1980 has been an incredible year of pinball, and it's coming to a close. I wanted to focus on a theme for this episode but there's too many. We have two tables about playing poker with aliens, we have two of Gottlieb's "so much room for activities" ultra-widebodies, we have the first pinball machine whose soundtrack you can buy, and we have the debut of the Black Knight and the upper playfield.| arborelia
There's still a lot more 1980 pinball! This episode contains , the game that made my wife a pro-ranked pinball champion; , the table I appreciate so much...| arborelia
Some iconic releases and the first licensed Star Wars table.| arborelia
It's the biggest year in pinball, and multiball is back!| arborelia
The lyrics to this momentous, cathartic song weren't online. Now they are.| arborelia
Saying farewell to 1970s pinball by replaying one table from each year| arborelia
It's the end of a decade, and the start of something iconic and new: the pinball callout.| arborelia
This episode is bookended by beautiful, beloved Bally classics (Star Trek and Harlem Globetrotters), and then KISS is in the middle.| arborelia
Gottlieb produces the last new EM game, "Space Walk".| arborelia
Solid state pinball is a hot commodity.| arborelia
It's like I'm a raccoon rooting through the garbage, and finding that it's all fake garbage molded from plastic to look like garbage.| arborelia