#26 Xenon TV? - The Classic Pinball Podcast

In this episode George gives Dave a choice of one of many topics and then goes through them all: NBC, Chronicle, Clean, Eric, Tommy, INDISC, Podcast’s, Playfields, Rethemes, and finally Dave. He...

Highlights

• George appeared on NBC Boston/NECN television with a segment featuring pinball gameplay
• Haggis Pinball (Australian company) manufactures an indestructible playfield using 4mm acrylic bonded over plywood with graphics
• A 1981 Toronto company called Professional Pinball rethemed five classic games (8 Ball, Evel Knievel, Power Play, Strikes and Spares, Star Trek) for a professional pinball league offering $250,000 prizes
• George finished 263rd out of 314 players at INDISC tournament in California
• Split Second has incomplete code and was never finished as a talker
• INDISC tournament featured over 400 machines on location
• Playfield protectors are becoming mainstream and George recommends them as a cost-effective alternative to full restoration

Notable quotes

Entities

• Haggis Pinball· company
• Jersey Jack Pinball· company
• Professional Pinball· company
• Stern· company
• INDISC· event
• Alice Cooper's Nightmare Castle· game
• Kelts· game
• Chronicle· organization
• NBC Boston / NECN· organization
• Pinball Podcast Network· organization
• Bill Morrison· person
• Bill Webb· person
• Dave· person
• Eric· person
• George· person
• Johannes Ostermeyer· person
• PJ· person
• Raymond Davidson· person
• Tommy Skinner· person
• Fun and Games· venue