Pinball Spots

Bruce Moran worked as a technician with Wellington operator Thom Houtman, and also had his own interest in pinball and arcade machines.

Talks with Tyler Dipper. Young competitive pinball player from Hawke's Bay, NZ

Talks with David Kilderry. Melbourne based film enthusiast, and pinball and arcade operator

Talks with pinball collector and enthusiast Grant Levey. He has created a unique home build machine called Battle Pin.

Gunnar chats about his involvement in the Melbourne coin op industry.

John is originally from Auckland NZ, but settled in Melbourne where he became commercially involved in collecting and operating pinball. He talks about his love for the hobby, and his vision for the future.

Hamish owns a dedicated pinball arcade space in central Wellington, New Zealand. Ye Olde Pinball Shoppe is intended to be a community pinball space for tournaments, events, as well as casual coin-drop play.

Mike is a collector and enthusiast of not only arcade and pinball, but home console gaming as well. His knowledge of coin-op and gaming history is impressive. A regular host of our annual meet-up event: Pincade.

Phil has been involved with pinball since the late 1970’s and is the go-to-guy in Auckland for servicing and repairs. His favourite games are Wms Space Mission, Bally Eight Ball DeLuxe and of the modern ones: AC/DC. Note: There is so much detail in this interview it is slightly longer than usual.

Phil & Roger have been friends in the pinball industry for many years. Phil as an operator and distributor for Data East and Gottlieb. Roger, initially producing wall mounted “penny games” and then as an importer and distributor of video arcade machines and Williams pinball (1960’s - !991). He also owned the Fun City arcade in Auckland.