by Andrew MacBain | Nov 2, 2020 | Pinball Adventures, Pinball Buzz, Pinball Canada, Pinball History
Why Do People Love Pinball? First off, lets talk about what pinball is and where it came from. Pinball is a type of arcade game, in which points are scored by a player manipulating one or more metallic balls on a play field inside a glass-covered cabinet called a...
by Andrew MacBain | Nov 2, 2020 | Collector's Corner, Pinball Adventures, Pinball Buzz, Pinball Canada, Pinball History
The Coolest Shooter Rods Every pinball machine has shooter rods that is part of the plunger. The plunger is player-controlled and has a spring-loaded rod that allows the player to send the ball into the game. The plunger is usually located at the bottom right corner...
by Andrew MacBain | Oct 26, 2020 | Pinball Adventures, Pinball Buzz, Pinball Canada, Pinball History
How Pinball Machines are Manufactured Not all pinball machines are manufactured the same. Also depending on different factors like where they’re getting their material, budget and amount of staff they have, the time may be delayed on making the machine. Here are...
by Andrew MacBain | Oct 26, 2020 | Pinball Adventures, Pinball Buzz, Pinball Canada, Pinball History, Pinball News
10 LEGENDARY ARTISTS WHO DESIGNED THE BEST MACHINES EVER Behind every popular pinball machine is a legendary pinball designer who made a significant contribution to the development of the arcade staple today. Every pinball machine is different. Each play field is...
by Andrew MacBain | Oct 26, 2020 | Collector's Corner, Pinball Adventures, Pinball Buzz, Pinball Canada, Pinball History
Top 5 Early 80’s Pinball Machines The late 70’s and early 80’s is when pinball first changed from the EM style to digital electronics. Along with this came some of the best pinball machines ever made, ones that are still lots of fun to this day. I’ve played a ton of...
by Andrew MacBain | Oct 26, 2020 | Collector's Corner, Pinball Adventures, Pinball Buzz, Pinball Canada, Pinball History
Will Pinball Ever Die Off? Was just thinking, (yes I know it’s dangerous) will the pinball story continue? Will people die? Are young people getting into the pinball industry as game designers? Is pinball design a dyeing art? Is this industry attractive enough...
by Andrew MacBain | Oct 25, 2020 | Collector's Corner, Pinball Adventures, Pinball Buzz, Pinball Canada, Pinball News
Why Do People Collect Pinball Machines? Well, why do people collect anything in general? Such as action figures, dolls, trading cards, and cars. There are many reasons why people collect the things they do. I collect because of the feeling of nostalgia having a...
by Andrew MacBain | Oct 20, 2020 | Collector's Corner, Pinball Adventures, Pinball Buzz, Pinball Canada, Pinball History
Pinball Machines Based on Classic Cartoons Most of us grew up watching cartoons early in the morning or when we get back from school. Who doesn’t love a classic cartoon? Some cartoons I watched growing up were Looney Tunes, The Flintstones, The Jetsons, Scooby...
by Andrew MacBain | Oct 19, 2020 | Collector's Corner
Pinball Has Evolved Pinball has evolved since the early 1930’s and has continued to change and improve for the better to what it is today. The origins of pinball started with the lawn games of Europe, where balls were rolled into holes in the ground. Parlor...
by Andrew MacBain | Oct 19, 2020 | Pinball Adventures, Pinball Buzz, Pinball Canada
Does Pinball Relate To Real Life? When people think of pinball and its gameplay, they usually just think its a random game of hitting the balls and not trying to fall under but pinball is much more than that if you want it to be. So can pinball relate to our real...
by Andrew MacBain | Oct 18, 2020 | Collector's Corner, Pinball Adventures, Pinball Buzz, Pinball News
Our Top 5 Halloween is just around the corner and we want to share with you what our top 5 scary themed pinball machines are! Disclaimer, these are our opinions and it is not in order. 1) The Addams Family The Addams Family Pinball came out in March 1992, it is said...
by Andrew MacBain | Oct 18, 2020 | Pinball Buzz, Pinball History, Pinball News, Pinball Record
How It All Started The Pinball Expo started way back in 1985 by Robert Berk in Chicago which is known to be the city with the most pinball manufacturers. Robert started playing pinball as a child and was immediately drawn to it. He knew his dream was to be able to...
by Andrew MacBain | Oct 12, 2020 | Pinball Adventures, Pinball Buzz, Pinball Canada, Pinball History, Pinball News
Pinball Was Illegal Pinball was illegal, it was banned from the 1940s to the mid-1970s in most of America’s big cities, including New York, Los Angeles and Chicago, where the game was born and where virtually all of its manufacturers have historically been...
by Andrew MacBain | Oct 12, 2020 | Pinball Adventures, Pinball Buzz, Pinball Canada, Pinball History
What Is A Pinball Skill Shot? In Pinball games, a skill shot is a bonus that the player could earn by performing some particular task when launching or plunging the ball. How To Be Better At Skill Shots First off, every pinball game is different. The speed, slope,...
by Andrew MacBain | Oct 12, 2020 | Pinball Adventures, Pinball Buzz, Pinball Canada, Pinball History, Pinball News
So How Do Pinball Machines Really Work? To understand how pinball machines work we got to go back to the beginning, since the first true pinball game, Humpty Dumpty, was released by Gottlieb in 1947, people the world over have had an obsession with making a little...
by Andrew MacBain | Oct 11, 2020 | Pinball Adventures, Pinball Buzz, Pinball Canada, Pinball History, Pinball News
The Beginning Here is the origin of pinball, The “ancestor” of all pinball machines is known to be “Bagatelle-Table, This is a sort of hybrid between a “pin table” and pool table. To understand the history of pinball we need to go back to...
by Andrew MacBain | Oct 10, 2020 | Pinball Adventures, Pinball Buzz, Pinball Canada, Pinball News, Punny Factory
October 10th 2020 Hey Adventurers! Here’s a quick update on The Punny Factory & what we’ve been up to! The Pinball Adventure Team is currently doing some tests on our first game EVER out of many, We’re currently deciding on what colors we want...
by Andrew MacBain | May 27, 2020 | Collector's Corner, Micro Pinball, Pinball Buzz, Pinball Canada, Pinball History, Pinball News, Pinball Record
Originally, machines were all single-player games. It was one player at a time. But starting in 1954, Gottlieb came up with the idea to have two or even four people playing at a time. Player one would play ball one, then player two would play ball one. Then player one...