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Re: Pacific Pinball Museum

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Post by ryantgtg »

vgeek wrote: post #19

https://www.pinballmap.com/ As already mentioned, The Pinball Hall of Fame in Las Vegas is probably the most well known collection on a national level. Pittsburgh has two good collections-- Pinball PA, with various solid states up to modern machines, and Pinball Perfection, with more old (wood rail) tables and rarer tables like Banzai Run and the often-broken Circus Voltaire. There is a growing number of public colle…

Since people are posting about big locations here. I help maintain Pinball Map. Here's a query of locations in the US, sorted by number of machines. Limited to places with 60+. Not sure how well this will be formatted...

name | city | state | country | count

-----+------+-------+---------+-------

Pinball Hall of Fame | Las Vegas | NV | US | 337

Pinball Perfection | Westview | PA | US | 311

Next Level Pinball Museum | Hillsboro | OR | US | 242

Pinball PA | Aliquippa | PA | US | 176

Game Galaxy | Smyrna | TN | US | 169

Wizard's World | Fort Wayne | IN | US | 144

District 82 Pinball | De Pere | WI | US | 114

Pacific Pinball Museum | Alameda | CA | US | 106

Game Terminal | Nashville | TN | US | 105

Silverball Retro Arcade | Asbury Park | NJ | US | 100

ElectroMagnetic Pinball Museum | Pawtucket | RI | US | 96

The Pinball Palace | Brunswick | GA | US | 92

Pocketeer Billiards and Bar | Buffalo | NY | US | 85

Pinballz Arcade | Austin | TX | US | 83

Recbar 812 | New Albany | IN | US | 80

Pinball Gallery | Malvern | PA | US | 79

Grumpy's Arcade | Glendale | AZ | US | 77

Silverball Retro Arcade | Delray Beach | FL | US | 75

CP Pinball | South Roxana | IL | US | 74

Idaho Pinball Museum | Garden City | ID | US | 73

Pinball Long Island | Patchogue | NY | US | 73

Recbar | Louisville | KY | US | 71

Clubhouse Arcade | Fremont | MI | US | 68

Crazy Quarters Arcade | Bay City | MI | US | 67

Lucky Snake Arcade & Sports Bar | Atlantic City | NJ | US | 67

Flippers Arcade | Grandy | NC | US | 67

Western Mass Pinball Club | Palmer | MA | US | 65

Roanoke Pinball Museum | Roanoke | VA | US | 65

Replay Museum | Tarpon Springs | FL | US | 65

Captain's Arcade Showroom | Anaheim | CA | US | 65

Pastime Pinball | Manchester Center | VT | US | 64

The Pinball Palace (Dezerland Park) | Orlando | FL | US | 60

Re: Pacific Pinball Museum

#52

Post by mulmen »

ravenstine wrote: post #6

Oh dude, looks like they have Indiana Jones Pinball Adventure! This is the pinball machine! I've wanted to play it again for a long time. It had really crisp sound effects for its time, the plunger is a pistol grip you pull the trigger on (with gunshot sound effect!), and intermission games where you punch people. Pretty friggin' awesome. I'm so glad someone still has one running, and I think I'll be visiting this pl…

In the Streets of Cairo mode you fight a man with a sword. You can just pull the trigger on the plunger to win the fight.

These are somewhat rare but they are definitely still on route. Check pinball map to find one near you.

Re: Pacific Pinball Museum

#53

Post by mulmen »

relwin wrote: post #20
itake wrote: post #16

Are there any open source pinball machines? I have the Indiana Jones Pinball adventure and there are a few minor game design decisions that need modifying (partially due to the physical condition of my machine).

a) Convert your game to run the P-ROC system: https://pinballmakers.com/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page Then run this code (or modify it per your needs): https://github.com/mypinballs/indianajones b) or repair your game.

Just fix the game. This title specifically is too valuable to modify just because of poor condition.

Re: Pacific Pinball Museum

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Post by starkparker »

djbusby wrote: post #46

Back in the 90s this space was the best record store in Alameda.

Record Gallery kept going into the late 2010s; it moved across the street to 1451 Webster in 2008, though it had declined pretty steeply toward the end, and I think didn't make it out of the pandemic fully intact. 1451's now a vintage boutique (I think) with a few records left in it.

They started auctioning a bunch of stuff from the old store in December, including wall art and promo posters: https://www.facebook.com/RecordGallery/, https://www.ebay.com/str/alamedamusiccompany

Re: Pacific Pinball Museum

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Post by anecdotal1 »

ryantgtg wrote: post #51
vgeek wrote: post #19

https://www.pinballmap.com/ As already mentioned, The Pinball Hall of Fame in Las Vegas is probably the most well known collection on a national level. Pittsburgh has two good collections-- Pinball PA, with various solid states up to modern machines, and Pinball Perfection, with more old (wood rail) tables and rarer tables like Banzai Run and the often-broken Circus Voltaire. There is a growing number of public colle…

Since people are posting about big locations here. I help maintain Pinball Map. Here's a query of locations in the US, sorted by number of machines. Limited to places with 60+. Not sure how well this will be formatted... name | city | state | country | count -----+------+-------+---------+------- Pinball Hall of Fame | Las Vegas | NV | US | 337 Pinball Perfection | Westview | PA | US | 311 Next Level Pinball Museum |…

Galloping Ghost in Chicago has about 45 pins, but 800+ arcade games

Re: Pacific Pinball Museum

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Post by toast0 »

mulmen wrote: post #53
relwin wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

a) Convert your game to run the P-ROC system: https://pinballmakers.com/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page Then run this code (or modify it per your needs): https://github.com/mypinballs/indianajones b) or repair your game.

Just fix the game. This title specifically is too valuable to modify just because of poor condition.

OP wants to change the software. That's probably easier if you do it with a different CPU board intended for you to mess with things, than with the original board.

Re: Pacific Pinball Museum

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Post by mulmen »

toast0 wrote: post #58
mulmen wrote: post #53

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Just fix the game. This title specifically is too valuable to modify just because of poor condition.

OP wants to change the software. That's probably easier if you do it with a different CPU board intended for you to mess with things, than with the original board.

I'm not so sure. There are lots of modded roms for older machines, typically to make them suitable for competition. Converting the boards to a new system is major surgery. It might be easier to write the software for a newer system but I'm not sure you save effort overall.
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