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• Issue126 - Issue #126 July 2008--The Adventure Continues as both Stern's Indiana Jones and it's designer John Borg return to pinball. We go behind the scenes with more detail then ever before. Next, get an exclusive look at the Pinball 2000 emulator system from Chuck Hess and Big Guys Pinball and two west coast shows, Pacific Pinball Expo and California Extreme are featured in stories by Larry Zartarian and Mark Birsching respectively. Phoebe Smith is back for the forth and final installment of her Solar Fire restoration article and Dave Marston returns in Pinball On Record looking at the many variations of a song called Pinball Machine. Mark Bakula talked to both Gene Cunningham and Wayne Gilliard to find out what they are planning for their companies Illinois Pinball and The Pinball Factory. Finally, Lyman Sheats, player, programmer, collector talks about his Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Pinball. And that's not all, so don't miss this returning issue of the PinGame Journal!...
• Issue125 - Issue #125 March 2008--This issue starts with letters from readers and moves right into a discussion about Stern’s Wheel Of Fortune. This interview with programmer Keith Johnson reveals behind the scenes details about this game. Next, Nigel Lunt takes a look at replacement score display kits from Pinscore. The Pacific Pinball Exposition was quite a show focusing on classic woodrail games and we present two views of that show, one from Bob Herbison and one from Uncle Hoppy. Speaking of uncles, Uncle Bob reviews the tinted balls from Matchstick Creations in Bob’s Your Uncle. Phoebe Smith works on backglass restoration in part three of her Solar Fire restoration and we end with a look back at the legendary Canadian distributor, Laniel, with Michael Hanley and Robert Barake. Of course there’s more, so don’t let this one get away from you!...
• Issue124 - Issue #124--Jan, 2008—Gets the new year wheel turning with a look at some of the smaller pinball projects brewing at Stern Pinball as described by Marc Schoenberg. Learn about the challenging speech package in the current Wheel of Fortune game from sound designer David Thiel. Uncle Bob tries out some add-ons for Indiana Jones and we visit Pinball at the Zoo. Then, Phoebe Smith brings us part two of her Solar Fire restoration and Mike Gaspar checks out the Art of Play in Chicago. Jay Stafford reports on the Texas show and we go to Clay Harrell’s basement arcade Holiday EM Club meeting. It was Big Bang Bar pick up day and Paul Keifert reports as does Kevin Orme on his time with Neutron Star. We end with a look at the recent AMOA industry show and a final New Years wish from the Big Bang Bar by artist Stan Fukuoka. There’s something for everyone in this issue!...
• Issue123 - Liking the September 2007 issue is as easy as its issue number: #123. We start in hillbilly heaven as Bob Herbison explores the Wayne Neyens/Roy Parker masterpiece that is Gottlieb’s 1954 Daisy May. Moving up to modern times with Edd Dicker as he introduces the Castle arcade in New Jersey and PGJ’s queen of restorations, Phoebe Smith, starts a multi-part series on bringing the flame back to her Williams Solar Fire. Then, as the title explains, we have a report on “Steve & Dianna Ritchie in Europe: A true but not only pinball story by Martin Wiest (With insightful comments from Steve).” David Stein from Bumper Action Amusements in Australia editorializes in Pinball: Where Do We Go From Here? and Where Are They Now? finds designer John Borg back where he started: At Stern making games! Wrapping up is a report on the CPM Road Crew’s trip to the Pinball Wizards Convention by Mike “Wolffe” Gaspar. There’s more as per usual in this easy issue of the PinGame Journal. Get one and see for yourself!...
• Issue122 - June, 2007 (OUT OF PRINT--Email info(at)pingamejournal.com to order as PDF file) “Steve Ritchie Weaves His Pingame Design Web” announces the cover story for this issue of the PinGame Journal. We look in on Steve’s progress at three separate stages in the design of his latest game for Stern, Spider-man. Phoebe Smith brings us inside the Akron Pinball Show and Uncle Bob describes the process for fitting Cliffy’s Playfield Protectors. Clay Harrell describes his trip to the Pinball Wizards Convention and Eric Strangeway tells us why he likes Williams Defender pinball so much. Then we remember two pinball people who have died in recent months: Hobbiest Richard Shapiro and designer/engineer Ed Cebula. David Ainslie reviews the DVDs Pins and Vids #2 as well as TOP #8 and Jeffrey Lawton talks about the Bally Bingo Service Guide #2. We wrap this issue up with a road trip by the CPM Road Crew to the Southern Illinois Super Show. There’s of course much more web to weave in this issue, so don’t miss it!...
