I just thought I would let you know what I will be rambling about in the coming weeks.
Microsoft Pinball Arcade – Review
I’m awaiting delivery of Microsoft Pinball Arcade after buying a copy of eBay for a princely £1.70.

It was released in 1998 and features 7 Gottlieb Tables:
Baffle Ball (1931)
Humpty Dumpty (1947)
Knock Out (1950)
Slick Chick(1963)
Spirit of [...]

I like to keep my eye on pinball machine sales on ebay. Both out of interest and to help build a picture of costs for when I start my collection or find a table to restore.
Prices have dipped a little bit recently (I doubt you need telling the reason for that) but you still see [...]

Capcom Kingpin – Author : Unclereamus & Noah Fentz
Anyone who has played Unclereamus & Noah Fentz’s VP9 version of Getaway : High Speed II should be looking forward to this table. The pacing and playability of their HS2 table were big improvements over the already good Pac Dude version.
As a victim of the Capcom Pinball [...]

I have just read through an interesting article on the Cheep talk blog .
In 1986, Williams High Speed changed the economics of pinball forever.  Pinball developers began to see how they could take advantage of programmable software to monitor, incentivize, and ultimately exploit the players.
Although I don’t think the Manufacturers “exploited” the players any more [...]

A blog about pinball in the 21st century?
I caught the pinball bug in 1992 after seeing one of the Adams Family machines delivered to the hotel arcade, whilst on holiday in Greece. I chose to play it after thinking that arcade games now seemed expensive, due to the home consoles spoiling us at the time. I figured [...]