
Silverball Chronicles: A Pinball History Podcast
by David Dennis & Ron Hallett
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Game Plan: Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em
Mar 24, 2026
1h 26m 26s
The Eras Tour - Jersey Jack Pinball Part 2
Jan 5, 2026
1h 56m 18s
Pinball Tapas - Segasa-Sega S.A. Sonic Pinball
Nov 13, 2025
1h 07m 03s
The Seasoned Vet Keith Elwin
Oct 3, 2025
2h 15m 48s
Pinball Down Under Part 3: Home Pin?!
Jul 21, 2025
1h 30m 32s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 3/24/26 | ![]() Game Plan: Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em✨ | pinball innovationmarketing ideas+3 | — | Game Plan Pinball Fan SiteGame Plan Wikipedia+2 | — | pinballGame Plan+5 | — | 1h 26m 26s | |
| 1/5/26 | ![]() The Eras Tour - Jersey Jack Pinball Part 2✨ | Jersey Jack Pinballbusiness models+3 | — | Jersey Jack PinballAbass family+5 | — | Jersey Jack PinballJack Guarneri+3 | Patreon | 1h 56m 18s | |
| 11/13/25 | ![]() Pinball Tapas - Segasa-Sega S.A. Sonic Pinball✨ | pinball historySega+3 | — | Sonic PinballSegasa+2 | — | SegasaSega S.A. Sonic+3 | — | 1h 07m 03s | |
| 10/3/25 | ![]() The Seasoned Vet Keith Elwin✨ | pinball designtournament pinball+4 | Keith Elwin | Silverball SwagKineticist+4 | — | pinballKeith Elwin+6 | Flip N Out Pinball | 2h 15m 48s | |
| 7/21/25 | ![]() Pinball Down Under Part 3: Home Pin?!✨ | Homepinpinball manufacturing+3 | — | HomepinFlip N Out Pinball+1 | ChinaTaiwan+1 | Homepinpinball+5 | — | 1h 30m 32s | |
| 6/25/25 | ![]() Meet The Gottliebs Part 2: Alvin G. & Co.✨ | Gottlieb historypinball industry+3 | — | Pistol PokerGottlieb+2 | — | Gottliebpinball+5 | — | 1h 26m 48s | |
| 4/14/25 | ![]() Even Jersey Jack Pinball Left New Jersey✨ | Jersey Jack Pinballpinball history+3 | — | Jersey Jack PinballStern+1 | — | Jersey Jack Pinballpinball+3 | — | 1h 24m 36s | |
| 3/3/25 | ![]() Are Barrels (Of) Fun?✨ | pinballgame development+4 | — | Barrels of FunDeeproot Pinball+2 | — | pinballBarrels of Fun+4 | Patreon | 1h 24m 51s | |
| 1/7/25 | ![]() Pinball Down Under Part 2: Hankerin' For Some Hankin + Mr. Pinball✨ | pinballHankin+3 | — | HankinThe Aussie Pinball Podcast+3 | — | Hankinpinball+3 | Patreon | 1h 25m 47s | |
| 10/30/24 | ![]() Meet The Gottliebs: D. Gottlieb & Co.✨ | Gottlieb family historypinball development+4 | — | D. Gottlieb & Co.AAMA+4 | — | Gottliebpinball+6 | Patreon | 1h 13m 51s | |
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| 9/14/24 | ![]() Pinball Down Under Part 1: Haggis Pinball | Want to Support the Show? Visit our Patreon at www.patreon.com/silverballchronicles Or pick up a tee shirt at https://tinyurl.com/kz5xt4hc Episode Summary: Manufacturing is hard. Pinball is hard, and when you're starting on the other side of the world from all the suppliers and skilled labour, it's that much harder. COVID-19 did not help Haggis Pinball is the latest cautionary tale of a pinball start-up that promised big and initially delivered but ultimately succumbed to the pressures of the industry. Join us this month while we talk about an IT guy who started a manufacturing company, what the heck is a celt, is innovation worth it, remaking old Ballys, COVID-19 production, red flags, and no, we won't be doing Australian accents and barbie jokes. Sources: The Aussie Pinball Podcast, Ep 16 – Mike from Homepin The Aussie Pinball Podcast, Ep 5 – Wayne Gillard Pinball Profile, Ep 304 – Fathom Revisited from Haggis Pinball Pinball Profile, Ep 243 – Haggis Pinball Celts Update 2019, Austetrogamer – Made in Australia: Haggis Pinball. Here 2024, Pinball News – Haggis Liquidation. Here 2024, Kineticist. A Detailed Timeline of the Haggis Pinball Collapse. Here 2024, YouTube, Cary Hardy. My Interview with Haggis Pinball. Here 2024, YouTube, Cary Hardy. Unboxing the TRUTH on Haggis Pinball. Here 2024, Knapp Arcade. Haggis Pinball, The Aftermath Here | — | ||||||
