Tonight is the next pinball tournament in our satellite series and your next chance to win a weekend pass to the Northwest Pinball & Arcade Show, as well as tournament entries for the show. Registration closes at 8pm, so get there early for a beer, some food and to practice! his is a reminder that the posted start time for tonight's event, 8pm, A Fish Tales and Getaway have been added temporarily to the line up at Lucky Liquor in support of tonight's tourney!

Where? Lucky Liquor, 10325 E Marginal Way S, Tukwila, Washington 98168
When? Register by 8pm!
How much? $10 entry
What can I win? For every 7 players, one person will win a 3-day pass to the NW Pinball & Arcade Show, as well as entries into a number of the tournaments at the show!

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It's starting to get down to the wire and we need more pinball games for the Northwest Pinball & Arcade Show next month! It's the 10th year of this non-profit, volunteer run show, we have a killer line up of new pinball titles and speakers, but we need more pins from the 70s-2000s. If you've been on the fence about donating games or can add a few more to what you are already bringing, that would be awesome!

Speakers and guests next month will include Dwight Sullivan, Stevie Ritchie, John Trudeau, Mark Ritchie, Greg Freres, John Youssi, Jersey Jack Guarnieri, Butch Peel, Tim Kitzrow, David Thiel, and Joe Balcer and Jolly from the new American Pinball.

We will have all the latest Stern games, along with the Houdini, Alien, two Dialed Ins and many more! But we really need your games too! Volunteering your games is a great way to promote the hobby we all love and help the non-profit show succeed and showcase pinball and arcade games to the public, as well as to the collecting community. There are tons of incentives for bringing games on top of that. Volunteer your games today at: http://www.nwpinballshow.com/volunteer/games

Or email Toby with the details directly at: [email protected]

If you are donating 3 or more games and live within our transportation zone, we can have a truck pick up the games at your house and deliver them back for you. Thanks!!!

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The final show planning meeting is tomorrow, there will be a BBQ lunch followed by talking about the final details and needs for the show.

Final Northwest Pinball & Arcade Planning Meeting
Saturday, May 13th @ 11:00am
Snohomish Chalet
1705 Terrace Ave, Snohomish, WA 98290

After the meeting there will be a pinball and arcade repair party down at Byron's house in Renton. Have a game you want to bring to the show that has a problem going on? Bring it!

Renton Repair Party
Saturday, May 13th @ 3:30pm
Byron's Place:
3109 SE 4th St
Renton, WA 98056

Less than one month away! We are up to 358 games and growing!

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Awesome offer, I can stage games at my house in Ballard too. Current game count is:
186 pinball machines
130 stand up arcade games
19 sitdown/cockpit games
8 cocktail games
8 other (kid's zone redemption games)
6 countertop games
3 shooter games
2 EM arcade games
1 dancing (DDR)

363 total right now. The deadline for games the show transports is Friday, I'd expect a jump in the list then. And then self-transport games will continue to trickle in until the show weekend. I'm pretty confident we will break the 400 game mark, which is always what we aim to be around.

All games will remain on the floor for the entire show, no games will be pulled early if sold! All games will be on free play and accessible the entire weekend with the exception of the pinball games in the tournament, which are listed separately on our website.

Current pinball line up for the show. Definitely subject to change over the next month and this list will grow, but this is the current list of games that will all be on freeplay in either vendor's booths are on the main show floor for the entire show:

