Pinball designer
enrichmenthigh“...Aww. Sad reaction. Sad reaction. Yeah. Sorry. Who would you say are the ultimate pinball designer? John Papadiuk all day. Yeah? Yes. But John Borden is amazing. Trudeau is super impressive. Eat it. There's someth...”Mar 8, 2026
pinball designer/industry figure
enrichmenthigh“...h the non-refundable deposits. At least that's what they did with Alice Cooper. But, dude, what was John Papadiuk charging for the Magic Girls? Yeah, well, I mean, that ship has sailed, right? It has sailed. Right...”Mar 8, 2026
Pinball designer
enrichmenthigh“...s all... Great hand bonus. Great hand bonus. Oh, I like hand bonus. That's because I made this when John Papadiuk was getting made fun of a hundred times. And he owed me some money, so I put a great harm bonus. I...”Mar 8, 2026
Pinball designer/entrepreneur (proper name)
enrichmenthigh“...nd optimistic about what the future of pinball held. So much to the point where people were kicking John Papadiuk $16,000 when he rocked up with an empty cabinet and a trans light. That's how optimistic we were. W...”Mar 8, 2026
designer or figure in pinball game development, mentioned in context of Magic Girl and artwork
enrichmentlow“...p of Zombie Yeti. Because he did the artwork for Magic Girl in pre-Stern days and he was, you know, John Papadiuk was working, you know, whatever. I want a copy. Yeah. Keep me posted. I want one. And let's not tel...”Mar 8, 2026
pinball game designer
enrichmenthigh“...t machines, and a friend of ours, Yancey Blaylock, had just bought a bagatelle from none other than John Papadiuk. and we were playing it and having fun. It was a great dollar game. So we started looking into that...”Mar 8, 2026
Pinball designer known for innovative mechanical features
enrichmenthigh“...ple money. Now, I would have loved to have I'm not, I'm a realist, people I knew it wasn't going to John Papadiuk its way up into the right hand of Grogu I know that What John Papadiuk game does that? I'm just thi...”Mar 7, 2026
Pinball game designer associated with Deep Root Pinball
enrichmenthigh“...get to see at least what these cabinets are going to be all about. You know, you got to think that John Papadiuk's got a pretty good idea about the actual plan of attack on how the flow of the game is going to be...”Mar 7, 2026
Pinball designer/industry figure
enrichmenthigh“...We have news. News, all right. The biggest news right now in the last week or so, I think, has been John Papadiuk. And it was never really an announcement, but it's now linked to a new company that's supposed to b...”Mar 7, 2026
A contemporary pinball game designer
enrichmentmedium“...ok at the Gametron one, I'm pretty sure it says, like, one word. That's like if you see, like, hey, John Papadiuk is designing something. That's a big red flag. It's just, when you see certain words a certain way,...”Mar 7, 2026
Pinball designer/developer associated with a game called Magic Girl
enrichmentlow“...e bit of redemption from the Magic Girl stuff that he was working on before that. So he was helping John Papadiuk with that Magic Girl artwork, and he does such good work. I wanted to make sure that he, like, kind...”Mar 7, 2026
pinball designer or manufacturer
enrichmenthigh“...h the non-refundable deposits. At least that's what they did with Alice Cooper. But, dude, what was John Papadiuk charging for the Magic Girls? Yeah, well, I mean, that ship has sailed, right? It has sailed. Right...”Mar 7, 2026
Person whose unreleased game designs or concepts are referenced
enrichmentlow“...all to make more licensed theme games. I would. I don't want them to just make what Melvin's got in John Papadiuk's locker. I want them to make other stuff. I think they should look at some other themes that are o...”Mar 7, 2026
Pinball designer
enrichmenthigh“...ic is kind of a weird fan. But that one's like definitely, it's like, yeah, As far as it's probably John Papadiuk's most conventional layout. Yeah, probably. Yeah. And you're like, it shoots good. Yeah. Probably s...”Mar 7, 2026
