Pinball Spots
Pinball Spots
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Intimate interviews with interesting pinball personalities across New Zealand and abroad.
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Episode 27: Robert Port
Robert lives in Dunedin and started collecting pinballs in the early 1990’s. Often buying from arcades and operators who were selling down old stock, he amassed a sizeable collection. Robert also…
Episode 26: Gary Walker
Gary has been involved with pinball and coin-op amusements since the 1970’s. Since operating machines on site in the early days under the name Coin Cascade he became a nationwide distributor for all…
Episode 25: Mike de Ruyter
Mike was the owner / operator of Spacetec Coin Ltd, based in Wellington, NZ. The distributors of Williams/Bally pinball machines for the lower north island. Mike also ran family entertainment centres…
Episode 24: Matt Kemp
Matt Kemp lives in Auckland, NZ and is a pinball programmer for Spooky Pinball. He recently created the code for the custom machine Motorhead, built by David Peck, and showcased at Texas Pinball…
Episode 23: Danielle Peck
Danielle has grown up around pinball, and achieved some significant wins at major global tournaments. A strong advocate for women’s pinball, she is always welcoming and encouraging others to get…
Episode 22: Kerry Hogan
Kerry Hogan lives in Auckland, NZ and has been a collector, repairer and restorer of pinballs for some 30 years. Known in the industry as "Tilt" his work is highly regarded by his customers.
Episode 21: Bruce Moran
Bruce Moran worked as a technician with Wellington operator Thom Houtman, and also had his own interest in pinball and arcade machines.
Episode 20: Tyler Dipper
Tyler Dipper represented NZ in the 2023 World Pinball Championships in Germany, and after some tough competition finished 17th of 80 . This is the best any kiwi has done in the 10 years we have been…
Episode 19: David Kilderry
David Kilderry, along with his brother Matthew, was involved with pinball collecting and operating around Melbourne, prior to opening the Lunar drive-in movie complex in Dandenong.Hear him talk about…
Episode 18: Grant Levey
Grant Levey talks about his pinball hobby and some of the treasures in his collection. He explains his process around designing the home-build machine he created: Battle Pinny. The first to feature a…
Episode 17: Gunnar Sylte
Gunnar has been commercially involved with pinball and other coin op amusements in Melbourne since the mid 1970’s. Hear him talk about the industry, working for Coin Play Australia Ltd with a very…
Episode 16: John Mason
Formerly from Auckland NZ, John Mason has been living in Melbourne since 1991. He has been collecting and repairing pinball since then. He operated machines full time through the 1990’s and well into…
Episode 15: Hamish Guthrey
Hamish owns a dedicated pinball arcade space in central Wellington, New Zealand. Ye Olde Pinball Shoppe is intended to be a community pinball space for tournaments, events, as well as casual…
S1E14 Episode 14: Mike Davidson
Mike is a collector and enthusiast of not only arcade and pinball, but home console gaming as well. His knowledge of coin-op and gaming history is impressive. A regular host of our annual meet-up…
Episode 13: Phil Hannon
Phil has been involved with pinball since the late 1970’s and is the go-to-guy in Auckland for servicing and repairs. His favourite games are Wms Space Mission, Bally Eight Ball DeLuxe and of the…
Episode 12: Phil Ward & Roger Newman
Phil & Roger have been friends in the pinball industry for many years. Phil as an operator and distributor for Data East and Gottlieb. Roger, initially producing wall mounted “penny games” and…
Episode 11: Tony & Anna Cross
Tony & Anna live in West Auckland and have a passion for pinball as well as motor racing.
S1E10 Episode 10: John Bell
John Bell in his movie study. John was a collector of pinballs in the early 1980s before he ventured into film collecting and enthusiast cinema, which led to him opening the Time Cinema…
S1E9 Episode 9: The Burke boys
Mike Burke in 1998 — This interview was broadcast on Wellington's local TV channel: ONTV in early 1998, and features dedicated pinhead Mikey Burke.
S1E8 Episode 8: BJ Wilson
BJ is an avid collector and enthusiast, and program developer for the P3 Pinball Multi-Morphic platform.
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Pinball Spots has published 27 episodes since January 2020, covering topics in Documentary, Games.
Pinball Spots is currently moderate with new episodes every 2 months. Average episode length is 50m.
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