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I once had wealth, power, and the love of a beautiful woman. Now I only have two things: my friends, and... uh... my pinball machine. Huh? My story? Okay.
My first memory of pinball was visiting a tourist attraction in Orlando, Florida called The Mystery Fun House. I truly miss the place, which closed in 2001 and still have many fond memories. The bottom level was a video game arcade and the upper level was loaded with pinball (and a shooting gallery.) At the time, games like Tron and Dragon's Lair blew me away and I found out very quickly that I could get more out of a quarter playing an video game than pinball > Read the full story...
March 16th, 2021
Some of my earliest memories were playing EM pinball at nearby Duke’s drive-in snack bar with my parents in the 70s when I was barely > more...
March 14th, 2021
Hello everyone, My name is Chris Parra. Pinball is in my blood. Pinball has been in my life ever since I can remeber. I was lucky > more...
March 13th, 2021
When I was younger pinball switched from EM machines to the early SS Classics, like Eight Ball Deluxe, Meteor, Firepower, Blackout and Flash Gordon. I tended > more...
March 12th, 2021
My earliest pinball memory is playing my Uncle's 1970 Williams Jive Time at family events back in the mid-70's. I loved that game, but during my > more...
March 11th, 2021
A year ago, school stopped. No one could have foreseen optional classes taught remotely, the cancellation of state testing, and a virtual graduation to close > more...
February 23rd, 2021
It All Started With A Camping Trip My story, like many of you, all started back when I was a child. I was a 90s kid. Born in > more...
As a teen in the late seventies I was never really into pinball. I was more of a Fooseball player. >
I came, I saw, I stayed, I played.
I think we all remember are first machine. I remember going to my grandmas every xmas as a kid to >
My story begins with Facebook marketplace. My fiancé haven't had one in the pinball machine for the last 10 years >
In 4th grade (1980) I got to take college classes thru the summer in a distant town. There was one >
I never realized how much fun pinball was until I readdress it in my adult years. I'm searching for South >
Bought in February 2007 for £80. Powerplay was living in a house in Preston, England. It was totally dead and >
My background story is probably a lot like many others here. I grew up in a rural area and was >
I wanted to share something today-- and while it's not specifically pinball-related, it is relevant to gaming, community, racism, and >
Started playing pinball at age 10. I would do chores, cash in bottles, cut grass, and shovel snow, and run >
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Hello Pinside! Thank you for being such a great community full of awesome people. My pinball story goes back decades. >
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