The Allentown Pinball Wizards Convention 2005
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I taped two seminars at the show. One was "Buying and selling on the internet." The other was a Gottlieb solid state seminar. |
Sound check. |
Notice the laptop with a cable going to the MPU inside this Haunted House game. Some things demonstrated during this seminar included diagnostics and modifying code using a laptop. |
I bought many parts from Pinball Resource this year. |
No shortage of parts here.
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This Spy Hunter pin and this juke were for sale in the corner by Pinball Resource's booth. |
"Pioneer Microsystems" had brand new 6 digit displays were for sale. The display color is red, as seen in the first player and credit/match displays. Click on the pic to see this better. |
It's after 4 pm at this point, and the games are starting to go out the door. |
After the seminars, it was time to check out a wide assortment of pins, including some I played for the first time here, like this Williams 1979 Stellar Wars pin. |
A classic Bally 1980 Space Invaders pin was available to play, and was quite popular at the show. |
John Patterson always brings classic EMs to both Allentown and The York Show. It was a real treat to play a rare 1961 Williams "Space Ship." The 1970 Bally "Big Valley" pin next to it is one of the few Bally EMs featuring multiball. |
Time Warp and Disco Fever are the only pins that featured banana flippers. |
Time Warp was being played constantly, but next to it was my favorite, Gorgar. |
Here's me enjoying a classic Gottlieb EM. |
Here's another King Pin. Looks like somebody got creative when they repainted it. Ouch! |
Medieval Madness was quite popular, but I preferred a rare Bally Cosmos EM to the left. |
This Visual Pinball pin was played constantly. |
There's a monitor in the head to display the flyers, and a monitor in the cabinet to simulate a pinball playfield. |
This Williams 1971 Love Bug pin was one of my favorites at the show. |
This is where I played Mr. & Mrs. Pac-Man for the first time since playing it on location in the arcade at "Grossinger's," a long gone Catskills NY area resort. |