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#126 Pintastic Preview - The Classic Pinball Podcast

PodcastAnalysis updated 3d ago1 hr 56 min listenBy George
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What’s up Doc? Getaway. Bobby Orr. Phoenix. Adams Family. Georges new game. Alice Cooper Nightmare?Pintastic free play game review. [email protected] Pinballdoctor.com

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Highlights

  • A Williams Getaway cabinet suffered catastrophic electrical damage when an 18-wheeler truck pulled down power lines, causing the electric company to mistakenly supply 220 volts to the house instead of 110/115 volts.
  • The Getaway required replacement of three circuit boards: MPU, driver board (~$600), and Flip-tronic board; total restoration cost exceeded initial quote but customer accepted additional labor.
  • Williams games from the 1990s are prone to cabinet floor bowing due to moisture damage to MDF board, unlike Bally games which do not exhibit this problem.
  • Varistors and certain other electrical components in vintage pinball machines look identical but serve opposite functions; installing the wrong component creates a short circuit.
  • A Connecticut customer with three games (Phoenix, Bobby O'Power Play, Serpent Safari System 3) paid Dave $1,000+ above his quoted rate and gifted $500 worth of high-end wine bottles (ranging $75-$150 each).

Notable quotes

“You jackass. You jackass.”
Alfalfa the donkey
“I've been looking for someone like you for years. I couldn't find anybody. I had to go look in the Massachusetts to find you because no one wanted to work on the game.”
Connecticut Getaway owner
“The price is no object.”
Bob (Connecticut collector with three games)
“I believe in karma, all about karma and I do right by people and they do right by me.”
Bob (Connecticut collector)
“Well, that seems to be what everybody does now. Instead of repairing boards, it's cheaper to just go buy a new one.”
George
“You need to have a Weebly board because you need to plug a chip into it. Nope. You don't. No, you actually can program a video?”
Dave and George discussing custom ROM modifications
“I got like $1,000 extra from this guy. Super nice guy. So when he calls, yes sir, I'll be right there.”
Dave

Entities

  • Addams Family· game
  • Bobby O'Power Play· game
  • Centaur· game
  • Eightball Deluxe· game
  • Fathom· game
  • Fish Tales· game
  • Mata Hari· game
  • Phoenix· game
  • Serpent Safari System 3· game
  • Williams Getaway· game
  • Xenon· game
  • Classic Pinball Podcast· organization
  • Bob· person
  • Clive· person
  • Dave· person
  • David Marston· person
  • George· person
  • Grant· person
  • Joel· person
  • John Day· person
  • Maureen· person
  • Quench· person
  • Scott· person
  • Stu· person
  • Weebly board· product

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