Posts Tagged ‘Pintastic ne 2023’

DaTechGuy’s (Nearly) Daily Pintastic NE posts: Homebrews and Circuit Meltdown brought to you by North Metro Tech Wakefield MA

Posted: September 17, 2023 by datechguy in education, entertainment, fun, pinball, short films/interviews, special events
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Thanks to a nasty fall I’m home on Sunday night and off my right foot to post more homebrew videos.

Here is the homebrew room with machines in place:

Homebrew machines are cool but the coolest of them all is Circuit Meltdown not just because it’s a nice game but because it was built as a school project by the North Metro Tech highschool in Wakefield Mass.

Here is my interview with their teacher Brian Caven:

My battery ran out so I ran back to my room and grabbed my spare as he was showing someone the guts and we continued:

Again this machine was designed and built by the kids in his class and here they are:

I suspect none of these kids are going to be short of jobs in a few years.

Pintastic NE 2023 The Story So Far

DaTechGuy’s Daily Dose of Pintastic NE 2023 Three Attendees: Scott, BJ and Doug

Posted: September 15, 2023 by datechguy in fun, pinball, short films/interviews, special events
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There are a lot of great things about Pintastic NE there are the machines like this:

Which you get a chance to play but the real thing that drives pintastic are the players who come to attend, like Scott:

and BJ who dropped fifteen grand on a Godfather special edition thus making it worth the vendors time

And Doug who came all the way from Canada to play with us.

without them Pintastic is a lonely place.

Pintastic the story so far:

DaTechGuy’s Daily Dose of Pintastic NE 2023: Mike From the Pinball Co-Op Vermont

Posted: September 14, 2023 by datechguy in fun, pinball, short films/interviews, special events
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Today in our series of Pintastic NE 2023 videos I bring you Mike from the Pinball Co-Op out of Vermont who had one of the Club Rooms at Pintastic:

Maybe it’s just me but the number of Pinball clubs in the area seems to be increasing. This is a great thing for those folks who either can’t afford a machine to buy or rent or have no room to permanently have a Pinball machine in the house.

Their facebook page is here, Their listing on the site: We love the Arcade is here

Pintastic NE 2023 The story so far….

DaTechGuy’s Daily Dose of Pintastic NE 2023: The Glimmerhold Arcade Manchester NH

Posted: September 13, 2023 by datechguy in fun, pinball, short films/interviews, special events
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Today in our series of Pintastic NE videos I bring you the Glimmerhold Arcade of Manchester NH which had a room in the club rooms area of Pintastic NE 2023:

There are not a lot of token based arcades still out there and they also publish a large selection of board games as well.

Their site is here and they’re looking for help btw

Pintastic NE 2023: The Story so far….

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