• Issue121 - April, 2007 features the EDS Byron Nelson Championship—Orange County Choppers pinball story. Collector Mike Minchew has organized this event into quite a major media exposure for pinball. Look for even more in the next issue. Finally we see the long-awaited Mark Gibson story on William’s two ended pinball, Joust, and Phoebe Smith tells how she got into pinball restoration in part one of a series of articles on the subject. Josh Kaplan takes us back to the White Rose Pinball Show and designer Jon Norris explains his views on what pinballs should be. Al Warner, one half of the Pins & Vids team, explains how the video project started and shares some exclusive behind the scenes photos. Then there is part two of our Family Guy epic. We discuss the game from the programming, art and sound stand point with Lonnie Ropp, Keith Johnson, Dwight Sullivan, David Thiel and John Youssi. Wrapping it up is an article by Bonnie Theard about the Lucky Ju Ju. There’s other stuff too, so don't let this one pass you by!...
• Issue120 - Issue #120, March 2007 (OUT OF PRINT--Avail as PDF file) starts with a look at modern pinball design theory with Pat Lawlor and a tour of his design facility out in the Chicago sticks. It was back in November 2006 and his game, Family Guy was in development at the time. Next there is a special look at Herb Silvers’ Pinball Fantasy show from last summer by Chris Squyres with photos by Ed Pizio. Matt Cianchetti presents an interesting picture of his friend, the late Steve Kirk, explaining Steve’s passion for pinball. Then we look at the low production head to head pinball game Williams’ Joust by Mark Gibson and present a review of playfield modifications for Medieval Madness by David Ainslie. There’s another in our pinball history series from John Smout and wrap that all up with some beautiful pinball photography by Donald Fregede and you have another great issue of the PinGame Journal. Don’t you DARE miss it!...

• Issue119 - December, 2006—This is the Show Me The Shows issue of the Pingame Journal and it’s ALL in color! It starts, though, with Gary Flower remembering pinball designer Steve Kirk who died earlier this year and a report from PGJ European Correspondent Michael Colmer. Then the shows: Pinball Fantasy by Shelly Paule, the Midwest Gaming Classic by Don Caldwell, the massive PAPA 9 tournament by Chris Newsom and a first timer’s detailed look at Pinball Expo by Phoebe Smith. Add to that a report from Trent Augenstein on the 2006 IAAPA show, a holiday pinball poem by Don Horton and the second annual Seasons Greetings from the Big Bang Bar pinup from artist Stan Fukuoka and you really have something! Also don’t miss some holiday wishes from pinball companies past and present on the back cover. It’s all yours in this seasoned issue of the Pingame Journal. Get one!...
• Issue118 - October, 2006 is the Halloween issue. From the confusing Halloween front and back covers by Craig Endler, to the amazing horror pinball game room of John Hannan, this is a creepy issue. We fix a problem with Target Alpha with Jeffrey Lawton, get a detailed look at Cybernaut from Dan Loosen and learn about the history of Allied Leisure (makers of Spooksville) from Dave Marston. Not so creepy, but still interesting is a look by Bill Crouch at getting his first pinball, Sweet Sioux, an EM collectors club hosted by Clay Harrell and reports on summer vacations from Bob Herbison and myself. We have a cartoon by Mark Malmberg, the Pinball Parlour and the P3 tourney from Josh Kaplan and a photo-essay on Pinball Expo 2005 to get us all ready for the 2006 edition. That's not all, of course, so as usual, don't miss it....
• Issue117 - September, 2006 is chock full of all kinds of colorful stuff. First, there’s more color pages than ever before! This issue has more behind the scenes and insider info on Stern’s Pirates of the Caribbean than the PGJ has printed on any game before. We also talk with Zizzle’s Marc Rosenberg, the man responsible for the idea to make a toy pinball machine with a commercial game feel. There’s also a look in photos at the spring ASI industry show, an interview by Clay Harrell with Todd MacCulloch about pinball and basketball, and a history of the PAPA tourney by one of its best players, Bowen Kerns. Add to that a story by Bart Baeyens from Belgium about his experience of having a Big Bang Bar show up on his doorstep nearly unannounced! Round that out with a word from Jack Guarnieri about his favorite pinball and a secret code for Pirates of the Caribbean from Dwight Sullivan and you have another pinball packed edition of the Pingame Journal....
