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The Pinball Pasture Farm tries to be the most comprehensive and up-to-date list of links to pinball-related resources on the Internet. Select one of the resource categories from the top line or from this list: * :: \\ - Commercial Addresses :: :: This section contains addresses of commercial ventures related to pinball. If you're looking for someone who sells pinball machines, restores them or can help you find parts, this is the section you want. \\ - Pinball Leauges :: :: This section contains links to pinball leagues. If you are looking for a league to play in, this section may be of interest. \\ - Pinball Pages :: :: This is a listing of pinball-related pages on the WWW. If you're looking for pinball-related stuff on the web, other than commercial ventures, look here. \\ - Pinhead Personal Pages :: :: This section contains lots of links to pinball fans around the net. If you're surfing the net and want to see what other pinheads have to say, go here. \\ - Major Events :: :: Some pinball events have web pages with information. If you want to see what's on, or read about events in the past, this section has what you want.

If you know of a site not in this list, why not add it to the Farm? Steve Craig's general pinball information collection. The Dollar Pinball Game, Pinball 101 and text descriptions of a few games. List of machines in Sun Valley and Ketchum, Idaho. Some links, some lists, a lot of blinking and moving GIFs. Not much here really. This site tells people about our pinball showroom, mini pinball museum, and repair shop, which is packed with pinballs from the 1930s to the 1990s. There are only two retail pinball shops in all of Northern California, and ours is one (For Amusement Only in Berkeley, 130 miles from here, is the other.) Located in Willits in Northern California. Pictures and personal commentary regarding pinball through the years. A collection of interactive pinball-related games and puzzles. Most of the items require a Java-capable browser. PinHeads Online is a group of pinball enthusiasts (players and collectors) who also happen to be Internet users. It is an informal group of people with a common interest: All Things Pinball-Oriented! A list of places to play pinball in Birmingham, AL Local operator on Vancouver Island,British Columbia servicing the Victoria area. Just reaching out on the web to offer used games and repairs. Used pinball machines and parts for sale from this company based in Portsmouth, UK. Supplier of "like new" pinball machines to the UK and Europe. Quite a nice site with a clear table of contents that makes it pretty easy to find what you want. Photos of some machines (scanned from the flyers.) Some technical inforation. Another personal page with personal favorites and personal links. Nothing really remarkable. Some Photos. Purveyor of pinball in Melbourne, Australia. Lists of machines in stock, photos of some, flyers. They seem to have a lot of stuff. Pinball stuff for sale. Games, plaques, flyers, and books. custom pinball items not available elsewhere. Dan's Pinball Place has a review of Star Trek: The Next Generation, and some links to other pinball sites. Services virtually all brands of pinball, including Game Plan, Allied Leisure and Atari. Sells machines, parts and backglasses. Has some technical tips available at their site. Information about the 1997 European Pinball Championships Jon Norris designed games for Premier before they dropped out of the pinball business. His home page is a photo gallery, not related to pinball. RePlay magazine is one of the major trade magazines for the amusement machine industry. Their site includes information about the current issue, information about the magazine and a calendar of events. Home of the Pinball Literature Index, and also has info and photos from Flip Out tournaments. Some machines and items wanted and for sale. Auctions, book store and classifieds. Pinball machines, vending machines, game room items and collectibles.Last I looked the inventory was not yet on-line. Mercury Amusement CO is an operator of coin operated games, jukeboxes and vending. "Quality Equipment and Service", since 1978. Mercury also sells pinball and video games for home use around Philadelphia. "S & B Amusements offers a wide variety of fully reconditioned pinballs for sale. We offer a locator service for those hard-to-find machines. We also carry parts and supplies for pinballs of all ages. Call toll free at 888 275-3933." "Technical Training and Publications for the Amusement Machine Industry. Pinball Machines, How they work & Troubleshooting, a user-friendly manual on repairs of Williams/Bally System 11 and WPC System machines. Also, technical courses on troubleshooting pinball machines & video games." Some links, some scanned flyers, and some other stuff. The graphics are pretty good. Probably the finest page about the Doctor Who pinball machine. It certainly has the most detailed set of rules, with helpful diagrams to illustrate how the game works. This site, which is in Swedish (lucky thing I can read Swedish) is the home of a small operator in Stockholm, Sweden. Mainly a collection of links to other sites, but also has information on Pikes Peak Pinball Collectors Club. This page, which is in German (lucky thing I can read German), has links to Andreas' home page, to information about the Pinball Flyers Guide, a German site for buying and selling pinballs, and more. This page is in some language that I'm not very familiar with; Ialian by the looks of it. I think these people are distributors for, among others, Sega. This page has some personal information and also lists Keith's machines and machines that are for sale. This page has some info on