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SecretAntelope 🌈☕ @SecretAntelope@covertcreatures.xyz · 5d ago

Everyone in Zarza / Xenon has great... assets. #pinball #virtualpinball #vpin

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⛅ @quester@mementomori.social · 6d ago

RE: https://some.apz.fi/@hopeakuula/117056016754817420 Parin viikon päästä pelataan flipperiä myös lauantaina! Tervetuloo mukaan 😊 #HopeakuulaArcade #flipperit #pelihalli #kouvola #pinball

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Ari [APz] Sovijärvi @apzpins@some.apz.fi · Aug 04, 2026

I'm investigating my Bally Star Trek's sound board. It lost sound some time ago and I had hoped it's the typical solder cracks in the big Molex KK connector but nope. Looks like I have to do actual head scratching here. I hear a hum that changes depending what's on the displays, which is normal and tells me that at least the amp works and the speaker is connected. This one is going to at least get recapped before it goes back. #pinball #repair

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Jack C. @GandalfDG@indieweb.social · Aug 02, 2026

As if I needed another #project I've been working on recreating the clock from FunHouse #pinball to use as a #Pebble #watch face. Starting with a vector illustration in #inkscape, then I'll head over to a raster editor to make sure everything looks clean and readable at the small size/resolution of the Pebble. I'm also planning on rendering Rudy's face with eyes/eyelids/mouth that can animate, a segment display for extra info, and perhaps speech bubbles that pop up his iconic lines.

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Ari [APz] Sovijärvi @apzpins@some.apz.fi · Jul 28, 2026

Had a huge playfield clean+wax, burn lamp replacement and minor repair session today. Here's about 6 hours of footage in one minute. No major issues were found, just run of the mill loose wires, cold solders in connectors and bad lamp sockets. #pinball #arcade #repair #timelapse

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Ari [APz] Sovijärvi @apzpins@some.apz.fi · Jul 26, 2026

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Here's a video I made of this thing back in the days. It's in Finnish, but there's subtitles. Also very early 2 camera setup, something that we later reused when we streamed pinball! www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiKEuuE850Y #pinball

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Ari [APz] Sovijärvi @apzpins@some.apz.fi · Jul 26, 2026

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As I walked in, I couldn't believe my eyes! It was my old Continental Magic Game bingo pin! I brought this thing back from the dead years ago, which sure was an adventure with all of its security features and stuff in place. A shame to see it was no longer either functional, or the people running the place didn't want to poke the bear by having an active gambling machine on the floor. Anyway, good to see you, old friend. #pinball

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Ari [APz] Sovijärvi @apzpins@some.apz.fi · Jul 26, 2026

We found ourselves at Lievestuore after the bitter disappointment of their amusement park's arcade. At this point we were closer to #Tampere than home, so we headed out to see how the Särkänniemi amusement park's new hobbyist run arcade fares. Now this was more like it. The old dolphinarium waiting area had been converted into one long lineup of pins and vids. The games were mostly 90s, but with some more modern ones and couple of classics in the mix. Everything ran with tokens, that were sold at the cafeteria. My only gripe was that the pins took 2 tokens each, with the base token price being at 1.5€, although the price went down if you bought them in bulk. The games were all relatively clean and obviously maintained, with very little issues in them, a lot better situation than with your average bar machine. #arcade #pinball #sarkanniemi #finland

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Ari [APz] Sovijärvi @apzpins@some.apz.fi · Jul 26, 2026

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Some hilights: Mousin' around was playable, but had like oversized slingshot rubbers. It was also in a very weirdly low angle, probably to compensate for the completely shot flipper mechs. Bugs Bunny had no mini playfield flipper at all. Ripley's Believe it Or Not was missing the other lower flippers. I don't know if I crashed the party mid-repairs, but the it was a sad thing to see. I would've loved me some Ripley's at least from that lineup. #arcade #pinball

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Ari [APz] Sovijärvi @apzpins@some.apz.fi · Jul 26, 2026

Last Thursday we drove to Lievestuore, which is about 2 and a half hours drive from home. The Nokkakivi amusement park resides there and I've made a note about the "100 arcade machines" they've been advertising for as long as they have existed. I know the amusement park itself is more of a collection of old carnival-style rides, mostly for younger kids but the arcade got me curious. So we went there with the hopes of playing some pinball and maybe other arcade games and make a cool video of a proper, old days' arcade. I came back with this video. It's everything I shot of that place. I stepped in, was like "oooh, pins" and took a quick sweep before I went to play. After I was done and realized this was it, I was so damn disappointed I just wanted to walk. The "100 arcade games" apparently included non-functional ornaments over the walls. There were really maybe 20+ games total, most of them vids or claw machines. They had 7 pins, out of which 2 were on and all those 2 needed was a mercy shot at this point. #arcade #pinball #finland