• Issue116 - July 2006,is a cool issue—what else? The cover displays a piece of pinball art photography from Kevin Tiell. The art theme continues as we have a full color report on Tilt: The Art of Pinball. This report is special to the Pingame Journal from cub reporter and classic pinball artist, John Youssi! Next is an essay from Roger Sharpe and a story on reproducing hard to find EM pinball parts by Glenn Anderson. After a little humor from Craig Endler we present our review of the first Pins & Vids DVD by David Ainslie. Not to leave anyone out, we also feature a review of Popbumper’s Life After Death DVDs both I and II by Roger Thorton. (The latest TOP DVD was reviewed in PGJ #114). Then there is an interesting interview with Steve Ritchie about his World Poker Tour game and what has changed since he first saw the whitewood playfield nearly a year and a half ago. This is followed by Mark Malmberg’s discussion with WPT programmer and master player, Keith Johnson about the best way to play the game. There are show reports on the Rochester Game Room Show from Dan Leberfeld, the Texas Pinball Festival by Josh Kaplan and PAPA 8 by Lee Holsopple! Round that out with another installment of John Smout’s Pinball History and even more stuff and you have another NOT TO BE MISSED issue of the Pingame Journal!...
• Issue115 - Issue #115, April 2006, is a real beauty, a Hawaiian Beauty that is. This 50s Gottlieb classic is featured on the cover as well as covered in depth by PGJ Woodrail editor, Bob Herbison. As busy of a guy Bob is, he found time to visit the newly opened Pinball Hall of Fame in Vegas and filed a report on this important location. The article is complemented by photos by Ed Pizo. We also feature two stories about Tim Seckel’s Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends. One about the game by John Patton and another about the car (?) by Giuseppe Croce from Italy! Stern’s new Steve Ritchie creation World Poker Tour is looked at through the eyes of new artist Brian Rood. We are treated to part two of Paul Backer’s exhaustive treatment of Creature From The Black Lagoon. Round that all out with Dave Marston’s Pinball On Record (with a lot of help from Dutchman Frank Verweij), The Repair Pirate and Jeff Lawton’s Technicians In Training, and we have another amazing issue of the Pingame Journal. Don’t miss it!...
• Issue114 - Issue #114 is just brimming with information and color. The cover features a creature. Actually it’s the Creature From The Black Lagoon acting as the introduction for the up close and personal story (with three pages in color!) of that Bally game by John Trudeau and Kevin O’Connor and a great team. Paul Backer talks to many of them and produced an in-depth article. There’s a report on the missing Comet cabinet logo and one on Tim Arnold’s dream-come-true arcade! We review the new video from the TOP team and find out why Zach Sharpe was out of touch for a while. Bits and Pieces touch on the Coke/Pinball sign in Times Square, a pinball article in American Interest, a PGJ Frapper, and other cool pinball stuff. There’s a discussion from Tim Ford about the future of pinball and a report from Pin-A-Go-Go. Jeffrey Lawton brings us a report on the Whiterose show as well as a review of the video of that show produced by Josh Kaplan. There’s talk of the Pinball Death Match from Bowen Kerins and Mark Malmburg brings us playing tips for Sopranos as well as a new cartoon. John Smout displays his eleventh installment of the History of Pinball and we round out this issue with a report from Uncle Hoppy and his perfect pinball hauling car! Of course there’s much more here but no room to say it all so don’t miss this issue!...
• Issue113 - Issue 113, November 2005 begins with a short report on those This Old Pinball zanies Norm and Shaggy and a color photo report on the 2005 AMOA industry show. Alex Fuchs gives us background info on his Pinball Calendar project and Neil Nicastro finishes up his conversation on the events leading to the end of Williams pinball. Pinball At The Zoo is looked at along with the saga of Sarah! Pinball Repair Pirate is back, this time fixing a King Kool and Jeff Lawton continues his Tech. Training series. Josh Kaplan tells of the Pinball Wizards show, Jim Radovich reviews a Lord Of The Rings ramp mod and Bob Herbison tells us what time is on his Gottlieb clock. Roger Thornton reviews Pure Pinball and there is Bits and Pieces with Cerveris, Zipzer, Rosen, Linux and PlayMeter and a Pinheads cartoon from Mark Malmberg. That’s not all, of course, so don’t miss it!...
• Issue112 - Issue 112 (October, 2005) is out and features two great discussions. One with Pat Lawlor, discussing his game NASCAR along with the background behind choosing the theme and the challenges his team over cam in making the game. The other is a talk with former Williams CEO, Neil Nicastro. He tells it like he saw it, no holds barred, in this two part in depth interview. Part two will appear in PGJ #113. Speaking of part two, we have the second part of the Birth of Black Hole story by Eric Selak as well as the entire story of finding the movie game prop from The Time of Your Life by Josh Kaplan. Also there’s info on past industry and collector shows, another installment of John Smout’s History of Pinball and Jeffrey Lawton’s Technicians In Training. There’s more, of course, so don’t miss it!...
