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6 жыл бұрын

A unique Tour back in 1990 of the pinball manufacturing factory DATA EAST while THE SIMPSONS was being made! Unseen for 27 years, take this neat journey back in time with Todd Tuckey and see this fascinating look at this production line! The back to the Pinball Expo in Chicago and all the machines on display including a prototype Data East Checkpoint and the unreleased King Kong!
John Norris shows how to play pinball on a Gottlieb whitewood of VEGAS and the banquet to honor pinball designer BARRY OURSLER and introduced by Steve Kordek!
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@davidmazylewski368 Жыл бұрын

All the circuit boards were made in Schaumburg Illinois by a company called Electronic Design and Manufacturing. I was their lead tech and worked on the test fixtures for the all the boards. Any white sticker with the initials DM is me. I met Gary Stearn back when he made the Star Wars game and he was so impressed with our work he gave me a Star Wars backdrop sign, I still have it. Thanks for all you do.

@takasalo 6 жыл бұрын

Todd do u know how valuable your work is ??your videos will be here long after we all have gone...keep the videos coming!

@tntamusements 6 жыл бұрын

Boy, oh boy...I hope its a LONG time before I am gone!

@claffont3838 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this video ! It allowed me to share with my 9 years old daughter a pinball I owned for 20 years, which I sold it ten years ago... ...Then she goes to play to our Royal Rumble !

@tntamusements Жыл бұрын

Glad it helped!

@smedina123s 6 жыл бұрын

WOW talk about a flash back! I know about 4 people in the testing area! I was hired in this Data East location in 1990-1991when back to the future was rolling out..followed by The Simpsons was rolling out after Back to the Future..i have that backglass and a Checkpoint backglass! Must have missed this filming or was to new to be on camera. ...classic!! Thank you for sharing!

@tntamusements 6 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it Sal....do you ever go to the pinball shows? Would love to interview you on camera of your memories!

@thereasonforyou7048 4 жыл бұрын

Hello TNT ! that´s beautyful sharing your love for retro arcades and their history here in youtube ! that´s amazing to see the magic happening the final result are our memories from 80´s and 90´s !

@tntamusements 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for commenting!! We all love these classics here at TNT

@YootubeUK 3 жыл бұрын

Great share Toddster, thankyou! So this is where my Tales From The Crypt was born!

@tntamusements 3 жыл бұрын

yes...a really neat factory...so little video exists from here too!

@Bob-sd7qr Жыл бұрын

Thanks Todd, that was fun to watch!

@tntamusements Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

@gregmccarter3243 5 жыл бұрын

I use to work there as a driver at that very same time....thank you for the great memories....

@tntamusements 5 жыл бұрын

Glad I filmed the tour that day! It seems there is virtually no video of Data East!

@pone2179 4 жыл бұрын

Nice to see were my Data East Batman Pinball was made great video 👍🏻

@ScottParisi Жыл бұрын

Incredible, color footage. What a find. This should be the new TNT Amusements training video. Cowabunga

@wyattmichael1541 6 жыл бұрын

Awesome Todd. Great to go back to a better America and better times in this video. Back when pinball was booming.

@tntamusements 6 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed the video Wyatt...a wonderful time for pinball!

@nasicher6773 6 жыл бұрын

WOW ! Fast alles in Handarbeit gefertigt. Gegenüber den heutigen von "Stern" mit der Qualität nicht mehr zu vergleichen. Danke für diesen Einblick ! Mach bitte weiter

@tntamusements 6 жыл бұрын

Vielen Dank!!

@calebbell5018 6 жыл бұрын

I think the floating head method really worked here! Felt like we were just watch this video together!

@tntamusements 6 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked my "Floating Head!" I do this on the 4/3 ratio videos!! (look at our old infomercials)

@ELKFILMZ 4 жыл бұрын

You were a visionary to be filming this back then, and no surprise that you now own a successful company. Huge cool points to your daughter for finding this.

@Skytes190 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks a million for taking the time to post this.

@d.r.j9051 6 жыл бұрын

28 year old videotape and no dropouts! Hats off to your storage technique.

@tntamusements 6 жыл бұрын

Dry dark place in the house...all lined up...

@chipswenson2102 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the excellent video, although the floating head was a little unsettling. LOL

@tntamusements 3 жыл бұрын

:-)

@cdcVintage 6 жыл бұрын

This is great Todd. I love the made in America theme this tour represents. We dominated the pinball industry and I believe we still do if I'm not mistaken.

