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 38 - Ball Arch Cleaning
Cleaning the ball arch on a metal rail EM is important, though no one but you will ever know!
00:05:30 |
Sat 18 Apr 2015
Episode 37 - TILT
Bzzzzt! What makes the machine tilt? There are many tilt innovations that occurred after the 30s (when the plumb bob tilt mechanism was invented), and several interesting tilt innovations in Bally'…
00:09:14 |
Fri 17 Apr 2015
Episode 36 - Ticker Tape Gameplay and Gigi Status
Description of the gameplay of the 6 card Bally Ticker Tape and the current status of my project Gigi.
00:13:39 |
Thu 16 Apr 2015
Episode 35 - Clark Fraley Interview 4/12/15
I talk with my friend Clark Fraley, who is a technician for an operator. Clark has been with me on a couple of pick ups now, and is a great guy to boot.
Interviewed after we moved my new bingo a…
00:18:27 |
Wed 15 Apr 2015
Episode 34 - Gigi and EM Adjustments
Another new pickup! Gigi described - gameplay to follow after I shop it.
I describe how to perform adjustments on an EM game.
00:12:31 |
Tue 14 Apr 2015
Episode 33 - Phil Hooper Interview 4-5-15
I interview Phil Hooper, creator and maintainer of http://bingo.cdyn.com, the Internet's source for technical information on Bally and United bingos.
Phil conducted this interview on 4/5/15 via ema…
00:11:08 |
Mon 13 Apr 2015
Episode 32 - 1930s Innovation
Ramps, lighted scoring, DC-driven coils, multi-level playfields - all were children of the 1930s, and continue to inform today's games.
00:07:42 |
Sun 12 Apr 2015
Episode 31 - The Gentlemanly Art of Nudging
What's the point of shaking a machine? How much is too much? How do you know?
Are bingos games of skill or games of chance?
Can older games make you a better player?
00:08:52 |
Sat 11 Apr 2015
Episode 30 - High Voltage
High voltage can hurt or even kill you. This is a warning about how to identify high voltage in your machine at a glance and the super easy way you can avoid getting hurt.
Your health is more import…
00:06:16 |
Fri 10 Apr 2015
Episode 29 - Timing is Everything
How does a bingo know to lock you out of features after shooting a certain ball?
How does it know _not_ to lock you out if you are able to reach the ball return without landing in a trap hole?
00:04:41 |
Thu 09 Apr 2015
Episode 28 - Bingo Scoring Problems
When your bingo doesn't count replays approporiately, what do you do? Manual, schematics and observation are a help, but knowing the units involved will set you on the right path faster.
00:07:40 |
Wed 08 Apr 2015
Episode 27 - Transporting a Game
How to break down and transport a game, then how to reassemble and start cleaning!
00:04:56 |
Tue 07 Apr 2015
Episode 26 - Drop Targets
How to disassemble and clean a drop target bank, and how drop targets are typically constructed.
Not mentioned: how much I dislike solid state Williams drop targets.
00:07:54 |
Mon 06 Apr 2015
Episode 25 - What to look for in a Bingo
What are the main things to consider when looking at your first bingo? Condition is king, but if you are like I was at first, you'd never seen one of these before.
00:10:33 |
Sun 05 Apr 2015
Episode 24 - Relays and Sequences
Talk about how EMs are able to determine the game state.
Tech: How to properly adjust a relay, and when to hit it with a hammer (really)!
00:12:54 |
Sat 04 Apr 2015
Episode 23 - Bingos and the Law
How were Bingos persecuted in the United States? Why did Bingo production cease in the 80's? These and other questions answered in this episode.
00:19:05 |
Fri 03 Apr 2015
Episode 22 - 90's DMDs
I talk about a toy invented in the woodrail era that is still in use today - the Pop Bumper.
Tech: Changing pop bumpers, and how to increase pop safely (by cleaning).
00:17:03 |
Thu 02 Apr 2015
Episode 21 - Woodrails and Flippers
Woodrails gave us some of the toys and mechanical devices that we still use today.
Tech talk: flippers - how to disassemble and rebuild. These same basic instructions apply to anything with an EOS…
00:25:21 |
Wed 01 Apr 2015
Episode 20 - Guest Pop-A-Card 3/30/15
I talk with Ava about Pop-A-Card, the first game I purchased, and the machine that brought me my love of repairing and playing Gottlieb machines (all eras) and EMs and Bingos!
00:12:30 |
Tue 31 Mar 2015
Episode 19 - Steve Smith Interview 3-29-15
I talk to Steve Smith and give him wide berth to tell his view of how we met and how I fell in love with bingos. He discusses various topics, including differences between flipper vs. bingo pinball,…
01:57:51 |
Mon 30 Mar 2015
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