Pinball Resources

This page contains resources that we hope pinball enthusiasts
will find useful.
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Pinball service providers
Those offering services to the pinball community and who
advertise in the pages of
Pinball Wizard magazine:
The Pinball Palace
Sales, service and repairs of all pinball machines, electromechanical
and electronic. Also pinball board repairs and home service visits
available. Sole distributor of PinLED products in the UK.
Full contact details and a sample of the machines currently
available for sale can be found on the Web site at
http://www.pinballpalace.co.uk/
The Pinball Heaven
Sales of new and used pinball machines (Pinball Heaven is the
sole distributor for Williams and Bally pinball machines in
the UK) along with an extensive range of more than 1200 parts,
from nuts and bolts to those vital machine specific items like
ramps and plastics. Repairs and refurbishment also available.
Full contact details and a sample of the machines currently
available for sale can be found on the Web site at
http://www.pinballheaven.co.uk/
Pinball Pleasure
Suppliers of new and second hand pinball machines, specialising in
the home market. We have been refurbising and collecting for over
25 years with machines dating from the 30's to brand new. For
pinball machines that look and play like new, spares and repairs,
contact Pinball Pleasure on 020 8599 6121 Mon - Fri 9.30 a.m. - 6.30 p.m.
or see the Web site at
http://www.pinballmachines.co.uk/
Andy Thorn
John Whyatt
David Blake

Pinball events
Some upcoming and previous events in the pinball world:
UK Pinball Party
Taking over in 2010 from the UK Pinball Show this event has been
amazing over the last couple of years, with the next event looking
to be just as good, if not better!
Pinball Expo
The "everything for everyone show" (and it really is!)
held yearly in Illinois, Chicago, USA usually late October/early
November. Visit the Web site for more details of the next one...
The Jukebox & Americana Fair
A small Web site, but older pinball machines are included in the show!
Belgian Open Pinball Championship
Held at the Collector Fantasies show, a regular yearly event
which includes pinball machines among its exhibits. Multi-lingual
Web site
PAPA
The US-based world pinball championship held yearly
Pinball at the 'Zoo
Vendors, a tournament, an auction, machines - all at the Kalamazoo
County Fairgrounds, Michigan. Read about this annual event here!
Pinball Extravaganza
Held in 2004 and 2005 in Kent and brought to you by UK
pinball supplier
The Pinball Palace
Pin-a-Go-Go Pinball Show & Swap Meet
Northern California's longest running pinball show
Pinball Owners Association Convention
Our very own show - the POA Convention. Read about some past conventions
here

Pinball enthusiasts
Individuals or groups with a passion for pinball:
The Internet Pinball Database
Details and pictures of pretty much every pinball machine ever
produced
PAPS
A place where Internet users can find people who own the same game as
they do
Pinball Repair Guides
A truly superb collection of comprehensive restoration and repair guides
for all varieties of machines, from EMs through to WPC95. If you have a
repair or restoration job to do, start by looking here
Pinball Abbreviation Database
Puzzled by a strange combination of letters in an email or on
r.g.p, sorry rec.games.pinball? This site can help...
GameFAQs (pinball section)
An extensive collection of rulesheets, FAQs, tips and tricks for games
old and new. Indexed by alphabetical order of game
Flyer archive site
An extraordinary site containing a huge archive of flyer images for
thousands of pinball and related games
Pinball Links
Well over 2000 sites describing over 700 games. If you want
to see pictures of a game, read a rulesheet, see the flyer or
read technical information this site has one of the most complete
lists of links to game specific pages around.
Pinball News
Comprehensive selection of news, arcade reviews, pictures and
articles along with diary dates and links.
Pinformer
Andrew Vevers has created an outstanding site to enable
pinball players to share details of where they have found
a machine on their travels around the UK, along with
pinball classifieds, high scores and even an area to
register which machines you own so that others can
come and play.
World Pinball Directory
Places to play all over the world, along with pinball news
Andy's Pinball Page
Details of Andy Thorn's collection, along with some game reviews
Bart Baeyens
General information, including an online archive of instruction cards for pinball games
Basement Arcade Classics
OK, it's about video games too. But there's loads of useful information
there including details about US auctions and a hatfull of links
Bingo Pinballs
An extensive on-line resource for everything "bingo"
Bumberjack
A Danish pinball site (well, I hope it is, not being able to
read much Danish myself... there's always Google Translate, of course...)
John Burke
John Burke has contributed a series of witty and informative articles
to Pinball Player magazine about his
pinball restoration exploits. On his
Web site, John has published the stories of how he rescued and restored
to health many of his collection
Federico Croci
Pinball expert and regular contributor to
Pinball Player/Pinball Wizard magazine. There are
Italian and English language versions of his site. Lots of facinating
information, including copies of some of Federico's articles - a "must visit" site
Flipper - Pinball - Fan
A great little site, with loads of useful technical information
Kristian Göransson
Swedish site (also available in English) with fliers, news
and games and parts for sale
Dan Leach
Buckets of bingo info - if bingo games are your thing, visit now!
www.pinball.net
Details of the huge UK auction held in 2004
www.pinball.org
Home of The Pinball Archive, containing the pinball rulesheet
archive and lots of other useful information
Mike Williams
Read about his F14 and Judge Dredd, and find out how easy
it is to make a Bally Fathom out of an old sock (!)

