EM Pinball Journeys Podcast
This podcast focuses on the Electromechanical Pinball era from the 1930's through the 1970's. EM is shorthand for electromechanical. Whether you are a collector, a repair enthusiast or you just like to play these older pinball machines, you are invited to make this podcast part of your pinball journey. New episodes drop every other week. If you have questions comments and suggestions, send an e-mail to empinballjourneyspodcast@gmail.com
Episodes
In this episode, I am joined by Gabe Pribil of Pribs Pinball Repair. In this interview, we talk about Gabe’s journey into the pinball hobby and how it led to starting his own pinball repair business. We talk about his large pinball collection. Gabe shares a lot of details about EM pinball including games that he has on location in and around his hometown of Lincoln, Nebraska. Gabe’s collection is mainly games from the 1950’s and 19...
This is the second episode in my pinball spotlight series. John Lee joins me again to talk about Spanish Eyes which was made by Williams in 1971 and 1972. I also talk with John about owning EMs and we talk briefly about another game called Granada which is not the same game but the art is very similar.
Spanish Eyes on Internet Pinball Database
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In this episode, I am joined by John Lee. In this interview, we talk about a wonderful charity called project pinball and his involvement. We also talk about pinball tournaments including John’s experience as a tournament director for standalone tournaments as well as leagues. John is a cohost and tournament director of a tournament that I played in called The Doldrums, an annual event held in upstate New York every February. This ...
This is the third episode in my beginner series. Non beginners may enjoy this episode as well. In this episode, I talk more about EM pinball terminology and anatomy. The focus is more about the inner workings of EMs.
If you enjoy this episode and want to learn more about what is going on inside an EM, please visit funwithpinball.com and browse for a while. You will be glad you did.
Check out this YouTube video from 2019. It is Todd ...
This is the second episode in my beginner series. Non beginners may enjoy this episode as well. In this episode, I talk about EM pinball terminology and anatomy. These terms are not exclusive to EM pinball and are good to know for pinball in general. Spoiler…this is part 1. The next episode will be part 2 and will cover terminology related to the inside of EM pinball machines.
I reference the IPDB pinball glossary in this episode.
This is the first episode in my pinball spotlight series, I talk about Drop-A-Card (1971) and Pop-A-Card (1972). I cover some of the main differences between these games and a bit about replay vs add-a-ball pinball machines. Pop-A-Card was my first pinball machine and I talk about getting it and some of the tasks that it took to get it going after years of disrepair.
This is the first episode in my beginner series. Non beginners may enjoy this episode as well. In this episode, I talk about pinball maps. Finding pinball machines on location can be a challenge if you don’t know where to look. The pinball map app will help you find pinball machines near you. Pinside.com also has a great pinball map.
Links referenced in todays episode:
https://pinside.com/pinball/map
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In this episode, I talk about some of the EM pinball resources that have been part of my pinball journey.
Here are helpful links that are referenced in this episode.
2025 Pinball Show Schedule on Pinwiki
Technology Connections - Part 1 - Old pinball machines are amazingly complex
Technology Connections - Part 2 - The step-by-step, mechanical logic of old pinball machines
In this introduction episode, I talk about what you can expect from this podcast. This is a podcast for pinball enthusiasts who have an interest in the electromechanical era of pinball from the 1930's to the late 1970's. EM is short for electromechanical. No matter where you are in your EM pinball journey, there will be something here for you.
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