• Issue111 - Issue 111, August, 2005. The featured story has been three years in the writing and reveals the origins of the Gottlieb game, Black Hole. The first part of this story by Eric Selak tells how the whole project got started. FLASH! The Chicago Connection is finally un-masked! Find out who this Pinball Trader "Deep Throat" really was. There's a Hershey show report, a new feature: Uncle Hoppy by Steve Hopper, and a really neat story about the pinball promo TV spot for the MLB All Star Game. There's Technicians In Training from Jeffrey Lawton, part two of Flipped Out by Ronald Kemenade and a Space Jam edition of the Repair Pirate ... and much more, of course....
• Issue110 - Issue 110, June 2005 features a lot about The Who's Tommy. First Dave Marston's Pinball On Record sets the stage, then we cover the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame's Tommy exhibit, then an exclusive interview with Broadway's Tommy, Michael Cerveris, on to a report on local Tommy productions and finally a history by John Smout called The Who, The Mods and Eel Pie. There's also Technicians In Training by Jeffrey Lawton, inside info and prelim drawings about Stern's The Sopranos, and the first installment of The Repair Pirate Chronicals. There's also a Pinheads cartoon by Mark Malmberg ... and of course much more....

• Issue109 - Issue 109, April 2005 is out, will be mailed during the second week of March and is quite artistic! Starting with the cover featuring the official poster for Pinball! Pinball! Pinball! the pinball art exhibit by collector David Silverman. He writes about his pinball start and how and why this show was born. Video Video is another “show” but it’s ended and we hear from its “creator” Ron Salny and other faithful about this pinball arcade with the funny name and why it has to close. There’s a new family in pinball and we look at the Sopranos game from the perspective of  Stern Art Director Marc Schoenberg and Kevin O’Connor’s art package. Mark Bakula takes a look at the Attack From Mars LED kit from Bill Ung, Josh Kaplan reports on the 2004 “York” show, David Marston reports on Pinball On Record, and Clay Harrell presents part two of his game search and restoration. There’s much more, of course....
• Issue108 - Issue 108 is the first for the new year. After a post Expo break, we’re back at it and 108 is the result. There’s a good chunk of readers’ letters, the story behind the landmark pinball book Pinball-An Illustrated History by Michael Colmer, BY Michael Colmer, and a book review of Siege of Salt Cove by Anthony Weller from David Marston. We go inside Federico Croci’s OUTSIDE pinball party, as well as the Twin Cities pinball tournament by Todd Anderson and the Texas Pinball show by Josh Kaplan. And we have part one of a two part Clay Harrell search and rescue epic. There ‘s News From the Front, Technician In Training by Jeffrey Lawton and, oh yah, we have a brand new logo designed as a group effort by Kevin O’Connor, John Popadiuk and Margaret Hudson! Plus even more!!...
• Issue107 - Issue 107 features a salute to Pinball Expo as they celebrate their 20th show! There is also more on the current Stern Pinball offering: ELVIS. Playfield artist Kevin O’Connor and the three programmers, Lonnie Ropp, Dwight Sullivan and Keith Johnson explain how they did it! You can read an editorial on saving pinball from former pinball designer Jon Norris, check out Pinball Through the Years from designer Greg Kmiec and discover a future pinball project from Ronald van Kemenade. There are reports on the 2003 Texas pinball show by Bob Herbison and Pinbrawl from Josh Sharpe as well as a reviews of cabinet protectors from Mark Bakula and the book Pinball Machines for Italy by John Popadiuk. John Smout presents another installment of the History of Pinball and Clay Harrell finishes up his Bally Sharpshooter gun game epic. There is Ask the Expert and a feature on those rare pineapple flippers!(?) Don’t miss a juicy word in this delicious issue of the PinGame Journal!...
• Issue106 - Issue 106, October, 2004, has left the building … and is in the hands of subscribers. It’s full of cool info about the new Stern game, Elvis. Readers will hear from sound and music designer, Chris Granner, artist Jerry Vanderstelt, and game designer Steve Ritchie. Also in this issue there is a story on the joys of playing the ponies on Gottlieb’s Derby Day by Bob Herbison, the inside story of the forth Pinball 2000 game, Playboy from the people who were designing it and reports on pinball shows and parties....
