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#31 Paragon - The Classic Pinball Podcast

PodcastAnalysis updated 2d ago35 min listenBy George
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Definition of Paragon. Designer. Artist. Supersize. Funky Worm. Fire. Rollercoaster. Brazilian bottom. Italian bottom. Game play. Tongue talk. The Wiggler. Dave is published. Paragon highlights....

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Highlights

  • Paragon was Bally's first wide-body machine
  • Bally marketed their wide-body machines as 'super-sized'
  • Paragon was released in June 1979 with 9,120 units produced
  • The Italian bottom variant removed the center flipper and replaced it with a post and wire form
  • Space Invaders playfields are now being printed using digital process instead of silkscreen
  • Dave was recently featured in New England History and Heritage Journal as a front-page article
  • Laura Fraley created the Quarantopia match-play competition allowing remote tournament play on multiple machines
  • The Funky Worm by Ohio Players is referenced in Paragon's Golden Cliffs mode

Notable quotes

“A person or thing regarded as a perfect example of a particular quality”
George (reading definition)
“Paragon of Prime... Paragon of Choice... Paragon of Kobe”
George
“The Italian bottom, you basically have the two regular flippers down the bottom... they said, no, we don't want to do that.”
Dave
“Bollie took the cash and said, just tell us what you want... We'll take it right out of here. Wire form, cheap. Flipper, expensive.”
Dave
“You're hot, man. You're hot. You're on fire, man.”
Dave
“I'm just wondering out loud, did everybody do the same thing?... There's no, you're basically self-governing.”
George
“I like the fact that you're actually Silk screening a play field instead of digitizing it”
Dave
“Most of my games are set up pretty hard... I just didn't, I threw it in. I said, I'll just watch from afar.”
George

Entities

  • Bally· company
  • MatchPlay· company
  • NBC Boston· company
  • Valley Forge· company
  • Future Spa· game
  • Harlem· game
  • Harlem Globetrotters· game
  • Kingpin· game
  • Magic Racer· game
  • Meteor· game
  • Paragon· game
  • Playful Protector· game
  • Space Invaders· game
  • New England History and Heritage Journal· organization
  • The Classic Pinball Podcast· organization
  • Dave· person
  • George· person
  • Greg Mayak· person
  • Jack· person
  • Joel DeGuzman· person
  • John· person
  • Laura Fraley· person
  • Ohio Players· person
  • Paul Farris· person

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