Texas Pinball Festival 2018 – Friday

Friday at the Texas Pinball Festival began with the set-up in the main hall and the start of the tournament qualifying sessions.

To make sure everyone knew they were going the right way, the corridor from reception to the hall and registration desk was branded with TPF banners.

At the end of the corridor was the registration desk where visitors collect their pre-purchased registration packs or by on-the-day entries.

Opposite the registration desk is the main entrance to the show hall. Tournament qualification was well under way with a large crowd eager to set their best game scores for others to chase.

The Drains Tournament Manager system was used to record scores and manage players

Some of the many plaques and trophies to be won

In the rest of the hall, the set-up of machines and stands was going well. Machines were still being delivered and unloaded. The show uses a staging system, where vans are unloaded into one of several staging areas so the loading dock can be freed-up as quickly as possible. Machines are then moved from the staging areas to their final position.

So, let’s take a look around the hall during the set-up period.

Setting up some of the many free play machines

Multimorphic have a good number of P3 machines to show — Multimorphic have a good number of P³ machines to show

Marco Specialties have twenty new-in-box Stern machines at the TPF, and another twenty over in California for Arcade Expo which is on the same weekend

A few of Marco's new Stern pinballs — A few of Marco’s new Stern pinballs along with some classic older games

CoinTaker have Houdini, Attack from Mars Remake and The Big Lebowski

The familiar sight of the DeLorean on the show floor

Circus Maximus have their upcoming Kingpin game for guests to see and play

We'll have a full look later, but this game still needed the decals applying — We’ll have a full look later, but this game still needed the decals applying

American Pinball have four Houdini games at the show — American Pinball has four Houdini games at the show

Chicago Gaming has six of their remakes - two Medieval Madness games and four Attack from Mars models — Chicago Gaming has six of their remakes – two Medieval Madness games and four Attack from Mars models

Valley Dynamo brought two of each model of their All-Star Baseball pitch-and-bat game

Jersey Jack Pinball have a selection of their four titles for visitors to play, including their new Pirates of the Caribbean

Spooky Pinball have their new Alice Cooper's Nightmare Castle game here, but won't unveil the playfield until their seminar on Saturday — Spooky Pinball have their new Alice Cooper’s Nightmare Castle game here, but won’t unveil the playfield until their seminar on Saturday

In the meantime, here's the cabinet artwork — In the meantime, here’s the cabinet artwork

From the newest to the oldest, in the History of Pinball exhibit

Will this concept Kosmic Khaos game ever be made? Find out later

Some of the many free-play machines which can be played

That concludes our first look at the Texas Pinball Festival main hall. We will be back later with another update once the show opens to the public with full details of this and the seminars schedule which kicks-off at 6pm with Pinball News Editor Martin Ayub and Pinball Magazine Editor Jonathan Joosten running their popular So You Think You Know Pinball prize quiz in the hotel’s bar area.

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