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Pintastic NE 2026 Videos of the Day: Pixels and Pinballs & EMP Pinball

Posted: April 24, 2026 by datechguy in business, fun, pinball, special events
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The single most important thing about Pintastic NE are of course the pinball machines that people bring for others to play. The various pinball clubs (There were 4 at the convention) all brought their own machines for their club rooms. The extra ball lounge consists of games brought by Gabe  D’Annunzio (whose interview will be the final Pintastic blog post I make in this series) and I’ve already talked about Tycoon Pinball out of NH and the games they brought.

But when it comes down to sheer volume of games EMP Pinball (Electromagnetic Pinball Museum) annually knocks it out of the park

You really need to go to Pawtucket and check them out: I never got a chance to talk to Michael & Emily this year as they were even more flat out than normal but as I mentioned in this video there are plenty of such interviews by me over the last decade that you can find. (Here is one from Pintastic 2021)

But one thing that you don’t see as much from EMP are the brand new games and that’s where the vendors who sell those new games come in. I talked to Matt one of those vendors. He just purchased Pixels and Pinball who had a bunch of new machines:

You can find Pixels and Pinball’s web site here.

Previously:

DaTechGuy’s (almost) Daily Dose of Pintastic NE 2023 The final Round up Stephanie Lesser, The EMP Team and Christopher Franci

Posted: September 24, 2023 by datechguy in fun, pinball, short films/interviews, special events
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Well it’s Sunday and time to post my final three Pintastic NE 2023 videos from my final three interviews at the end of the final day.

The first is with author Stephanie Lesser author of 1001 Pinball Puzzles

2nd we have the EMP Team packing up after a VERY successful Pintastic NE 2023

I don’t know if the EMP crowed takes the “Hardest working people at Pintastic” crown but they’re at the very least a close 2nd.

For the first time since I’ve been going to Pinstastic I wasn’t able to get Gabe D’Annunzio for the final interview simply because I couldn’t find him and had a bit of a time constraint, however I DID manage to grab pinball artist Christopher Franci one of the guests at Pinstastic NE 2023 to close things out and that’s a pretty good get:

Well that’s all the Pintastic NE I have for 2023. I’ll see you in April in the same place for Pintastic NE 2024

Pintastic 2023 The rest of the story:

Voices of Pintastic NE 2023 The EMP Team Day One

Posted: September 11, 2023 by datechguy in fun, pinball, short films/interviews, special events
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Over the next few weeks we will be posting a Pintastic NE 2023 post a day in the style that we have covered CPAC in the past.

Today’s video is from day one. The EMP team setting up on day one

Their site is here

Pintastic NE 2023 The story so far:

Pintastic NE 2023 T – 4 Mike & Emily of Electromagnetic Pinball Museum of Providence RI 2021 and 2022

Posted: September 3, 2023 by datechguy in fun, pinball, short films/interviews, special events
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One of the reasons that Pintastic is able to exist is the number of games that are available for people to play. A huge chunk of those games come from Gabe D’Annunzio’s private collection (see the extra ball lounge) some come from vendors, and others come from individual collectors who are given a free pass in exchange for allowing people the pleasure of playing their games.

But other than Gabe BY far the biggest batch of games that people enjoy comes from Mike and Emily of the Electromagnetic Pinball Museum of Providence RI who bring a plethora of pinball machines every year from their Providence location to the event and each year the number of machines has increased:

Anyone who has moved one pinball machine understands that it requires effort, picture the amount of effort to bring two dozen or more AND maintain them in the free play room during a four day festival that runs basically 9 am to 2 am.

Last year in our closing interview they made a special note of their team that makes it possible to pack and secure DOZENS of machines (many of them over 40 years old) so they can be safely moved.

The most amazing thing is that after those four days they still have their place in Providence open by 10 am the next day. It’s definitely worth a visit

With this year’s show now in Marlborough it’s a shorter trip and might be a tad easier but if they keep increasing the number of games they bring it will only be tiny tad

The most amazing thing is that after those four days they still have their place in Providence open by 10 am the next day. It’s definitely worth a visit