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Matt and Don review and recap a mystical and magical Pinball Expo 2025. There was espresso, live streams, an inflatable pink couch…. oh and they also played a bunch of games they never played before....

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Highlights

  • Pinball Expo was started by Rob Burke and is in its 41st year
  • Rob Burke brought approximately 100 of his own machines on free play to Expo, featuring a different selection each year
  • BMX (1982 Bally) was produced in a run of approximately 500 machines
  • BMX was designed by Ward Pemberton and features unique side-button in-lane functionality
  • 24 (2009) was designed by Steve Ritchie with code by Lyman F. Sheats Jr. and only 1,200 machines were made
  • Phantom of the Opera is a Data East game with semi-translucent backglass featuring Paul Faris artwork
  • Space Jam was a 1996 Sega pinball game with only 800 machines produced
  • The Bash Pinball booth was shared with Ian from Nudge magazine and featured an espresso machine that was very popular

Notable quotes

“It's the size of like the smallest bedroom in anybody's house basically.”
“I only had about two hours total out of the whole event to play games.”
“I am looking for something different unique and innovative that feels different I don't want to just see a straight shot hit the thing and then it comes back I want to actually have some mystery.”
“is the game fun or not my answer yes if i could find one cheap cheap yeah i would get it”
“it almost feels like more retro than it actually is”
“The Fonz Pinball is the real thing, with drag strip raceways, lots of bumper action, too.”
“there's definitely ones you you seek right like which is the game i'm gonna talk about next but just stumbling on a game you've never seen or heard of before just looks cool you like the art or something”
“it vibes hard like in like an ugly way it has its own like tacky thing that makes it cool”

Entities

  • Pinball Expo· event
  • 24· game
  • Barb Wire· game
  • BMX· game
  • Harlem Globetrotters· game
  • Jojo Dojo· game
  • Phantom of the Opera· game
  • Space Jam· game
  • Time Machine· game
  • Transporter· game
  • Bash Pinball Podcast· organization
  • Nudge Magazine· organization
  • Tilted Orbit· organization
  • Amy· person
  • Ian· person
  • Lyman F. Sheats Jr.· person
  • Paul Faris· person
  • Rob Burke· person
  • Sarah· person
  • Steve Ritchie· person
  • Ward Pemberton· person
  • Scorebit· product

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