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Episode 9: The Classic Pinball Podcast - Funspot Arcade, Laconia, NH with Eric Stone.

PodcastAnalysis updated 2d ago34 min listenBy George
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In this episode the guys take a road trip to Funspot in Laconia, NH. Their special guest is #12 IFPA ranked Eric Stone. Eric plays the following games: Devils Dare, High Speed and Joker Poker with...

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Highlights

  • Eric Stone is ranked number 12 in the world in competitive pinball rankings
  • High Speed brought pinball back from the brink of decline
  • Eric Stone holds the official world record on High Speed with $42 million, set in 1999
  • High Speed was inspired by designer Steve Ritchie's personal experience being chased by police on California's Pacific Coast Highway while driving a Porsche
  • Eric Stone previously scored $69 million on Grand Lizard before his High Speed record
  • Funspot's pinball lineup has remained largely unchanged since Eric was a kid, with games like Frontier, Sea Witch, and Meteor sold off over the years
  • Black Knight 2000 was a best-in-show winner with a high score of 81 million
  • The flaking on Black Knight back glass was caused by infrared radiation from lights, not heat

Notable quotes

“We have spent no money. No money. Is that what we're going to call you? No Money Stone.”
George and Dave
“He was making a living playing pinball.”
Dave (about Eric Stone)
“I like talking while I'm playing because I don't know why, but it seems to make me do better.”
Eric Stone
“The thing about High Speed, we left it as we found it. We found it with three games, and we left it with three games.”
Eric Stone
“I played High Speed for four hours straight, got $42 billion... my fingers were twitching at the end of the day.”
Eric Stone

Entities

  • Black Knight 2000· game
  • Devil's Dare· game
  • F-14 Tomcat· game
  • Funhouse· game
  • Grand Lizard· game
  • High Speed· game
  • Joker Poker· game
  • Monopoly· game
  • Pinbot· game
  • The Classic Pinball Podcast· organization
  • Dave· person
  • Dave Denholz· person
  • Doug Watson· person
  • Eric Leon· person
  • Eric Stone· person
  • George· person
  • John Day· person
  • Ryan McQueen· person
  • Steve Ritchie· person
  • Funspot Arcade· venue

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