Pinball designer involved in controversial projects
enrichmenthigh“...f games And I curious because this has never been done before You take a game that been designed by John Papadiuk You take the artwork that been designed by Zombie Yeti You then make the game where J doesn finish...”Mar 7, 2026
Pinball game designer, likely designer for Deep Root Pinball projects
enrichmenthigh“...get to see at least what these cabinets are going to be all about. You know, you got to think that John Papadiuk's got a pretty good idea about the actual plan of attack on how the flow of the game is going to be...”Mar 7, 2026
Pinball designer associated with Zizzle
enrichmenthigh“...ly. $990. Yeah, baby. One bid so far, $82 shipping. Who made these? Oh, no, it was Zizzle. Was this John Papadiuk when it was Zizzle? Yeah. And yeah, it's definitely Pirates of the Caribbean. And it's definitely w...”Mar 7, 2026
Pinball designer/manufacturer
enrichmenthigh“...ple money. Now, I would have loved to have I'm not, I'm a realist, people I knew it wasn't going to John Papadiuk its way up into the right hand of Grogu I know that What John Papadiuk game does that? I'm just thi...”Mar 7, 2026
Pinball designer
enrichmenthigh“...st do that. Didn't it have the push button? That had auto plunger, didn't it? No. Or no. No, it's a John Papadiuk. He never uses auto plunger. That's right, yeah. Change it out. Change it out because that costs mo...”Mar 7, 2026
Pinball game designer
enrichmenthigh“...out the seminars than I am the actual tournaments. So you're going to yell out, where's my money to John Papadiuk for us? I never gave him a dime. You're smart. Well, a lot of people have been burned on a lot of g...”Mar 7, 2026
Designer/personality at Stern Pinball Electronic
enrichmenthigh“...did forever. We've always been one of the bigger markets and people have sort of said it's because John Papadiuk, Black Water, person's name or role at Stern Pinballelectronic, непоп题 von bété.ина подзывே來到 ^^ The...”Mar 7, 2026
Deep Root pinball designer/Theater of Magic designer
enrichmenthigh“...I don't know if it still says Cap on it, but I'll be proud if it does when I was out there. I love John Papadiuk's design. I mean, for me, that game, it's the rotation. That's what got me sucked into that game. I...”Mar 7, 2026
Pinball designer or industry figure
enrichmenthigh“...d because it was going to be like our first major scoop? Remember that? We were gonna ask him about John Papadiuk. We were like, he's the guy who... and I had questions. I had a quiz for him. It was like, here's a...”Mar 7, 2026
Magic Girls pinball designer/creator
enrichmentmedium“...h the non-refundable deposits. At least that's what they did with Alice Cooper. But, dude, what was John Papadiuk charging for the Magic Girls? Yeah, well, I mean, that ship has sailed, right? It has sailed. Right...”Mar 7, 2026
Pinball designer
enrichmenthigh“...first movie again. It's so damn good. It's so much fun. It's such a perfect theme for pinball. I'm John Papadiuk, Black Water, Kaneda's Pinball Podcast, Twippies Awards, Translatesregon and Raza),turnate title or...”Mar 7, 2026
Pinball designer working on Magic Girls
enrichmenthigh“...is American Pinball is trying to make Houdini. They may be still involved in some way with letting John Papadiuk execute on his Magic Girls once the legal and administrative issues are resolved. I don't think the...”Mar 6, 2026
person with game designs referenced in context of Dutch Pinball's future titles
enrichmentlow“...all to make more licensed theme games. I would. I don't want them to just make what Melvin's got in John Papadiuk's locker. I want them to make other stuff. I think they should look at some other themes that are o...”Mar 6, 2026
Pinball designer who worked with American Pinball
enrichmenthigh“...mes by designers, and I don't think they have a creative vision for this company. They got duped by John Papadiuk, right? They made his Magic Girl. They let John Papadiuk sit in the back of that company for two ye...”Mar 6, 2026
Pinball designer or holder of game themes/intellectual property
