I played a lot of pinball back in the day. Most of it was electromagnetic stuff, not the computerized boards of today.

I bought two older EM machines and they are still running fine. I had a few things burn out of them but I have the schematics and debugging them isn't that hard if you take the time to study them.

The main thing is to buy one in good shape. The bad thing can be finding parts.

Austin TX has a place called 'Pinballz' thats an old school arcade and has 100s of old classic pinball machines and arcade games. Took my kids there a few months ago and they loved it.

They truly do a great job of of taking care of the old machines. Lots of love and affection.

Check it out if your ever in Austin.


https://www.pinballzarcade.com/

Actually considering moving there in the next couple years. I will be there in October.

The only "Pinball Wizard" I ever knew had a supple wrist…..and that deaf, dumb and blind boy sure plays a mean pinball….

ROFL

There is a Tommy game I saw this weekend but I didn't play it. It blew me away how many people were there. I'll bet thousands went to the 2 day event. I know the Hyatt was sold out. I had no idea it was that popular.

I stopped playing, when they stopped giving free games for point totals.

I rolled over Kiss as a kid and came close to doing it again on another PB machine at the old kwikshop near my house.
Lots of hours behind Kiss, Harlem Globetrotters and Playboy PB machines.
Love a good pinball machine

The only mechanical sound better than the CRACK of a new credit on a pinball machine is the sound of a steam locomotive pulling a hill with a long heavy train in tow.

Awesome... Now on my bucket list

Best Pinball machine ever is Twilight Zone.

Big Daddy mentioned a few of my favorites as well.

there has been a resurgence in arcades and renewed interest in old games that started around 2009. The documentary, King of Kong: fistful of quarters, is most responsible for that. It came out in 2007 and gained a following. 2 years later there was a live competition featuring the movies stars. the aurcade website started about that time too. the list of arcades in the US shot up from 400 to about 1200 in 2014. there have been hundreds of arcades that shut down in that time too.

I've been going to Manitou penny arcade every year for 15 years running. I'd bet they do 1k visitors on an average weekend. I'm always surprised at how young the crowd is and how much it skews female. there's always tons of kids too.

I used to play this old school machine at the Lake of the Ozarks every summer growing up.

https://www.vintagearcade.net/shop/p...-pinball-game/

****ing Billy Mitchell....

This right here. I don't have a fav, but that's up there

I remember the 8 BALL DELUXE. I played that one a lot also. Yes they are expensive and repairs are too. Better to just pay to play