| 7/13/24 | ![]() Multimorphic Is Reshaping Pinball | Want to Support the Show? Visit our Patreon at www.patreon.com/silverballchronicles Or pick up a tee shirt at https://tinyurl.com/kz5xt4hc Episode Summary: Multimorphic, Inc. manufactures the P3 Pinball Platform, a modern, physical-digital, multi-game pinball machine, as well as pinball machine control system products, such as the P-ROC and P3-ROC. Since 2009, Gerry Stellenberg and his crack team of engineers and software developers have created the first off-the-shelf pinball controller board for making your homebrew pinball machines, and changed the image of a multi-use pinball machine with the P3 Platform. Sources: Multimorphic, Inc Website. Here YouTube. P-ROC & pyprocgame at Pinball Expo 2010 Seminar. Here Pinball Innovators & Makers Podcast Ep 18: Gerry Stellenberg For Amusement Only Podcast Ep 450 – Interview with Gerry Stellenberg Internet Pinball Database. IPDB.org Pinside. Pinside.com | — | ||||||
| 6/10/24 | ![]() By Golly It's Bingo | Want to Support the Show? Visit our Patreon at www.patreon.com/silverballchronicles Or pick up a tee shirt at https://tinyurl.com/kz5xt4hc Topic Begins at 12:12 Episode Summary: Bingo just isn't the game you can play at a country fair or a sketchy gambling establishment. Bingo is also the big brother to today's modern pinball. You'll remember we spoke about Bingo machines and the issues they had in our Brief History of Pinball episode, but we figured Bingo needed its own episode. I mean, Roger Sharpe got two episodes. Ron and Dave (mostly Dave) crack out their 1920's voices as they dive into the world of one-balls, bingo, and 5-balls flipper games! We discuss Bingo vs. Bingo, touch on names you should know like the geniuses Lyn Durant and Don Hooker, Miami Beach's risqué flyer, what is so attractive about Bingo, why are there no Gottlieb Bingos, and more! Huge thanks to Nick Baldridge and the For Amusement Only Podcast for the content of this episode. Sources: Baldridge, Nick. A Beginner's Guide to Bingo Pinball. Here. Flippers.be. Bingo Machines: What Are They and How to Repair Them. Here. McCaffrey, James D. Bingo Pinball Machines. Word Press. Here. Baldridge, Nick. For Amusement Only Podcast. Here. Pacific Pinball Museum Interview with Wayne Neyenes The Johnson Act of 1951 – Here Don Hooker's Games List – Here Lyn Durant Games List – Here Shalhoub, Michael. The Pinball Compendium. Internet Pinball Database. IPDB.org | — | ||||||
| 4/11/24 | ![]() Yes… More Roger Sharpe | Want to Support the Show? Visit our Patreon at www.patreon.com/silverballchronicles Or pick up a tee shirt at https://tinyurl.com/kz5xt4hc Episode Summary: Roger Sharpe is hailed as the Man Who Saved the Game from our previous episode, but he did so much more! Roger has been involved in the birth of tournaments, the second rise of licensing, and mainstream journalism. He also has had a great film based on him and his relationship with his wife, Ellen. Join us as we talk about Roger's last pinball machine, Cyclopes, his stumble into becoming the Williams 1990s Licensing guru, his friendship with Steve Epstein, and his very good film! Sources: TopCast Episode – 17 – Roger Sharpe Teolis, Jeff. Pinball Profile. Here. Barracora Inspiration. Li I, 1974 by Swiss artist H.R. Giger. Here and Here. Pinball Magazine. 12- Aug-2015. Interview: Roger Sharpe. Here. Pinball News.19-Jun-2020. Steve Epstein Dies. Here. YouTube. Pinball History: 1990 Today Show 1990 with Roger Sharpe. Here. YouTube. Interview with Roger Sharpe for 'Pinball – The man who saved the game'. Here. YouTube. Turbografx7. Cyclopes with Roger Sharpe. Here. YouTube. Modern Pinball NYC Closing. Here. YouTube. Broadway Arcade Commercial. Here. Shalhoub, Michael. The Pinball Compendium. Internet Pinball Database. IPDB.org | — | ||||||