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Ari [APz] Sovijärvi @apzpins@some.apz.fi · Jul 26, 2026

NBA Fastbreak's right orbit diverter came off. The e-clip that holds it had gotten loose. Now, everyone said I'd have to pull the right ramp which is quite a chore on this thing. I however noticed that with the little metal ramp thing from the shooter lane removed, I could access the spot quite easily. Turned an hour's job into 10 minute job. Work smart etc. #pinball #pinrepair #repair

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SecretAntelope 🌈☕ @SecretAntelope@covertcreatures.xyz · Jul 17, 2026

Playing a few games of the 70's! And they are kicking my ass. Contact just shoots the balls into the left outlane and flips me off. #pinball #virtualpinball #vpin

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Anders Thoresson @anders@thoresson.social · Jul 14, 2026

Jag har för mig att jag läst om en stor flipperhall/museum någonstans i Halland. Men jag lyckas inte söka mig fram till något som bekräftar att en sån finns. Någon flipperfantast här? #halland #pinball #flipper

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Amano @amano@mastodon.gamedev.place · Mar 11, 2026

Devils on the Moon is finally coming out! Yes, we may have gone a bit over scope. But after 2 years the game is releasing March 26! Wish it here! https://play.date/games/devils-on-the-moon-pinball/ Only on @playdate@social.panic.com catalog. #pinball #indegames #Pixelart #playdate

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Ari [APz] Sovijärvi @apzpins@some.apz.fi · Jul 12, 2026

Stern recently released an update to all of their Internet connected games and for a lot of them they didn't seem to do much when it comes to game specific stuff, but I made a note they had done a major OS update. The operator menus in Stern Spike 2 platform use an emulated version of a dot matrix display, most likely because no one bothered to rewrite the whole diagnostics part and it was easier to just add the DMD emulation. This Portals GUI has existed since mid-90s Sega games and has been around on Data-East/Sega Version 3, Sega/Stern WhiteStar, Stern SAM, Stern Spike and Stern Spike 2 platforms. With Spike 3 it was finally replaced with all-high resolution graphics version and for a while it looked like that was going to be exclusive for the Spike 3. But after this major update a bunch of late release Spike 2 games (from Godzilla onwards) seem to sport the Spike 3 GUI. It has some cool quality of life improvements, such as full playfield diagrams for diagnostics and lot of other stuff. Let's have a look how it looks! #pinball #arcade #repair #diagnostics #mildlyinteresting

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Dmian 🇪🇺 @dmian@mastodon.social · Jul 11, 2026

Hahaha! After talking about #pinball with @apzpins@some.apz.fi I went to YouTube and this popped into my timeline: https://youtu.be/Iaz2JaqVrVg?is=9FEAKCyISCQDMEHr In case somebody doesn’t know by now, pinball is a huge waste of money: they’re expensive and require a lot of maintenance. Clearly, people with pinball arcades must be really passionate about it. Or crazy. Or both. 😅

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Ari [APz] Sovijärvi @apzpins@some.apz.fi · Jul 09, 2026

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They even have a pin there! https://youtu.be/K370UyiLf8U?si=Jee5h0tCzBLVaMXd&t=939 #pinball

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Ari [APz] Sovijärvi @apzpins@some.apz.fi · Jul 01, 2026

Look! Free parts! A player reported a loose part on NBA FastBreak's playfield. It's the right orbit diverter. Looks like its e-clip came off and the part got ejected. The part is in bit of a nasty spot under the right ramp complex. I hope I can put the clip back on with some long nose pliers. #pinball #pinrepair

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Hopeakuula Arcade @hopeakuula@some.apz.fi · Jul 01, 2026

RE: https://some.apz.fi/@hopeakuula/116833370085140328 Ei enää montaa tuntia kun pääsee taas pelaamaan flipperiä 😍 #hopeakuulaarcade #pelihalli #pinball #flipperit #kouvola

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Hopeakuula Arcade @hopeakuula@some.apz.fi

Heinäkuu alkaa mukavasti keskiviikkona, joten ei muuta kuin illaksi Hopeakuula Arcadelle flippereiden pariin! Peli-ilta nro 706 pelataan 1.7.2026 alkaen 18:00! 12 eurolla yli 30 erilaista flipperiä 70-luvulta tähän päivään saakka pelattavanasi niin paljon kuin mielit! Tervetuloa pelaamaan porukalla tai omaksi iloksesi 😊 meillä viihdyt koko illan! #hopeakuula #flipperit #kouvola #pelihalli #hopeakuulaArcade

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Ari [APz] Sovijärvi @apzpins@some.apz.fi · Jun 30, 2026

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Fear the shark. #pinball #Blahaj

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