Why not a pinball road trip? All of these pinball tournaments are listed with lots of detail on the Stern website (here).
Most of these are drivable. Especially the big show Pinball Expo in Chicago. October 19-22.
See you on the pinball circuit!
Why not a pinball road trip? All of these pinball tournaments are listed with lots of detail on the Stern website (here).
Most of these are drivable. Especially the big show Pinball Expo in Chicago. October 19-22.
See you on the pinball circuit!
This is a serious announcement as these are among our favorite Stern pinball machines offered. But Stern has only so much production time in their schedule.
If any of these are your favorite pinball games, consider ordering soon. On last call:
GAD has some of these pinball games in stock and many on order. Call us soon to get a quote and schedule pick up.
Greater America Distributing (GAD) is a premier distributor and service provider of vending equipment, pinball and amusement games. GAD distributes and services entertainment solutions for both business and homes.
GAD inventories and orders pinball from the major pinball manufactures in the USA. In addition, GAD sells and inventories Golden Tee, claw (crane) games, electronic darts, digital music solutions plus many other games and equipment. GAD supports our equipment with a full service staff for phone support and on site repair (limited service areas). Our parts department is fully stocked with a vast inventory of repair parts.
All our equipment is supported with the latest cash and cashless payment systems. And, GAD Vending is a Midwest expert in ATM machine placement and service.
Vending, ATM machines and coin changers round out GAD’s equipment for home and commercial business.
The company has been operating for over 30 years with offices in Omaha, Nebraska; Kansas City, Missouri; and Grimes, Iowa, a suburb of Des Moines. We sell and service across the 5 state region of Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, South Dakota and Missouri.
GAD Knows Sales and Service
What do we mean by this? GAD has a long tradition of selling, serving and selling parts for all types of games.
GAD has been selling to home customers for many years. We are able to sell our games for free play. Meaning home games come without coin acceptance equipment – which can be the single most expense component in a game.
GAD sells Golden Tee Home Edition, a variety of pinball games, Arachnid digital darts, and even vending machines for home game rooms.
All of our equipment sold by GAD is supported by our service department. If one of our customers can’t figure out how to update their software or have a parts issue, our service department is here to help. Call us to determine the level of service you need to get your game working.
GAD sells wholesale to service vendors that call on commercial bars, restaurants and arcades. This service vendors are vital to these commercial operators to keep the equipment serviced.
GAD sells all types of games including shuffleboard, commercial pool tables, basketball and large games. GAD also has a variety of claw toy redemption games. In stock. And with a fully stocked parts department.
Find the full compliment of support equipment as well. GAD has vending equipment, ATM’s and coin changers. As your service vendor for more information.
CHICAGO, IL –August 3, 2022 – Stern Pinball, Inc. expands its award-winning Insider Connected platform with new features making it easier to access the service. With Stern Insider Connected, over 43,000 users track their scores and earn achievements on our network of more than 11,000 connected machines. New features launched today include an easier to use mobile ID card and Home Team system that will automatically log in home users. Code updates are available today for all 18 Stern commercial LCD pinball machines that include Home Team and additional improvements across titles.
Insider Connected now offers our players the ability to save an ID card with their personal QR code in their mobile wallet. It saves time previously spent retrieving a QR code by logging into the Insider Connected service on a phone or by finding a previous screenshot of your QR code saved somewhere in your photo library. These mobile ID cards can be used on connected machines.
With Home Team, users’ home pinball machines will remember them. Owners will be able to set standard home Insider Connected user profiles that are always available without needing a phone to scan in. Guests won’t be left out either. When guests scan into a Home Team enabled machine their profile will be temporarily remembered for rapid replays, until they log out or the machine is turned off. Turning on Home Team can be done through the service menu on free play machines and accessed by pressing the flipper buttons before starting a game.
For more information on how to set up your own Mobile ID Card and Home Team, visit sternpinball.com/support/faq/ where you will find:
Stern Pinball takes the safety of our customer’s data seriously. Stern works with both legal and security organizations to vet all aspects of Insider Connected for legal compliance and best practices worldwide. As part of this effort, our new machine updates will notify users if any third party code modifications are identified that may put data at risk.