@tntamusements 6 жыл бұрын

I believe we still do!!

@Arcadehollywood 6 жыл бұрын

Great video Todd!! So cool to find footage from 1990!!

@tntamusements 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks!! Another find!!

@Heathcliff_hensel 6 жыл бұрын

Some quality mustaches in that video.

@tntamusements 6 жыл бұрын

Those were the days!

@rmrepairs 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing and all your efforts with the editing Todd !

@tntamusements 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Darren!!

@jamesdavis5096 2 жыл бұрын

I think bingo games are going to be come back again that was a lot of fun

@figureitoutpunk 6 жыл бұрын

You got a new fan. I follow a lot of youtube channels that become huge later, you guys will be next. Great humour and great work overall! You guys kick ass.

@tntamusements 6 жыл бұрын

Glad to have you aboard! Wish that would happen!

@mattirwin9005 6 жыл бұрын

Todd, Its really awesome that you filmed this all those years ago and your daughter found it. It's a piece of lost (and found ) history. Hopefully she stumbles onto some more! Thanks for sharing.

@tntamusements 6 жыл бұрын

I hope she does too!

@strangeluck 6 жыл бұрын

Great nugget of history preserved! Thanks for sharing. A lot of hard work went into them. I think I'd go postal hearing Apu say "Thank you! Come again!" all day testing the Simpson's tables though...

@tntamusements 6 жыл бұрын

Yes...I was glad I filmed it...I had so long ago forgotten doing it!

@juanmanuelgarcia199 3 жыл бұрын

I love your channel! your are such a cool guy, would love to talk shop with you and hear more about what it was the pinball world in the 90s :) thanks for sharing!

@tntamusements 3 жыл бұрын

Maybe you will visit or be at a show I go to!

@juanmanuelgarcia199 3 жыл бұрын

@@tntamusements I am in Canada, so who knows, maybe one day I will go there and snatch a good deal on a 90s game? is that even a thing these days? lol Cheers

@TwoGunToast 6 жыл бұрын

I'm only 5 minutes in and I'm amazed at the pace these people assemble these machines!

@tntamusements 6 жыл бұрын

:-)

@bostermanboster 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing these awesome videos, greetings from Argentina

@tntamusements 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you...for telling me!!

@HumanCarBomb 6 жыл бұрын

@ 14:53 it's John from John's Arcade! lol.

@tntamusements 6 жыл бұрын

yes...I can see it!!

@BaarBear 6 жыл бұрын

Interesting to see this and think that making a pinball machine is still very much a labor intensive process.

@tntamusements 6 жыл бұрын

SO much goes into them!!

@prs44 6 жыл бұрын

@1:38 1990 janice ave melrose park illinois- home of data east, sega and then they moved 2 buildings down to 2020 janice ave as stern up until a couple years ago. google maps show the building same as it was then- the 2020 building still has the stern sign on google maps.....outstanding video, todd.

@tntamusements 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the trivia!!

@Pinman1973 6 жыл бұрын

Simply AMAZING , TODD !

@tntamusements 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks!!

@turbografx7 6 жыл бұрын

Awesome video!! Thank you for sharing!

@tntamusements 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

@swillie 6 жыл бұрын

Great video Todd, very enjoyable to watch. I played King Kong in a private collection a couple years back, cool to see it again. Your energy and enthusiasm for pinball back then and still going strong after all these years...thanks for sharing this with us!

@tntamusements 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your comments!

@acidsyndicate355 6 жыл бұрын

Very cool video, like all of you stuff here, thx for sharing.... :-)

@tntamusements 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

@scottrgbstudio 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing!

@tntamusements 6 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@MrBrassboy 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing this video. I really enjoyed watching the assembly line.

@tntamusements 6 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!

@demofilm 6 жыл бұрын

I have A nightmare of floating heads ......but how amazing is it that those machines still work

@tntamusements 6 жыл бұрын

I love doing that! It allows me to put stuff below my head!

@PinballBrendan 6 жыл бұрын

Fantastic footage! Thanks for unearthing it and sharing!

@tntamusements 6 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!

@BAKU2K2 6 жыл бұрын

Yes, it finally happened! I've been wanting for this video to be uploaded for ages.

@tntamusements 6 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it Tom!

