Currently confirmed guests for 2025:

• Keith Elwin - Keith Elwin is a top-ranked pinball player and game designer for Stern Pinball. He is considered to be one of the best players in the world, with multiple PAPA victories and topped the IFPA World Pinball Rankings multiple times. At Stern he had been a game designer for popular games like Godzilla, Jurassic Park, Jaws and Iron Maiden. Keith will be on a panel talking about the new Stern King Kong game!

• Butch Peel - Butch has been involved in the making of several pinball games including Wizard of Oz, Hobbit, Pirates of the Caribbean, Cactus Canyon Remake, Pulp Fiction and many others, as well as writing excellent pinball game manuals. He joined the Barrels of Fun team in January to help with manual writing and tech support. Butch will be on a panel talking about the new Barrels of Fun Dune game!

• David van Es - CEO of Barrels of Fun Pinball, makers of Labyrinth and the upcoming Dune pinball game. David will be on a panel talking about the new Barrels of Fun Dune game!

• Erik Meunier - Eric is a game designer for Jersey Jack Pinball. He’s been on the design team for The Godfather, Guns’n’Roses, Wizard of Oz, The Hobbit, Pirates of the Caribbean, Dialed In and the upcoming Harry Potter. Erik will be talking about game design, Jersey Jack Pinball and the new Harry Potter game!

• Rick Naegele - Rick Naegele is a software engineer for Stern Pinball, he was lead engineer for Iron Maiden, Jurassic Park, Avengers: Infinity Quest, Godzilla and Jaws. He originally worked Midway Games with George Gomez and contributed to arcade games like Mortal Kombat and worked at Electronic Arts on XBOX and PlayStation games before moving into pinball. Rick will be on a panel talking about the new Stern King Kong game!

• Jerry Thompson - Jerry Thompson is the main sound designer for Stern Pinball. He’s done the sound packages for games like D&D, Jaws, Metallica, Elvira’s House of Horrors, Godzilla, Jurassic Park, Venom, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the Uncanny X-Men, Iron Maiden, Ghost Busters, and many more. Jerry will be on a panel talking about the new Stern King Kong game!

• Harrison Drake - Harrison does engineering and mechanic design for Stern Pinball, he’s been part of the design team for games like Godzilla, Iron Maiden, Black Knight Sword of Rage, Jurassic Park, Avengers IQ, James Bond, Foo Fighters, Jaws, and the new King Kong. Harrison will be on a panel talking about the new Stern King Kong game!

• Jonathan Bergeron - Jonathan, AKA Jonny Crap, is the artist for this year’s show poster! He also did the artwork for Stern’s Jurassic Park, 8 Ball Beyond, and Barrel’s of Fun’s Labyrinth and Dune.

• Jeff Frick - Jeff is the curator behind historyofpinball.org and a pinball historian and collector of pre-war pinball and early coin-op games. He will be sharing part of his collection on the show floor and will be speaking on the GeekgamerTV stage about pre-war games.

• Chase Nunes - Host of Youtube & Twitch’s GeekGamerTV, Chase will be the host of our GeekGamerTV live stage where our seminars, panels, and repair talks take place!

EVENT SCHEDULE:

Friday, June 6th:

• 12pm Doors open for the start of the 2024 Northwest Pinball & Arcade Show!

• 12pm-11pm Open Pinball Tournaments qualifying (Tournament area)

• 2pm-3pm David Shoemaker tech seminar (GeekgamerTV stage)

• 3:30pm-4:30pm Victor Tan tech seminar (GeekgamerTV stage)

• 5pm-6pm FAST Pinball “Making Pinball, Making Friends” (GeekgamerTV stage)

• 7pm-9pm Movie Night: The Wizard!
  Come watch the 1989 classic with the GeekgamerTV crew! The Wizard is an American adventure comedy-drama Fred Savage, Jenny Lewis, Beau Bridges, Christian Slater, and Luke Edwards. It was also Tobey Maguire's uncredited film debut. The film follows three children as they travel to California to compete in a video game tournament. (GeekgamerTV stage)

• 10pm Daily Grand Prize Drawing (Prize desk)

Saturday, June 8th:

• 10am-3pm Classics Match Play Tournament Finals, Sponsored by Tik Tok's (Tournament area)

• 10am-7pm Open Pinball Tournaments qualifying (Tournament area)

• 11am-12pm Jeff Frick “Pre War Pinball Games” (GeekgamerTV stage)

• 12:30pm-1:30pm Erik Meunier talking about Jersey Jack’s new Harry Potter Pinball (GeekgamerTV stage)

• 2pm-3pm Butch Peel, David van Es talking about Barrels of Fun’s Dune Pinball (GeekgamerTV stage)

• 3-7pm Annual Northwest Women's Pinball Championship at NWPAS Finals, Sponsored by 8-Bit Arcade and The Triple Knock (Tournament area)

• 3:30pm-4:30pm Keith Elwin, Jerry Thompson, Rick Naegele and Harrison Drake talking about Stern’s King Kong (GeekgamerTV stage)

• 5pm-8pm Tipsy Race, compete on the new game Tipsy, $1000 cash prize to the winner, entries are free! (Tipsy booth on the floor)

• 6pm Northwest Pinball & Arcade Show Costume Parade! Compete in the NWPAS Costume Contest, come as your favorite Pinball or Arcade character! (Lobby)

• 6pm Kid’s Pinball Tournament (Tournament area, please register ahead of time, tournament will be on floor games with tournament director Clinton Peterson)

• 7-11pm Open Tournament: A Division, Sponsored by Shorty's (Tournament area)

• 7-11pm Open Tournament: B Division, Sponsored by Waterland Arcade (Tournament area)

• 7-11pm Rookie & Amateurs Tournament, Sponsored by Crave 80s Arcade (Tournament area)

• 10:00pm Daily Grand Prize Drawing - Win an arcade game! (Prize desk)

Sunday, June 9th:

• 10am-2:30pm Open Tournament A Division Finals, Sponsored by Shorty's (Tournament area)

• 10am-2:30pm Open Tournament B Division Finals, Sponsored by Waterland Arcade (Tournament area)

• 10am-2:30pm Revenge Knockout Tournament (Tournament area)

• 2:30pm Daily Grand Prize Drawing (Prize desk)

• 3pm The 2025 Northwest Pinball & Arcade Show officially ends! Thanks for attending!