Episode 106 - Rocky Mountain Pinball Showdown Report and Feedback

For Amusement Only EM and Bingo Pinball Podcast·podcast_episode·7m 10s·held·Jun 25, 2015

Analysis

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TL;DR

EM/Bingo podcast covers Rocky Mountain Showdown report and vintage machine technical analysis

Summary

Nicholas Baldridge hosts a discussion about the Rocky Mountain Pinball Showdown, reporting feedback from Phil Bogoma about attending the event and playing the new Wo Nelly game. The episode includes discussion of vintage slot machines with bingo-style mechanics and technical analysis of a 1947 Exhibit Treasure Chest pinball machine's replay scoring system.

Key Claims

Wo Nelly has a chimebox that can be retrofitted
medium confidence · Nicholas Baldridge discussing the new Wo Nelly game with Phil Bogoma
Greg Freres and Dennis Nordman designed Wo Nelly and presented at Rocky Mountain Pinball Showdown
high confidence · Phil Bogoma attended their presentation at the event
Sweet Shanny/Mutascope slot machines in Maryland 1970s were advancing odds machines similar to bingo
medium confidence · Phil Bogoma's discussion of vintage slots he encountered
Bally Continental is a slot machine with bingo-style game mechanics inside
high confidence · Phil Bogoma owns one and has maintained it for nearly 20 years
1947 Exhibit Treasure Chest can award 1-7 replays by completing hidden goal combinations, totaling up to 28 replays
medium confidence · Technical analysis by Nicholas Baldridge responding to Vic's feedback on episode 104

Notable Quotes

“I encouraged him to hole out a bingo next year. I think that would be a really good thing for that show as well as any show.”
Nicholas Baldridge @ early in episode — Suggests desire to bring bingo pinball machines to future tournament events for broader community experience
“He says he's had the slot almost 20 years and never uses it. It's nothing like the pins.”
Nicholas Baldridge @ mid-episode — Indicates slot machine mechanics, despite bingo similarity, differ significantly from pinball gameplay
“Vic you got eagle eyes my man. I noticed that as well but went with the info on the billboard ad”
Nicholas Baldridge @ late in episode — Acknowledges community feedback contribution to technical machine analysis

Entities

Nicholas BaldridgepersonPhil BogomapersonGreg Freresperson Dennis Nordmanperson Vicperson Rocky Mountain Pinball ShowdowneventWo NellygameExhibit Treasure ChestgameBally Continentalgame

Signals

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event_signal: Rocky Mountain Pinball Showdown drew significant attendance with long lines at game stations; event featured designer presentations
high · Phil Bogoma reported long lines at most games and attended presentation by Wo Nelly designers
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design_innovation: Wo Nelly game includes chimebox mechanics that can be retrofitted into the machine
medium · Nicholas Baldridge mentioned retrofit capability when discussing the game with Phil Bogoma
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historical_signal: Vintage slot machines like Sweet Shanny/Mutascope in 1970s Maryland featured advancing odds mechanics similar to bingo pinball
medium · Phil Bogoma's account of slots he encountered in Maryland; comparison to bingo mechanics
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community_signal: Active community engagement with technical machine analysis; listeners providing detailed mechanical observations
high · VicCamp identified scoring discrepancy on Exhibit Treasure Chest; Nicholas Baldridge acknowledged and built upon the feedback
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restoration_signal: Phil Bogoma has maintained a Bally Continental slot machine for nearly 20 years; reports bingo-style mechanics are similar to pinball repair knowledge
high · Phil has owned the Continental for ~20 years; seller warned about repairs but relented upon learning of bingo machine experience
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Transcript

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What's that sound? It's 4 Amusement Only, the EM and Bingo Pinball Podcast. Welcome back to 4 Amusement Only. This is Nick Baldridge. I heard back from Phil Bogoma several days ago actually on the Rocky Mountain Pinball Showdown. geschtôi wszystk tastung Practice parringgebiet� I got to play the new Wo Nelly game and it was pretty interesting. I asked him what he thought of Wo Nelly and let him know that you could actually retrofit a chimebox into there if you wanted. And I encouraged him to hole out a bingo next year and I think that would be a really good thing for that show as well as any show. and he was only able to play a couple of games He said there were lines at most of the games and especially this one He said that the guys who designed it were there referring to Greg Freras and Dennis Norman and he caught part of their presentation though he did miss the first part and he did in fact find a Bally Playboy from 1978 so all in all a decent morning slash afternoon so a few days uh after that he let me know that he had heard the segment on slot machines and if you listen to the interview with phil uh... you heard that he had a couple slots and he had mentioned that uh... there were a ton of kini sweet shawnee mutascope slots around Maryland in the seventies that's very interesting game he says the sweet shiny slots were advancing odds slot machines so they worked in a similar fashion bingos in that you put in money in you uh... got a chance for increased odds on the slots he also mentions that uh... he has a bally continental which is that oddball machine which i mentioned uh... that has an actual uh... bingo style game in the slot machine and uh... he says the mechanisms are pretty similar to a bingo and he says when he bought the slot he was warned about repairing it he told the seller that he worked on bingos and the seller basically said oh no big deal then He says he's had the slot almost 20 years and never uses it. It's nothing like the pins. So, a couple of thoughts come to mind. The first is that the Rocky Mountain Pinball Showdown looks like a fun show and it's got some interesting speakers. And hopefully Phil you do get to try the Scorgasm Master maybe next year I do think it would be right up your alley and you might have a good time with it And Phil I do encourage you to bring a bingo next year I know what it is that I encouraging you to do and I know that it a whole heck of a lot of work to haul one of those things out but I think it would be very good for people to be able to experience these machines Because competition is important through the game factor and it's午 playtown, hot 衣toning I karışankule abundance procedure Jordan Kukreour of a Thank you Phil for coming on the podcast in email form and thank you for making it out to Rocky Mountain Pinball Showdown and giving me a report. So I got some feedback today from VicCamp on episode 104 which is on 1947's exhibit Treasure Chest. Vic says, Nick this is a cool game for its time period and most likely attracted many players to drop some coin. I did notice on the inside backbox picture on IPDB that the credit unit only reaches 25 replays and I wonder how a player can score up to 30 replays. And I replied this is on the pin side thread for the podcast by the way but I replied and said Vic you got eagle eyes my man I noticed that as well but went with the info on the billboard ad which is also in IPDB I don see an adjustment for number of replays awarded on Fathom completion In the cycling The most likely scenario is that the 30 number is comprised of winning all of the goals on the machine in the same round. If you examine the apron, you'll see that you can win anywhere from 1 to 7 replays by completing goals that were hidden by the operator sticker. That adds up to 28, so that's pretty close. Between that and the ad writer and billboard possibly having incorrect information or just rounding for convenience, we get 30. The example on IPDB may have been such a AtomicENNISas design point and set was to be in novelty mode by the operator which would have done away with the replay award altogether. It's set to replay in the picks. It's also likely that the designers realized completing all the goals on the machine to award those replays wasn't possible in 5 balls thus the mechanical limit on the replay counter. 풀inks rundown on the