For Amusement Only EM and Bingo Pinball Podcast
Detailing EM and Bingo pinball features, gameplay, and repair techniques.
- Update frequency
- every 13 days
- Average duration
- 20 minutes
- Episodes
- 478
- Years Active
- 2015 - 2025
Episode 278 - Interview with Adam Godfrey 12-06-15
Adam is one of the hosts of the One and Done Pinball Podcast, and picked up his first EM a few months ago, a Williams Grand Prix.
We talk about what was needed to bring it back to life, gameplay, b…
00:59:22 |
Mon 14 Dec 2015
Episode 277 - Determining Dirty Wire Colors
A couple of quick techniques for figuring out wire colors when they are faded or covered with goo/junk.
00:04:43 |
Sun 13 Dec 2015
Episode 276 - 1935 Gottlieb Plus and Minus
Plus and Minus is another Gottlieb payout game from 1935! This game features the same Liberty Bell graphic on the playfield, and liberty bell mint vendor on the front of the cab, which led to confusi…
00:07:04 |
Sat 12 Dec 2015
Episode 275 - 1935 Gottlieb Liberty Bell
Gottlieb's Liberty Bell was a good study in 'firsts'. This was Gottlieb's first game with a mint vendor attached (to skirt the illegality of payout pinball), and also was the beginning of the 'Liber…
00:09:21 |
Fri 11 Dec 2015
Episode 274 - 1935 Gottlieb Match Play
Match play is a payout game (Gottlieb's first EM payout game) that had an intriguing concept: fire one ball into a special playfield, then match the value of that ball on a special lower playfield wi…
00:08:32 |
Thu 10 Dec 2015
Episode 273 - 1932 Gottlieb Cloverleaf
Gottlieb made a variety of payout games from 1932-1947. Today's sample is their first payout game - 1932's Cloverleaf.
Cloverleaf has a neat looping playfield design - shooting a marble around this …
00:10:17 |
Wed 09 Dec 2015
Episode 272 - 1946 Gottlieb Baffle Card
Baffle Card is a bingo-esque game from Gottlieb, made in October of the year before flippers were added to Humpty Dumpty.
You light one of four cards on the backglass, and then attempt to get the lar…
00:16:40 |
Tue 08 Dec 2015
Episode 271 - 1952 Bally Frolics
Frolics is a uniquely interesting six card bingo - it has both advancing odds and the extra ball feature!
Looks incredibly challenging to earn a significant number of replays, as max payout without t…
00:15:21 |
Mon 07 Dec 2015
Episode 270 - Nantucket Nickel
Special guest host, Fake Nick Baldridge, returns to the For Amusement Only airwaves to discuss a little known pingame manufacturer and their first release. Thanks again, FNB!
00:11:48 |
Sun 06 Dec 2015
Episode 269 - 1952 Bally Palm Beach
Bally's Palm Beach was the follow-on to Atlantic City. It brought back pick-a-play, advancing odds, and added rollover buttons.
The rollovers would spot up to five numbers, and you could also earn s…
00:20:33 |
Sat 05 Dec 2015
Episode 268 - 1952 Bally Atlantic City
Atlantic City was Bally's fourth production game, following Bright Lights, Coney Island, and Spot-Lite.
Atlantic City was a slightly simpler game than Spot-Lite - a three card bingo with spotted numb…
00:10:42 |
Fri 04 Dec 2015
Episode 264 - 1966 Bally Zodiac
I missed uploading this in the correct order (first time that's happened in almost 300 episodes, I think I am doing ok ;-)), so apologies if you just noticed that the episodes jumped from 267 back to…
00:17:46 |
Thu 03 Dec 2015
Episode 267 - 1951 Bally Broadway
This was actually the second Bally bingo produced - but it was either only made as samples or for a very limited run.
The true second bingo Bally produced was Coney Island (see a previous episode for…
00:05:49 |
Wed 02 Dec 2015
Episode 266 - 1951 Bally Bright Lights
Bally's Bright Lights was the first production Bingo by Bally in the post-1940s one ball horse race game world.
Bright Lights is a straightforward six card bingo with no additional features. It has …
00:14:15 |
Tue 01 Dec 2015
Episode 265 - 1956 United Brazil
United's Brazil has an interesting feature: the ability to spot up to three different numbers on three different rows!
This game also features extra ball play, a single set of advancing odds, the Uni…
00:08:15 |
Mon 30 Nov 2015
Episode 263 - 1949 Chicago Coin Champion
I finally found it! The game I've been trying to remember for almost 1/2 of a year!
This is the first example of a game with player-controlled kicking rubbers (or slingshots).
Fun basketball theme, …
00:08:05 |
Sun 29 Nov 2015
Episode 262 - Listener Question - Finding the Power
We get a call on the bingos line - a listener wants to know how to safely work on a machine that has no on/off toggle switch, and how you can identify these machines.
00:06:37 |
Sat 28 Nov 2015
Episode 261 - 1951 Chicago Coin Thing
In 1951, Chicago Coin created a game around a hit record 'The Thing'. Roy Parker created a fantastic art package with great integration of the theme.
Every aspect of the song is found in the artwork…
00:16:19 |
Fri 27 Nov 2015
Episode 260 - 1938 Stoner Super-Zeta
Super-Zeta was a rehash of the earlier Zeta with the addition of a backbox. Super-Zeta is another proto-bingo with the roulette style tub. This looks less appealing to play as the ball doesn't trav…
00:07:30 |
Thu 26 Nov 2015
Episode 259 - 1944 United Oklahoma
Oklahoma is a conversion game by United. Flipperless sequence game with a super special kickout at the bottom center of the playfield.
Beautiful backglass artwork and interesting bumper orientation …
00:11:39 |
Wed 25 Nov 2015
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