| 2/22/24 | ![]() The Token Roger Sharpe Episode | Want to Support the Show? Visit our Patreon at www.patreon.com/silverballchronicles Or pick up a tee shirt at https://tinyurl.com/kz5xt4hc Episode Summary: We've fought long and hard to avoid giving Roger Sharpe yet another ego-building podcast to spin his narrative and propaganda… but, here we are. Roger wrote about pinball. Played pinball. Promoted and evangelized pinball. Roger has been involved in the birth of tournaments, the second rise of licensing, and mainstream journalism. He also has had a great film based on him and his relationship with his wife Ellen. Join us as we talk about Roger's beginning, looking to buy a pinball machine, a thing that happened in a Court Room in the late 1970s, his pinball designs, the birth of tournament pinball, and his friendship with Steve Epstein. Sources: TopCast Episode – 17 – Roger Sharpe Teolis, Jeff. Pinball Profile. Here Barracora Inspiration. Li I, 1974 by Swiss artist H.R. Giger. Here and Here Pinball Magazine. 12-Aug-2015. Interview: Roger Sharpe. Here. Pinball News.19-Jun-2020. Steve Epstein Dies. Here. Shalhoub, Michael. The Pinball Compendium. Internet Pinball Database. IPDB.org Joe Balcer Game List. Here. YouTube. Modern Pinball NYC Closing. Here. YouTube. Broadway Arcade Commercial. Here. | — | ||||||
| 1/28/24 | ![]() The Capcom Debacle Part 2: Illinois PinBall Inc. | Want to Support the Show? Visit our Patreon at www.patreon.com/silverballchronicles Or pick up a tee shirt at https://tinyurl.com/kz5xt4hc Episode Summary: Last month, we learned about Capcom, the video game company that wanted to get into the pinball industry and ride the wave of popularity, just like Data East! It didn't go well. Even after Capcom disappeared, the lure of what could have been remained. That's when we stumble upon a crazy collector and dreamer who ruined himself. Join us this month while we discover what happened to Capcom's assets, tooling and making new parts vs. selling existing parts, more lawsuits, being a terrible business person or being a great guy, and a second crash and burn. Sources: TopCast Episode 42 – Python Angelo Episode 56 – Ward Pemberton Episode 52 – Stan Fukuoka Episode 49 – Mark Ritchie Episode 47 – Chris Granner Episode 43 – Jeff Powell Episode 11 – Gene Cunningham Youtube. Gene Cunningham. Northwest Pinball Show. Here. 2017. Polygon. When pigs flew: The strange history of Capcom's Big Bang Bar. Here. 2004. Pinball News. More Bang for the Bucks. Here. 2000. Pinball News. Gene Therapy. Here. Pinside. Artifacts of Gene Cunningham/Illinois Pinball. Here. Shalhoub, Michael. The Pinball Compendium. Flower, G. Pinball: The Lure of the Silver Ball Hardcover. Here. Internet Pinball Database. IPDB.org The Capcom Game List. Here. | — | ||||||
