Northwest Pinball and Gameroom Show

Northwest Pinball and Gameroom Show
Perry Rodgers Popeye world record Perry Rodgers and Walter Day after Rodgers set new world record on Popeye at 2010 NW Pinball & Gameroom Show
Status	Active
Genre	Gaming
Venue	Seattle Center
Location	Seattle, Washington
Country	United States
First held	2008
Organizer	Northwest Pinball and Gameroom Show
Attendance	2,500-3,000
Official website	http://www.nwpinballshow.com

The Northwest Pinball and Gameroom Show is an annual pinball and arcade game festival held in Washington state, USA.

The Northwest Pinball and Gameroom Show draws between 2,500-3,000 collectors and fans each June to the Seattle Center. The festival began as a small annual event held by Washington pinball collectors, but in 2008 became a full-fledged regional convention featuring hundreds of pinball machines, arcade games, electro-mechanical games, speakers, vendors and tournaments.

2011

The 4th annual Northwest Pinball and Gameroom Show took place at the Seattle Center June 3-5, 2011. Guest speakers included: pinball artwork designer John Youssi (The Addams Family (pinball), Funhouse, Twilight Zone (pinball), Whirlwind (pinball), Red & Ted's Road Show, No Good Gofers, Medieval Madness, The Machine: Bride of Pin*Bot), Steve Wiebe from the movie The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters, Walter Day (founder of Twin Galaxies, the International Video Game Hall of Fame and star of the movie Chasing Ghosts: Beyond the Arcade), and pinball designer John Popadiuk (Cirqus Voltaire, Star Wars Episode I (pinball), Theatre of Magic, Tales Of The Arabian Nights, World Cup Soccer (pinball)). Special guests included pinball and arcade designer Steve Ritchie (Firepower, Black Knight, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Star Trek: The Next Generation, World Poker Tour, Spider-Man), ex-NBA player Todd MacCulloch and arcade and pinball sound designer David Thiel (Q*bert, The Three Stooges, Family Guy, Pirates of the Caribbean). The show also featured world record attempts and the IFPA (International Flipper Pinball Association) sanctioned "Northwest Pinball Championships" tournament, drawing top pinball competitors from around the world.

2010

The 3rd annual Northwest Pinball and Gameroom Show took place at the Seattle Center June 11-13, 2010 and featured 260 pinball and arcade games. Guest speakers included Steve Wiebe from the movie The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters, pinball and arcade designer George Gomez (Satan's Hollow, Tron, Spy Hunter, Johnny Mnemonic, Monster Bash, Revenge From Mars, The Lord of the Rings, Batman), arcade and pinball sound designer David Thiel (Q*bert, The Three Stooges, Family Guy, Pirates of the Caribbean), and pinball designer John Trudeau (Creature from the Black Lagoon, The Machine: Bride of Pin*Bot, Judge Dredd, Black Rose, The Flintstones, Congo). Show featured IFPA (International Flipper Pinball Association) sanctioned "Northwest Pinball Championships," drawing top pinball competitors from around the world.^[1]

9 World Record High Scores set at 2010 show:
Arcade games-

Popeye - 1,238,110, by Perry Rodgers
Punch-Out!! - 18,999,970, by Sean Sandnes
Lunar Lander - 1,705, by Dan Whitmarsh
Metal Slug X - 1,286,660, by Jordan Vick
Mario Bros. - 418,870, by John Bartkiw & Ross Benziger (No POW Challenge, Two Player Team, TGTS)

Pinball games-
Firepower- 1,154,600 by Keith Elwin
24- 94,596,880 by Zach Sharpe
Four Million BC- 37,900 by Zeil Shatz
Centigrade 37- 371,850 by Keith Elwin

