I grew up in the mid 80's and 90's. I spent alot of time at the local arcades. They normally would have 2 or 3 pinball machines and the rest were arcade games. It was a good time to grow up.
Some of the older kids would give me free credits on the pinball machines so that how I started to play them
I just got my first Pinball machine for home. I got a Getaway machine. Its great fun and now I am starting to learn all the ins and outs of pinballs :)