PinGame Journal magazine is the world's foremost pinball publication. It covers pinball like no other magazine can. Whether you’re looking for new games or the classics, reports on industry shows or collector expos, insight on a game you want or features to help you fix the game you’ve got, you want the PinGame Journal!
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In the Latest Issue: Issue #132, July 2009 is an issue of great variety. To start, Mike Gaspar takes us back to the Chicago Pinball Mafia’s visit to the Illinois Supershow and pin artist Pat McMahon shares a behind the scene story about his Truck Stop pin. Then there is the highly anticipated conclusion to Paul Backer’s Pinball Magic epic (with secret codes … shhh don’t tell anyone!) and Gary Flower remembers classic pin designer Norm Clark. Next are two show stories by their respective co-organizers: Mark Birsching recaps the 2008 California Extreme show in preparation for the 2009 edition and Evert Brochez gives us an insider’s view of the Belgian Pinball Championship. David Stein shares a disturbing but hopeful story in Disaster Down Under and Wendy and Zach Wolf presents a coincidentally related Pinnangans. We finish by going back to Mr. Birsching for an overview of the past two Pin-A-GoGo events. Included is a promo flyer for Stern's NBA. There is more, of course, in this HOT, SHOWY, REFLECTIVE and MAGICAL PinGame Journal, so don’t let it gogo!

The PinGame Journal magazine presents in-depth features about new games and the people who create them. Go behind the scenes to see how a modern pinball machine is made. We also look at the classics in detail and focus on collectors and hobbyists who make up the world of pinball. Contributors rank among pinball’s leading authorities including David Ainslie, Dick Bueschel, Bruce Clark, Gary Flower, Mike Gaspar, Clay Harrell, Bob Herbison, Russ Jensen, Jeffrey Lawton, Dave Marston, John Osborne, Phoebe Smith, John Smout, Chris Squyres and a host of others.

 

Subscribers also receive new game flyers, scorecard reproductions, promotional plastics, and other pinball related items with many issues. Join the thousands of pinball enthusiasts who receive every issue! This web site is meant to provide a general overview of the magazine. Please email us for further information. You can order a sample issue at the "subscribe" page of this site. Jim Schelberg, Publisher/Editor To see some recent PGJ covers, click your "Refesh" button. (You may need to do it a few times ...) CHECK OUT the Pinball Hall of Fame web site and learn of a very unique addition to Las Vegas!