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 98 - EM and Mechanical Slot Machines
EM and purely mechanical slot machines are very interesting creatures, mostly due to the way the mechanisms work together.
I am highly impressed with anything that is purely mechanical, though some o…
00:09:06 |
Wed 17 Jun 2015
Episode 97 - Trade Stimulators
Trade Stimulators were small countertop amusement devices - typically modeled after slot machines.
These games would vend something similar to a gumball or other small trinket - to skirt gambling law…
00:05:51 |
Tue 16 Jun 2015
Episode 96 - Magic Pockets
Magic Pockets are a unique under playfield mechanism, only used on two Bally Bingos in 1955 - Gayety and Gay Time. These bingos allowed you to reposition balls in the top row of the bingo playfield …
00:06:23 |
Mon 15 Jun 2015
Episode 95 - Gottlieb Watch My Line
Gottlieb was famously against payout games, however in 1951, they produced a bingo style game with a throwback playfield.
There are several interesting and unusual features in this game, which are de…
00:06:35 |
Sun 14 Jun 2015
Episode 94 - EM Rifle Games - Smoke and Mirrors
Most of the big amusement manufacturers made EM rifle games, some early examples with lighted scoring, and most with score reels.
These games are very interesting in the way they present the targets …
00:08:55 |
Sat 13 Jun 2015
Episode 93 - Bally Crosswords
In 1955, Bally experimented with their payout game formula, making an attractive and innovative game called "Crosswords".
Crosswords is an interesting game - you put in coins to light additional puzz…
00:05:41 |
Fri 12 Jun 2015
Episode 92 - Bowling Game Scoring with James Willing 6-6-15
James Willing of the Spooky Pinball Podcast's EM Dungeon segment (http://spookypinball.com/podcast) comes on to fill in my knowledge gaps on bowling games and their special modes and features, includ…
01:56:54 |
Thu 11 Jun 2015
Episode 91 - The Reflex
The Reflex Unit is shrouded in secrecy in bingos and horse racing games. It acts as an auto-portioning circuit. When you win on a bingo, it steps up, preventing the machine from granting you awards…
00:13:23 |
Wed 10 Jun 2015
Episode 90 - The Super Card
The super card was an additional feature on games with a single card. It allowed you to shoot for a smaller 3x3 grid of numbers instead of the normal 5x5 grid. The super card granted you 4-in-line…
00:06:28 |
Tue 09 Jun 2015
Episode 89 - Interview with Phil Bogema - 6-4-15
Phil Bogema is a very good player from Colorado and Maryland.
He was able to max out credits on machines on route (900 credits) very quickly.
Phil has a very analytical mind, and it was fascinating…
01:10:47 |
Mon 08 Jun 2015
Episode 88 - Interview with Terry DeZwarte 6-1-15
Terry DeZwarte, of www.pinballlife.com and dayonepinball.com fame, has recreated the 1934 Pacific Amusement Co (PAMCO) game Contact Master as Scoregasm Master.
Scoregasm Master retains the gameplay …
00:53:50 |
Sun 07 Jun 2015
Episode 87 - Interview with Taylor Reese 5-31-15
Taylor Reese, a local collector and one of the hosts of the One and Done Pinball Podcast comes on and I try to convince him to pick up an EM flipper game.
Taylor provides a service called Reese Rails…
01:08:42 |
Sat 06 Jun 2015
Episode 86 - Coin Slides
Older games (from the 30s-40s-50s) used coin slides instead of gravity-fed coin slots. This episode explains how to manipulate them, and remove and clean them. I also discuss some of the downsides …
00:07:49 |
Fri 05 Jun 2015
Episode 85 - Score Reel Care and Feeding
How to clean and care for your score reels. Note that this is only my method, but by following these steps, I've never had an issue! Last in my series of 6 episodes on score reels.
00:15:40 |
Thu 04 Jun 2015
Episode 84 - Score Reel PCBs
Some score reels have PCBs attached - what do they do? Why would a game with mechanical scoring need a circuit board? Find out here! Episode 5 in a series on score reels.
00:04:51 |
Wed 03 Jun 2015
Episode 83 - Score Reel Differences
Some of the differences between various makes and models of score reels. Gottlieb Decagons in various formations, and other oddities. Episode 4 in a series on score reels.
00:13:37 |
Tue 02 Jun 2015
Episode 82 - Score Reel Construction
Episode 3 in a series on score reels. What are the pieces that actually hold a score reel together? How do they work together and change state?
00:05:59 |
Mon 01 Jun 2015
Episode 81 - Score Reel Operation
How do score reels function? Pt. 2 in a series on score reels. As a continuous stepper with pictures instead of rivets!
00:06:25 |
Sun 31 May 2015
Episode 80 - Score Reel History
What is a score reel? This and other questions will be answered. Score reels were first used in the 1950s, and continued to be used through most of the 1970s.
00:07:58 |
Sat 30 May 2015
Episode 79 - Lighted Scoring
Early pinball machines from the 1930s, all the way through the 40s and into the 50s, used a method of keeping score that was unique to the era. "Lighted scoring" was a way for the game to show you y…
00:04:17 |
Fri 29 May 2015
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