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  1. Re:Sad news... by physicsnerd · · Score: 4, Informative · on Inventor of the Modern Pinball Machine Dies At 100

    I believe Stern Pinball is the only remaining one; they come out with a couple of different games each year. A couple of friends of mine have companies that sell and service machines (Chicagoland and California); I'm not sure how much is new ones vs. old but I've played a fair number of the newer machines and they're pretty nice (better in my opinion than the Pinball 2000 stuff that Williams was trying). The Simpsons Pinball Party and The Lord Of The Rings ones (both Stern) are pretty impressive still.

    Stern Pinball is the largest pinball manufacturer and produces about three new games a year. AC/DC is Stern's latest release. While Stern has been around for a long time, several other companies have started up recently.

    Jersey Jack Pinball is about to go into production of Wizard of Oz in mid march. They've put a lot into this game and it's looking amazing. It's a wide body game with a 26" LCD, dual upper playfields, tons of toys, and a whole lot more.

    Retro Pinball has begun shipping a reproduction of the Gottlieb's 1967 King of Diamonds built using modern technology.

    MarsaPlay's New Canasta has been available in the Spanish market for a couple of years now.

    John Popadiuk is working on a couple of small run, custom pinball machines for the high end collector market. The two games are Magic Girl and Ben Heck's Zombie Adventureland

    Pinball appears to be making something of a comeback and it looks like 2012 could be one of the best years for pinball in a long time.

  2. Re:Competition? by joew · · Score: 3, Informative · on Portrait of The Last Remaining Pinball Wizard

    the First news post on the subjecthttp://www.pinballnews.com/news/bally.html

    Followed by Gary Stern's Reply http://www.pinballnews.com/news/bally2.html


    As well as some pictures http://http//www.pinballnews.com/news/australia6.h tml of the whitewood Wayne is working on

  3. Re:Competition? by joew · · Score: 3, Informative · on Portrait of The Last Remaining Pinball Wizard

    the First news post on the subjecthttp://www.pinballnews.com/news/bally.html

    Followed by Gary Stern's Reply http://www.pinballnews.com/news/bally2.html


    As well as some pictures http://http//www.pinballnews.com/news/australia6.h tml of the whitewood Wayne is working on

  4. Re:Competition? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Portrait of The Last Remaining Pinball Wizard

    http://www.pinballnews.com/news/bally.html

  5. Re:Competition? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative · on Portrait of The Last Remaining Pinball Wizard
    There's life in the silver ball yet!
    I'm surprised nobody has mentioned these guys yet.

    Rumor has it the guy in Australia may move production of cabinets and associated hardware to China & surrounding areas. This should result in massive savings since putting a cabinet together is extremely hand-labor intensive, since it's made of tons of components.

    But moving to video takes care of the tremendous maintenance required after purchase, which affects both operators (guys who have to run around constantly maintaining the machine) and players (who won't play a game that breaks down).

    It's shaping up to be an interesting time for pinball.
  6. Lord of the Rings by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting · on Portrait of The Last Remaining Pinball Wizard

    The Simpsons and Sopranos games are OK, but the best new pinball game of the last several years in my mind is definitely Lord of the Rings. I hated that movie (I only saw the first one... boring!) but even without really knowing the story, the game is just amazing.

    Get to an arcade and play it! Highly reccomended!