Dirty Pool Podcast - Ep13 - Kyle Spiteri - Motorcycles, Cats, and Stern Support Guru
Dirtypool Pinball - PODCAST - An Exploration Of The Pinball IndustryShow Notes
Kyle Spiteri, better known as Black Cat Pinball - joins the show to talk about his path from his time at Marco Specialties to his current support role at Stern Pinball. We dig into his early days fixing pins at the Pacific Pinball Museum, the chaos of tech support at Stern, and why you don’t always need to restore a game to perfection. Kyle shares his thoughts on Insider Connected, his favorite pinball mechanisms, and the tools every tech should own - plus a few repair horror stories for good measure.🔺 Praise the Great Pyramid:📡 Twitch – twitch.tv/dirtypoolpinball📺 YouTube – youtube.com/@DirtyPoolPinball📷 Instagram – instagram.com/dirtypoolpinball📘 Facebook – facebook.com/dirtypoolpinball00:00:00 - Intro00:00:30 - It's Kyle!00:01:30 - Kyle's a gamer00:03:50 - Want to get into pinball? Meet the right gateway person. 00:06:14 - Why BMW motorcycles? Kyle the mechanic.00:08:20 - Road Rash... Best weapon? It's the foot.00:08:50 - Pacific Pinball Museum 00:11:25 - You worked on Suzanne Ciani's Xenon?!00:13:22 - Pinball is a bookmark of the time period00:15:37 - Online tutorial videos, pros and cons00:19:28 - Whats the most fascinating pinball mech you've rebuilt? 00:20:41 - Pinball engineering needs to be simple00:22:16 - How does it feel to be hired by @sternpinballinc ?00:24:00 - How to be anxious and also give tours as a community ambassador.00:24:45 - Dwight Sullivan tour extraordinaire 00:26:25 - Hardest pinball mech to repair? 00:28:55 - Stern and the community...00:31:17 - Chicago... get it together and start promoting pinball00:34:45 - Roger Sharpe still brings it at local tournaments00:36:05 - "Survivor games"00:38:59 - Do renovated games lose their soul?00:41:35 - Arcades responsibility round 200:43:22 - Arcades also need to make money00:47:10 - Desert island ... 1 pin... what is it?00:48:15 - Deadpool's colorful history00:50:26 - Kong and Godzilla BFF's like NBA fastbreak? 00:51:00 - Oh boy... lets talk Insider Connected00:54:15 - IC ideas00:57:00 - Pinball designers are trying to make the best possible game00:57:35 - Don't be a bad pinball person00:58:15 - Face to face discussions about pins prevent 'meanness'00:59:21 - Where do you learn pinball repair?01:01:00 - It's ok to fail, but also get an old game to learn.01:02:40 - Start by cleaning games01:03:48 - How many hats do people wear at Stern?01:06:27 - Rapid fire round of questions.01:07:30 - @IEPinball also doesn't like TOTAN01:08:00 - Lets talk about game length playtime01:09:10 - John Wick... Fights back.01:09:46 - Most pins go to homes, not arcades.01:11:20 - DND! 01:12:25 - TNA! 01:12:55 - Home games should be challenging or they get boring...01:14:10 - Steve Richie's words of wisdom. "Play Better"01:15:45 - Chat Questions01:16:10 - Will features work in the future when gated behind old software?01:21:40 - Who's responsible for the new LCD playfield support display? (Mark Penacho)01:25:16 - Ian from @NudgeMagazine a man of "impeccable taste" ... or not01:25:40 - Stern's history, Data East and Sega.01:26:22 - Pickle beer?01:26:28 - How does Stern feel about pinball MODS?01:29:40 - Twilight Zone with a history01:31:00 - The Raven thing...01:31:40 - Kyle Spiteri officially confirms Stern's next remake is Raven01:32:36 - Thank you Kyle this has been awesome.01:33:40 - Kyle Spiteri officially confirms Stern's next remake is Raven01:34:36 - Lets talk about toxic pinball again.01:35:26 - Go to pinball expo!01:36:26 - 'Loosely based on seawitch"01:37:20 - Thanks chat, time to raid.01:38:10 - California Extreme video coming soon.01:38:29 - Bye!#DirtyPoolPinball #PinballPodcast #KyleSpiteri #BlackCatPinball #SternPinball #PinballRepair #PinballTech #PinballMechanics #PinballRestoration #PinballCommunity #InsiderConnected #PinballTools #PinballLife #MarcoSpecialties #EMPinball #PinballInterview #ArcadeRepair #ModernPinball #PinballLivestreams #PinballSupport
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