Genie was launched in 1979 and later that year it showed up at our local pizza hangout, Sunshine Pizza Exchange in Hillsboro, Oregon (suburb of Portland). My buddies and I were juniors in high school and would scarf pizza, play pinball and flirt with girls at Sunshine after soccer practice. Being healthy high school boys, those things and cars were about all we had on our minds. Genie was the first widebody we had ever seen. One day we’re playing Aztec   Click here to read more...

My Pinball Projects team owns a gorgeous Gottlieb Genie. It's never been in an arcade, the playfield looks brand new, and a previous owner had put in a credit button. A previous owner had also done some very amateurish repair work, and left the machine in a state of internal debauchery. This is a quick tale, with a valuable lesson. We searched the internet for the answer to our problems, hunted through the machine with a multi-meter,   Click here to read more...