Doors are Open.

PAPA 13 – the World Pinball Championships

Treasure This

New Tokens Are In

12″ tall, smallest of the bunch.

Playboy Super Shooter Pinball Tournament 1978

Custom leather jackets, backlit floor, bunnies keeping score… and a Nissan 280zx to the Champ? Take me there, back, WABAC! Ken Lunceford, where you at!??!

Write up from Loose Change magazine from April of 1978. Click on through for a larger, more legible image.

PAPA 13 Poster & Mixtape

Through the Backglass – Official PAPA 13 mixtape by Max Terasauro

The Hip Sound – Far Out
The Laurels – Devil’s Well
The Grodeck Whipperjennny – Put Your Thing On Me
The Beaver Patrol – ESP
The Spike Drivers – Strange Mysterious Sounds
Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation – Warning
The Music Machine – Trouble
The Arrows – Cycle-Delic
The Deep – Color Dreams
101 Strings – Trippin’ On Lunar 7
Riders Of The Mark – The Electronic Insides And Metal Complexion That Make Up Herr Doktor Krieg
Dick Hyman – Give It Up Or Turn It Loose
The Electric Latin Love Machine – Windmills Of Your Mind
Tom Dissevelt – Seconds To Eternity
Pink Floyd – Point Me At The Sky

Through the Backglass – Official PAPA 13 mixtape by Max Terasauro

right click, save link as, etc. enjoy.

Pinball in 1080p

California Extreme Finals Watchable via TourneyCam

Two time defending World Pinball Champion Keith Elwin at California Extreme earlier this month on Dr. Who versus Jim Belsito. Spark behind TourneyCam is coming courtesy Randy Elwin of Pinball 101 fame.

Keeping an Eye on Pre-Registrations

This time last year we had 97 pre-registrants signed up, while we’re +13 that with 110 at the moment and little more than word of mouth to thank. Historically speaking though, here are how the numbers look – as per dear sigma’s files:

PAPA HQ is a 30,000sq ft facility, dedicated vintage arcade gameroom stocked full with over 425 pinball machines, 20some classic arcade games, and room to roam. For the World Pinball Championships we arrange 51 of the collection’s games in the ring on the red carpet for competitive play, the remaining 375+ machines on the purple carpet are set to token play for any and all who so desire. 4 tokens for $1, games are typically 2tokens/1game/3balls.

Over the past few years it’s become more than evident that PAPA is growing, the largest most competitive pinball tournament on the planet has earned itself a reputation, and we honestly have no idea how big things are going to get anymore! In 2009 at PAPA 12 we figure well over 2,000 people made their way through our doors to get their game on.

If you’re coming strictly to compete, help clue us in to how many of you plan on descending in Pittsburgh to get serious for cash and rank by pre-registering. Let us know how much energy we’re going to need to focus on the center of the arena.

PAPA 13

Is that BBQ I smell? Ribs? Vulture’s wing?

The Count

$36,000+ cash pool, 69 payouts deep, $10,000 top prize awarded to the World Pinball Champion. August. 52 days ’til doors open at PAPA 13.

It’s More Fun To Compete – June

Chances to win PAPA 13 registration and/or division entries can be found out on the competitive pinball tournament circuit this month at the following events:

Northwest Pinball and Gameroom Show – June 11-13 – Seattle, Washington, USA
Pittsburgh Pinball Open – June 18-19 – Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Pin Maine-ia IV, The New England Pinball Championship – June 25-27 – Gorham, Maine, USA

And if you’re a tournament director interested in adding PAPA 13 certificates to the prize pool at your fine event, get in touch with us here at PAPA HQ.

Good luck out there.