Can This Man Save Pinball?
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Can This Man Save Pinball?
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#2Pinball rocks. I was an addict from an early age, around 7.
I always play a machine if I see one and have time on my hands. Although it is a little frustrating to find most machines I come across have some problems, or have been tampered with to make them more difficult.
I also love the Zen studios pinball game on xbox / windows 8. Ironically, I think it is one of the best real world activity sims I have encountered.
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#3If you like pinball and live in the Bay Area, I highly recommend visiting Lucky Juju (aka the Pacific Pinball Museum) on Alameda. $15 admission for unlimited free play on dozens of pinball machines, including many vintage machines.
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#4I want to play this like I want to continue breathing. Gimme!
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#5Making the technical bits and machinery have never been easier or cheaper. I hope he can find people to buy them and play them.
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#6I don't care for the theme, but then I learn he's targeting women on location - I figured this was a home use only machine.
The big issue with pins on location is the maintenance - the number of people left who can genuinely maintain pinball machines is pretty tiny. I wonder if they've done anything to improve the maintainability, like reducing the amount of dirt buildup. The LED lighting will certainly help!
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#7Pinball rocks. I was an addict from an early age, around 7. I always play a machine if I see one and have time on my hands. Although it is a little frustrating to find most machines I come across have some problems, or have been tampered with to make them more difficult. I also love the Zen studios pinball game on xbox / windows 8. Ironically, I think it is one of the best real world activity sims I have encountered.
If you haven't tried it, I'd also checkout the rather creatively titled "Pinball Arcade" - ios, android, xbox, PS3, etc. They got the licenses for a bunch of old tables, and are adding one or two a month. Very good physics engine, and they're emulating the hardware so the gameplay is very accurate.
It's been a fun way to waste time.
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#8If you were a geek hanging out in arcades in the 1980's, you will probably enjoy this. High Speed, Pinbot...
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Re: Can This Man Save Pinball?
#9Pinball rocks. I was an addict from an early age, around 7. I always play a machine if I see one and have time on my hands. Although it is a little frustrating to find most machines I come across have some problems, or have been tampered with to make them more difficult. I also love the Zen studios pinball game on xbox / windows 8. Ironically, I think it is one of the best real world activity sims I have encountered.
If you haven't tried it, I'd also checkout the rather creatively titled "Pinball Arcade" - ios, android, xbox, PS3, etc. They got the licenses for a bunch of old tables, and are adding one or two a month. Very good physics engine, and they're emulating the hardware so the gameplay is very accurate. It's been a fun way to waste time.
They were having problems with their publisher so the tables stopped coming.
Re: Can This Man Save Pinball?
#10If you like pinball and live in the Bay Area, I highly recommend visiting Lucky Juju (aka the Pacific Pinball Museum) on Alameda. $15 admission for unlimited free play on dozens of pinball machines, including many vintage machines. http://www.pacificpinball.org/
If you live in, or are passing through Austin, take a look at Pinballz Arcade. They have over 100 machines.