• Issue105 - Issue 105--July 2004 Has on its cover the amazing game room built by the Mark Bakula family and inside is more details of this "Ultimate Game Room." Most of the remaining pages are filled by a detailed history of Williams by Tim Arnold. Tim spent countless hours pulling information together and locating photos and graphics to do this up "right." Also in this issue you’ll read a book review of the new Pinball Compendium and part six of John Smout's History of Pinball focusing on the art of Jerry Kelly, Rally and the Who's TOMMY. Check out this special issue of the PGJ!...
• Issue104 - Issue 104 is covered in amazement--Believe It Or Not! There is a story about the Stern game with interviews with designer Pat Lawlor, artist John Youssi and sound director Chris Granner. John takes us behind the scenes with preliminary and rejected artwork for the game. Also in this issue is the text of a talk by Gary Stern to the Century Club on his life in the pinball business, reports on the fall AMOA show, Tim Arnold's Fun Night by Kevin Orme and the spring ASI show....
• Issue103 - March, 2004. Of course the BIG news in PGJ issue #103 is that it reveals two of the biggest secrets in pinball history: How to play the "brick game" in Star Trek:The Next Generation and the meaning of DOHO! I kind of went a little wild with the cover in their honor, but I like it. DOHO discoverer, Maddes Bucher relates his quest for the truth and programmer Dwight Sullivan provides a nice little history of his involvement in pinball and the events leading up to the creation of the “brick game.”...
• Issue102 - Issue #102, January 2004, features Stern's latest game, Lord Of The Rings, with EXCLUSIVE artwork from New Line Cinema artist Jerry Vanderstelt and a discussion with programmer Keith Johnson....
• Issue101 - Issue #101 incorporates the annual Pinball Expo Souvenir Guide! On the cover are 30 different individual creamer tops that each feature a classic pin. Inside you’ll find United's Summertime by Jeffrey Lawton, David Marston on the Bally Recording Corp., Bruce Clark’s Clark Side Bar about a Pinball Bar, Mark Williams' report on the 2003 Oregon Pinball Odyssey and John Smout's History of Pinball, part two....
• Issue100 - This is our ONE HUNDREDTH ISSUE!!! It has some of the editor’s thoughts on things that didn’t exactly go as planned since Issue #1 and then the comments of Dennis Dodel, editor of the Pinball Trader Newsletter. We take a look back at Bob Clark’s Tropic Isle story with an update....

• Issue099 - July 2003. FULL METAL GAME is a way to describe the new offering from Stern Pinball by Steve Ritchie. In our exclusive interview with Steve he explains how metal is used in his T3 pinball and presents other behind-the-scenes looks at this "in your face" pinball....
• Issue098 - May 2003. An exhaustive look at Williams Woodrails (part one) and a detailed report on the new Stern The Simpsons Pinball Party are announced on the cover of this classic issue of the PinGame Journal....
• Issue097 - March 2003. The 1930s Rotor Table Games’ Confucius Say is brought to life by Michael Sands and featured in this issue. There are updates on Steve Ritchie and Lyman Sheats from Stern, reports on the ATEI (England) and IMA (Germany) industry shows,...
• Issue096 - It maybe the dead of winter for most of the US, but it's summer inside this issue of the PinGame Journal as Bob Herbison brings us baseball with Gottlieb's Grand Slam from 1953!...
• Issue094_095 - ($7.95) This is our annual combined PinGame Journal and Pinball Expo Souvenir Guide. There is all kinds of info about and around Expo '02 as well as: Two AND A Match by Jeff Chutz, Stern Pinball: Dedicated To An American Icon,...
• Issue093 - This September 2002 issue of the PinGame Journal features Places With Pins. It begins with a report by Chris Werfel on the arrival of the new Roller Coaster Tycoon on public test....
• Issue092 - July, 2002. This issue of the PinGame Journal Issue features a very special story. Told by former pinball designer John Popadiuk, it highlights the innovation and style of the 1960's French pinball manufacturer Rally Play. Also in this issue is a photo story of the 2002 edition of the industry ASI show and Tim Arnold's Fun Night. Stern showed it's latest game, Playboy, at that show and the PGJ presents an in depth look at the origin of this George Gomez game along with an interview with George on his life Between Pinballs....
• Issue091 - April 2002--It's the third time for Playboy Magazine as a pinball theme but it was never done like this before! Our cover this time reveals only a hint ... the full story will appear in PGJ Issue #92. Will Seldon takes us through his Williams Time Warp,...
• Issue090 - February/March 2002 - Our cover story features Stern's Orbitor 1 from 1982, talks about talking to Steve Ritchie, shows a "new" Viper photo and introduces the new Pinball Collectors Resource....

