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The Power of Pinball

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The Church ArcadePinball at the BeachPinBrew Fest 2026The Power of Pinball is overloading in 2026!Where has this adventure taken The Fresh Pinball crew so far?Tune in to find out.

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Highlights

  • Pinbot ROM 2.0 adds a ball save feature that can be earned through gameplay, not just at launch, extending games from 1.5 to 2.5-3 minutes per ball
  • Evil Dead features a video mode integrated with gameplay that functions like an Atari 2600 arcade game with character movement and weapon controls
  • Evil Dead's dead bar lighting upgrade costs under $100 and is 3D-printed clamps with LED strip that mounts to back box
  • Spike 3 cabinet expression lighting system costs $300 for interior lights, with additional $250 for side armor laser cuts, totaling $550+ before external lighting
  • Jeff's Deadpool Premium pinball machine had only 195 plays accumulated over at least two years of ownership
  • Triangle Pinball Collective in Raleigh converted office spaces into a multi-room pinball arcade and stayed open 90 minutes past closing time for the Fresh Pinball group
  • Fresh Pinball transported 15 people plus equipment in a truck to Pinball at the Beach, departing Wednesday morning at 9:30 AM
  • Triangle Pinball Collective featured weekly code changes on Bad Cats and housed unique games including Winchester House and Stars with custom backglass

Notable quotes

“I went in Weeks ahead of time Created an account Added my payment information... The son of a bitch. They found out who you were... My account is suspended”
Jeff
“It takes it from, I'd say, a minute and a half game to a two and a half, three minute game... It's encouraging, actually. Instead of just getting... It's like fucking our ball drained.”
Kyle
“If you haven't played the video mode on Evil Dead, it's like literally an arcade game. It's pretty fucking sweet. It's like Atari 2600 era, like literally left flipper button.”
Zach
“The dead bar is a, so I looked it up, and it cost under $100... I would price it at $150. That way I could make $50 on it whenever we sell them.”
Zach
“We were trying to get some beer to go. The bartender comes out, and he's like, this isn't what you want. This is what you want.”
Corbin
“When I got on it on Sunday That was embarrassingly low... 195... I haven't said a number yet... So now I'm going to have to grind some games out on that”
Jeff
“So we were like, let's get a beer. But we get that in there... They all played. What a spot though.”
Corbin

Entities

  • Bally Art Auction· event
  • Pinball at the Beach· event
  • Alice in Wonderland· game
  • Bad Cats· game
  • Deadpool· game
  • Evil Dead· game
  • Galactic Tank Force· game
  • Godzilla· game
  • Medieval Madness· game
  • Pinbot· game
  • Star Trek LE· game
  • Winchester House· game
  • Fresh Pinball Podcast· organization
  • Mad Pinball· organization
  • Tilt Amusements· organization
  • Triangle Pinball Collective· organization
  • Zach Angeli Brewing Company· organization
  • Corbin Angeli· person
  • Jeff· person
  • Kyle· person
  • Zach Angeli· person
  • Dead Bar· product
  • PEMBOT ROM 2.0· product
  • Spike 3· product

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