Ari [APz] Sovijärvi / is on Nostr

A pinball addict. I tend to enjoy working on pins as much as playing them! Owner of Hopeakuula Arcade, apzpins on Twitch and YouTube. Also: cats! 🇫🇮

This account is all about casual and tournament playing, streaming, restoring, repairing and owning pinball. Other casual nostalgia and retro stuff might also sneak in. Feel free to ask me stuff.

Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/apzpins/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@apzpins
Pronouns: He/him
Hopeakuula Arcade: https://pelitaivas.fi/ha/eng

Last Notes

2024-09-14 18:35:05

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The "limited edition" models nowdays are the base movel and the "pro" version is usually the cheapened out version, usually with the major mechanisms simplified or completely missing (like the bridge and falling building in Godzilla for example).
But before they just took the "pro" version and slapped some cheap junk onto it and maybe chrome trim instead of the black powder coated one.

2024-06-18 13:03:00

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Speaking of EK, have you ever seen the EM variant? Some of the early Bally games came in both versions apparently to lessen the blow to the operators who wouldn't want to deal with those pesky processors and stupid and scary chips!
Speaking of games in both platforms, an EM Bally Blackjack was an insane find! It has relatively complex rule set for an early SS game and it was bonkers to see the logic done with an EM hardware! It wasn't 1:1 but very close to the SS version.
https://cdn.masto.host/mstdngames/media_attachments/files/112/637/266/785/401/911/original/9d3db79e346828f8.jpg

2024-06-16 00:08:29

This is her "you've been at the arcade all day long and my lap time has been too damn low!" face.
#cats #catsofmastodon #caturday
https://cdn.masto.host/mstdngames/media_attachments/files/112/622/910/049/142/714/original/3055a73dca06ad71.png

2024-06-06 04:23:47

Little dumbass' sleep.
#cats #catsofmastodon
https://cdn.masto.host/mstdngames/media_attachments/files/112/567/293/181/984/363/original/8bca2818015735a8.jpeg

2024-06-05 00:03:25

Under the playfield views of pinball machines from very different times.
On the left 1977 Mars Trek and on the right 2022 James Bond Dr. No.
#pinball #arcade #technology #electronics
https://cdn.masto.host/mstdngames/media_attachments/files/112/560/609/004/533/902/original/93c9411b4b9a63eb.mp4

2024-06-02 01:39:40

Spending quality time with our little murderous darling. #caturday #catsofmastodon
https://cdn.masto.host/mstdngames/media_attachments/files/112/543/998/315/105/470/original/d4d0a0d2c2c3f81b.png

2024-05-28 01:26:44

Digging through old Youtube videos, I found this one of my first cat, Bastet. She grew up with pinball machines around her and never missed a chance to investigate an open machine or removed playfield.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywvTfHLFCpc
#pinball #cats #catsofmastodon

2024-05-28 00:56:51

Watching @npub1j9l…jvxt's video bingo pinball machines were mentioned. Back in the days I resurrected one and made some videos about it. This might be one of my very first videos to experiment with dual-camera setup on a pinball(like) game, which eventually morphed into our 3-camera streaming setup.
Here's the video, turn on subtitles unless you speak Finnish, @npub1a7a…dwcd provided the translation!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IS-q57BNcQ
#arcade #pinball #bingo

2024-05-24 22:02:04

Tom Servo from #mst3k was one of my very first bigger prints back when I first got my 3D printer. After spending a lot of time in pieces, I finally glued him together and painted his hover skirt. I think he's going to get a place at the arcade somewhere, where he can silently judge all the players tilting too hard. Or very vocally, that might be more on-brand for him.
https://cdn.masto.host/mstdngames/media_attachments/files/112/497/836/135/579/891/original/72f8ae12213a9af3.png