This is the first full prototype game we built. The community wanted it to stay in Benton (our home town) so they bought it. How nice is that?!

It's set to .25 cents a game so it gets the daylights played out of it. After a few "trial by fire" pinball shows and parties, its time to see how it handles being out in the wild!

First production game is right behind me in the shop... and yes, it will ship VERY soon. I hate giving dates because they never get met. It's not alone... many more in various states of assembly right now. We're doing all we can to get them out to their owners asap.

I give Ben the all credit. He's hammered that code to the point we feel it's stable enough in any environment. Sleep is totally over rated... right Mr. Heckendorn?!

Yes... this is the original art, and you can order the more popular "blue ghosts" design.

3 out of the 4 people on the backglass in this proto game are from our tiny home town... no way the village was gonna take the new option and replace them with animated versions.

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Ben is being modest (for a change...) AMH won the trophy for "best custom" at MGC! We don't consider these custom at this point by any means, buy hey... we'll take the victory. Great job Ben! I was told Zombies was a close 2nd... Just wait till next year Heckendorn!

Very proud of our small team of rebels... and yes Hilton, you come to Benton any time you'd like!

Now who's gonna help me unload the damn trailer?! Think I'll let it slide till the minion workers show up.

A week?! I slept till 8:30 to make up for all the sleep I lost in the last 7 days and feel like a slacker.

THANK YOU!!! And big thanks to everyone else who has helped get us off the ground. We're a tick over 1 year into this (2 years on AMH really) and ready to ship some games... Zombies is right behind Ben's game, and we couldn't be prouder.

Still lots to do and improvements to make. We'll get there!

This just happened... still lots of work to do, but great day for our little band of rebels!

Ben Heck was seen hanging off the pallet screaming "no wait... I still wanna tweak the video mode!!!". Sorry Ben... but it did ship with wizard mode.

We're going to Lawrence's Pub on main street in Benton for Spotted Cow, burgers, and to play the location AMH to celebrate. Have a great weekend pinball world!

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Not till next week, but when they gotta go, they gotta go!

Credit where credit is due... I'll say our friends Greg & Dennis did that with Whoa Nellie. But, great to join them finally!

With a little luck and some hard work, 2 more are leaving next week. But tonight, we're gonna do a lot of this....

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Ok... I tend to be all "nose to the grindstone" and don't dip into pinside as much as I should... but you sir, just made me smile and laugh harder than I have all week!

I swear we're paying these young men enough to buy a whole shirt. Hell, I've even given them shirts! They still come in with 1/3 of a shirt the next day.

Yes guys, we are shipping games. Sent one out last week, another leaves tomorrow, another is in final testing, and as Ben mentioned, we're waiting for the next batch of boards so we can play test about a half dozen more that are ready. Another half dozen right behind those are in various states of assembly.

We don't let Ben do cartwheels... I did hug Ben when the first one shipped, and he told me never to do that again. Next time we'll just toast with a beer & fist bump like manly men. He's down in Texas with our board mfg buddy Parker, touring an aircraft carrier today while I work my ass off, the bastard!

Peace out pinball dudes... I'm gonna get outta the shop and jog around Benton (takes like 10 minutes) before we get more biblical rains.

Those were customer Ken's own design... I told him I'd buy a couple sets if he made them. Pure simple genius!

Thank ya' H... we really do appreciate everyone who supports us in the small company world. It's only about a million times harder than I dreamed it would be.

And yeah... I'll talk to customer Ken. He could sell a pile of those simple beauties!

Camp Spooky is in for 2 sets... great job Ken! And if ya' find yourself closer to Benton, you're hired sir!

After a rough day yesterday... this pretty much gave me a 180 flip this morning.

Thank you Ken, for the patience & the support. We're doing all we can to make a great product. It never has been nor will it ever be easy, but we keep finding ways to make the games better.

We're far from perfect and we still have things we need to improve on... but we will.

Ben is relentless... I can verify this 100%.

Mr. Kelly..., you need to learn how to spell Benton, WI correctly! And why is "staff" in parenthesis? Oh yeah... forgot, you've met the minions. They're still wondering why the hell I let the cranky old dude in the shop, and how Deb hasn't killed you yet.

Wow... KT had this idea right as we were launching the company. Great minds think alike apparently!

That's why I like working with this guy.

We fully intend to ship world wide with all our games... just not quite there yet. We've just got shipping sorted out for the states really. Still lots to learn... we truly are a small family run business in all aspects.

We put 2 games on a truck today for the first time. Huge deal for us!

Getting games out is an awesome feeling, but I know we're not finished. We do have a few things we need to address as I get reports back on these first few, but we'll make it right... and overall, so far, so good!

Thank god for guys like Anthony and everyone else who had enough faith to help get us off the ground by purchasing games! Unreal putting it on location like that so others can try before they buy... THANK YOU!!!

We're getting better with each game that leaves, and for those still waiting, we appreciate the patience. Just a small shop doing our best!

Don't forget, there is our original test game that's been on location since spring at Lawrence's Pub & Eatery right here in the pinball mfg capital of Wisconsin, Benton! Trust me... you roll through Benton, you'll find it... along with a selection of great Wisconsin brews.

Oh... and right now 3 ghosts beaten and 75 million is the bench mark (as far as I know). Top notch PAPA player did that in his home last night. Sorry I missed that performance Chris, but getting home at 4:00 a.m. was about as late as I could push it and still work today!

You're on old man... or should I let Bug do my light work and kick your ass for me? You can't even get your own mode started!

Really... Bryan F'n Kelly plays a creepy psychotic old hotel owner ghost in the game. Call it typecasting. Ha!

We're at 244 Ridge Ave in Benton... Lawrence's is right on the main strip through town (Hwy 11). Can't miss it.... the entire village is about 6 blocks long. We're right on the south edge of Benton.

St. Paul is a solid 5 hours away. I know this from having to run up to Bryan Kelly's place to drop off Spotted Cow and Geritol a few times a year.

Platteville, WI... about 20 minutes away. But I think the word "crop duster" is used quite a bit at that airport.

Actually, I've heard the phrase "crop duster" used to describe Bryan Kelly at pinball parties too.

Ben's kicking ass... lots of cool new improvements! Attract mode is like 100 times better than it was yesterday. He's adapted code to make our ball trough more reliable as well.

Still a few bugs he's hammering on, but really nice update! We're going to shoot a "how to update code" video before he heads back home later today.

I need to update the game code at Lawrence's pub here in Benton this week and shop it out. Been in daily operation there since March 21st and the white rubber isn't anymore. We're kinda proud of that.

Many of the changes were from your suggestions, so yep, I think you'll like this. Thanks for the help and patience!

Pretty damn speechless right now... The people at PAPA has been unbelievably kind to us. As have pretty much all our customers. Without people putting faith in new companies & product, we've got zero chance to grow and improve. So really, thanks to everyone who supports us in any way!

We'll cross the 20 games out there mark real soon. Getting faster and better all the time!

It will be over Mr. Heck & Mr. Hilton.

She's not the prettiest gal at the ball (that's why we didn't ship it) but it's fine for show use & Ben tweaks.

I love knockers too Heck! We can always add in a traditional knocker at some point. Just one of those things that got put on the back burner.

That right scoop (and every other coil) in the game is adjustable in Ben Heck's super menu system. I like it somewhere in the middle... not as fast as shown, but not an easy catch either.

The best is Ben's voice telling you which switch you're pressing when you have your head under the game (optional)... we use that all the time in final testing, and we still laugh at it... every, single, time.