The Game That Changed My Life

The Game That Changed My Life

It's funny how a few small, seemingly insignificant, events can combine together to change the course of your life. Like many 80's kids I frequently spent Saturdays pumping quarters into machines at the local arcade.  Sure, I played pinball, but I was more into racing games like Pole Position and Hard Driving.  I do remember going to a neighbor kid's house once and being awestruck that he had a pinball machine in his basement.  It was an old EM and probably   > Read the full story...



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