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Episode 386: Cardona Pinball

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Pinball Profile

20 min

Summary

Cardona Pinball modernizes classic Bally/Williams games with new rules, hardware, and licensing deals.

Jeff Teolis interviews Jim Cardona of Cardona Pinball about his business of creating modernized 2.0 versions of classic Bally/Williams pinball games. Cardona discusses his complete hardware and software overhauls of No Good Gofers and Black Rose, explaining design philosophy changes, licensing through Planetary Pinball, and upcoming releases. The conversation covers rule redesigns, LCD screen implementation, strategy depth, and the business transition from hobby to full-time operation.

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Jim Cardona has taken classic Bally/Williams titles and revamped them with new code, animations and more. Hear Jim discuss what he's done with No Good Gofers and Black Rose, plus a sneak peak of what's next and when.

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