GameRoom Invaders Part IV: Eric Pinball

For the fourth episode we invaded a Gameroom at Braine L'alleud, with Eric Andries.

Eric is the founder from the french pinball forum Ericpinball and he has his own website too.

Plans for the new GameRoom are luckily in the works cause there's no space left anymore to expand the collection.

Since we've begun with GameRoom Invaders we've encountered something for the first time in a GameRoom, Jackpots! Eric has three jackpot machines in his collection. One of them is the Pink Panther by IGT which is good looking and has quite a few funny vids on his display.

Besides jackpots we also have the pinball collection which counts quite some rare pinball machines.
His collection exists out of a Big Bang Bar(#69!), Pirates of the Caribbean, Batman(Stern), Black Spider-Man, The Lord of the Rings Limited Edition, NBA, Revenge From Mars and Star Wars Episode One.

What caught my eye in his GameRoom was the AWESOME topper from Matt Mckee(Backalleycreations) on the LOTR LE! It looked really amazing.

So now it's once again time to start the interview, the video tour and to end with a few pictures and our view of them.

B: What's the first pinball machine you remember playing?

Can't remember the name anymore, I went together with my two nephews and grandmother by the end of the '60s to the bar at Heverlee on a sunday afternoon. 

There we each got 20Belgian Francs to play on the flipper, at first I needed a chair to help me playing cause I was too little.

 B: Which was the first pinball you've bought and do you still have this one?

 The very first flipper I've bought was Wizard from Bally, I've bought this one together with my best friend for 5000 Belgian Francs.

We've kept this one for about three years and than we've sold it to our neighbour.

 B: How was 'Eric Pinball' born?

I wanted to create a website about this hobby like many and short after I started the Forum.

 It was sad that there weren't any french speaking belgians active so that's why I thought to start a french speaking forum from which you can see the result.

It's become a success which I didn't expect!

B: Which is your favorite and why?

 BBB is my favorite, everything is exceptionnel with this machine, the colors, animations, sound and gameplay.

 B: Which flipper would you still like to buy?

LOTR is the machine I longed for the most, when I got the chance to buy the LE I didn't doubt a second about it. After about 11months waiting in tension my game finally arrived at home.

Of course, like every collector, it's already itching to buy something new for the gameroom.

For the moment I'm waiting how Iron Man will turn out.

B: Do you have a favorite arcade and have you bought it yet?

 The  HYDRO THUNDER is my favorite arcade, I'm planning to buy one in the future when I have some more space.

B:  Which would be the last flipper to leave your collection if you could only pick one?

 Without a doubt the BBB!

And that's our interview for the fourth time in a row!

Next month we visit  another GameRoom so keep an eye on the website for Part V!

Enjoy the video from Erics GameRoom and at the end you'll see our pictureshow with our unique comment.

See you at the next invasion! ;-)