#35 Xenon - The Classic Pinball Podcast
This is the first episode George and Dave have done face to face in 5 months. They record part of the segment playing Xenon in George’s game room and also record while sitting outside exploring a number of topics. George tells Dave about the comments made regarding his favorite game Fathom. Bally spinners are revisited. George tells Dave he’s recorded an episode about his arcade growing up in Lavallette, NJ called Playland. They then move to Dave s latest acquisition: Paragon. Dave discusses Williams and System 1 replacement boards. George calls out all podcasters except one. Conversation then turns to the Captains Warehouse auction that took place on August 21 and 22nd. Meteor sounds like Hot Doggin? Beneath the Planet of the Apes. Fiberglass playfields again.
Kineticist’s take
The The Classic Pinball Podcast discusses Xenon: design, gameplay strategy, and restoration philosophy.
Synopsis
George and Dr. Dave discuss Xenon, a classic 1978 Bally pinball machine designed by Greg Mayek with art by Paul Farris, notable as Bally's first game with speech. They play the game, compare strategies, discuss restoration preferences, and share acquisition stories. The episode covers game setup, bonus mechanics, playfield condition importance, and tangential discussions about spinner games, classic pinball strategy, and restoration projects.
Entities
- California Extreme 2003· event
- Black Knight· game
- Fathom· game
- Paragon· game
- Tempest· game
- Xenon· game
- CPR· organization
- Funny Games (Framingham)· organization
- Poor Man's Pinball podcast· organization
- The Classic Pinball Podcast· organization
- Dr. Dave· person
- George· person
- Greg Mayek· person
- Ian· person
- Joel DeGuzman· person
- Keith Elwin· person
- Kevin Wyatt· person
- Neil Schatz· person
- Paul Farris· person
- Suzanne Cianci· person