Brad . . . sorry, Bill Ung. He has a couple of pages about the games he owns: High Speed, Earthshaker, Elvira and the Party Monsters and Whitewater. Binary posts to the rec.games.pinball Classic Pinball Corp. buys, sells, services and rents pinball machines and other game room items. They have a restoration service and a locator service for hard-to-find machines. The inventory seems to include machines from all eras. They also have some really cool animated backglasses on their home page. This is a collection of links to various listings of pinball machine locations around the world. If you're looking for a particular machine in a particular place, this is a good place to start. This page contains a list of all articles written by Russ Jensen, and also has several articles available for reading on-line. This site is definitely worth a visit for anyone who is interested in the history of pinball. Here you can vote for your favorite pinball machine. Gameroom Antiques appears to sell all sorts of coin-operated equipment and gameroom paraphenalia. Their site (which is quite nice) has a large number of items for sale and seems to be well maintained. There appears to be a listing of current articles in Play Meter Magazine, but very little else. Direct Games Sales sells reconditioned pins, videos and other coin-operated machines. They also offer service of all coin-operated machines in the Philadelphia, PA area. "Lots of stuff concerning Ian, such as pudding, pinball and his infatuation with Crispin Glover." This site has listings and ratings of machines in central Illinois. Also a pinball quiz that some people may find entertaining. A modest page describing several pinball, pachinko and other arcade games. Well worth a visit. The Pinball Warehouse buys, sells and trades coin-op equipment. Most of their inventory is dedicated to pinball machines. According to Chris, this site contains reviews of pinball machines, updated regularaly, with color photos. Last I visited there was a review of the Addams Family. Information about the Pinball Owners Association, a UK-based club with members worldwide. The POA publish a regular magazine, Pinball Player, containing pinball news, machine reviews and repair tips, and also hold regular conventions. TNT Games is a small amusement company that specializes in buying, renting, selling, and repairing pinballs, video games, slot machines, jukeboxes,etc. for the home market. Dave Grossman's personal home page. This page contains some pinball-related links, including a directory of places to play in London and a tip sheet for Jackbot. Prestige industries sells pinball machines and supplies, video games and supplies, dart and billiards supplies and services video and pinball PCBs. "We are a family firm that have been siting pinball and jukeboxes for over 30 years. We have also been known to sell pins to the home market." Pinball Pages This page lists games and items being sold by Arne Olsson. The pages are primarily targeted at a Swedish audience. Information about the Triangle Pinball League, a pinball league operating in the Raleigh/Durham/Capel Hill/Cory/RTP area och North Carolina. Includes member listings, league events, and much more. A list of pinball machines on location in Wellington city and the surrounding region. Does not list the condition of the games. Also lists when new games are expected to arrive. Personal information about Eric See and some information about his pinball machines. Daina Pettit supports these pages where you can post a message requesting or selling parts (see also Parts for Sale). Daina Pettit supports these pages where you can post a message requesting or selling parts (see also Parts Wanted). Here you can post a message looking for or selling a pinball machine. Pinball and Pachinko share a common ancestry. This site has information on the history of Pachinko and lists of games for sale. PAPS is a method by which other net'ers can find people who may have the same game they have and answer questions or have discussions about a specific game. From this page the PAPS list and a form for submitting entries to the PAPS list are available. Distributor of coin-op equipment. Services pinball machines in KS, MO, MI, IL, GA and HI. Magazines and reports about the coin-op business. Since it reflects the business as it is, there's more video than pinball here. "We specialize in sales, service and home repair of the early pinball machines to present day as well as Jukeboxes, video and all coin operated amusements. We have full access to any part or paperwork to most games. People could also Email me for technical advice on helping them repair thier machine on their own." As of this date Amtex owes a balance of well over $10,000 for their sponsorship of PAPA 5. As a result of their non-payment the organizers have taken personal loss and PAPA 6 has been canceled. Amtex has also paid only $500 of $5,625 the prize money owed for the computer pinball tournament held at PAPA 5 (Amtex earned $2,000 in entry fees for the tournament.) For more information, please read this. Darin has put together some really nice web pages with several photos of his games. Well worth a visit if you don't know what an Elektra, Time Machine, Simpsons or Back to the Future machine looks like. He also has some pictures of Playboy machines from Bally and Data East. Maintained at the Pin-Wizard archive by Dave Stewart. Mostly personal information and some links avou MST3K, UPenn and Linux. Oscar has some text about pinball experiences and you can write up your own experiences in his guest book. He's also got a poll going where you can vote for your favorite machine. Unfortunately I wasn't able to see the tally. The new version of Karl's pinball page is a real improvement