• Issue089 - January 2002 (Out of Print)- Cover: Sapphire and the PGJ 10th Anniversary Shirt!. The Hollywood Reporter by Don Beckwith, Show Shopping by Trent Augenstein,...
• Issue087_088 - ($8.00) In this special combined Pinball Expo 2001 Special Edition , which incorporates the Expo Souvenir Guide Book, the cover story and featured Expo game, is Monopoly from Stern Pinball....
• Issue085_086 - Summer 2001 - Part Two- ($8.50) In this second part of our Tenth Anniversary Issue is the cover story featuring the prototype game dubbed "Mini-Viper" and Mark Bakula describes his multi-year quest to find and restore it....
• Issue083_084 - Summer 2001 - Part One- ($8.50) (Out Of Print) Features included in this Special Tenth Anniversary Issue: The cover story by Bob Herbison on Gottlieb's Frontiersman, Pat Lawlor let's us "inside" his Wizard Blocks,...
• Issue082 - April/May 2001. (Out Of Print) Cover featuring finished/preliminary artwork from High Roller Casino and a sneak peak at Wizard Blocks!...
• Issue081 - March 2001. Cover story on Gottlieb's Silver by Bruno Zappaterra and Stern's new High Roller. Features include: the Atlanta IAAPA show by Scott Piehler...
• Issue080 - December 2000. Cover story on Gottlieb Sinbad/Eye of the Tiger by Dan Schindler. Letters including Wms X-mas card, Part four of Beginning Circuit Board Repair--The Digital Mulitmeter,...

• Issue078_079 - October/November 2000. ($8.00) Cover: Combined PinGame Journal and Pinball Expo 2000 Souviener Guide. Designer Jon Osborne speaks at Pinball Expo 99--I Was There. part two,...
• Issue077 - September 2000. Cover: Stern's Sharkey's Shootout including a story on the new game. Interview with Roger Sharpe--Is Pinball Really Dead?...
• Issue076 - July 2000. Cover story: The Search for "Real" Video Pinball, The Birth of Demons: a prototype by John Trudeau,...
• Issue075 - June 2000 Cover: The Boys Of Summer and a series of three baseball stories, Part Two of Beginning Circuit Board Repair, ASI 2000 report and Tim Arnold's Fun Night,...
• Issue073_074 - April/May 2000. Cover story on Stern's Striker Xtreme and interview with Gary Stern, IAAPA '99 by Scott Piehler, Pinball Unit--A Start In The Right Direction by John Malcovsky,...
• Issue072 - March 2000. Cover story about Gottlieb's Ace High by Bob Herbison, The Making of Pinball 2000-part two of a two part presentation by George Gomez,...
• Issue071 - February 2000. Cover on Gottlieb's Knock Out by Michael Sands, The Making of Pinball 2000-part one of a two part presentation by George Gomez,...
• Issue070 - January 2000. Entire Issue Report: Stern Buys Sega, Williams Stops Pinball Production,...

• Issue068_069 - November/December 1999. ($6.00) Cover story featuring Williams Star Wars: Episode I. Double issue including Pinball Expo '99 Souvenir Guide. Review by Chris Squyres of Pinball Machine Care and Maintenance by Bernard "Bear" Kamoroff,...
• Issue066_067 - October/November 1999. ($8.00) Plastics Issue plus Cover story on Sega Harley-Davidson. The White Rose Pinball Classic Show by Eric Selak, A Look at ASI '99, Pinball Expo '98,...
• Issue065 - September 1999. Cover story on Gottlieb Sluggin' Champ by Stan Jankowski, 1998 California Extreme Classic Arcade Games Show by Brad Martinson,...
• Issue064 - August 1999. Cover story Williams Holliday--A Williams Bingo? by John Osborne and Jeffrey Lawton,...
• Issue063 - May 1999. Cover with Gottlieb Criss Cross story by Bob Herbison, England's ATEI Industry Show by David Roberts, Pinball Wizards Convention '98 by Tiffany Hein,...
• Issue062 - February 1999. ($6.00)Our First Color Cover featuring Williams Pinball 2000: Bally Revenge From Mars. Lots of letters, Pinball Wizards show report,...
• Issue061 - January 1999. Cover story on Gottlieb Surf Champ by Dan Schindler. Pinball Then and Now by Kristin Catena, Review of CD Pinball Science,...
• Issue060 - November 1998. Cover featuring Williams' 1954 Big Ben and story by Harold Balde-photos by Robert Keiwan, Inside Capcom Pinball by Gary Flower,...

• Issue059 - Fifty-nine-October 1998. Cover: Gottlieb Gridiron -32 pages. The Gridiron Story by John Osborne, The Greatest Pinball Machines of Our Time by Gary Flower,...
