Don’t miss out on the Texas Pinball Festival Swap Meet on Saturday morning, March 25th, 2023. The DFW Pinball & Arcade Club does such an awesome job every year!

The DFW Pinball & Arcade Club is a gathering of pinball and video game enthusiasts. Anyone interested in gaming or learning more about pinball machines and/or video games is welcome.

As always, admission to the Swap Meet is free of charge. Make some cash (and room in the garage) and bring out those project games and parts. If you are interested in a space at the Swap Meet, contact the DFW Pinball & Arcade Club via Facebook.

Roger Sharpe’s demonstration of the game as skill-based overturned New York City’s thirty-four-year ban on pinball machines in 1976. His story, now a film, “PINBALL: The Man Who Saved The Game” is set to open in theaters on March 17th. 

Roger is also the former Director of Marketing and Licensing at Williams Bally/Midway, a pinball historian, a player, and former pinball designer at Stern, Williams, and Game Plan. 

Roger will host a presentation and Q&A about the film and will be visiting with fans and guests all weekend.

Pinball designer John Borg will be returning to the 2023 Texas Pinball Festival joining a growing list of other designers and guests. 

John is well known in the industry for popular titles such as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Munsters, Aerosmith, Metallica, TRON, Iron Man, X-Men, Tales from the Crypt, Guardians of the Galaxy. He’s topping that incredible list with his latest title: RUSH! 

John will be visiting with TPF guests over the weekend and will be happy to sign that translite or flyer while he’s there.

Mike Vinikour is an Associate Game Developer at Stern Pinball. Mike has worked on almost every Stern game released in the past several years including RUSH and James Bond 007. 

Other titles Mike worked on are Batman, Iron Maiden, KISS, Guardians of the Galaxy, The Beatles, and many more. Mike also has an impressive resume with some of your favorite arcade games including Mortal Kombat. 

You can usually find Mike hanging around in the Marco / FUN! booth answering questions, teaching the rules to games, and giving away Stern swag.

The final voting for the TWIPYs will start on January 1, 2023 and end at midnight on January 16, 2023 at twipys.com. We are very excited to have Imoto Arcade and Todd Tuckey as hosts for the live awards ceremony at the Texas Pinball Festival on March 25th 2023. The ceremony will be live streamed on the TWIP YouTube Channel. 

Imoto travels the world exploring gaming culture focusing on the resurgence of arcades and pinball. Her goal is to help these public and social gaming experiences thrive by encouraging everyone to get out of their houses and visit local arcades and gaming events. Imoto works with Marco Pinball and MarcoTV to promote pinball events, expos and arcade locations. She hopes to inspire more people to embrace gaming culture and to help them find their passions in the gaming world. 

Todd is the owner and President of TNT Amusements Inc. He also runs the company’s official YouTube channel with over 42,000 subscribers. Having been in the coin-op business for over 40 years, Todd knows everybody in the industry and has hundreds of friends and fans.

With production of Weird Al’s Museum of Natural Hilarity in full swing, Gerry Stellenberg and the Multimorphic crew are returning in 2023 to show off their full catalog of games and demonstrate all of the features that set the P3 apart from other machines.

They say it’s “One Machine, Many Games”, but they’re bringing 10 of them, each set up with a unique gaming experience. Gerry and some of the game designers will also be presenting a seminar on the latest developments at Multimorphic.

Yes, you read that correctly!

On the 20th Anniversary of it’s release, the Texas Pinball Festival will be giving away a NEW, The Simpsons Pinball Party which is being generously donated by fellow pinball collectors Ross and Lisa Viguet. This incredible pinball time capsule is still sealed in the box.

Our plan is to have an unboxing and set-up on Thursday evening, March 23th. The game will be set-up with new leg/cabinet protectors installed, and thoroughly gone through by Pinball-ERS including MPU board inspection (repair or replacement if needed), new Titan rubbers and LEDs courtesy of Titan Pinball, and a new ColorDMD installed! More details to come.

Raffle tickets are available for sale only at the show. 

For 2023, we will be donating/splitting the proceeds of the TPF Raffle between Texas based children’s charity Kidd’s Kids and the National Videogame Museum. Locals know and love this venue. If you don’t, we encourage you to visit NVM, just a short ride from the show, during TPF weekend.

Click here to read more about the Texas Pinball Raffle, the National Videogame Museum, Kidd’s Kids, and see the gallery of winners.

Famed pinball designer and good friend Mark Ritchie is coming back to Texas! We love having Mark. He is truly a fan favorite and has become a TPF staple. 

Mark has designed some the most loved and collectible pinball machines in the hobby, including Indiana Jones: The Pinball Adventure, Fish Tales, Diner, Big Guns, Firepower II, Police Force, Sorcerer and Kingpin just to name a few. 

Mark will be visiting with TPF guests and signing autographs so bring your favorite Mark Ritchie design translite for a signature!

Game designer of Jersey Jack Pinball’s smash hits “Pirates of the Caribbean” and “Guns N’ Roses”, and part of the team on every other JJP game, Eric has certainly made a name for himself in the pinball world. We can’t wait to see what he’s working on next. Eric will be joining us all weekend visiting with guests and fans.

Cary is a pinball content creator on Youtube. His channel covers a variety of topics in the hobby. His entertaining videos include topics such as: Discussing current events, performing restorations, comedic skits, educational “How To’s”, product installs, reviews, and more. 