from the old one. Currently he has information about the Gothenburg Pinball League, the Swedish Pinball Championships and local information from Chalmers. Capcom's pinball's WWW site. Unfortunately Capcom has closed down its pinball business, and this site has been decommissioned. Some personal information and a log of the IRC interview with Steve Ritchie. Robert Chesnavitch has some personal information and a pinball page with listings of machines in the Pittsbugh area, some reviews and pictures from PAPA 4. These pages contains information about pinball and World War II, links to pinball historians, as well as personal information about Terry Cumming. Lists of places to play in Austin and links to pinball resources on the web. Links to Greg's pinball pages (machines for sale) and personal infro about Greg. The first arcade on the Web, located in New Jersey. Has their pinball lineup listed on the web. Information about the 1995 European Pinball Championships. Information about the 1996 European Pinball Championships. Information about the 1997 European Pinball Championships. Fabulous Fantasies sells restored pinball machines, arcade games, video games and much more. A nice site worth a visit if you're in the market to buy. The Bay Area Pinball League operates in the Bay Area (where else), mainly in the Santa Clara and Almaden counties (that's south of San Francisco for those of you how didn't know.) Their site includes information on the association and addresses to the association's officials. The Pinball Palace, located in New York, deals in pinball machines, pachinko games, jukeboxes and slot machines. Their site includes a list of games currently on sale, including pricing. This site deals exclusively with computer pinball, not real pinball machines. You'll find downloadable demos, reviews and news, as well as links to other sites of interest. Italy's mister pinball! This site is definitely worth a visit. Fredrico has plenty of resource on-line, far too much to list here. Good site with information about the FSPA and for its members. An extensive list of where to play in the Baltimore/Wasington area and northern Virginia. Some information about starting a league in Kenosha. This page is maintained at the Pin-Wizard Archive. Currently (October 1996) contains information about the LCPL such as a League Flyer and the weekly scores. Coin-op games and memorabilia for sale and for trade. A nice site with well woth visiting. A few interesting pinball links, personal information and various other links. This site contains a listing of pinball machines in Toronto, information on the Toronto Pinball League and a photo album of some pinball notables (and some not-so-notables.) A queer positive, interactive pinball machine. The first pinball machine where the player dresses up in drag in order to win. Wigs, makeup and the highest heels you have ever seen! Information about and for the Gothenburg Pinball League in both Swedish and English. Personal information, MST3K information, pinall links and places to play in Pinellas, FL. Pinball machines for sale and pinball machines wanted. You can post or own sale or wanted ads at this site. J.J. Hoxsey, aka Major Lee Obvious, has some nice pinball links on this page, includeing a photograph of his machines and sound samples. James Industries South delas in amusements, vending machines and jukeboxes. This site was under construction last time I looked and contained no information whatsoever. A nice site with information on Louis' work for Williams and Bally-Midway. There are also links to resources in Chicago. this site has some interesting links, techincal information on repair and servicing, and some music and sound from pinball machines. At the moment, this page is g-o-n-e. Very small pinball art exhibit that changes every month. Well, it used to change every month. It hasn't been updated in a long time now. Some information about the Madison Pin-Kings. Sellers of pinball and video games and spare parts. Has an on-line catalog. Jeff has a bunch of images if his own machines and a fair collection of links to useful resources such as an auction guide. Copies of some information from the archive. Lists of places to play in detroit and links to other sites. Robert collects flyers and has some information that might be of interest to other collectors. This site mostly contains information about pinball in Madison. Distributor of Gottlieb pinballs. Is this site maintained? I don't think so. Mr. Pinball buys, restores, trades, repairs and sells pinball machines. His specialty is pre-1978 machines. Public resources on this site include The Pinball Collector Register, free classified ads, parts wanted and parts for sale, a photo gallery and more. Gary Nance's pinball collection. Some very nice pictures of older machines from his collection. He also has the nicest access counter I have ever seen. This is the homepage of the Dutch Pinball Association. It contains information about local and dutch events which are pinball related. There also is a place to buy and sell your own pinbal machine(s). The site is almost totally in Dutch. Just a text file at the Pin-Wizard Archive. Distributors of coin-op games. This site has some information about new games (mostly video games) and locations of Wizard's Castle. There are also some machines for sale and enough animated GIFs to give me a headache. Information about Andy Oakland and some interesting links. Results and some commentary from PAPA 4, maintained by Dave Stewart at the Pin-Wizard Archive Information about and reports from PAPA 5, including some after and during-the-event reports. Worth a visit. Daina Petit runs Mr. Pinball and Rubber Ruby Software, both of which are accessible from his home page. Mostly