• Issue058 - Fifty-eight-August 1998. Cover: Gottlieb Sky Jump -24 pages. Sky Jump by Dan Schindler,...
• Issue057 - May 1998. Cover: Williams Zodiac-44 pages. A Premier Closing, The (Gottlieb) Name's The Same, Williams Zodiac by Alan Walther ......
• Issue056 - Fifty-six-February 1998. Ads-8 pages....
• Issue055 - Fifty-five-January 1998. Ads and Letters-12 pages....
• Issue054 - Fifty-four-November 1997. Cover: Billboard February 23, 1935 "Let's Play Pinball"-36 pages. Contact Jr. by Michael Sands,...
• Issue052_053 - July 1997 ($7.00) Cover: Nip-it Story Told & T.K.O. Challenge Answered-68 pages....
• Issue051 - Fifty-one-March 1997. Cover: Genco 1956 Flying Aces-36 pages. An Unknown Game: Genco Flying Aces by Rory Lucas, The Time of Your Life: Pinball In The Media by Russ Jensen,...
• Issue050 - Fifty-January/February 1997. Cover: Gottlieb 1949 Old Faithful-36 pages. Pinball Expo '96, Pinball Encyclopedia vol. 1 review....

• Issue049 - Forty-nine-November 1996. Cover: Gottlieb Tivoli-60 pages. For Import Only by Federico Croci, Star Trek Chase by Dave Mabry,...
• Issue048 - Forty-eight-August 1996. Cover: Gottlieb T.K.O.-20 pages. Report on the pinball industry, Welcome New Subscribers, Great Letters, Back Issue List....
• Issue046_047 - Forty-six/Forty-seven-July 1996. Cover: Plastics Issue-Plastics plus 24 pages. Bally Carnival by Jens Hultgren, Dirty Laundry by Edd Dicker,...
• Issue045 - Forty-five-June, 1996. Cover: Bally Cypress Gardens-40 pages. Water Damage Rescue of Cypress Gardens by Jeffrey Lawton. Creating a Pinball Gallery by Michael Sands,...
• Issue044 - Forty-four-April, 1996. Cover: We're Back!-24 pages. Letters, The Twelve Days of Pinball and T'was The Day After Christmas by Scott Piehler,...
• Issue043 - Forty-three-November, 1995. Cover: Williams Crossword-44 pages. A Crossword Challenge by John Carr, When Pinball Isn't Pinball by Jerry Woods (Spooksville),...
• Issue041_042 - Forty-one/Forty-two-September/October, 1995. Cover: Gottlieb Tropic Isle-56 pages. Forbidden Fruit: A Tropic Isle story by Bob Clark, Start Up by Karin Kolby,...
• Issue040 - Forty-June/July, 1995. Cover: Spring Break Issue-36 pages. Pin Trek: To Seek Out New Games by Edd Dicker,...

• Issue039 - Thirty-nine-April/May, 1995. Cover: Gottlieb T.K.O.-48 pages. The Last Wedgehead by Dennis Dodel, Start Up by Michael Vonelli, French's Corner by Mark French,...
• Issue038 - Thirty-eight-February/March, 1995. Cover: Gottlieb 1957 Royal Flush-56 pages. 1957: It's In The Cards by Bruce Clark, To Auction We Are Still Going by Chris Squyres,...
• Issue036_037 - Thirty-six/Thirty-seven-January, 1995. Cover: Midway 1964 Flying Turns-Plastics plus 44 pages. Plastics from Star Trek: The Next Generation, Popeye, Judge Dredd, Twilight Zone, Dracula, World Cup Soccer, Indiana Jones....
• Issue035 - Thirty-five-November, 1994. Cover: Williams 1982 Thunderball-36 pages. Thunderball by Jay Stafford, Boulevard of Broken Games by Tom Callahan and Keith Stelter,...
• Issue034 - Thirty-four-September/October, 1994. Cover: Gottlieb 1973 High Hand-44 pages. A High Hand Restoration by Jeffrey Lawton, A Thorny Affair by Cheryl Morris, The 1994 Pinball Show,...
• Issue033 - Thirty-three-August, 1994. Cover: New Masthead, Flood-24 pages. You Ask A Lotta Questions!, Thoughts From Orange County by Chris Squyres,...
• Issue031_032 - Thirty-one/Thirty-two-April/May, 1994. Cover: Gottlieb 1962 Cover Girl-76 pages. Cover Girl by Bruce Carlton, Two Computer Pinball Games by Alex Workman,...
