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Talk Pinball on Internet 'Radio' - Special Guests, Call in with Questions, & More!
What is TOPcast (Pinball Internet Radio)?
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TOPcast is an internet 'radio' show with interviews of key pinball industry
people, documenting the history of pinball.
TOPcast also has a technical show that allows listeners to call in (or email) and ask
tech questions about their (broken) games. On the tech show there's
special features like Tech Tip of the Week, Stump the Chump, Game of the Week,
Play of the Week, trivia contests and more.
The shows are hosted by Shaggy of the 'This Old Pinball' video DVD
pinball repair and restoration fame.
The webcam is currently OFF.
- Wednesday July 30 at 9pm E.S.T. 2008 (8pm Chicago, 7pm Denver, 6pm LA):
Greg Dunlap will be on TOPcast. Greg worked at Williams in the slot machine division, programming several of their `dotmation` slot machines (which uses a large DMD display for bonus games, something unique to WMS slots). These included Advance To Boardwalk, Magic Lamp, Palace Of Riches, and Riverbelle 21. He then moved to Pat Lawlor Design/Stern where he was the dot matrix programmer for games including Monopoly, Rollercoaster Tycoon, Ripley's Believe It Or Not, Nascar, and Grand Prix. Join us for an evening with Greg as he talks about WMS and Stern/PLD. - Listen with Windows Media Player
- Listen with iTunes (MAC or PC)
- Listen with WinAmp (PC)
- Listen with Real Player
Shaggy and Norm have released EIGHT full length This Old Pinball DVDs on pinball history, repair, and restoration. Shaggy has also written extensive online pinball repair and restoration web pages at marvin3m.com/fix.htm. But now they are taking their show on the air! Well, the internet 'air' that is. In addition to shows with interviews of pinball industry people, TOPcast has a tech show that takes live callers to talk about anything related to pinball (from answering repair questions, to just their opinions). Call-in (or emailed) questions can be about *any* era of pinball (EM or solidstate), and even other arcade games like EM bowler and EM arcade and gun games. Shaggy and Norm cover it all, from 1947 to 2007. And don't forget to keep a window open to this web page during the TOPcast show, where Shaggy often puts up visual aids in their Web Cam, in addition to the live streaming audio.
Schedule of New TOPcast Shows:
Don't forget to get on the TOPcast Mailing List, so you'll be
emailed with the next show day and time. Also past shows are available in the
Download section.
Listening to TOPcast Live (Listening options):
Note these links will ONLY work when the show is "Live" and on air.
(Past broadcast shows are available from the Download section.)
To listen to the show when it's "live", click on the link below
that makes the most sense for your computer.