EP12 Robert Terry My Journey Into Pinball
Episode 12 of The Pinball Studio Podcast features Robert Terry sharing his journey into pinball. From discovering the hobby to where it has taken him today, Robert walks us through the experiences...
Highlights
- Pinbot (1986) was the first pinball machine to include all credits for people involved, not just designers, because Python insisted on it
- Video Pinball (arcade machine) is still played as part of Zanzibar's pinball tournament in Louisville
- Tommy pinball machine was designed by Joe Kaminkow, who later worked for Stern negotiating license deals including The Beatles
- Robert purchased Grand Lizard for $450 around 2010-2012 from a scrapper's retired father
- Zanzibar bar in Louisville (Germantown area) was established in the 1930s and purchased by brothers Antz and John after 2008-2009 financial collapse
Notable quotes
“He literally throws the controller away. And it's like, this is not Pinball.”
“I need Jaws, or 50 years. I need like a 50th anniversary. And multiple generations of people know what the heck Jaws is and cares”
“We are fiends for trivia. Like this is the, It was like, behold, our superpower actually matters to the masses now”
“Pinbot became the longest like i think it was in ansel if you advance ever heard this episode i'll be like you're wrong there but i mean i like four years”
“So I was like, why not? I'm going to go to a stranger's house and play pinball.”
Entities
- Special When Lit· event
- Tilt· event
- Grand Lizard· game
- Pinbot· game
- Revenge from Mars· game
- Tommy· game
- Aladdin's Castle· organization
- Carmine's Pizza· organization
- University of Louisville· organization
- Zanzibar· organization
- Jason Cosman· person
- Joe Kaminkow· person
- Robert Terry· person
- Sterling Martin· person
- Steve Richie· person
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