| 12/26/23 | ![]() The Capcom Debacle Part 1 | Want to Support the Show? Visit our Patreon at www.patreon.com/silverballchronicles Or pick up a tee shirt at https://tinyurl.com/kz5xt4hc Topic starts at 8:27 Episode Summary: Capcom was a video game company that wanted to get into the pinball industry and ride a wave of popularity, just like Data East! Sadly, they were a victim of the wrong place, wrong time. Add to that a bunch of mismanagement, Python Angelo, various lawsuits, and well... you end up like Capcom Pinball. Even after Capcom disappeared, the lure of what could have been remained, especially as we stumble upon a crazy collector and dreamer who ruined himself… but we will get into that in Part 2. Join us this month while we discover why Capcom wanted to join pinball, who they bought to table to build machines, poaching talent from Williams, the lawsuits, and ultimately, the crash and burn. Sources: TopCast: Episode 42 – Python Angelo Episode 56 – Ward Pemberton Episode 52 – Stan Fukuoka Episode 49 – Mark Ritchie Episode 47 – Chris Granner Episode 43 – Jeff Powell Shalhoub, Michael. The Pinball Compendium. Flower, G. Pinball: The Lure of the Silver Ball Hardcover. Here. Internet Pinball Database. IPDB.org The Capcom Game List. Here. | — | ||||||
| 10/18/23 | ![]() Joe Balcer – The King Of Clunk | Want to Support the Show? Visit our Patreon at www.patreon.com/silverballchronicles Or pick up a tee shirt at https://tinyurl.com/kz5xt4hc Topic starts at 9:10 Episode Summary: Joe Balcer is a name that some people know and some people don't. Joe spent his early beginnings at Sega Pinball, then Stern Pinball, and he basically helped start Jersey Jack Pinball. He then started up another company called American Pinball. Joe has been around; he's worked for many bosses in many companies, and he's made some memorable layouts. Joe's not necessarily known as a 'high flow, quick ball movement' kind of guy. His designs tend to be more stop and go or, as some people like to call him, The King Of Clunk. Source: Pinball Profile. Episode 163: Joe Balcer, a career retrospective. Podcast. Here. Head 2 Head Pinball. Ep 48 – Josh Kulger from American Pinball. Super Awesome Pinball Show. Ep 8. Joe Balcer and Team. This Week in Pinball. The Desire to Create – Interview with Joe Balcer, Playfield Designer for Houdini Pinball. Here. Replay Magazine. Roll out the Barrel. Here. Shalhoub, Michael. The Pinball Compendium. Internet Pinball Database. IPDB.org Joe Balcer Game List. Here. | — | ||||||
| 10/10/23 | ![]() Silverball Chronicles BONUS: Our Top Pins | Silverball Chronicles BONUS: Our Top Pins Join Ron and Dave in this Bonus Silverball Chronicles episode as they choose their favourite pinball machines made by featured pinball designers from previous episodes! https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/nw2bie/Bonus_Episode_-_Our_Top_Pins9niuz.mp3 | — | ||||||
| 8/31/23 | ![]() The Bro Of Flow: John Borg Part 2 | Want to Support the Show? Visit our Patreon at www.patreon.com/silverballchronicles Or pick up a tee shirt at https://tinyurl.com/kz5xt4hc Episode Summary: John Borg is known for his distinctive style and approach to designing pinball machines. His design philosophy is as distinct as a fingerprint. 'Borgie' focuses on creating layouts that offer smooth flow and satisfying shots. He aims to design pinball machines that provide players with a sense of continuous motion and engaging gameplay. His layouts often feature well-integrated ramps, orbits, and habitrails that facilitate fast and exciting ball movement across the playfield. John also gets the coolest theme. This month Dave and Ron talk about how cool John Borg is and why Dave is not, what John did after he left Stern in 2000 and what he did when he got back, developing his style, reusing elements, orbit spinners (yeah!), John's themes, and what makes Borgie's second kick at a pinball career the path of a modern pinball legend. Sources: TopCast – Episode 27 – John Borg Head 2 Head Pinball Podcast Ep 41 – Keith P. Johnson Slam Tilt Podcast Ep. 100 Lyman Sheats Jr. YouTube – IE Pinball – Big Buck Hunter Pro Wizard Mode Achieved. Here YouTube – Stern Pinball: The Making of: Metallica, KISS, The Walking Dead, Areosmith, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Rush. Shalhoub, Michael. The Pinball Compendium. Internet Pinball Database. IPDB.org John Borg Game List. Here. * This episode was created with the use of ChatGPT, which kinda sucks… | — | ||||||