Commercial sites
Companies with a commercial interest in pinball (often in the USA):
Empire Interactive
Manufacturers of some of the best pinball simulators around for the PC.
Borden's Amusements
Based in Pennsylvania, USA, Borden's have an online database of machines
currently available, and lots of photos
Dr Scott's Pinball Store
Pinball machine sales and service in Ohio, USA
Flashback Classic Coin Ops
If there's a pin or other classic game that you are looking for,
Tom Manely will help you find it. With a selection of hard to
find spares and plans for the ultimate classic arcade also in
downtown Navarre you should stop by if you are in Ohio, USA
Funspot arcade
A New Hampshire, USA arcade that still takes pinball
seriously, with dozens of classic games available to
play, plus loads of other fun things to do. A "must
visit" location for any fan of the silver ball!
The Game Gallery
Want something coin op? Chances are these people will sell it.
They also short-term rent machines for parties etc in the
local Florida, USA, area
John's Jukes Ltd
A collection of pinball-related information, including repair tips and
restoration advice
K & K Amusement
A small Michigan, USA, based supplier of parts and accessories (including
some more unusual items, like pinball night lights), with a
catalogue and ordering facilities online
Marco Specialties
A USA-based supplier of just about everything pinball related,
including an extensive selection of books and manuals. Their
site also contains lots of other interesting information.
The Pennsylvania Gameroom Warehouse
A fine selection of coin-operated goodies from this
Pennsylvania, USA, based supplier. Each is described,
with pictures, on its own page. A nice site.
The Pinball Heaven
British-based supplier of pinball machines and spares. There's an
on-line catalogue and price list, servicing tips and technical
bulletins, even a list of hidden game features. A mirror site,
www.pinballheaven.com,
lists prices for games to be shipped direct to the USA.
Pinball Mania (UK)
A full range of parts at sensible prices, along with some handy flipper
rebuild, rubber ring and power connector repair kits
The Pinball Palace
A UK-based supplier whose service is aimed at collectors.
A range of machines is available along with spares and even
their own pinball event - Pinball Extravaganza
A POA member
Pinball Pleasure
A British supplier with over 25 years of pinball experience
and claiming to be the largest stockist of
pinball machines in the UK, with over 40 available to see
and play in their new Essex showroom and another 100 or more
in stock. Opening hours 9am to 6pm Monday to Friday.
Rec Room Amusements
Games and parts for sale from this New York, USA, supplier
plus up to date lists of all solid state games
from the major manufacturers
Shifted Bits
Suppliers of "lookalike" Security PICs for Williams and Bally games
requiring them
Swallow Amusement Machines
A UK-based supplier of pinball machines and spares, including
some hard to get items
Two Bit Score
Originally offering useful repair tips, products to help your
maintain your pinball machine and links to the rest of the Net,
but now apparently video game focussed

Manufacturers and Designers
The people that make (or made) pinball machines:
WMS (Williams/Bally)
Lots of info, both on the games and all the "behind the scenes"
work that makes them what they are, along with technical bulletins
and ROM images for every electronic machine. A "must see" site
Stern Pinball
All the info about new games, an online ROM library for Stern and
previous Sega games, data about the company and contact information
Pat Lawlor Design
Ex-WMS pinball design team Pat Lawlor,
John Krutsch and Louis Koziarz who are now producing some
excellent designs with Stern Pinball
www.pinball.com
Previously owned by Williams Electronic Games (after the owner did a deal to
exchange the domain name for a brand new Medieval Madness pinball
machine! - shame they don't make machines like that any more...). Now
owned by The Pinball Factory, making games and spares under licence
and the Web site retains archive material from the old Williams
Site such as Ask Uncle Willy
Ted Estes
Stellar designer and programmer at Williams. Includes the story
and pictures of the very last Star Wars Episode 1 to roll off
the Williams production line, ending a history of pinball
manufacture lasting over half a century
Terry Cumming
Terry has worked for Epic Megagames
designing their computer pinball games

Miscellaneous and Publications
Sites relating to pinball that don't fit in the above categories,
including publishers of pinball-related publications:
Game Room magazine
One of the USA's leading coin-op publications. Back issues of
Pinball Player are available direct from them in the USA
PinGame Journal
A highly regarded US publication covering all things pinball
World's Fair Publications
Publishers of amusement trade magazines
Yahoo's list of pinball pages
A high quality collection of Pinball related
links from the Web's number one category-based index
How Stuff Works
Take a look at this facinating and informative site for
details on, among many other things, how pinball machines work
