Pinball Expo 2025 - Homebrew & Custom Games Industry Awards
Recorded LIVE at Pinball Expo 2025 on Friday night at the PINDEVCON Homebrew & Custom Games space hosted by Marco, FAST, and Trident Pinball.
This ceremony was hosted by industry veteran Joe Kaminkow and friends, honoring the innovation and passion in the home-brew space.
It was such an honor to have these industry legends take time to play each game, talk to the designers, and give out awards!
The future of pinball is here.
Watch the livestreams: https://www.youtube.com/@MarcoPinball/streams
Here's the list of all the attending games this year!
Atom – Colman & Claire Martin
Battle~Stations – Brian Smith & Conner
Beerfest – Greg Brault
Big Trouble in Little China – Kyle Smet
Black Knight "new AI tech, scratch build" – Rolando Martin
BMO! – Anthony Van Winkle & Jayauna James
Coming to America – Ricardo James
Contra – Special Force – Krista Liem & Mike W
Cuphead – Scott Miller
Dadflip – Jack Danger
ELF – Bob Nies
Enigma – Jeff Palmer (Crazy Quarters Arcade)
Ghost in the Shell – Ed Owens
Golden Tee – Christopher Wells Graham (Flairrcade & The Dumpster Gamez)
Harry Potter – Kyle Reed
Hellraiser – Clint Jarret
Invaders – Tadeg Normand
Killer Comet – Christopher Wells Graham (Flairrcade & The Dumpster Gamez)
Luau – John Manuelin (Lin)
Mad Max Fury Road – Justin McNulty
Major League Hockey – Jake Danzig (The Arcade Adventures of Jake & Jesse)
Mass Effect 2 – Anthony Van Winkle & Jayauna James
Monsters Inc – Ernie Silverberg (Trident Pinball)
Mothership – Ernie Silverberg (Trident Pinball)
Parappa the Rapper – Christopher Wells Graham (Flairrcade & The Dumpster Gamez)
Pinbal Galaxy’s PinSim VR – Jeremy Williams
Pokémon – Owen & Luke Underwood (Pinsanity Pinball)
Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball – Ryan McQuaid (McSquid)
Space Balls – John Marsh
Star Wars – Christopher Wells Graham (Flairrcade & The Dumpster Gamez)
Steamboat Willie 2.0 – Craig Monyhan
The Amazing Spider-Man 67 – Mark Incitti
The Dumpster Fire – Christopher Wells Graham (Flairrcade & The Dumpster Gamez)
The Dumpster Portal – Christopher Wells Graham (Flairrcade & The Dumpster Gamez)
The Greatest Showman – Jeffery & Lisa Sue Jones (Pinball Reborn)
"The Spinner Ripper" - Jack Danger
Tony Hawk Pro Skater – Nick Neitzel (FlipNik Pinball)
Trogdor – Alex Labasco