This is the second episode in my beginner series. Non beginners may enjoy this episode as well. In this episode, I talk about EM pinball terminology and anatomy. These terms are not exclusive to EM pinball and are good to know for pinball in general. Spoiler…this is part 1. The next episode will be part 2 and will cover terminology related to the inside of EM pinball machines.

I reference the IPDB pinball glossary in this episode.

Internet Pinball Database's Pinball Glossary

Other good pinball glossaries:

PinWiki Glossary

Kineticist.com Pinball Terms & Glossary

Music generated by Mubert https://mubert.com/render

This is the first episode in my pinball spotlight series, I talk about Drop-A-Card (1971) and Pop-A-Card (1972). I cover some of the main differences between these games and a bit about replay vs add-a-ball pinball machines. Pop-A-Card was my first pinball machine and I talk about getting it and some of the tasks that it took to get it going after years of disrepair.

Internet Pinball Database – Drop-A-Card

Internet Pinball Database – Pop-A-Card

Image from IPDB.org credit Jean-Pierre Renault

Music generated by Mubert https://mubert.com/render

This is the first episode in my beginner series. Non beginners may enjoy this episode as well. In this episode, I talk about pinball maps. Finding pinball machines on location can be a challenge if you don’t know where to look. The pinball map app will help you find pinball machines near you. Pinside.com also has a great pinball map.

Links referenced in todays episode:

https://www.pinballmap.com

https://pinside.com/pinball/map

Music generated by Mubert https://mubert.com/render

In this episode, I talk about some of the EM pinball resources that have been part of my pinball journey.

Here are helpful links that are referenced in this episode.

Pinballvideos.com

Pinballmap.com

Pinside.com

2025 Pinball Show Schedule on Pinwiki

Funwithpinball.com

Technology Connections - Part 1 - Old pinball machines are amazingly complex

Technology Connections - Part 2 - The step-by-step, mechanical logic of old pinball machines

Technology Connections - Part 3 - Tilting, taking turns, and winning free games: the many tricks inside old pinball machines

Otaku's Ultimate Electro-Mechanical Guide & EM Theory Of Operation

Havepinwilltravel.wordpress.com

Mr. Pinball Classifieds

Pinballprices.com

EM pinball relay maintenance and good practice at Roanoke Pinball Museum

Pinwiki.com

Pinrepair.com

Homepinballrepair.com

IPDB.org

Planetarypinball.com Reference Books

Pinball Resource - Pinball Books and Parts Catalogs

Pinball Resource – Encyclopedia of Pinball Parts 1 & 2

Marcospecialties.com

Thepinballscientist.com

The History of Pinball Part 1: The Electromechanical Era

Kineticist.com

Your Pinball Machine by B. B. Kamoroff
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0764361807

If you are having trouble finding any of the resources that I talked about, feel free to reach out to me. I can be reached by e-mail at empinballjourneyspodcast@gmail.com

Music generated by Mubert https://mubert.com/render

In this introduction episode, I talk about what you can expect from this podcast. This is a podcast for pinball enthusiasts who have an interest in the electromechanical era of pinball from the 1930's to the late 1970's. EM is short for electromechanical. No matter where you are in your EM pinball journey, there will be something here for you.

Music generated by Mubert https://mubert.com/render