For Amusement Only Em And Bingo Pinball Podcast
- Autor: Vários
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Sinopsis
Detailing EM and Bingo pinball features, gameplay, and repair techniques.
Episodios
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Episode 36 - Ticker Tape Gameplay and Gigi Status
16/04/2015 Duración: 13minDescription of the gameplay of the 6 card Bally Ticker Tape and the current status of my project Gigi.
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Episode 35 - Clark Fraley Interview 4/12/15
15/04/2015 Duración: 18minI talk with my friend Clark Fraley, who is a technician for an operator. Clark has been with me on a couple of pick ups now, and is a great guy to boot. Interviewed after we moved my new bingo and played for a bit. I hope to have him on again soon(ish) to discuss his upcoming acquisition!
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Episode 34 - Gigi and EM Adjustments
14/04/2015 Duración: 12minAnother new pickup! Gigi described - gameplay to follow after I shop it. I describe how to perform adjustments on an EM game.
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Episode 33 - Phil Hooper Interview 4-5-15
13/04/2015 Duración: 11minI interview Phil Hooper, creator and maintainer of http://bingo.cdyn.com, the Internet's source for technical information on Bally and United bingos. Phil conducted this interview on 4/5/15 via email.
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Episode 32 - 1930s Innovation
12/04/2015 Duración: 07minRamps, lighted scoring, DC-driven coils, multi-level playfields - all were children of the 1930s, and continue to inform today's games.
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Episode 31 - The Gentlemanly Art of Nudging
11/04/2015 Duración: 08minWhat's the point of shaking a machine? How much is too much? How do you know? Are bingos games of skill or games of chance? Can older games make you a better player?
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Episode 30 - High Voltage
10/04/2015 Duración: 06minHigh voltage can hurt or even kill you. This is a warning about how to identify high voltage in your machine at a glance and the super easy way you can avoid getting hurt. Your health is more important than getting a game running.
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Episode 29 - Timing is Everything
09/04/2015 Duración: 04minHow does a bingo know to lock you out of features after shooting a certain ball? How does it know _not_ to lock you out if you are able to reach the ball return without landing in a trap hole?
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Episode 28 - Bingo Scoring Problems
08/04/2015 Duración: 07minWhen your bingo doesn't count replays approporiately, what do you do? Manual, schematics and observation are a help, but knowing the units involved will set you on the right path faster.
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Episode 27 - Transporting a Game
07/04/2015 Duración: 04minHow to break down and transport a game, then how to reassemble and start cleaning!
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Episode 26 - Drop Targets
06/04/2015 Duración: 07minHow to disassemble and clean a drop target bank, and how drop targets are typically constructed. Not mentioned: how much I dislike solid state Williams drop targets.
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Episode 25 - What to look for in a Bingo
05/04/2015 Duración: 10minWhat are the main things to consider when looking at your first bingo? Condition is king, but if you are like I was at first, you'd never seen one of these before.
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Episode 24 - Relays and Sequences
04/04/2015 Duración: 12minTalk about how EMs are able to determine the game state. Tech: How to properly adjust a relay, and when to hit it with a hammer (really)!
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Episode 23 - Bingos and the Law
03/04/2015 Duración: 19minHow were Bingos persecuted in the United States? Why did Bingo production cease in the 80's? These and other questions answered in this episode.
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Episode 22 - 90's DMDs
02/04/2015 Duración: 17minI talk about a toy invented in the woodrail era that is still in use today - the Pop Bumper. Tech: Changing pop bumpers, and how to increase pop safely (by cleaning).
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Episode 21 - Woodrails and Flippers
01/04/2015 Duración: 25minWoodrails gave us some of the toys and mechanical devices that we still use today. Tech talk: flippers - how to disassemble and rebuild. These same basic instructions apply to anything with an EOS switch (basically machines up to 1990ish).
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Episode 20 - Guest Pop-A-Card 3/30/15
31/03/2015 Duración: 12minI talk with Ava about Pop-A-Card, the first game I purchased, and the machine that brought me my love of repairing and playing Gottlieb machines (all eras) and EMs and Bingos!
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Episode 19 - Steve Smith Interview 3-29-15
30/03/2015 Duración: 01h57minI talk to Steve Smith and give him wide berth to tell his view of how we met and how I fell in love with bingos. He discusses various topics, including differences between flipper vs. bingo pinball, playing on location as a kid, and how he got his first pinball. Forgive sound quality - I was sitting too far from the mic and didn't notice.
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Episode 18 - Using Schematics for Troubleshooting
29/03/2015 Duración: 12minDescribing how to use the schematic for Pop-A-Card to troubleshoot both a scoring and a lamp problem.
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Episode 17 - Schematic Symbols Described
28/03/2015 Duración: 11minDescribing pictures is difficult. Beginning talk about what the symbols represent and what those devices do. I don't describe a switch in great detail, but will be doing so next time.