#18 Superman - The Classic Pinball Podcast
Dave talks about a customers 1979 Atari Superman pinball he is restoring. He remembers a seminar about Steve Ritchie and Eugene Jarvis and their time at Atari. Williams flippers and reworked target banks. Dave gives instructions on how to put LED’s into Superman. We are back to reviewing and repairing pinball machines!
Kineticist’s take
Deep technical analysis of Atari Superman design, engineering, and restoration challenges.
Synopsis
George and Dave discuss Atari's Superman (1979), designed by Steve Richie, examining its technical innovations, manufacturing quirks, and restoration challenges. They cover Atari's unconventional engineering approach, the game's LED displays and stay-alive circuit, flipper wear issues, and restoration techniques including WPC flipper conversions. The conversation reveals Superman as Atari's finest pinball achievement before the company exited the market.
Entities
- Atari· company
- Bally· company
- Gottlieb· company
- John's Jukes· company
- Stern· company
- Williams Electronics· company
- Airborne Avenger· game
- Alien Poker· game
- Firepower· game
- Flash· game
- Middle Earth· game
- Neutron Star· game
- Roadrunner· game
- Superman· game
- Pinside· organization
- Dave· person
- Eugene Jarvis· person
- George· person
- George Opperman· person
- John Day· person
- Steve Richie· person
- Comet· product
- WPC· product