#34 Spinner - spinner, chicken dinner
George listens to Keith, Martin and Jeff talk 9 ball. George has questions for Dave about spinners on 9 ball and Stargazer. Other Bally and Stern spinners are discussed. Joe Lemire buys Ice Fever. Kings of Steel, Nitro Groundshaker, High Speed, Gottlieb Spider-Man are all discussed. Bonus feature: Bally
Kineticist’s take
Deep dive into spinner mechanics in Nine Ball and Stargazer, plus Dave's restoration pipeline.
Synopsis
George and Dave from The The Classic Pinball Podcast discuss spinner mechanics across classic pinball machines, focusing on Nine Ball and Stargazer as exemplars of spinner design. They explore how different games implement variable spinner values through drop targets and lit/unlit states, compare Stern vs. Bally spinner implementations, and discuss Dave's recent restoration work on Kings of Steel and other machines destined for resale.
Entities
- Bally/Midway· company
- Stern· company
- Catacomb· game
- Eight Ball Deluxe· game
- Fathom· game
- Flash Gordon· game
- Future Spa· game
- Hook· game
- Hot Hand· game
- Jurassic Park· game
- Kings of Steel· game
- Nine Ball· game
- Paragon· game
- Stargazer· game
- Xenon· game
- The Classic Pinball Podcast· organization
- Dave· person
- George· person
- Joe Lemire· person
- Keith Elwin· person
- Nick· person
- Owen· person
- Paul Ferris· person