• Issue030 - Thirty-June (July) 1994. Cover: Stern 1981 Freefall-48 pages. Freefall by Ad Jonkers, 1st Wild West Pinball Fest Ropes In The Fun,...

• Issue029 - Twenty-nine-March, 1994. Cover: Chicago Coin 1940 Skyline-40 pages. Once In a Blue Moon by Bruce Clark, Short Circuits--Flipper Fixin's by Steve Young,...
• Issue027_028 - Twenty-seven/Twenty-eight-January/February, 1994. Cover: Gottlieb 1958 Rocket Ship-68 pages. (Out Of Print) Thoughts From Orange County by Chris Squyres, The Half Million Mystery by Bob Herbison, A Dirty Pinball Story by Bart Bush,...
• Issue026 - Twenty-six-November, 1993. Cover--The Craziest Game I Ever Played-28 pages. Cover designed and explained by Marilyn Gans Schelberg, Lots of Letters...
• Issue025 - Twenty-five-September, 1993. Cover: Gottlieb 1965 Ice Revue-44 pages. (Out Of Print) A N(ice) Surprise by Larry Beiza, Variations by Dennis Dodel, The Coin-op Super Show by Chris Squyres,...
• Issue024 - Twenty-four-July/August, 1993. Cover: Gottlieb 1975 El Dorado-56 pages. (Out Of Print) Drop Target Gold by Bob Herbison, Pinball Show '93 in Photos,...
• Issue023 - Twenty-three-June, 1993. Cover: Plastics, Plastics, Plus-16 pages. (Out Of Print) Letters and ads. Inclusions: Creature From the Black Lagoon,...
• Issue021_022 - Twenty-one/Twenty-two-April/May, 1993. Cover: Williams 1972 Line Drive-72 pages. (Out Of Print) The ACME Industry Show, Tim Arnold's Ice Cream Anti-Social,...
• Issue020 - Twenty-March, 1993. Cover: Gottlieb 1954 Gold Star-40 pages. (Out Of Print) Chalk up Some Fun with Bally Pinballs by Jeff Segeda, Report on New England Pinfest '92 by Tim Drake,...

• Issue019 - Nineteen-January/February, 1993. Cover: Bally 1948 Rancho-44 pages. (Out Of Print) 1935 Kings of the Turf by Tim Hutley, A Day At The Auction from England,...
• Issue018 - Eighteen-December, 1992. Cover: Nasco 1949 Mandalay-44 pages. (Out Of Print) The Mystery of Mandalay by Bruce Clark, Pinball Expo '92,...
• Issue017 - Seventeen-November, 1992. Cover: Gottlieb 1967 King of Diamonds-44 pages. (Out Of Print) The King is Dead-- Long Live the King by Paul Takajian, A Bikini Story by Jeffrey Lawton,...
• Issue016 - Sixteen-October, 1992. Cover: "Dear Reader..."-12 pages. Publisher's "Break"--All ad issue....
• Issue015 - Fifteen-September, 1992. Cover: Annual Swimsuit Issue-32 pages....
• Issue014 - August, 1992. Cover: Gottlieb 1962 Olympics, 44 pages. Pinball Poker,...
• Issue013 - June/July, 1992. Cover: Bally 1969 Beauty Contest, 40 pages....
• Issue012 - May, 1992. ($2.50) Cover: Birthday Cake, 20 pages. Collector's Fun Fair,...
• Issue011 - April, 1992. (Out Of Print) Cover: Williams 1965 Pretty Baby,...
• Issue010 - March, 1992. (Out Of Print) Cover: Gottlieb 1966 Subway (Italian Version),...

• Issue009 - February, 1992. (Out Of Print) Cover: Gottlieb 1948 Lady Robin Hood,...
• Issue008 - December, 1991. (Out Of Print) Cover: Gottlieb 1967 Sing Along,...
• Issue007 - November, 1991. Cover: Bally 1970 Expressway, 28 pages....
• Issue006 - October, 1991. (Out Of Print) Cover: Data East 1991 Star Trek,...
• Issue005 - September, 1991. (Out Of Print) Cover: Williams 1964 River Boat,...
• Issue004 - August, 1991. (Out Of Print) Cover: Genco 1940 Metro, 28 pages....
• Issue003 - July 1991. (Out Of Print) Cover: Gottlieb 1958 Contest,...
• Issue002 - June, 1991. (Out Of Print) Cover: The Gottlieb Box, 36 pages. The Chicagoland...
• Issue001 - May, 1991. (Reprint) Cover: Genco 1948 Triple Action, 32 pages. In The Beginning,...