Dave Knows: Pinball

Bored of your standard pinball machines? Customize!

PinPedia profiles a former No Good Gophers, now Ultimate Golf Ball Frenzy, and a Superman, now a Futurama: Space 3000.

The Golf Ball Frenzy machine is described thusly:

The 2007 custom pinball machine tells the story of three choppers being built in the basement of the Golf Ball Works factory – the same factory the infamous squirrels have called home for the past four years. Orange County Chopper stars Paul Sr., Paul Jr. and Mikey have assumed the identities of Earl, Pearl and Mearle and are working away on the custom EDS Byron Nelson Championship Chopper. And if you look closely, you’ll see the Orange County Chopper logo hiding in the craters on the moon.

The Ultimate Gold Ball Frenzy has something to do with the EDS Byron Nelson Championship golf tournament and Orange County Chopper. I’m not sure how it’s all tied together.

Futurama: Space 3000 is an amateur, but no less awesome, effort:

It all started when I bought a weathered Superman Pinball Machine for the parts. When I gained access to the head I found the boards to be in good shape. I pulled the PCBs to see which ones worked and after a little fiddling and small repairs, they all fired up and the displays worked fine.

Good news everyone! The whole story is available here.