enrichmentlow“...all to make more licensed theme games. I would. I don't want them to just make what Melvin's got in John Papadiuk's locker. I want them to make other stuff. I think they should look at some other themes that are o...”Mar 6, 2026
Pinball game designer
enrichmenthigh“...a year ago, March. This game has been in development for how many years? Eight? Ten? This is like a John Papadiuk redo. Okay. I think that guy's got bad mojo, man. Run. Folks, save your money. Buy something else....”Mar 6, 2026
pinball designer/artist
enrichmenthigh“...h the non-refundable deposits. At least that's what they did with Alice Cooper. But, dude, what was John Papadiuk charging for the Magic Girls? Yeah, well, I mean, that ship has sailed, right? It has sailed. Right...”Mar 6, 2026
Pinball game designer
enrichmenthigh“...e of the positives that I took away from gameplay here, the orbits look butter smooth. I like that. John Papadiuk has pretty cool orbits in his games, a lot of horseshoe quick orbits. I love the orbits. The ramp a...”Mar 6, 2026
pinball designer who worked on game concepts with Zombie Yeti
enrichmentlow“...And then from there, I just got lucky when I saw the work that Jeremy of Zombie Yeti was doing for John Papadiuk that never really saw the light of day. I saw, you know, the mock-ups of Kiss that he had done, the...”Mar 6, 2026
Pinball industry figure or sponsor
enrichmentlow“...e from him and didn't really look at him really just say okay they're in their boxes still okay I'm John Papadiuk, Black Water, Kaneda's Pinball Podcast, Twippies Awards, translite advertis So now I finally broke...”Mar 6, 2026
Pinball machine designer
enrichmenthigh“...ed it, and first of all, visually, it's pretty stunning. And I think that's true of a lot of, like, John Papadiuk's pins. They captivate you at first glance. You're like, wow, this is really, really cool. And it w...”Mar 6, 2026
pinball designer or industry figure
enrichmenthigh“...and I'm just going by recollection. I remember Robert Mueller hosted the panel discussion. You had John Papadiuk there. You had Barry Osler there, Dennis Nordman. John Norris. Yep. John Norris was there. You had...”Mar 6, 2026
Pinball designer
enrichmenthigh“...nd people will still call it that. Okay, some may be familiar with the original concept designed by John Papadiuk. Why are you even mentioning that? Initially named Alice in Wonderland. Yes. This game has evolved...”Mar 6, 2026
Pinball designer/manufacturer associated with Deep Root
enrichmenthigh“...runk but i've still got my ability hopefully to not say things i shouldn't say what do you think of John Papadiuk okay do you know what this is what i'm going to say about John Papadiuk and this is what i'm going...”Mar 6, 2026
Pinball designer who created original Alice in Wonderland game
enrichmenthigh“...utch fashion to advertise this. Then they had a stream where the guy who had designed it, i.e. took John Papadiuk's layout and tweaked things so it would actually play. He was trying to show shots, and he couldn't...”Mar 6, 2026
Pinball designer or artist
enrichmenthigh“...t call around and find a single distributor to sell you a game for 13,000. Now, some will raise I'm John Papadiuk, and I'll see you next week. of the distributor and it's hard to blame them for doing this because...”Mar 6, 2026
pinball designer known for original Alice in Wonderland concept
enrichmenthigh“...and people will still call it that okay some may be familiar with the original concept designed by John Papadiuk why are you even mentioning that initially named alice in wonderland yes this game has evolved from...”Mar 6, 2026
Pinball game designer working with Deep Root
enrichmenthigh“...designers. He got, well, Nordman until he left, but Barry Osler, John Norris. Yeah, Gottlieb, baby. John Papadiuk paid off all John Papadiuk's vidware people and all his debts, which is insane. Instead, he was goi...”Mar 6, 2026
pinball game designer