| 6/26/23 | ![]() Pinball Is Dying Part 4 – What Led Gottlieb To The Mylstar Nosedive? | Want to Support the Show? Visit our Patreon at www.patreon.com/silverballchronicles Or pick up a tee shirt at https://tinyurl.com/kz5xt4hc Episode Summary: Gottlieb is viewed as the romantic electro-mechanical giant to many. The pinball machine atop the coin-op pedestal for all other manufacturers to reach for… but it was its god-tier status in the 1960s and early 1970s that would ultimately lead to its epic cratering in the 1980s. What led Gottlieb into the Mylstar Nosedive? Was it a lack of leadership? Corporate chaos? The recession of the early 1980s? Or was it a lack of creative freedom and adventure in the products? This month, Dave and Ron talk about the massive success of D. Gottlieb and Co., the ownership changes that hobbled the company, Ed Krynski's biography, generational changes in Gottlieb, Ron not knowing Europe is a continent, and the games of Mylstar! What could go wrong? Sources: Shalhoub, Michael (2004). The Pinball compendium: 1982 to Present. Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. YouTube Interviews from the Pacific Pinball Museum – Here, Here, Here and Here TopCast – Episode 30 – Wayne Neyens | — | ||||||
| 5/13/23 | ![]() Pinball's Centenarian – Wayne Neyens | Want to Support the Show? Visit our Patreon at www.patreon.com/silverballchronicles Or pick up a tee shirt at https://tinyurl.com/kz5xt4hc Topic Starts at 9:10 Episode Summary: A Centenarian is someone linked to longevity, someone who has seen it all come and go, then be reinvented again. Wayne Neyens is pinball's Centenarian; he was there at the beginning, and he was there when it ended… a couple of times… and he witnessed the rebirth we now see today before his passing at age 104. He was the last of his pinball generation, the last of the woodrail masters and the man who gave his whole life to making people smile at the silverball. This month Dave and Ron discuss growing up in the Great Depression, 1930's cubicles, Westerns, Jimmy Johnson, Harry Mabs, The Gottlieb – David Gottlieb, Wayne's most popular games like Slick Chick and Kings and Queens, Add-A-Ball and Wedgeheads, the amazing artist Roy Parker AND we make fun 1940's radio voices! Sources: Shalhoub, Michael (2004). The Pinball compendium: 1930s to 1960s. Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. YouTube Interviews from the Pacific Pinball Museum: Here, Here, Here and Here TopCast: Episode 30 – Wayne Neyens Pinball News: Pinball Magazine #5. Here Wayne's 100th Birthday. Here Wayne Neyens Dies at Age 104. Here. | — | ||||||