2009

The 2nd annual show at the Seattle Center was held June 12-14, 2009. ^[2] The show was expanded with the addition of a second room filled with classic arcade video games, and the combined total of arcade and pinball machines reached 250. ^[3] Guest speakers included game designer Dennis Nordman (Scared Stiff, White Water, Demolition Man, Pirates of the Caribbean, Wheel of Fortune), game artist and sound creator Greg Freres (Medieval Madness, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Revenge from Mars, Scared Stiff), music and sound designer Brian Schmidt, star of the documentary movie High Score, Bill Carlton, and Clay Harrell from This Old Pinball. Steve Wiebe returned, but instead of speaking, he made his 6th public attempt to reclaim the world high score on Donkey Kong. David Nelson from Twin Galaxies was on hand to referee Wiebe's high score attempt and watch many other world record high score attempts, as was Mark Alpiger from ClassicArcadeGaming.com. Walter Day hosted a press conference to present the International Video Game Hall of Fame's inaugural ceremony with 12 world record high score holders. ^[4]

17 World Record High Scores set at 2009 show:
Arcade games-
Kicker- 1,958,000 by Chris Mansfield (Twin Galaxies Extreme Settings)
Vs. Excitebike - 3,205,205 by Jesse Corrington

Pinball games-
2001- 12,617 by Shane Pace
4 Square- 6,591 by Logan Johnson
Bank-A-Ball- 1,673 by Brian Cady
Big Casino- 1,993 by Warren Eng
Domino- 7,910 by Rick Espe
Flip-A-Card- 8,933 by Warren Eng
Flying Carpet- 8,437 by Steve Fein
Grand Prix- 1,060,300 by Eden Stamm
Jacks Open- 209,180 by Zach Sharpe
Joust- 79,432 by Tim Hansen
King Kool- 102,610 by Trevor McDonald
King Pin- 81,040 by Steve Fein
Shrek- 53,204,390 by Neil Shatz
Sky-Line- 1,295 by Shirley Cady
Theatre of Magic- 7,323,064,830 by Neil Shatz

2008

The show’s first year at the Seattle Center was held June 6-8, 2008, featured 125 games, and drew 1200 attendees. ^[5] Steve Wiebe from the movie The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters spoke about his experience competing against Billy Mitchell for the world high score on Donkey Kong, which was documented in the movie. ^{[6] [7]} Wiebe also demonstrated on a Donkey Kong arcade game some of his moves for scoring higher points and how to navigate harder levels. Other guest speakers included pinball and arcade designer Steve Ritchie (Firepower, Black Knight, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Star Trek: The Next Generation, World Poker Tour, Spider-Man, pinball software programmer Greg Dunlap (Monopoly, RollerCoaster Tycoon), electro-mechanical pinball restorer Tim Meighan, and arcade and pinball sound designer David Thiel (Q*bert, The Three Stooges, Family Guy, Pirates of the Caribbean).

References

1. ^ Schelberg, Jim (May 2010). PinGame Journal (141): 4–7. 
2. ^ Mayfield, Travis (2009-06-12). "Game show brings back arcade glory days". KOMO-TV/Fisher Communications. http://www.komonews.com/news/local/47958742.html. 
3. ^ Levin, Hannah (2009-06-10). "Northwest Pinball and Gameroom". Seattle Weekly/Village Voice Media. http://www.seattleweekly.com/2009-06-10/calendar/northwest-pinball-and-gameroom. 
4. ^ "Twin Galaxies Attends NW Pinball and Gameroom Show". Twin Galaxies. 2009-06-2. http://www.twingalaxies.com/index.aspx?c=27&id=1773. 
5. ^ Halligan, Dan (2008-06-15). "Northwest Pinball and Gameroom Show 2008". Pinball News. http://www.pinballnews.com/shows/nwpinballshow2008/index.html. 
6. ^ Machkovech, Sam (2008-06-9). "Dungeons & Pinball". The Stranger (newspaper). http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/dungeons_pinball. 
7. ^ "We Went: Northwest Pinball and Gameroom Show". Seattlest/Gothamist. 2008-06-9. http://seattlest.com/2008/06/09/we_went_northwe.php. 

• "NW Pinball & Gameroom Show(2009)" (The Pinball Blog)

External links

• Official Website
• Official Twitter Account
• Official Flickr Pool
• Seattle Weekly slideshow of 2009 NW Pinball & Gameroom Show