enrichmenthigh“...Correction? I mean... So let's talk about Zidware because everyone wants to talk about Zidware and John Papadiuk. I haven't read much about it other than Case Closed. Tell me what's going on. So I would. There ar...”Mar 6, 2026
Pinball designer and artist
enrichmentlow“...because in my brain, I truly think that's the proper way to do a pinball machine. And I kept seeing John Papadiuk put the cart before the horse with, he's like blasting art on these play fields that aren't even do...”Mar 6, 2026
Pinball game designer
enrichmenthigh“...a year ago, March. This game has been in development for how many years? Eight? Ten? This is like a John Papadiuk redo. Okay. I think that guy's got bad mojo, man. Run. Folks, save your money. Buy something else....”Mar 6, 2026
Pinball game designer known for 1990s Williams games
enrichmenthigh“...nd was 17% 1996 Williams, Tales of the Arabian Nights, followed by 15% Theater Magic. So that's the John Papadiuk double there. And then 10% Capcom Big Bang Bar. So a non-Bally Williams. Yeah. I'm like, why are th...”Mar 6, 2026
Pinball game designer
enrichmenthigh“...a year ago, March. This game has been in development for how many years? Eight? Ten? This is like a John Papadiuk redo. Okay. I think that guy's got bad mojo, man. Run. Folks, save your money. Buy something else....”Mar 6, 2026
Pinball designer, associated with Dutch Pinball games
enrichmenthigh“...esomeness of deep root etc or do you go the opposite way and say is dutch pinball supporting now uh John Papadiuk because they're they're making one of his games i'll think it goes yeah like if we have if rocheste...”Mar 6, 2026
Pinball designer associated with early American Pinball issues
enrichmenthigh“...ey're the spooky men. You know, the two little companies that could. They came out of the gate with John Papadiuk and a bunch of BS, and they stumbled real bad and went, uh-oh. But you know what? They turned it ar...”Mar 6, 2026
Pinball designer who may work with Dutch Pinball or related companies
enrichmentlow“...all to make more licensed theme games. I would. I don't want them to just make what Melvin's got in John Papadiuk's locker. I want them to make other stuff. I think they should look at some other themes that are o...”Mar 6, 2026
Pinball designer known for complex mechanical features
enrichmentlow“...ple money. Now, I would have loved to have I'm not, I'm a realist, people I knew it wasn't going to John Papadiuk its way up into the right hand of Grogu I know that What John Papadiuk game does that? I'm just thi...”Mar 6, 2026
pinball designer
enrichmenthigh“...ple money. Now, I would have loved to have I'm not, I'm a realist, people I knew it wasn't going to John Papadiuk its way up into the right hand of Grogu I know that What John Papadiuk game does that? I'm just thi...”Mar 6, 2026
Pinball designer at Stern
enrichmenthigh“...did forever. We've always been one of the bigger markets and people have sort of said it's because John Papadiuk, Black Water, person's name or role at Stern Pinballelectronic, непоп题 von bété.ина подзывே來到 ^^ The...”Mar 6, 2026
Pinball designer
enrichmenthigh“...hat's one thing I learned about pinball. Except for the outlane saver on poker. Well, no, actually, John Papadiuk beat you on that one. It just never came out. No, the other outlane saver. Oh, the other one. So I...”Mar 6, 2026
pinball designer/manufacturer
enrichmenthigh“...ple money. Now, I would have loved to have I'm not, I'm a realist, people I knew it wasn't going to John Papadiuk its way up into the right hand of Grogu I know that What John Papadiuk game does that? I'm just thi...”Mar 6, 2026
Pinball designer
enrichmenthigh“...ple money. Now, I would have loved to have I'm not, I'm a realist, people I knew it wasn't going to John Papadiuk its way up into the right hand of Grogu I know that What John Papadiuk game does that? I'm just thi...”Mar 6, 2026
pinball industry figure/designer
enrichmenthigh“...n, these people are paying a lot of money. I had gotten, you know, I'd been working with, you know, John Papadiuk and all that failed stuff. And I go, here's my shot. I want to prove that we can do this. And now t...”Mar 6, 2026
