud Was Her Sled (Dec 9, 2019)”
January 10th, 2020
Maybe it's a "well past mid-life" kind of thing, or a bucket list thing. But for some reason I've been bitten by the pinball bug of late, and in fact, this afternoon put a down payment on an older (circa > more...
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Back on the pin sauce
Thank you for having me on this forum. I just got back into pinball over the last year or so >
My first new pinball machine
Here's a little short story about me.I bought my first three pinball machines from Gene Cunningham. I only have one >
My first new pinball machine
This story starts on Monday February 10th 2020. I take my very nice who dunnit pinball machine up to Chicago >
PINSIDE TOP 50 - BY YEAR (adjusted data)
Pinside Top 50 by Year data was adjusted to equalize reporting methods. For more details on methodology, see footnotes on >
PINSIDE TOP 50 - BY YEAR (original data)
Pinside TOP 50 has finally been summarized by year to capture rankings by the community and to compare new titles >
Feb 7th Games Games and More Games
So about a month ago I pick up a Cue Ball Wizard and a Gorgar both of them in bad >
My first Pinball Jurassic Park
My first pin came after I had a few video games. I was in Big Soring Texas at a mall about >
ballys old chicago
recently swaped my royal flush pin for an old chicago pin. having a few problems with it, went to your >
Pinball Newbie Lovin it so far
Fellow Pinsiders I have been wanting to purchase a pinball machine for a few years now and finally pulled the trigger a >
Restoration project Gottlieb 2001
Purchased a Gottlieb 2001 four years ago in MO to restore, finished it today. Thanks to the suppliers of parts, >
Pinball fun
Just added my 7th machine into my collection. Just took ownership of Mysterian by Bally.
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