@dementedwarlok 5 жыл бұрын

great footage thank you

@davidelviajero1841 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks sir for sharing such great moments! And what a great looking pin was King Kong, love the cab and backglass

@tntamusements 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you David!

@MMULLEN1990 6 жыл бұрын

Great video ! It was so cool seeing all those Delta East games being built !!!

@tntamusements 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Michael!

@chrisbcn1977 6 жыл бұрын

Fantastic!!! LOVE data east

@tntamusements 6 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked the video!

@TwoGunToast 6 жыл бұрын

Yay, 10pm and a new video shows up! I can watch this before I go to bed sweet!

@tntamusements 6 жыл бұрын

:-)

@Lepusrabbit 6 жыл бұрын

Thoroughly enjoyed video thank you TNT

@tntamusements 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

@briandecker8403 6 жыл бұрын

Todd this is great - thanks as always for sharing these with us!

@tntamusements 6 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!!

@bulletpoint728 6 жыл бұрын

Back to the Future the pinball came out that year from Data East! Marty, you gotta come back with me!

@tntamusements 6 жыл бұрын

Yes it did...I think right after

@banjoguyollie 6 жыл бұрын

that was very interesting . thanks for sharing this video. Love that you were so passionate about it already back then you filmed the entire process just for yourself.

@tntamusements 6 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it...subscribe to our channel!!

@michaelsworkshop9031 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you Todd (and Tammy)! Great video, very interesting to see!

@tntamusements 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mike!

@Hunter33705 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing! Really enjoyed the Data East tour video. I'd be scared to let my kids go through some of my old videos might find a naughty movie lol

@tntamusements 6 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it...and no naughty movies will ever be found!

@irb1138 6 жыл бұрын

And to think the Simpsons are still around.

@tntamusements 6 жыл бұрын

Yes...they re still popular!

@SagePatrynXX 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Tammy for rummaging :) gosh what was I doing in 1990. other than getting Confirmed and starting high school. Probably rummaging thru grandpa's stuff :) and taking photos. I do have myself on video (there's at least 3 I don't have and nobody's shared from 1987-1989) doing a bad Injun Joe from Tom Sawyer, but can't share it publically (and have lost that link now and then :P) youtube also removes stuff from time to time because of copyright) araghhhh. think King Kong is the big table I confuse with the other one ?? The one I played had basically pool tables instead. Played it just once and it was a rather long line and I could barely see over some of the tablet :P You've shown it. Not sure if it's in digital though.

@tntamusements 6 жыл бұрын

If you keep clips and music to 29 seconds, you are usually okay but some copyright holders won;t let anything appear!

@grizzlyrig 6 жыл бұрын

Todd,that was a fantastic video. Thanks for sharing!

@tntamusements 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@pinballdan 5 жыл бұрын

Wow that King Kong...Sounds are like Simpsons & JP & Checkpoint & Batman mixed together!!!

@160rpm 6 жыл бұрын

Amazing that they make the playfield harnesses on their own like that. I would have thought they did them right on the playfield as it was being assembled.

@tntamusements 6 жыл бұрын

Yes...all hand made!

@fabioleone175 6 жыл бұрын

Fantastic Tour! Thanks TNT! I❤TODD

@tntamusements 6 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!!

@dansledepot107 6 жыл бұрын

Very cool. I have to wonder if the DE Simpsons i owned was shown in your filming. We'll never know. Thanks!!!

@tntamusements 6 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!

@IndiephantomSofaSinema 6 жыл бұрын

Amazing what kind of footage you can find on old videos. Irreplaceable stuff!

@tntamusements 6 жыл бұрын

Yes...so glad it was still clear!

@wizpin 6 жыл бұрын

Great footage, thanks a lot. If you will ever go on holiday to southern spain, I will invite you for dinner here.

@tntamusements 6 жыл бұрын

+The Kong I will hold you to that dinner!!

@wizpin 6 жыл бұрын

cheap off course, that's how I am :D (just kidding, before I become a creep of the week :S )

@tntamusements 6 жыл бұрын

:-)

@RetroGamePlayers 6 жыл бұрын

Wow that was so awesome, I have two Data East pins and one is a checkpoint that is strangely customized to a NW tire store chain.

@tntamusements 6 жыл бұрын

Interesting! A clever idea for a store...maybe they had it in their store for awhile!

@gwildor8543 6 жыл бұрын

Awesome!

@tntamusements 6 жыл бұрын

:-)

@CaptNRetro 6 жыл бұрын

more incredible footage of history..you are the shit sir!

