A great story from Graham TerMarsch - three donated Bally Big Times were used to teach kids at his son's school about reverse engineering and they ended up restoring one of the games - congratulations everyone!
https://vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=1407769
https://www.comoxvalleyrecord.com/news/pinball-machine-comes-back-to-life-thanks-to-nides-students/
This week I also wanted to highlight a couple of interesting notes on the Pinside forum regarding bingos:
One person has trouble with their left and right buttons in a Magic Screen game, with a simple, but easy to overlook fix:
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/move-magic-screen-right-problems
And second, another owner converts his beautiful Bally "Bikini" to have wooden rails - an interesting modification:
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/wood-side-rails
The Rocky Mountain Pinball Showdown is this weekend, June 8-10 in Denver, CO. Phil Bogema will be there this year and will be bringing two beautifully restored Bally bingos: Parade and Carnival Queen. Phil does stunning work, and I look forward to hearing the show reports from players there.
https://www.pinballshowdown.com/index.html
Today is the penultimate "Year of Flipperless" game: 1932's Amusement Corporation of America's "Ski-Doo 23":
http://www.ipdb.org/showpic.pl?id=2175
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