EP14 Jason Knapp My Journey Into Pinball
Episode 14 of The Pinball Studio Podcast features Jason Knapp, one of the most trusted voices in pinball news and industry rumors. In this episode we sit down with Jason to talk about his journey...
Highlights
- KISS is the next Stern remaster, with high confidence based on direct industry sources
- John Borg (KISS designer) has remastered Metallica and Walking Dead, making him the trend for remasters
- Jason started NAP Arcade Facebook page on September 12, 2015, initially for a charity dart tournament
- Ann Arbor Pinball Museum in Brighton, Michigan has 'well over 500 pinball machines' on the floor
- Pinball Palace near Atlanta/Florida border has roughly 250 public machines plus 100+ in private back area
- Hawaii had laws banning minors from playing pinball until recently due to old gambling device statutes
- Georgia requires tax stamps for each pinball machine despite free-play hourly model creating regulatory mismatch
- Craigslist/Facebook Marketplace pinball deals dried up around 2014-2015 as flippers became active
Notable quotes
“I have it on pretty pretty good authority that that's going to be the next remaster”
“So I started sharing it with people cause I, you know, I liked the people there. I was like, here, go get this. It's a good deal. And then a lot of the people that were hogging all the games started getting bent out of shape that I was doing it”
“I'm probably at some point going to have the largest collection of arcade pictures in the world for whatever that's worth”
“once I'm an empty nester, I'm going to have to fill in the hole in my heart by going to absolutely everything”
“I wish Stern would just do a totally new game of Ghostbusters. It's such a big theme. Just give it to Keith Elwin or somebody. Make a new design.”
“I'm definitely considered to be fairly positive and I honestly yeah I mean I honestly love almost every pinball machine”
Entities
- Ann Arbor Pinball Museum· company
- Game Galaxy· company
- Game Terminal· company
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- Morristown Game Vault· company
- NAP Arcade· company
- Pastimes Arcade· company
- Pinball Palace· company
- Rock Fantasy· company
- Spooky Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Virginia Tech· company
- Midwest Gaming Classic· event
- Pinball Expo· event
- Pintastic New England· event
- Southern Fried Game Expo· event
- Jason Knapp· person
- Jason Zahler· person
- John Borg· person
- Keith Elwin· person
- Kelly· person
- Rob Burke· person
- Rob Miller· person
- Steve Richie· person
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