Pinball game designer
enrichmenthigh“...esomeness of deep root etc or do you go the opposite way and say is dutch pinball supporting now uh John Papadiuk because they're they're making one of his games i'll think it goes yeah like if we have if rocheste...”Mar 6, 2026
Pinball game designer
enrichmenthigh“...e getting involved with different people in the industry going to shows. David started working with John Papadiuk well early on before he created Zedware, and Jerry from Multimorphic came to TPF, and he brought th...”Mar 6, 2026
Pinball industry figure who created/founded a company
enrichmentlow“...e getting involved with different people in the industry going to shows. David started working with John Papadiuk well early on before he created Zedware, and Jerry from Multimorphic came to TPF, and he brought th...”Mar 6, 2026
Pinball game designer
enrichmenthigh“...ights, Totan. Or Totan. This is the Mystic Fantasy theme, May of 96. Sells 3,128 units, designed by John Papadiuk. It has its art by Pat McMahon, music and sound Dave Zabriskie, Dot, Adam Ryan, Brian Morris, and s...”Mar 6, 2026
Possibly pinball designer or game maker; referenced in context of mechanical features
enrichmentlow“...ple money. Now, I would have loved to have I'm not, I'm a realist, people I knew it wasn't going to John Papadiuk its way up into the right hand of Grogu I know that What John Papadiuk game does that? I'm just thi...”Mar 5, 2026
pinball designer with games in development
enrichmentlow“...all to make more licensed theme games. I would. I don't want them to just make what Melvin's got in John Papadiuk's locker. I want them to make other stuff. I think they should look at some other themes that are o...”Mar 5, 2026
Pinball designer
enrichmenthigh“...all to make more licensed theme games. I would. I don't want them to just make what Melvin's got in John Papadiuk's locker. I want them to make other stuff. I think they should look at some other themes that are o...”Mar 5, 2026
Pinball designer/artist
enrichmenthigh“...but oh, there they are. That aside, you look at it and you look straight down and you go, that's a John Papadiuk layout and stuff. You'll hear on Pinball Profile, I actually interviewed Mr. Williams who put that...”Mar 5, 2026
Pinball game designer
enrichmenthigh“...one on World Cup Soccer 94. This is a game from Bally Midway. It's a fun freaking game designed by John Papadiuk. you may remember John Papadiuk from such stories as The Magic Girl Incident but he is an amazing d...”Mar 5, 2026
Pinball game designer or media personality associated with Raza
enrichmentlow“...e getting involved with different people in the industry going to shows. David started working with John Papadiuk well early on before he created Zedware, and Jerry from Multimorphic came to TPF, and he brought th...”Mar 5, 2026
Pinball game designer
enrichmenthigh“...I don't know if it still says Cap on it, but I'll be proud if it does when I was out there. I love John Papadiuk's design. I mean, for me, that game, it's the rotation. That's what got me sucked into that game. I...”Mar 5, 2026
Pinball designer
enrichmenthigh“...d have a lightsaber going up the side of the shooter lane like they do in that pinball 2000 or 3000 John Papadiuk game. But I don't feel like that's it. I don't feel like that's it. You know, you can't really have...”Mar 5, 2026
Pinball designer
enrichmenthigh“...o really express themselves, You know, whether it was like a George Gomez working on something or a John Papadiuk or a John Trudeau. I mean, the list goes on and on of the people who were assembled under that roof...”Mar 5, 2026
Pinball designer/creator
enrichmenthigh“...me spot. The difference is that the left orbit on Stranger Things goes to a right ramp. That's more John Papadiuk than it is freaking Brian Eddy. Like the internal right orbit. Does it do anything like it on Attac...”Mar 5, 2026
Pinball designer/media personality