Golden Arrow (Gottlieb) - ShowFloor
AC/DC Luci premium (Stern) - ShowFloor
Addams Family (Bally) - ShowFloor
Aerosmith(premium) (Stern) - VenderBooth
Aerosmith(pro) (Stern) - VenderBooth
Alien SE (Heighway) - VenderBooth
Alladins Castle (Bally) - ShowFloor
Attack From Mars CE (Chicago Gaming) - VenderBooth
Attack From Mars LE (Chicago Gaming) - VenderBooth
Attack From Mars SE (Chicago Gaming) - VenderBooth
Avengers Pro (Stern) - ShowFloor
Aztec (Williams) - ShowFloor
Batman 66(premium) (Stern) - VenderBooth
Batman 66(premium) (Stern) - VenderBooth
Batman 66(premium) (Stern) - VenderBooth
Batman 66(premium) (Stern) - VenderBooth
Batman Forever (Sega) - ShowFloor
Bell Ringer (Gottlieb) - KidsArea
Big Hurt (Gottlieb) - ShowFloor
Big Indian (Gottlieb) - ShowFloor
Black Hole (Gottlieb) - ShowFloor
Black Knight 2000 (Williams) - ShowFloor
Black Knight 2000 (Williams) - ShowFloor
Brom Stokers Dracula (Williams) - ShowFloor
Buccaneer (Gottlieb) - ShowFloor
Capersville (Bally) - ShowFloor
Capt. Card (Gottlieb) - ShowFloor
Checkpoint (Data East) - ShowFloor
Cleopatra (Gottlieb) - ShowFloor
Congo (Williams) - ShowFloor
Cosmic Gunfight (Williams) - ShowFloor
Crescendo (Gottlieb) - ShowFloor
Custom Kids Pinball (Homemade) - KidsArea
Cyclone (Williams) - ShowFloor
Demolition Man (Williams) - ShowFloor
Dialed In (Jersey Jack) - ShowFloor
Dialed In (Jersey Jack) - ShowFloor
Diner (Williams) - ShowFloor
Dr. Who (Bally) - ShowFloor
Dr. Who (Bally) - ShowFloor
Escape From the Lost World (Bally) - ShowFloor
F-14 Tomcat (Williams) - ShowFloor
F-14 Tomcat (Williams) - ShowFloor
Faces (Sonic) - ShowFloor
Family Guy (Stern) - ShowFloor
Fire! (Williams) - ShowFloor
Fire! (Williams) - ShowFloor
Firepower ll (Williams) - ShowFloor
Fish Tales (Williams) - ShowFloor
Flip Flop (Bally) - ShowFloor
Flipper Football (Capcom) - ShowFloor
Full Throttle (Heighway) - VenderBooth
Funhouse (Williams) - ShowFloor
Galactic Girl (Dominique) - ShowFloor
Game of Thrones(pro) (Stern) - VenderBooth
Game of Thrones(pro) (Stern) - VenderBooth
Game Show (Bally) - ShowFloor
Ghostbuster (Stern) - VenderBooth
Ghostbuster (Stern) - VenderBooth
Ghostbuster (Stern) - VenderBooth
Gilligans Island (Bally) - ShowFloor
Grid Iron (Gottlieb) - ShowFloor
Haunted House (Gottlieb) - ShowFloor
High Speed (Williams) - ShowFloor
Hit and Run (Williams) - KidsArea
Hook (Data East) - ShowFloor
Houdini (American Pinball) - VenderBooth
Independence Day (Sega) - ShowFloor
Indiana Jones (Williams) - ShowFloor
Judge Dredd (Williams) - ShowFloor
Kiss (Stern) - VenderBooth
Lazer War (Data East) - ShowFloor
Lord of the Rings (Stern) - ShowFloor
Lord of the Rings (Stern) - ShowFloor
Lucky Strike (Williams) - ShowFloor
Magic Castle (Zaccaria) - ShowFloor
Metallica(premium) (Stern) - VenderBooth
Metallica(pro) (Stern) - VenderBooth
Miss-O (Williams) - ShowFloor
Monopoly (Stern) - ShowFloor
Monster Bash (Williams) - ShowFloor
Mousin Around (Bally) - ShowFloor
Nascar (Stern) - ShowFloor
NBA Fastbreak (Williams) - ShowFloor
Night Rider (Bally) - ShowFloor
Nip-It (Bally) - ShowFloor
No Good Gofers (Bally) - ShowFloor
Old Chicago (Bally) - ShowFloor
Party Zone (Midway) - ShowFloor
Pinball Pool (Gottlieb) - ShowFloor
Pin-Up (Gottlieb) - ShowFloor
Pit Stop (Williams) - ShowFloor
Police Force (Williams) - ShowFloor
Police Force (Williams) - ShowFloor
Popeye (Bally) - VenderBooth
Power Play (Bally) - ShowFloor
Punchy the Clown (Alvin G) - KidsArea
Rescue 911 (Gottlieb) - ShowFloor
Revenge From Mars (Bally) - ShowFloor
Ripleys Believe It or Not (Stern) - ShowFloor
Roller Disco (Gottlieb) - ShowFloor
Rollr Girlz (Pinball Union) - ShowFloor
Safe Cracker (Bally) - ShowFloor
Safe Cracker (Bally) - ShowFloor
Shadow (Bally) - ShowFloor
Sky Lab (Williams) - ShowFloor
Sky Line (Gottlieb) - ShowFloor
Slap Shot (Data East) - ShowFloor
Slugfest (Williams) - KidsArea
Solar Ride (Gottlieb) - ShowFloor
Solids and Stripes (Williams) - ShowFloor
Space Jam (Sega) - ShowFloor
Space Odyssey (Williams) - ShowFloor
Speakeasy (Bally) - ShowFloor
Spiderman Vault Edition (Stern) - VenderBooth
Spin-A-Card (Gottlieb) - ShowFloor
Spring Break (Gottlieb) - ShowFloor
Star Trek Next Generation (Williams) - ShowFloor
Star Wars (Data East) - VenderBooth
Steampunk Royale (Pinball Union) - ShowFloor
Stellar Wars (Williams) - ShowFloor
Striker Xtreme (Stern) - ShowFloor
Strikes and Spares (Gottlieb) - ShowFloor
Super Mario Mushroom World (Gottlieb) - KidsArea
Super Mario Mushroom World (Gottlieb) - ShowFloor
Surf n Safari (Gottlieb) - ShowFloor
Swords of Fury (Williams) - ShowFloor
Tales from the Crypt (Data East) - ShowFloor
Tales from the Crypt (Data East) - ShowFloor
Tales of the Arabian Nights (Williams) - VenderBooth
Tatoo Mystique (Other) - ShowFloor
Taxi (Williams) - ShowFloor
Teachers Pet (Williams) - ShowFloor
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (Williams) - ShowFloor
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (Williams) - ShowFloor
The Addams Family (Bally) - ShowFloor
The Addams Family (Bally) - ShowFloor
The Addams Family (Bally) - ShowFloor
The Whos Tommy Pinball Wizard (Data East) - ShowFloor
Theatre of Magic (Bally) - ShowFloor
Time Warp (Williams) - VenderBooth
Trident (Stern) - ShowFloor
Truck Stop (Bally) - ShowFloor
Twilight Zone (Williams) - ShowFloor
Twilight Zone (Williams) - ShowFloor
USA Football (Alvin G) - KidsArea
Viper Night Driving (Sega) - ShowFloor
Whirlwind (Williams) - ShowFloor
Whirlwind (Williams) - ShowFloor
Whirlwind (Williams) - ShowFloor
Whitewater (Williams) - ShowFloor
Whoa Nellie (Stern) - ShowFloor
Wild Wild West (Gottlieb) - ShowFloor
World Cup Soccer (Bally) - ShowFloor
World Cup Soccer (Bally) - ShowFloor

