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Dan from Des Moines

By Curbfeeler

April 25, 2012


11 years ago
 
DAN

Curbfeeler

Inactive member

US Des Moines, IA

11y 58,650 602 6

In the 1980's I used to used to pass pinballs by in the arcades. I was a video game kid, and they didn't interest me.


My love for the arcades got me into building MAME cabs a few years ago. A local guy with a basement full of arcades and pins offered to pay me to set up a MAME for him, and I took a 1975 Top Score as trade for the work I did. The rest is history. I got hooked right away.

What has really kept me in the hobby is that my dad loved the pins when I was a toddler, and it's turned out to be something we now have in common and enjoy together.

Ironically, I still have a soft spot for the video games of my youth, but I've found they don't have a fraction of the staying power of pins. I play my pins every day, and I never tire of them. I may play Donkey Kong or Burger Time for 3 hours over a weekend, and I'll have gotten my fix for 6 months.

Dan

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Comments

11 years ago
 
JTB

The_Gorilla

Pinside+ Frequent

US Pleasant Hill, IA

13y 116K 5,602 2 155

Hmm..do i know u?

11 years ago
 
GEM

Silverballer

Pinside member

14y 88,300 3,238 51

Pins sure do have the staying power. Its great that you can enjoy the hobby with your father. Keep flippin.

8 years ago
 
JEF

jeffiowa

Pinside+ Frequent

US Johnston, IA

9y 27,150 10 13

Any of these people your counterpart D man? Not totally out of pinball... just got brand new high score on Elvira and the Party Monsters. A top machine in my book. Keep fighting the fight.

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