My first time owning a pinball!

By Vulcanraven93

February 12, 2023

This story got featured on February 14, 2023


39 days ago

Growing up, my dad was an avid collector of arcade games. Eventually one Christmas he bought a sega star wars pinball for the home arcade. That was a pretty fun machine, and it looked awesome next to the star wars vector game he had. Eventually as his obsession grew he bought a simpsons, South Park, and World Cup Soccer pinball! They were all so much fun, and I found myself constantly playing them in his "little" home arcade. One thing that stuck out more than the pinballs for me was his old em haunted house shooting game. I was just blown away by the engineering that went into that game. Plus I've always loved Halloween, and anything horror related!
 

 Fast forward a few years later I find a haunted house pinball on the wildwood boardwalk and I was hooked! It had the cheesy aesthetic of the haunted house em shooter, and was a fun pinball. I just couldn't stop playing, and I loved how there were three floors to play on. Right then and there I told myself I must own one someday. I know it's not the best pinball, but for me just how beautiful the playfield is was enough for me!

Now as of yesterday I'm a proud owner of one! I was a nice little road trip with a buddy, but was definitely worth it! Here's my first, and definitely not my last pinball!

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Comments

36 days ago

I enjoyed your story. Lucky is the child whose parents have a home pinball arcade.
You like horror themed pinballs. There are so many others to find: Munsters, Monster Bash, Elvira pins, Frankenstein, Walking Dead, Halloween, Tales from the Crypt, America's Most Haunted, and of course, TAF.. I am sure there are many more.

33 days ago

Congrats man!!

29 days ago

Welcome to the club! Haha Love Haunted House! On my wishlist

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