{"id":1090,"date":"2012-10-12T08:39:15","date_gmt":"2012-10-12T13:39:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.danjoannis.com\/?page_id=1090"},"modified":"2026-02-26T12:05:55","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T15:35:55","slug":"pinball","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.danjoannis.com\/?page_id=1090","title":{"rendered":"Pinball"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

My father and I previously maintained a personal collection of pinball machines. For us, they weren’t collection objects or show pieces; these pinball machines were meant to be played.<\/p>\n\n\n

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It has been many years since this era ended for us to make way for new projects, but it was a lot of fun and taught us so much.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Documented Projects<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

We restored a Medusa<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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We rewound the electromagnet feature on a Centaur<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We saved a Gorgar<\/a> from the dump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Meet the Machines<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Our collection topped out around 12 machines, though some of those had to live at friend’s homes since there wasn’t enough space in the Silver Ball Arcade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To the best of my knowledge, we had these games (in rough order):<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Hot Shot<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Jungle Princess<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Odds and Events<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Pat Hand<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Riviera<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. Gorgar<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  7. Buck Rogers<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  8. Black Knight<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  9. Comet<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  10. Atlantis<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  11. Space Invaders<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  12. Embryon<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  13. Flash Gordon<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  14. Firepower<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  15. Swords of Fury<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  16. Paragon<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  17. Space Station<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  18. Haunted House<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  19. Centaur<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  20. Hurricane<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  21. Bram Stoker’s Dracula<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  22. Fish Tales<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  23. Vector<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  24. Xenon<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  25. Medusa<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    We pride ourselves with the fact that all of these machines were in near-fully functional condition, ready to be played.<\/p>\n\n\n\n