enrichmenthigh“...e getting involved with different people in the industry going to shows. David started working with John Papadiuk well early on before he created Zedware, and Jerry from Multimorphic came to TPF, and he brought th...”Mar 5, 2026
Pinball designer
enrichmenthigh“...eresting to see if that came up. Yeah, that's the original Magic Girl team. Well, yeah, yeah, yeah. John Papadiuk, I guess, I guess, Deadpool's got the rights? I don't know about Deadpool. It's just a Hebrew. Than...”Mar 5, 2026
Pinball designer or engineer
enrichmenthigh“...ne, the biggest one that people kind of turned their head to was they decided that pinball designer John Papadiuk, also known as J-Pop, was coming aboard this company. And everybody was like, what the hell? He's a...”Mar 5, 2026
pinball designer
enrichmenthigh“...Jack. We also designed their entire back end for all their pin systems. I worked a little bit with John Papadiuk, but that didn't really go anywhere. And yeah, working with Jersey was a lot of fun. And to be able...”Mar 5, 2026
Pinball game designer or artist
enrichmenthigh“...special skills are all over this game. And I'm just going to say this, this is the art package that John Papadiuk commissioned Zombie Eddie to make. So you know this is the mind of J-pop but I'm just here to say t...”Mar 5, 2026
Pinball designer
enrichmenthigh“...special skills are all over this game. And I'm just going to say this, this is the art package that John Papadiuk commissioned Zombie Eddie to make. So you know this is the mind of John Papaduke (pinball designer,...”Mar 5, 2026
Pinball designer
enrichmenthigh“...ference is that the left orbit on Stranger Things goes to a right ramp. That's More Brewing Company John Papadiuk than it is freaking Brian Eddy. Like the internal right orbit. Does it do anything like it on Attac...”Mar 5, 2026
Person name mentioned in tournament context
enrichmenthigh“.... Visited with Dave and John and PJ and Scott, Scott Barn, Scott with the pinball barn, me and Jim. John Papadiuk, Black Water Podcast, Twippies Awards, Translator and we have tournament. The winner was John. PJ c...”Mar 5, 2026
Pinball machine designer
enrichmenthigh“...if people will take it. I would absolutely buy that sight unseen. So this was originally planned by John Papadiuk. Alice in Wonderland. I mean, that's huge. This isn't serious, Ryan. It's not serious. Hey. It's no...”Mar 5, 2026
Pinball designer
enrichmenthigh“...st do that. Didn't it have the push button? That had auto plunger, didn't it? No. Or no. No, it's a John Papadiuk. He never uses auto plunger. That's right, yeah. Change it out. Change it out because that costs mo...”Mar 5, 2026
Early designer or leadership figure at American Pinball
enrichmentlow“...are liked from both of those teams. That's true. And before that, it was like the, what was it? The John Papadiuk team. the one where they even lost yeah brian don't don't bring in papadu no obligation to bring th...”Mar 5, 2026
Pinball game designer associated with Zizzle machines
enrichmentlow“...big things they put in that game that you're supposed to love. They do nothing. I wasn't aware that John Papadiuk was a designer on the Zizzles. Oh, they had a great podcast at the Wedgehead about him, and I guess...”Mar 5, 2026
A pinball machine designer
enrichmenthigh“...but oh, there they are. That aside, you look at it and you look straight down and you go, that's a John Papadiuk layout and stuff. You'll hear on Pinball Profile, I actually interviewed Mr. Williams who put that...”Mar 5, 2026
pinball designer (Papa Duke), founder of Deep Root Pinball
enrichmenthigh“...t's Dual Penetration Extreme. Guess what game they're going to make after this one? They're fucking John Papadiuk. After the Alice in Wonderland. They fucking drank that fucking Kool-Aid so much from John Papadiuk...”Mar 5, 2026
Pinball game designer known for designing multiple games in the pinball industry
enrichmenthigh“...mes, can you think of a game that provides the tone of whimsy? I think of Circus Voltaire. A lot of John Papadiuk games include that whimsy nature. Okay, I mean, sure. Fairy tale stuff. Yeah, whimsy. Wonder. A ton...”Mar 4, 2026