| 3/31/23 | ![]() Everything is Lit! Keith P Johnson and Jersey Jack Pinball | Want to Support the Show? Visit our Patreon at www.patreon.com/silverballchronicles Or pick up a tee shirt at https://tinyurl.com/kz5xt4hc Topic starts at 10:50 Episode Summary: What can you say about Keith P Johnson? He has 4 of the top pinball machines in the Pinball Awards' Hall of Fame. He coded some of the most revered and most panned pinball codes in our hobby. In addition, Keith was one of the most important pieces in designing the Jersey Jack operating system and building their philosophy around pinball code. Join us this month as we discuss how Keith got into the pinball industry, his transition into full-time rules designer, his Simpsons Pinball Party and Lord of the Rings masterpieces, leaving pinball only to be pulled back in, building the Jersey Jack operating system and JJPs philosophy on code… Everything is Lit this month! Sources: IPDB Keith P Johnson Gamelist. Here. WOZ Pinball Magazine. Here Head 2 Head Pinball Podcast Ep 41 Pinball Profile Ep 266 TopCast Episode 63 Shalhoub, Michael (2004). The Pinball compendium: 1982 to Present. Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. | — | ||||||
| 1/15/23 | ![]() Pinball Is Dying Part 3 – Bally-Midway | Topic Starts at 11:11 Episode Summary: It's time to revisit our 'Pinball Is Dying' series. This ongoing series is made to depress and to delight. What do we mean by that? Well, the pinball industry and the hobby around it has always been fragile. It has ups and downs which during its history has swung violently. Brilliant minds have come and gone. Many have been crushed by the emotional weight of competition and the stress of impending layoffs. Join us this month as we talk about the final Bally Manufacturing Corp games, really dumb corporate strategies, the art of an era, bodybuilding, terrible cabinet materials, a tangent for some reason about the MCU's Iron Man, and the end of Bally-Midway. Sources: IPDB Bally-Midway Game List. Here. Stern's Dark Planet – Here TOPcast: Ep. 56 – Ward Pemberton Ep. 46 – Margaret Hudson, Ep. 40 – George Gomez Shalhoub, Michael (2004). The Pinball compendium: 1982 to Present. Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. | — | ||||||
| 11/28/22 | ![]() A Brief History Of Pinball | Want to Support the Show? Visit our Patreon at www.patreon.com/silverballchronicles Or pick up a tee shirt at https://tinyurl.com/kz5xt4hc Topic starts at 10:03 Episode Summary: A Brief History of Pinball is a great place to begin! Let's wind the clock back WAYYY back. We're going to visit the beginning of many 'games' in the early days of fancy pants Europe, the importation of table games to America, New Jersey's part in all this, Harry Williams, Wayne Neyens, and all those innovations that make pinball, pinball! Games: Baffle Ball, Ballyhoo, Contact, Skyscraper, World's Series, Rockelite, Humpty Dumpty, Triple Action, Saratoga, Army Navy, SuperJumbo, Balls-a-Poppin', Vegabond, Swing-Along, The Spirit of '76, Flash, Gorgar, Checkpoint, Revenge from Mars, and Wizard of Oz. Sources: Bagatelle. Here Pinball. Here ThoughtCo. The History of Pinball. Here Baldridge, Nick. This Week In Pinball. A Beginner's Guide to Bingo Pinball. Here Pinball News. Illuminating. Here Remembering Harry Williams. Here Shalhoub, Michael (2004). The Pinball compendium: 1982 to Present. Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. Kocurek, Carly A. "Coin-Operated Americans: Rebooting Boyhood at the Video Game Arcade." Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2015. Sharpe, Roger. "Pinball!" New York: E.P. Dutton, 1977. Sullivan, Barbara. "Ballyhoo Over Goldberg Hardly Whole Bally Saga." Chicago Tribune, June 17, 1996. Sweeney, Melodie. "The bagatelle wizard instead of the pinball wizard." National Museum of American History, October 31, 2012. Terry, Clifford. "How the Pinball Machine Got Those Flippers." Chicago Tribune, August 8, 1993. Wolf, Mark J. P. "The Video Game Explosion: A History from PONG to Playstation and Beyond." Westport CT: Greenwood Press, 2008. | — | ||||||
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