Like Father Like Son

By abagwell

February 11, 2017


7 years ago

My father always loved pinball machines as long as I can remember, and, as soon as I was able to, I played them anytime I found them. I remember I used to play for so long that I'd get shiny red callouses underneath my thumbs near the base of my palms. I got so good that my friends would get annoyed whenever I got on one since I'd generally win several free games on a single credit. My first Wizard modes were on WCS and AFM, I vividly remember being extremely nervous trying to repeat that "Destroy Mars" shot over and over on AFM. When I was 14 my pop found an old beat up Atlantis table at an auction for $400. He fixed it up into near perfect working order and I was enamored with having a machine in my own house. He also had several friends that had tables, and one in particular had a garage with six tables in it. Road Show, Theatre of Magic, Circus Voltaire, Twilight Zone, and I can't remember the others. It was my dream to have a collection like that one day and after stumbling across the new Ghostbusters machine recently I decided to start down that path. I'm starting with that table and beginning my hunt for my wishlist ones.

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