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I said a lot about Data East Pinball in the last episode, and soon there won't be anything else to say about Data East Pinball, because this episode contains Maverick, their final game before they're bought by Sega.

In this episode we're going to see possibly my favorite Data East game, Guns N' Roses, which I would also say is the first band-themed pinball game that convincingly plays their actual music.

I've been looking forward to Bally's World Cup Soccer, which is such a formal thing to call it because everybody actually calls it Dog Soccer.

Alvin G. was a short-lived pinball company, but the world of '90s pinball was richer from the fact that they gave it a try.

The IFPA has banned a trans woman from the women's tournament at the IFPA's PAPA23 Pinball World Championship.

Yes, that's my chest in the header image.

...to make up a Silver Ball Century.

'90s pinball is so fun.

I think 1992 is one of the peaks of pinball, alongside 1980 and 1933.

We have three high-quality VPin Workshop recreations in our game list tonight, showing how beloved this era of pinball is.

If a trivia quiz asks you to name the best-selling pinball machine of all time, they are probably asking you to name The Addams Family (1992).

I called late 1990 "Silly Season" in pinball, but late 1991 manages to outdo it.

Last episode, we saw Data East bring us the first DMD pinball machine, Checkpoint.