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 258 - My Troubleshooting Technique
I explain in great (probably too much) detail what my troubleshooting technique is and how to apply it to any given game!
First, review the schematic located at
Then follow along while I explain how…
00:33:24 |
Tue 24 Nov 2015
Episode 257 - High Tap
When should you (and when shouldn't you) use high tap on your EM. High tapping the machine provides an extra amount of voltage to all coils in the machine.
If you have low line conditions (less than…
00:06:16 |
Mon 23 Nov 2015
Episode 256 - Interview with Phil Bogema 11-15-15
Phil is a bingo player and restorer who just picked up a large number of bingos.
Great titles, and Phil is interested in selling many of the games.
Excellent titles, such as Sun Valley, Miss America …
00:54:01 |
Sun 22 Nov 2015
Episode 255 - 1932 Genco Buster Ball
Genco's first effort was incredibly solid. Cabinet and playfield were made out of painted aluminum, and could be interchanged with future games.
The game's playfield glass has the score and instruct…
00:11:07 |
Sat 21 Nov 2015
Episode 254 - 1931 Gottlieb Baffle Ball
A simplified version of Bingo - Baffle Ball has four large circular colored scoring sections, arranged in a diamond pattern.
If you make a matching colored marble into the matching scoring circle, yo…
00:06:40 |
Fri 20 Nov 2015
Episode 253 - 1932 Bally 3-Ring Circus
3-Ring Circus was the first game that provided a score card from the manufacturer that listed payoffs for particular score thresholds.
The playfield has beautiful pin work, accentuating the 3 rings…
00:14:15 |
Thu 19 Nov 2015
Episode 252 - 1931 Bingo Novelty and Gottlieb Bingo
Bingo was one of the first, if not the first coin operated pinball machine.
Bingo Novelty Manufacturing was the designer and initial manufacturer, however, it was quickly licensed to D. Gottlieb & Co…
00:15:55 |
Wed 18 Nov 2015
Episode 251 - 1974 Bally Miss America '75
Miss America '75 is the second incarnation of Bally's popular Miss America series of games.
A new artist and the double or nothing feature, ported from the 6 card bingos of the early 1970s, makes thi…
00:15:06 |
Tue 17 Nov 2015
Episode 250 - 1951 United Leader
Leader was the first United game to have the extra ball feature. It also used a playfield layout almost exactly the same as the competing Bally for the first time.
This game has attractive coloratio…
00:18:42 |
Mon 16 Nov 2015
Episode 249 - Interview with Todd MacCulloch 11-11-15
Todd is a former NBA player, pinball collector, and operator in the Pacific Northwest.
He joins me to talk about some of the fantastic EM arcade games in his collection, along with a few new addition…
00:54:55 |
Sun 15 Nov 2015
Episode 248 - My EM Happenings week of 11-9-15
Just catching up on what's happening in my bingo world.
I was interviewed by Nate @ coast2coastpinball.com regarding the bingo row and my love of the games. Thanks Nate!
I joined a pinball league and…
00:14:46 |
Sat 14 Nov 2015
Episode 247 - 1957 Bally Miss America
Miss America was an incredibly popular bingo produced by Bally starting in 1957. They brought this idea out several times throughout the years they were producing bingos.
Magic Lines A-E will light …
00:14:00 |
Fri 13 Nov 2015
Episode 246 - 1959 Bally Ballerina
Ballerina was an interesting experiment in bingo history.
A Magic Screen game with positions up to 'H' (the last with this feature), the game gets really interesting when you have the ability to incr…
00:14:11 |
Thu 12 Nov 2015
Episode 245 - 1947 Gottlieb New Daily-Races
In 1947, Gottlieb made their last payout pinball - New Daily-Races.
It was so named because it was the spiritual sequel to the Daily-Races that Gottlieb produced before the war.
I'm highly intrigued …
00:23:21 |
Wed 11 Nov 2015
Episode 244 - Replay Game Free Play Mods
Replay games can all be set to free play very simply (pretty much). Find the switch or switches that tell the game you're at max credits and jump it out of the circuit.
00:04:53 |
Tue 10 Nov 2015
Episode 243 - Williams DC Coils
Creditdotpinball asks why Williams went to using DC bumpers in their games.
Stretching what I say in this episode out a bit - if you have a coil driven by DC, dirt and wear are masked a bit by the DC…
00:10:30 |
Mon 09 Nov 2015
Episode 242 - Replacing Score and Instruction Cards
New score and instruction cards are a great way to increase the attractiveness of your game.
Instructions for how to print and cut out cards, and affix them to the apron (if there are not dedicated h…
00:05:15 |
Sun 08 Nov 2015
Episode 241 - Bounty Shop Out Complete
Issues found and corrected in the Bounty.
1) General Cleaning
2) Skill shot not lighting in certain instances
3) Red letter game not awarding correctly in all cases
4) Magic screen unit dirty or misa…
00:11:41 |
Sat 07 Nov 2015
Episode 240 - Interview with Vic Camp 11-3-15
Vic Camp, expert bingo pinball player, joins me to talk about the bingo row, new bingo players that are getting games, his latest acquisition, and more!
02:01:59 |
Fri 06 Nov 2015
Episode 239 - 1951 Bally Spot-Lite
Bally's Spot-Lite was the third bingo game that Bally produced after the one-ball era had ended in 1950.
Spot-Lite has the first use of Pick-a-play in a Bally bingo (although the button colors are …
00:15:44 |
Thu 05 Nov 2015
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