This feed contains the most recent stories posted by Pinsider Trachyshort. http://pinside.com/pinball/community/pinsiders/Trachyshort/stories Copyright 2010 Pinside.com http://pinside.com/pinball/community/pinsiders/trachyshort/stories/trachys-pinball-story http://pinside.com/pinball/community/pinsiders/trachyshort/stories/trachys-pinball-story http://pinside.com/pinball/community/pinsiders/trachyshort/stories/trachys-pinball-story#comments Thu, 04 Jun 2009 11:53:39 GMT It was during the summer of 1986 that I developed a love of pinball.  I was 16 and a ride operator at an amusement park in Utah called, Lagoon.  They had a massive arcade filled with virtually every pinball machine made from the '70s to 1986.  I would spend my breaks in the arcade playing these machines, and I would almost always find a few machines with credits that either the previous player didn't wish to play or escaped their notice.  I don't know why, but the Bally's Space Invaders machine always seemed to have one or more credits, so ...