Cary will be at TPF2023 all weekend and participating in the unboxing of our NIB Simpsons Pinball Party raffle game. Be sure to find him and say hello. Check out his YouTube channel!

We are happy to announce that fellow pinball aficionados and friends Jonathan Joosten of Pinball Magazine and Martin Ayub of Pinball News will be back at TPF2023 for another round of their fun game show: “So You Think You Know Pinball?” in the Cypress Bar in the Embassy (day/time TBD). 

This fun and entertaining event will feature pinball trivia, prizes, and lots of laughs and good times! Don’t miss it!

In 2016, Franchi arrived on the pinball scene with the illustrious Ka-Pow/Stern produced Batman ’66 games. His colorful, exciting designs and realism quickly earned him a spot in the hearts of pinball fans worldwide. His follow-ups; Guardians of the Galaxy, The Munsters and The Beatles were also fan favorites, with The Munsters earning him his first TWIPY for best art.

Franchi has also been known to grab a mic and saddle up with his podcast partner Christian Line (Dr. Pin) and Jeff Parsons for the slickly produced Super Awesome Pinball Show. If you wonder where he’s been, he’s busy working on 5 new titles, to be released over the next couple years, as well as a few other secret projects you’ll soon see. Christopher will be at TPF2023 all weekend selling some of his amazing art and visiting with guests and fans.

Scott Danesi has certainly made a name for himself with his break out hit “Total Nuclear Annihilation” and his second title “Rick and Morty” by Spooky Pinball.

Most recently, Scott partnered with Multimorphic by creating sound packages for multiple P3 games including Weird Al’s Museum of Natural Hilarity, ROCs, and more. Scott will be joining us all weekend visiting with guests and fans.  

If you’ve never met Scott, make sure you do. He’s a pretty cool dude.

TPF2023 in 3D Swag NOW AVAILABLE: New shirts and hoodies featuring artwork by the very talented Brad Albright (each 2023 shirt will include a pair of 3D glasses). A limited collection of previous Texas Pinball Festival show merchandise is also available.

EXHIBITORS: TPF needs you! YOU are the most important part of the show! Game registration is also open! Bring a game and get in FREE along with all the other exhibitor perks! Sign up now!

VENDORS: See our vendor page for information on being a TPF2023 vendor and get all the details. Space is limited. If you were a TPF2022 Vendor, we will be contacting you soon!

On your mark….

Here is the TPF2023 pre-registration opening schedule for Saturday, October 15th, 2022 at https://texaspinball.com/tpf/store/.

10:00am CDT – TPF Wizards* Tournament Entry sales begin 
10:30am CDT – TPF Women’s* Tournament Entry sales begin
11:00am CDT – TPF Classics Tournament Entry sales begin
11:00am CDT – Tournament Waitlists open (as applicable)
11:00am CDT – TPF Preregistration for discounted weekend passes, Exhibitor sign up, and TPF merchandise begins

* Wizards and Women’s Tournament Entry sales will be exclusive for their specific tournament for their specific time. No other item will be available for sale during those time slots

READ THIS: 

• A Wizards Tournament ticket INCLUDES a TPF2023 weekend pass. You may only buy one tournament entry at a time. 
• You cannot buy multiple entries of the same type in a single transaction. 
•  Women’s and Classics Tournament tickets DO NOT INCLUDE a TPF2023 weekend pass. All tournament players are required to have a TPF2023 weekend pass (or day pass for each day playing). If you don’t get a Wizards entry that includes a pass, be sure to get your Weekend Pass or register as an Exhibitor after the 11am CDT start time.
• If you buy a Wizard’s Tournament ticket and also have a weekend pass by another means (ie: you are an Exhibitor or Vendor or you are Steve Ritchie), bring a friend so they can watch you dominate! 

Instructions for a Smooth Transaction: 

1. Select the desired tournament entry item from the TPF store.
2. Enter the required fields at a minimum:
   – First Name
   – Last Name
   – State (drop down selection)
   – Country (drop down selection)
   – IFPA Player # (Use 00000 if you don’t have one)
   – Manually update the Quantity to “1” even if it shows “1” by default
3. Click Add to Bag.
4. Copy/paste any applicable coupon code you might have into the coupon code field and click Apply.
5. Enter your email address.
6. Click “I agree with Terms and Conditions”.
7. Click Checkout.
8. Follow prompts to make payment.

PRO TIPS: 

• Once you place your tournament entry in your shopping cart, IMMEDIATELY check out and finish your payment. A tournament entry in your shopping cart is not yours until you successfully make the payment. We highly recommend not trying to add other items to your shopping cart if you are purchasing a Wizards or Women’s tournament ticket.
• For best performance, the preferred browser for our store is Chrome.
• Don’t forget to manually update the quantity field to 1 before clicking “Add to Bag.” Yes, it may already default to 1, but you must update it anyway. It’s a bug… we’ve reported it, but we can’t be sure they’ll fix it in time… so we’re telling you (everybody) now. It’s an issue that affects everyone equally, and we’re doing our utmost to make sure everyone is aware of it and knows how to handle it.

Take a minute and review the TPF Tournament Pages: https://texaspinball.com/tpf/tournaments/.