@tntamusements 6 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@P2000Camaro 6 жыл бұрын

That was REALLY cool to see.. And thank you for releasing it!! But IMO I've never met a Data East game I liked..

@tntamusements 6 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!!

@delt35 6 жыл бұрын

amazing video. Keep them coming!

@tntamusements 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@mr.dan7144 5 жыл бұрын

My god that was awesome! Such memories.

@biffy9536 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for putting this vid up. I'm not a pinball buff but this is interesting nonetheless.

@tntamusements 6 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@DarthVader-ESB 3 жыл бұрын

I have burned 24 minutes of my life on less interesting things 🤔🤔but today I can say I'm satisfied giving this one away👍🏾very nice footage and thanks for sharing your memories 🥇digging the ghost head🤣🤣🤣

@tntamusements 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed the video!

@bobbyberetta4206 6 жыл бұрын

Great video Todd!

@tntamusements 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Bobby!!

@tait316 2 жыл бұрын

@7:43 Hmmm...looks like there is a random Bally game up there next to those checkpoints. Wonder why that's there.

@robertc9594 6 жыл бұрын

great video, King Kong would have spectacular.

@tntamusements 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Robert! I can imagine it with LED's!

@k5steel 6 жыл бұрын

Awesome video Todd, keep 'em coming!

@tntamusements 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks!!

@chrisbcn1977 6 жыл бұрын

Awesome!!!!!

@tntamusements 6 жыл бұрын

:-)

@memyopinionsche6610 6 жыл бұрын

Even though I'm at Williams Bally's and midway fan boy. But do love Data East, Stern Gottlieb and Capcom and Sega pinball machines as well.

@tntamusements 6 жыл бұрын

All the companies made good machines for the most part!

@themovietheatre 6 жыл бұрын

15:05. There was game from 1968 called Comics from rally pinball in France. It had nixie score display. Super rare.

@tntamusements 6 жыл бұрын

That would be neat to see!

@lewistonmaineiac 6 жыл бұрын

Big Big Fan, Really Cool Thanks for Sharing

@tntamusements 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks!!

@relax12002 6 жыл бұрын

chris here from Australia luv your videos thanks

@tntamusements 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Chris!

@davy_K 6 жыл бұрын

Like the look of that Ratrace game.

@tntamusements 6 жыл бұрын

I would love to play it!

@davidkurzdorfer6402 6 жыл бұрын

Tod can you take a road trip to visit galloping ghost arcade they have over 450 games open to the public to play and a place they repair there own games would be great to see you visit and maybe bring Frank along to film they have one of the largest arcade in the USA

@tntamusements 6 жыл бұрын

If I ever get in the area. I cannot just do a road trip for just this unless someone is paying the expenses! That would be expensive!!

@avenger6944 6 жыл бұрын

I have been waiting forever for you to reveiw Tutankham from Konami.... My all time favourite from childhood.... It seems to be very rare....

@tntamusements 6 жыл бұрын

Maybe one day we will get another in!

@avenger6944 6 жыл бұрын

TNT Amusements Inc Which means you did actually have one in the past ? If one would speculate, in the production figure of the game Tutankham are we talking a 5000+ prod run... .? The one we had in the Rec center was in the Corps of Engineers compound, Dhahran Saudi Arabia. Never saw it in Europe.

@murrij 6 жыл бұрын

And that rosin smoke getting blown by fans away from the workers. Wow. I'd have a headache after 30 minutes of working there.

@swainer8014 6 жыл бұрын

Likely sucked away.

@utubepunk 6 жыл бұрын

Welcome back, Todd! Did you put your Disney Land trip? Did you put TNT stickers on their games? 😃

@tntamusements 6 жыл бұрын

I sneak sticking them on everything I can find!

@angrygamer45 5 жыл бұрын

Freeport was an experimental slot/pinball machine

@tntamusements 5 жыл бұрын

Okay...I think it may have been mentioned in another comment a couple years ago too...

@davidkurzdorfer6402 6 жыл бұрын

Tod I was wrong not 450 games but something like over 650 arcade games and it's $20 bucks but that includes free play and read if you keep ticket go out for lunch your welcome back to continue playing till they close that is a true bargain just thought seing you and Frank there would be great and you probably get a behind the scenes stuff us regular folks would. Never get to see

@tntamusements 6 жыл бұрын

Thats true!