Games Used Only For Pinball Tournaments:

Ali (Stern)
Black Hole (Gottlieb)
Brom Stokers Dracula (Williams)
Captain Fantastic (Bally)
Congo (Williams)
Fish Tales (Williams)
Funhouse (Williams)
Ghostbuster (Stern)
Grand Prix (Stern)
Hotdoggin (Bally)
Jack in the Box (Gottlieb)
Joker Poker (Gottlieb)
Lord of the Rings (Stern)
Mars Trek (Sonic)
Mata Hari (Bally)
Medieval Madness (remake) (Chicago Gaming)
Monster Bash (Williams)
NBA (Stern)
Nitro Groundshaker (Bally)
Paragon (Bally)
Seawitch (Stern)
Stargate (Gottlieb)
Strikes and Spares (Bally)
Trident (Stern)
Tron: Legacy (Stern)
Volley (Gottlieb)
Vulcan (Gottlieb)
Walking Dead (Stern)
World Cup Soccer (Bally)
World Poker Tour (Stern)
WWF Royal Rumble (Data East)

Ha, me too! There is probably a space before the G. I can bug the database guy to look at it.

The tournaments run the entire show with qualifying rounds and 5 separate tournaments. The finals generally run right up until the show ends. That's why we separate them out and say they are only available for tournament play.

Honestly, tournament games are set up really tough, they pull parts, increase the tilt sensitivity and change the settings to make ball times shorter--for the average player, they aren't as much fun to play. But if you really want to play them, you could enter in one of the tournaments

I feel like 2 years ago it was on the floor. But yeah, most of the games in the tournaments are owned by tournament volunteers and players, they bring their own games, do their own set up and run that part of the show themselves. I can put a request in next year to rotate the titles out, specifically Seawitch

The full game list is here: http://www.nwpinballshow.com/games

It's increasing daily, it's gone up 100 games over the past few days as we approach Friday's transportation deadline (the show rents trucks and volunteers pick up games at collectors houses if they will send 3 or more games). So far the shooters look like:
1959 Williams Crusader
1976 Clay Champ (Allied Leisure)
Gaia Crusaders (Noise Factory)
Police Trainer (P&P Marketing)

There usually are some more self-transported EM shooters that get added later and some House of the Dead and Silent Scopes. I think we are going to have that new Space Invaders Frenzy game too. I used to own the Clay Champ, man is that a massive cabinet to move around.

We definitely should co-ordinate better next year, Southern Fried is the same weekend as well. We normally do our show a weekend earlier, but our venue was booked. And yeah, since we are the biggest show of the three and it's our 10th year, we got most of the speakers and new game debuts. But we want to work with all the shows, help the up and coming ones, and keep this type date conflict from happening in the future. We all have the same mission to promote the hobby, so let's coordinate better next year!

We hit our goal of 400 games! The Northwest Pinball & Arcade Show board would like to give a huge thanks to everyone that have volunteered their games for this year's show!!

It seems we have filled up the two main hotels we use for the show adjacent to the Tacoma Convention Center. If anyone is still looking to book a room for the show weekend, we have lined up a deal at the Holiday Inn Express & Suites, which is about 5 blocks away from the venue. They've made the block for standard rooms with the 15% discount, the discount code is NWP to and you have until May 26th to use the code and receive the discount.

Wow, I've never seen it broken down like that! I think it's a little higher than last year, maybe by 30-40 pins?

Yes, there will be more added like WOZ and a few more. I don't think Pinball Bulbs games are listed yet. And the coming soon I think are placeholders for games that haven't yet been listed but needed to meet the transportation deadline. Also crossing our fingers on the new Ritchie game, I know they'd love to have it finished in time to have it here since Steve will be here.

There will be minor additions and changes to the game list happening right up until the show, but it's probably 90-95% set right now.

I'm trying to remember who owned that...

There will be lots of pictures posted and all their talks will be streamed live and put up on YouTube later. But I think your dare is taking it a little bit too far...

That's what I was thinking. James is out of town this year, so less or none of his games are coming, depending if he ended up staging some. I'm sure it will be back next year if we bug him. I want to play his Catacomb again too!