Pinball game designer known for innovative ramp designs
enrichmenthigh“...e of the positives that I took away from gameplay here, the orbits look butter smooth. I like that. John Papadiuk has pretty cool orbits in his games, a lot of horseshoe quick orbits. I love the orbits. The ramp a...”Mar 4, 2026
Game designer/creator who founded Spooky Pinball, mentioned as early collaborator in pinball industry
enrichmenthigh“...ng involved with different people in the Industry Arcade going to shows. David started working with John Papadiuk well early on before he created Zidware (pinball company associated with John Papaduke), and Jerry...”Mar 4, 2026
Pinball game designer
enrichmenthigh“...Again, considering how they started out with having that 'drain' (ball exits playfield) wreck that John Papadiuk threw together with, you know, foam core and, you know, foam core and six sexual fantasies or somet...”Mar 4, 2026
Pinball designer whose work influenced Pinball 2000 games
enrichmenthigh“...endary Stern designer) was working on Monster Bash, his last sort of DMD at Williams, he heard that John Papadiuk was working on a Williams pinball platform that was different than the DMD program. So who's John P...”Mar 4, 2026
legendary pinball designer, also known as Papa Duke
enrichmenthigh“...ever, jester you've ever met in Circus Voltaire. Yeah, I think she's probably most known for those John Papadiuk art packages, the ones on Theater of Magic and Circus Voltaire, because she was the lead sole credi...”Mar 4, 2026
Pinball designer
enrichmenthigh“...mate/man. Now, I would have loved to have I'm not, I'm a realist, people I knew it wasn't going to John Papadiuk its way up into the right hand of Grogu I know that What John Papadiuk game does that? I'm just thi...”Mar 4, 2026
a pinball game designer known for creating whimsical games
enrichmenthigh“...mes, can you think of a game that provides the tone of whimsy? I think of Circus Voltaire. A lot of John Papadiuk games include that whimsy nature. Okay, I mean, sure. Fairy tale stuff. Yeah, whimsy. Wonder. A ton...”Mar 4, 2026
John Papadiuk is a pinball designer known as Papa Duke, recognized for classic pinball games and designs that have become part of pinball lore, and ha...
refinementhighMar 4, 2026
Pinball designer
enrichmenthigh“...Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Okay, as a proof of concept that you could take a foam core from John Papadiuk and put it together and get a game out, okay. You made it into a functioning game. Still not a grea...”Mar 4, 2026
Pinball designer
enrichmenthigh“...sets went to liquidation. Chris Turner swooped in, got a bunch of them, and he sold off some of the John Papadiuk stuff. That's how we ended up with Alice's Adventures in Amsterdam, which we've talked about ad nau...”Mar 4, 2026
Pinball industry figure involved with Deep Root Pinball
enrichmenthigh“...our episode before, you know, why would you bother doing all this? why would you bother bailing out John Papadiuk and spending hundreds of thousands of dollars when you've got all these up, you know, Dennis Nordma...”Mar 4, 2026
Pinball designer or industry figure
enrichmenthigh“...into what Raza (alternate title or abbreviation for Retro Atomic Zombie Adventureland) has done and John Papadiuk's stuff? No. What's the next thing? Haggis is stealing shit. I don't want that game in my house, ma...”Mar 4, 2026
Pinball game designer
enrichmenthigh“...big things they put in that game that you're supposed to love. They do nothing. I wasn't aware that John Papadiuk was a designer on the Zizzles. Oh, they had a great podcast at the Wedgehead about him, and I guess...”Mar 4, 2026
Classic pinball designer (mentioned alongside Theater of Magic and Circus Voltaire)
enrichmenthigh“...easy sellout. It was supposed to be an easy sellout. There was enough dopes like me that still like John Papadiuk stuff and the lore and everything. Easy sellout. Then this game launches with that trailer, and it...”Mar 4, 2026