MST3K and SF links. Not much pinball. Personal information and links to pinball resources that Scott enjoys. Information about Expo '95, including some after-the-event reports. This was the first Expo with information on the web. Information about Pinball Expo 95, including plenty of after-the-event reports. Well worth visiting! So far the only pinball designer on the web, at least that I know of. Mr. Popadiuk not only designs great pinball machines, such as World Cup Soccer and Theatre of Magic, but has some great WWW pages as well. Well worth a visit! Maintained at the Pin-Wizard archive by Dave Stewart. This company sells used pinball machines "restored to like new condition" according to their web page, which contains very little information, mainly contact information and some prices. This is the Pinball section of Rick's Gameroom Collectibles. Nothing much here though. One of the most interesting front pages I've seen in a long time. Quite original. Amy has some personal information and links out into the world. Sega manufactures pinball machines and video games but I still haven't found anything on their site about pinball. This page is an ode to Xenon and remembrance of a time gone by. Personal information, links to some interesting and amusing things. Listings of places to play in the UK. Distributor of coin-op equipment, including pinball, in Maryland, Virginia, Delaware and eastern West Virginia. Some pretty useful links to technical information about pinballs. Great site with information about the SCPA and information for its members. Assistant Professor in image and video processing at Notre Dame. Information about Dave Stewart, links to pinball resources and lots of other places. Information about pinball in Stockhol, including a list of places to play (in English). This site is reasonably well-designed and contains some useful information if you should happen to be in Stockholm. Almost everything is in Swedish. Also, check out the cool cow graphics! Pictures of Larry's machines and some nice shots from the Pinball Expo 1995. Brad Stuart is the president of FSPA. His site contains a few pinball links and some personal information. Information about the 1995 Swedish Pinball Championships. This page contains information about the 1996 Swedish Pinball Championships. The Auckland Pinball Directory is a directory of places to go in Auckland, NZ. This site does not appear to be updated very frequently. Information and links about upcoming and past pinball events, leagues and more. Rule sheets, the rec.games.pinball database, information, tips and much more. Unfortunately the Archive has been out of operation for nearly a year now. I hope it will come back, which is why I'm keeping this link. The pinball resource is dedicated to keeping pinball affordable supplying all your restoration and service needs including rubber rings, bulbs and playfield wax. Parts inventorys go back as far as the 30's. They are dealers in almost everything pinball related. You can reach Steve Young at The Pinball Resource / 8 Commerce Street / Poughkeepsie, NY 12603. Phone (914) 473 7114 (voice), (914) 473 7116 (fax). Pinball Pages The Pinboys Homepage is a very nice site. You'll find a lot of information avout the annual Pinathon and about the Pinboys, Walt Don and Jerry, pinball collections. A monthly magazine devoted to pinball. The Pingame journal does not have a place on the web (yet?), but you can reach the editor, Jim Schelberg by mail to 31937 Olde Franklin Dr., Farmington Hills Michigan 48334-1731 USA or phone or fax at (810) 626-5203. Commercial This site mainly contains listing of companies that deal in pinball, jukeboxes and game-room related items. There are also listings of players and ads of machines and parts wanted and for sale. I personally find the Pinmall obnoxiously designed and redundant since most of the content already exists on other sites, such as the Kudzu Central and the Pin-Wizard Archive. The Sands of Time Mechanical Museum is one of my favorite web sites. Michael Sands has information on restoration of electro-mechanical pinball machines and a few reviews of older machines. A magazine covering the coin-op entertainment industry from a service/technical point of view. Tilt is a chain of ill-reputed arcades all across the USA ownsed by Nickles and Dimes. Their WWW presentation isn't much fun. Electric components and circuit board repairs for electronic pinballs from Bally, Stern, Williams and Data East. Schematics, ROM chips. A listing of machines in the Massachusetts-Southern New Hampshire area, including condition and pricing information. Only available in swedish, this site contains some information on the Swedish Pinball Association. Not a lot of information here, but perhaps that will change in the future. This page contains listings of places to play in Uppsala. The information is in Swedish, but if you're visiting Uppsala, take a look anyway. My favorite pinball manufacturer. Be sure to check out the Uncle Willy archives in the pinball pages! If you own a Williams machine, you might be able to download software upgrades from this site. Rec Room Amusements buys, sells, trades and repairs pinball machines, video games and jukeboxes. They say their specialty is service to Bally, Williams and Gottlieb electronic pinball machines. Rec Room Amusements is located 50 minutes east of Toronto. Information about WWPF 1997. Paul has some personal information at this site. He also has pictures of his own pinball machines and art collection. He also sells framed art from arcade games and pinball machines. Personal information about Allen Writght. Hardly any pinball though... Parachutist, programmer and pinball player. 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