Episode 112 - Electromechanical Designer Crash Course

About this episode

This episode discusses six influential designers from the electromechanical era of pinball, focusing on the contributions of Williams, Bally, and Gottlieb.

Support the show and receive a link to our private discord: ko-fi.com/wedgeheadpodcast In this episode we discuss 6 names from the EM era that you should be aware of, two from each of the Big Three of Williams, Bally and Gottlieb. This episode really is a love letter to EM machines, and all the very talented designers of pinball's most popular, but least celebrated era. But as always, we use some adult language when we get really excited, and this is your warning that we are more hopped up th...

People in this episode

Host: Wedgehead

Topics covered

• electromechanical pinball
• pinball designers
• history of pinball
• Williams
• Bally
• Gottlieb

Keywords

• electromechanical
• pinball
• designers
• Williams
• Bally
• Gottlieb
• history
• machines

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