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Gooligan's Hooligans. Brand new home-built custom pinball machine. Pinball is my main hobby. I have just about finished creating a new game from scratch, Gooligan's Hooligans (see link above). I brought the game to the Pinball Expo 2008 show in Chicago and unveiled it at a seminar I gave. The game was then available for people to play over the weekend in the exhibit hall. In 2004 I worked on building electronics and code for an existing wired playfield (Solar Ride). The game and rules are controlled from a PC. The details are at the Pinnovations web site (see link above). Solar Ride 2004 is finished and I play it like a regular game. I have designed PC pinball simulations for Epic MegaGames in the past, and I collect older pinball machines and keep them in my basement. I am also interested in most other aspects of pinball such as playing (of course), design, restoration and history. I also collect pinball and other coin-op literature and flyers. In the last few years I have created the publications Pinball and World War 2, Pinball Ad Catalog Volume 1, 1931-33 and Pinball Ad Catalog Volume 2, 1934-35. My small collection of games numbers around 15-20 somewhere, with games from every decade from the 30's to 90's (and when I win the lottery it will be populated with more 90's games also). I also have one custom (albeit simple) EM pinball-like game that I built around Xmas 2001 called "Nut Hunt!". Large PDF file (1.3mb) describing it here. Do some Java flipping. Also working on the next Pinball Ad Catalog. It's a lot of work but very crameniating. Got any neat photos of pinballs on location in the mid 1930s or later? Please let me know - I could use some for the next volume. I pay ebay prices for good photos! In general I am also interested in buying photos, postcards paper and magazines related to old coin-ops. Magazines like The Billboard, Cash Box, Automatic Age, Coin Machine Journal, Pacific Coin Machine Review, Jennings Tips 'n Topics, Mills Spinning Reels, Bally's Ballyhoo, etc. all have good information that I could use and love to read and I will pay well for these if I need them!
Pinball and World War 2A big story about Pinball and World War 2. Please have a look. What is online is about half of the original edition. The greatly improved 2nd edition is now available and can be purchased. Also check out the Pinball Historians page included there if you want to find out anything about pinball history in general. Updated regularly! Neat Pinball LinksThese are neat and/or useful sites related to pinball that I've visited. All links verified as of October 21, 2008.
Pinball and Related PublicationsThere are a couple of publications with pinball content that I receive and recommend. The following table lists them.
Last updated: October 21, 2008 |