Insider Connected enables users to automatically download and update code across their machines. All code updates and read me files are available at sternpinball.com/support/game-code/. Every new machine produced by Stern Pinball comes from the factory Insider Connected-enabled. Upgrade kits for earlier Stern Pinball LCD Machine are available through authorized dealers and distributors or at shop.sternpinball.com for both Pro and Premium/LE game editions.
About Insider Connected
Insider Connected is a comprehensive technology initiative to connect the universe of Stern pinball machines. The platform is designed to enhance and extend player engagement with the games across both home and commercial environments. It also presents professional operators of the pinball machines a robust set of tools to drive location play, build player loyalty, analyze performance, make adjustments remotely, and maintain the machines.
Registration for Insider Connected is available at insider.sternpinball.com/. Players can also register at a connected game by scanning a registration QR code on the machine. Once a player registers, they are issued a unique QR Code that can be used to identify that player at any connected Stern pinball machine anywhere in the world. When a player scans into the machine, they can track progress, earn new game specific achievements, engage with the player community, and participate in promotions and Challenge Quests.
“Insider Connected is transforming how players interact with pinball machines. Operators are benefiting from new tools that drive repeat play and help maintain games while players benefit from easier log-in access both on location and in their homes,” said Seth Davis, President of Stern Pinball, Inc.
About Stern Pinball, Inc.
Stern Pinball, Inc. is a global lifestyle brand based on the iconic and outrageously fun modern American game of pinball. Headquartered minutes from Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport in the heart of North America, the company creates, designs, engineers, manufactures, markets, and distributes a full line of technologically advanced terrestrial and digital pinball games, parts, accessories, and merchandise. Stern Pinball serves digital, consumer, commercial, and corporate markets around the globe.
Recent Stern Pinball titles include Rush, Godzilla, The Mandalorian, Led Zeppelin, Avengers: Infinity Quest, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Stranger Things, Elvira’s House of Horrors, Jurassic Park, Black Knight: Sword of Rage, The Munsters, The Beatles, Deadpool, Iron Maiden, Guardians of the Galaxy, Star Wars, Aerosmith, Ghostbusters, KISS, Metallica, Game of Thrones, The Walking Dead, Star Trek, AC/DC, Batman, and Spider-Man. A broad range of players enjoy Stern Pinball’s games from professional pinball players who compete in high-stakes competitions around the globe to novice players who are discovering the allure of the silver ball for the first time. To join the fun and learn more, please visit www.sternpinball.com.
Looking for a fall road trip? Destination pinball.
If you are looking to play a lot of different pinball in one place or participate in a tournament, there is an event for you this fall. These are linked to Stern’s website but there are lots more listed at the IFPA events website.
Here’s a few:
Sept 9-11 IFPA Event in Lynnwood, WA
Sept 15-18 ClePin Pinball and Arcade Show in Cleveland, OH
So many great photos of families at play on our favorite games! Whether in costume, at an arcade or playing at home – these photos bring smiles.
GAD has curbside pick up or can help you arrange delivery in Nebraska, Iowa, South Dakota, Missouri or Kansas. Our warehouses are located in Omaha, Des Moines and Kansas City.
Our sales team will give you a quote that is all inclusive – no surprises.
If you want to impress your friends and play a better pinball, there are lots of tips and tricks you can use. Here’s just a few.
And, if you want to talk with a pinball enthusiast about buying your own game – GAD knows Pinball.
Road trip to OBX Flippers Fall Tournament
Located in Grandy, NC this Stern Pinball Pro Tournament is from 11/4 – 11/6.
GAD knows a lot about our machines. We enjoy vending machines, ATM’s, digital music, etc. – but we love pinball.
Pinball is our passion. We love to play for fun and some of our co-workers participates in various pinball tournaments.
So, every time a shipment of pinball games comes into our warehouses its like Christmas morning.
If you love pinball as much as we do and are considering a game for your home – give us a call. We love give customers guidance on how to choose the right game. Where to go play the titles that are of interest. Talk about the various model levels and what it means to the user experience. And, how the newest internet connections are working from our various manufacturers.
Here’s just a few of the titles on the way to GAD:
There are more titles going into production as the chip shortage gets a bit better. Ask us about other titles you may be interested in ordering. Stern has these titles in production:
Because we sell to both residential and commercial business’, many of the Stern titles have been ordered but there are also outstanding orders on much of what’s coming in. Let us know what you are looking for, your budget and your timeframe – and we’ll come up with an amazing game to start or add to your home game room.