#37 High Speed - The Classic Pinball Podcast
The guys start off in Dave’s basement playing a High Speed before it goes off to his customer. Dave tells me Eric Stone is calling him today. Dave and Eric talk High Speed and IFPA tournament rankings. Thank you. avengers. Old timers. Rock pins. Houston Arcade Show. Blues Brothers. Tech Tip - Lectronamo. Bonus Feature: Eric Stone and Dave talk Fathom.
Kineticist’s take
The Classic Pinball Podcast deep-dive on High Speed: restoration, gameplay, and pro player insights.
Synopsis
The The Classic Pinball Podcast explores High Speed, Steve Ritchie landmark 1986 Williams machine that revitalized pinball in the mid-80s. Dave shares extensive restoration work (60+ hours) on a customer machine, discussing its innovative features (first full song, alphanumeric displays, broken-switch compensation, progressive jackpots) and notorious weak-flipper maintenance issues. The hosts play multiple games and receive insights from tournament pro Eric Stone via call-in.
Entities
- Bally· company
- Dr. Dave's Restorations· company
- Williams· company
- Flash· game
- High Speed· game
- High Speed 2: The Getaway· game
- Skateball· game
- IFPA· organization
- Pinside 100· organization
- The Classic Pinball Podcast· organization
- WPPR· organization
- Bill Parran· person
- Dave· person
- Eric Stone· person
- Eugene Jarvis· person
- George· person
- Larry DeMar· person
- Python Angelo· person
- Sammy Hagar· person
- Steve Ritchie· person