Silverball Chronicles (TPN) - Pinball

Want to Support the Show? Visit our Patreon at www.patreon.com/silverballchronicles Or pick up a tee shirt at https://tinyurl.com/kz5xt4hc Episode Summary Before Stern Pinball Inc., which dominates the pinball landscape today, there was Stern Electronics, our second episode's topic. We cover where Stern Electronics came from, Sam and Gary Stern's early years, Dave mispronouncing names, the change from electro-mechanical pinball to solid state, the sketchiness around that transition, legendary designer Steve Kirk, Stern's wild art, and the death of Stern Electronics. Sources: Dennis Kriesel's Atari Article from Pinball News. Here Stern Internet Pinball Database. Here Pinside at pinside.com Wikipedia: - Chicago Coin. Here - Stern Electronics. Here - Stern Electronics, Inc. v. Kaufman. Here Encyclopedia of Pinball Volume 2 (1934-1936). Bueschel, Richard M. Silverball Amusements. Shalhoub, Michael (2004). The Pinball compendium: 1970 – 1981. Schiffer Publishing, Lt. Here Stern Pinball. Website. Here Play Meter Magazine: September 15, 1978. Here Patterson, Jeff (2008). Around the Playfield with Gary Stern. This Week in Pinball. Here Ford, Anne (2013). The Chicago Reader. This Week's Chicagoan: Gary Stern, Founder and CEO, Stern Pinball. Here Author Unknown. Play Meter Magazine, 1978 and 1985. PDF Here Flower, Gary. Remembering Steve Kirk. Pingame Journal. December 2006. PDF Here Cianchetti, Matt. A Friend Remembers Steve Kirk. Pingame Journal. March 2007. PDF Here Head to Head Pinball Podcas. #50 Here and #68 Here Gizmonic Stern Collection Tour. Here, Here and Here Heavy Metal Comic Book Art. Here

Want to Support the Show? Visit our Patreon at www.patreon.com/silverballchronicles Or pick up a tee shirt at https://tinyurl.com/kz5xt4hc Episode Summary: Our topic this week, he's nicknamed the King of Flow, the bestselling pinball designer of all time, my favorite designer, and the reason why you know or will know what Meniere's Disease is: Steve Ritchie. This episode reviews the early life of Steve Ritchie until his first break from pinball in 1982 which includes his early life, how he became a designer, his first years in the industry at Atari Pinball, moving to Williams and designing some of the biggest modern sellers and most innovative pinball machine in this history of the hobby. Sources: Internet Pinball Database at IPBD.org Pinside at Pinside.com Wikipedia – but remember to dive into the cited sources. Web Archive. Here Special When Lit Podcast – Ep. 11 TOPcast Ep. 32