#138 What a fool believes - The Classic Pinball Podcast

The Classic Pinball Podcast #138: Game rankings, repair horror stories, upcoming machines.

Synopsis

George and Dave of The The Classic Pinball Podcast discuss community feedback, debate a top-10 games list from 1980–1984, cover upcoming head-to-head machines (Battle Station, Monster League Hockey), and share field service war stories about classic machines (T2, Gorgar, Superman, Space Invaders, Genie, Tron). Key topics include repair quality issues in the secondary market, Stern warranty complications, and the upcoming Pokémon pinball machine that aired Olympics commercials.

Entities

• Automated· company
• CPR (Custom Pinball Renovation)· company
• Myth Pinball· company
• Pinball Dudes· company
• Stern Pinball· company
• Battle Station· game
• Genie· game
• Monster League Hockey· game
• Nine Ball· game
• Pokémon· game
• Space Invaders· game
• Star Wars: Fall of the Empire· game
• Tron LE· game
• The Classic Pinball Podcast· organization
• Andrew· person
• Dave· person
• George· person
• Jake Danzig· person
• John· person
• Mike Dodona· person
• Mithos (Mark)· person
• Steve Kirk· person
• Steve Ritchie· person
• Tim Sexton· person