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#47 Hot Doggin - The Classic Pinball Podcast

PodcastAnalysis updated 2d ago1 hr 15 min listenBy George
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The boys give Bally Hot Doggin the once over. Church of the Silverball. Dave’s Cape Cod adventure. Star Wars episode 1, Jacks Open, Paragon, Adams Family, Mini Pool and Caribbean Cruise games are...

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Highlights

  • Hot Doggin' was made in 1980 by Bally and designed by Harry Gaten.
  • Embryon (1981) was the last wide-body machine Bally produced, not Hot Doggin'.
  • Bally referred to wide-bodies as 'supersized terrain' in their sales brochure.
  • Only about 2,000 Hot Doggin' machines were produced, making pristine examples extremely rare.
  • Greg Frears' notable pinball designs include Fathom, Medieval Madness, Wizard of Oz, and Elvira House of Horrors (2019).
  • Williams Pinball 2000 Star Wars Episode 1 was the last breath of Williams before they exited pinball.
  • Dave has modified his Hot Doggin' by elevating the back legs with a 2x4 to create extreme pitch difficulty.
  • Hot Doggin' machines are commonly roached out (worn/damaged) in commercial locations.

Notable quotes

“I took them to heart and did that. Yeah, sounds like you did. I don't know if my flippers would do that. I'd have to probably take them apart and rebuild them again just to make sure.”
George
“Maybe their definition of fun and your definition of fun are different, it must be.”
George
“Go sliding into the saucer. You know, another wintertime reference. It should be. Go sliding right past the saucer. Very interesting game. Go sliding right past the saucer, actually, the way they designed it.”
Dave
“He unsurps me many fold as far as pinball knowledge. Scott's done a real good job raising a fine young boy from what I could hear.”
George
“I hate it. But hopefully this this gets rid of it and I won't talk about me being old anymore I apologize for saying it again.”
Dave
“it's a lot it's very beast layer like like on paragon they kind of borrowed from there a little bit with that when they put that there”
Dave

Entities

  • Bally· company
  • Jersey Jack Pinball· company
  • Williams· company
  • Addams Family· game
  • Elvira House of Horrors· game
  • Embryon· game
  • Evel Knievel· game
  • Fathom· game
  • Hot Doggin'· game
  • Medieval Madness· game
  • Paragon· game
  • Star Wars Episode 1· game
  • Wizard of Oz· game
  • The Classic Pinball Podcast· organization
  • Bill Davis· person
  • Dave· person
  • George· person
  • Grant King· person
  • Greg Frears· person
  • Griffin· person
  • Harry Gaten· person
  • Jack· person
  • Mike· person
  • Scott· person

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