Last Wednesday we did our first live show…. The pinball arcade we’ve been building in the New Orleans area isn’t just about pinball. We’ve incorporated a state-of-the-art recording and internet broadcast studio into the space. Using the pinball games as a unique backdrop and the arcade as a very special, interesting place to be.
Check out the actual live cybercast here. We will be releasing a high-quality HD video of this soon.
This week has been so much fun I just had to share it with you all.
My new workshop, the “PinChurch” is becoming pretty popular now. In addition to having the South’s largest collection of vintage pinball, we’ve also built a state-of-the-art studio and performance space, and this has attracted a wide variety of really cool people.
This week the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival has been in town and the whole city is rocking with great music and parties. We’ve had people come in from all around the country, and we’ve had some great artists & musicians use our space. Not the least of which is the incomparable Tommy Malone and the Subdudes.
Here are a few camera-phone videos of their rehearsal… hope you enjoy! 🙂
The band does their twist on the Chi-Lites classic:
Later this month we will actually be hosting a live performance in the venue and streaming it online — stay tuned for that… you will have a chance to watch the event live!
Here’s a quick video of a new machine that entered the club today. It’s pretty rare to find this machine especially one in such good condition, so it’s a treat to bring this to you.. check out this early Gottlieb Wedgehead, Domino.
I take a bit of a break from working on pinball machines in this video and do some work on a Tempest video game I pieced together from various parts. The monitor started smoking and fizzing on me and then went completely out — which signaled a good time to completely rebuild it.
For additional information on working on these monitors, here is a good resource:
http://www.pinrepair.com/video/wg6100.htm
I get my parts from http://www.therealbobroberts.net/
After finally getting our game delivered, and putting over 100 games on the machine, I thought I might outline some of my initial impressions with the game, the ruleset, the design, pros and cons on how JJP’s new pinball machine is shaping up.
I was having an issue with a Bally “Supersonic” pinball machine randomly resetting/rebooting. The problem was traced to irregular power coming off the driver board. In this video series I go over a necessary process to bring these old boards back “up to spec” as well as a few improvements that make the game overall more reliable.
I was getting a few odd errors on the Attack From Mars machine so I decided to see what the problem was. In this video it turns out there were two separate problems. First a switch matrix issue where switches kept firing and then a another switch that proved to be unreliable and needed replacing.