Pinball

Welcome to the Pinball photo archive of the Dallas Makerspace - Ladybird Location (Aug 2013-Jun 2014).

High Scores - 2001 (1971 by Gottlieb)

High Score	Player	Photo
8,959	Nick Dangerous
7,839	Steve Salis (Guest) Also earned 5 free games
7,305	Josh McDonald
6,235	Ken Purcell
3,628	Joseph Purcell

High Scores - Doozie (1968 by Williams)

High Score	Player	Photo
9,944	Nick Dangerous "Missed it by *that* much"
8,434	Noah Glaser
7,615	Joseph Bright
7,473	Ryan McCutcheon
7,225	Nick Sainz
6,631	anon
6,524	Jay Woods
6,460	Alex Rhodes
6,266	David Smart
6,136	Steve Adams
6,016	James Moffitt
6,005	John Kuhlenschmidt
5,984	Coby Almond
5,895	Chris Ware
5,772	Ken Purcell
5,418	Aaron Whitaker
5,303	Jerry Kassebaum
5,252	Robert Maki
5,192	Brian Smith
5,158	Abby Fabulous
5,120	Steve Salis (Guest)
5,090	Brian Davis
5,052	Robert Brockus
4,972	Lilith Calbridge
4,924	Frank Lima
4,919	Bryan Lee
4,833	Josh McDonald
4,755	Otto Wagner
4,627	Haley Vingsness
4,524	Justin Langhorst
4,401	Johnnie Gorman
4,399	Visitor "Streihdog" (attained in 3-ball mode!)
4,279	James Morris
4,167	Andrew Falgout
4,166	Jirden Ware II
3,834	Joseph Purcell
3,618	Ali Moharrami
883	Reece Love

High Scores - Flipper Fair (1961 by Gottlieb)

High Score	Player	Photo
9,034	Nick Dangerous
3,156	Brian Davis
2,959	Ken Purcell
2,731	Who dis?

High Scores - Playball (1971 by Gottlieb)

High Score	Player	Photo
11,380	Nick Dangerous
9,894	Nick Sainz (who is sad about stopping just short of rolling over the score)
9,051	Benjamin Groves
8,164	Noah Glaser
7,979	Alex Rhodes
7,890	John Kuhlenschmidt
7,850	Andrew Floyd
7,293	Andrew Falgout
7,054	Otto Wagner
6,935	Justin Langhorst
6,915	Joseph Bright
6,587	Edward Griggs
6,476	William Petefish
6,339	Steve Blanchard
6,326	Ken Purcell
6,316	Eric Riggan
5,283	Kent Bowling
5,231	Mikel Duke
5,057	Betty Sainz
4,611	Steve Adams
4,246	Joseph Purcell
3,377	Talan "Talan Blue" Havili
2,911	Evan White

Player Comments - Playball

Nick Sainz:

I love the machine. It has not only a great theme, but a mix of skill and chance. Great work Nick and I hope you fall in love with this machine and never sell it. Thanks for the fun and nostalgia.

Nick Dangerous: Thanks Nick! It took quite a lot of time and effort to restore it. The sides still need some touch-up paint and a new layer of semi-gloss. Also the various dim/flaky bulb sockets will be fixed soon.

Andrew Floyd:

Amen to Mr. Sainz. The machine is like a black hole I love getting sucked into. That said I was at the space around midnight and noticed that the Home Run pocket on the left side didn’t seem to be registering. We turned it off after we had finished playing, so hopefully when it is “booted up” again that problem will be non-existent. Just letting the folks in charge know!

(ND’s response): Thanks Andrew. I think this was normal behavior. The home run outlanes will not score if the motor is busy handling another event, because the motor can only deal with one “base hit” at a time (listen for the five clicks). So if you score a base hit and then immediately suffer a quick drain on an outlane, it won’t have time to register the home run. Ah, the serendipity of pinball!

Lisa Selk:

My grandsons and I had a blast playing pinball here the other night! Many Thanks to Nick Dangerous for sharing his very nicely restored pinball game with the ‘Space! :)

Here are some of the boys’ fun moments! :)

Thanks again!!! :)

(ND’s response): Glad you guys enjoyed it & thanks for the great pics!

Ken Purcell:

We had a wild moment there, my son Joseph runs in and says that the pin rolled over to zero again! All us ran in the room and and was stunned at what we saw. For a few minutes we thought he had a truly amazing score. After Joseph earned another thousand points or so, Nick D. realized the Game Over light was not lit and the pin was no longer tracking the number of balls. We had to let him believe he was a master pinball wizard.

Need to print up a DMS Pinball Trophy with a working light-up backglass. Anyone up for a design challenge?