Episode 41 - Homebrew Games

Wedgehead Pinball Podcast

In this episode, Alan and Alex are joined on the show by Sean Irby, a northwest pinball neighbor from Seattle to discuss the making and development of homebrew pinball machines, AKA making your own pinball machine.
Over the last 5 years, the homebrew pinball community has exploded thanks to the availability of boards, mission pinball framework, and the online community surrounding these tools.
Sean built his own pinball machine, Eight Ball Beyond, a spiritual successor to the trilogy of Eight Ball games made by Bally, and he talks with us about his process, offering advice for players looking to follow in his footsteps and build their own game too.
Anyone in Portland, or the surrounding areas can play this awesome game at Wedgehead for the entire month of August 2024, as Sean is bringing it down and dropping it off for the community to play and enjoy!
For everyone else, check out this pinside thread that he created, documenting more of the process: https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/eight-ball-beyond
As always though, we use some adult language throughout the show.