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 78 - Backdoor Bingo Oddity
Jim Willing from the Spooky Pinball Podcast's EM Dungeon segment (spookypinball.com/podcast) emails with a question on an odd back door switch on a bingo. I give him the wrong answer and he gracious…
00:08:19 |
Thu 28 May 2015
Episode 77 - Hubris and Bingos
...my hubris, in particular. I finally found and fixed the problem with my card #5 in Ticker Tape. It wasn't at all where I was looking, but I (re)learned a valuable lesson. I should actually read …
00:10:26 |
Wed 27 May 2015
Episode 76 - Testing Scoring in a Bingo
When you have a scoring problem in a bingo, testing can be a pain, if you don't know this simple trick. Dropping all the balls, and shooting a new winning combination, even with the glass off, takes…
00:07:50 |
Mon 25 May 2015
Episode 75 - Ball Gate Switches
The ball gate switch is a very important switch, indeed! It tells the bingo with a time tree that it should throw a trip relay based on the position of the timer unit. Without the trips tripping, t…
00:06:06 |
Mon 25 May 2015
Episode 74 - Differences Between United and Bally Bingos
Bally and United were both manufacturing bingo pinballs in the 1950s. Since starting this show, I've been increasingly interested in the differences between the two manufacturer's machines. United'…
00:11:02 |
Sun 24 May 2015
Episode 73 - Removing a Unit
Another deep tech episode - how to remove the unit (could be anything, score reel, search disc [I know, I know], bonus stepper) and safely reattach. Also a cautionary tale about fuse blocks!
00:13:18 |
Sat 23 May 2015
Episode 72 - Interview with Dennis Dodel 5/21/15
Dennis Dodel is an influential bingo and flipper pinball collector that has many notable pinball credentials. He started the Pinball Trader newsletter, which became/inspired the Pingame Journal, and…
00:09:29 |
Fri 22 May 2015
Episode 71 - Sun Valley
One of my favorite bingos - Sun Valley - this 1957 beauty has great artwork, and is jam-packed with features.
Magic Squares and a single Magic Line row allow the player to move every number on the …
00:16:20 |
Thu 21 May 2015
Episode 70 - Interview with Sophia Baldridge 5-19-15
Mini episode! Interview with my shy younger daughter.
00:02:53 |
Tue 19 May 2015
Episode 69 - Vari-Targets
Gottlieb's Vari-Targets were, as per typical Gottlieb fashion, simple yet sophisticated mechanisms that allowed for a new dimension of play. Hitting the target with differing speed/accuracy provided…
00:07:44 |
Tue 19 May 2015
Episode 68 - Roto-Targets
Tonight's topic is Roto-Targets - my favorite toy from the woodrail era, that carried through the metal rail era and into some early solid states.
00:18:30 |
Mon 18 May 2015
Episode 67 - Bowling Games
Ball Bowlers (contact and non), shuffle bowlers, and mannikin bowlers are all unique games. In this episode I go over some of the differences between the various types of bowlers.
00:17:53 |
Sun 17 May 2015
Episode 66 - EM Arcade Games
EM arcade games offered a level of physicality and beautiful artwork that is no longer seen. Uprights, simulators, slots, trade stimulators, and more are discussed (in brief).
00:22:28 |
Sat 16 May 2015
Episode 65 - Fortune Tellers
Staples of EM arcades - made as early as the turn of the 1900s up through the 60s, these (mostly) beautiful machines are easy to understand, and fun to watch.
00:14:23 |
Fri 15 May 2015
Episode 64 - Son of Search Disc
My final episode on search discs (for now!) - I also discuss the EM world championships at Clay's VFW, the Isley Brewing Company Triple Strike tournament here locally, and give a more lengthy explana…
00:27:05 |
Thu 14 May 2015
Episode 63 - More Search Disc Woes
More issues fixed, and more appear with my Ticker Tape search disc. Search disc and scoring problems are some of the most difficult to troubleshoot and correct on a bingo.
00:12:56 |
Wed 13 May 2015
Episode 62 - Tech - Search Disc Woes
Well, back to tech - I discuss a problem I encountered tonight with scoring on cards 4-5-6 on Ticker Tape, and recount various ways that the search disc can come out of adjustment and how to correct,…
00:16:17 |
Tue 12 May 2015
Episode 61 - The First Bingo - United's ABC
Episode 61 - The First Bingo - United's ABC
United was the first on the scene with a bingo machine - one month before Bally. Featuring a unique design only seen once more in this history of bingos, …
00:07:35 |
Mon 11 May 2015
Episode 60 - Big Wheel and Magic Ring
The two most interesting designs in the Bally bingo universe - Big Wheel and Magic Ring! A circular 'card' layout on the backglass that I think might have to be played to fully understand.
00:13:52 |
Sun 10 May 2015
Episode 59- Double-Up
Full gameplay details on Double-Up - 20 hole bingo.
00:28:10 |
Sat 09 May 2015
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