@mrquick7440 6 жыл бұрын

Hello , love your channel !I wanted to ask if you could send me a card from your shop along with stickers & possibly autographs of all your staff yourself & your brother?Yes I know it's asking a lot but I am a huge fan and would love to frame and display all of it in my pinball man cave.Please.............

@tntamusements 6 жыл бұрын

just email me a request... tntquality@aol.com

@situationmoney 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing this great piece of pinball history! Now I'm wonder what a new Simpsons pinball cost in 1990. Did distributors sell them for around US$3000???

@tntamusements 6 жыл бұрын

Yes...that was about the cost new...and now a reconditioned Simpsons is $3500!

@ItsaRomethingeveryday 6 жыл бұрын

Great new video, liked as always!

@tntamusements 6 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!!

@TwoBlackMarks 6 жыл бұрын

Cool!

@tntamusements 6 жыл бұрын

:-)

@chrisfi3d 6 жыл бұрын

Hey Todd, awesome piece of archive you found there thanks. Nice camera too. Do you remember what model it was? Had a decent zoom and focus for 1990, wouldn't have been cheap!

@tntamusements 6 жыл бұрын

I only had sony's for many years...then when they no longer made DV tape cmeras, I had a Canon...then I went back to Sony for the digital camera....and on my second one...first one had a couple issues

@joelggundam 6 жыл бұрын

Now, if only you could dig up some footage of Williams' pinball factory.

@tntamusements 6 жыл бұрын

wish I had some...we were not aloud to film when we toured Williams when the last game was on assembly line--Star Wars Episode One...and they closed 4 days after we had that tour!

@sside8 6 жыл бұрын

Love those factory videos! Do you have any more videos from back then of factory tours?

@tntamusements 6 жыл бұрын

there was another tour of Alvin G and company...while Mystery Castle was being made.

@danielbarajas2394 6 жыл бұрын

This is one of my favorite videos that you have done! Do you have any other older tour videos? Will you ever do a "Top Ten" favorite pinball list or "Top Ten" Moments in TNT History? I think you could have a lot of fun with that!

@tntamusements 6 жыл бұрын

Yes...several tours...I provide links at the end of this video...but our channel has one playlist full of tours, trips, etc

@pinballpeanut3015 6 жыл бұрын

Terrific video! What is the guy stapling into the cabinet at 10:37?

@tntamusements 6 жыл бұрын

That is for the air to flow through the cabinet...covering the cent holes!

@rjvending6877 6 жыл бұрын

The slingshot plastics on King Kong looked like they would move when hit. Was this a new concept tested on that game?

@tntamusements 6 жыл бұрын

+RJ Vending i.know Elvira had moving slingshots too.

@davidkurzdorfer6402 6 жыл бұрын

Tod do they still make pinball machines here in us ....they used to make ms Pacman arcade games in the USA

@tntamusements 6 жыл бұрын

Yes...Stern and Chicago Gaming in Chicago, Jersey Jack in New Jersey...and other independents make small runs....Pinball is coming back a bit!

@FrostyMikeGaming 6 жыл бұрын

Color don't mean a damn thing unless your a racist fuck but do you know what the funny part is? Your the one buying their games regardless how and who bought it later on, just remember a Mexican built it for you. :) Now stop that foolishness talking about Mexicans and just enjoy the games and less who made it by, damn people these days I tell you what.

@poopfacedude69 6 жыл бұрын

Mexicans are Americans too :^).

@Tempora158 6 жыл бұрын

21:00 Looks like one of the World Trade Center tower, because it definitely doesn't look like the Empire State Building.

@tntamusements 6 жыл бұрын

Not sure...I assumed he Empire!

@lorddalek 6 жыл бұрын

So is Stern still using the same building or did they move out?

@tntamusements 6 жыл бұрын

They moved to a building I think twice as large...maybe bigger

@MirageIV 6 жыл бұрын

Zardoz !

@tntamusements 6 жыл бұрын

The pot of gold!

@peterdahlman 6 жыл бұрын

👍👍👍

@tntamusements 6 жыл бұрын

:-)

@edn199 6 жыл бұрын

I found the Freeport pinball. Here is a link to a video. Apparently it was an experimental combo of a slot machine and a pinball. The reels in the back are slot machine reels that are activated during play. m.kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qLKSZLiavJPRqGg.html feel free to add it to video!

@tntamusements 6 жыл бұрын

WOW, Ed! I will link it right away in the description!