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PinChats
Free to all guests with admission, these seminars are designed to be informal presentations and an opportunity to learn about different areas of pinball from player technique to fixing your favorite game.

PinChats are a great way to hone up on your pinball history, learn a few fix-it tips, and meet some great folks in the world of pinball.

2011 PinChats

  • 3 p.m. Fri., 4/29 - Brian "Destruk" Smith - From real life, to virtual pinball, and back again - recreating pinball and preserving the games we love. >VPForums

  • 5 p.m. Fri., 4/29 - Jess Askey - will talk about the Internet Pinball Serial Number Database, which collects serial numbers of pinball machines and publishes the database online.  >IPSND

  • 3:00 p.m. Sat., 4/30 - John Trudeau - SCHEDULE CHANGE - was the designer for popular games such as Creature from the Black Lagoon, Congo, Black Rose, and more, and is currently involved with a one-of-a-kind project in the UK called Forbidden Planet

  • noon Sat., 4/30 - Jack Guarnieri - SCHEDULE CHANGE -  President and CEO Jersey Jack Pinball, Inc. comes to town to talk Pinball Jersey Jack Style. His company will be producing new pinball machines, the first of which is The Wizard of OZ due to begin production in December 2011. Jack has assembled an amazing team of industry icons with a great passion to design and create new machines for the collector and coin-op markets.  >Jersey Jack Pinball

2010 PinChats

  • Dennis Nordman - pinball designer of games such as Pirates of the Caribbean, Scared Stiff, and White Water will be at the 2010 Rocky Mountain Pinball Showdown >WhizBang Pinball

  • Greg Freres - pinball artist of games such as Scared Stiff, Star Trek the Next Generation, and Fathom will be at the 2010 Rocky Mountain Pinball Showdown >WhizBang Pinball

  • Dennis Book - will show you how to scan and repair missing art, save it for print, discuss printing options for replacement backglasses, and show before and after examples and a live demonstration using Photoshop.  >Atomic Pinball

  • Jess Askey - will talk about the Internet Pinball Serial Number Database, which collects serial numbers of pinball machines and publishes the database online.  >IPSND

Past PinChats

  • 1990s Bally-Williams Board Repair by John Balogh, 2009

  • Rare and Sexy Pinball Machines by Kevin Carroll and Basil LeBlanc, 2009

  • 1990s Bally-Williams Board Repair by John Balogh, 2008

  • Producing the King Pin Pinball Machine by Gene Cunningham, 2008

  • Playfield Restoration by Kevin Ryan, 2008

  • Internet Pinball Serial Number Database by Jess Askey, 2008

  • 1990s Bally-Williams Board Repair by John Balogh, 2007

  • Building a Custom Pinball Machine: Cabin Fever by Jeff Mathews, 2007

  • Electro-Mechanical Restoration: Part II by Mark Gibson, 2007

  • Pinball Shopping 101 by Jeff Askey, 2007

  • Producing the Big Bang Bar Pinball Machine by Gene Cunningham, 2007

  • Electromechanical pinball machine Restoration by Mark Gibson, 2006

  • Pinball Programmer Memoirs by Dean Grover, 2006

  • Pinball Machine Playfield Restoration by Kevin Ryan, 2006

  • WPC Pinball Repair by John Balogh of Colorado Pinball, 2006


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