This is totally great to see, can't wait until my son and my niece are old enough to play them.

Great niece, and great pins for her to play. Thanks for sharing!

A gathering place for family and friends = goal of the ultimate family room (kids are 34 and 38, grown and gone), place to come back and play. Occasional man cave use very secondary.

Same here.
This was taken just last week at my place.
The little boy on the chair had just burned his right hand on a BBQ pit last week and had it wrapped up. My son is playing the right flipper for him. He had a blast.

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awesome to see my 5 year old and 11 year old love playing pins, it's a good family moment, pity my older sons don't there more into Xbox and playstation......

It's sad do many young people won't broaden their horizons. I used to like video games but now they just feel like one big cutscene most of the time.

I've mentioned this before, but it bears repeating: My wife, 10-year-old daughter, family and friends couldn't possibly care less about my pins. After years and years of sharing and trying to get folks turned onto them, I gave up a couple years ago and just stopped trying.

Lonely arcade is lonely.

You guys are so lucky.

Nice stories.

Granddaughter

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I know that feeling...

Same reason as OP...keep my kids in sight and have fun doing it. We are blessed to have a lot of fun with it and as soon as my kids' friends come over, the pins are the first thing to be played with. It makes it worth the $1000's I've spent and will continue to spend on them.

My gameroom is finally a reality because I've always liked pinball and never had room before I got my "big house" about a year ago. I found a house with a finished basement perfect for a gameroom and theater, and I've got a husband who is totally ok with me doing stupid things like putting up accent LED lights and painting the fireplace lime green to make an actual gameroom atmosphere. As soon as we'd moved in and settled, I hunted down my first pin. Little did I know that it would cause my parents to go pinball crazy and help me procure 7 more (we already had the EM in their garage for years) in the next year. There are no pins in the wild around me, so whatever we own or can find in private homes is basically what we get to play. I love working on them, playing them, cleaning them, etc. Husband was never allowed to play pins when he was young and there haven't been any around us for 15 years, and he caught the fever pretty fast once we got them in the house. My mom and I used to go pin hunting/playing when I was younger, so it is fond memories and still a family passion these days. I've got 6, she's got 3, and we go back/forth to each house playing. Any time they come over to my house now, they want to have a little tournament. I've got a prize bin full of little stuff they can win kept in a closet now just in case.

Fatsquatch... (insert creepy Shining kids voice here...) come play with us. You know my parents are insane around pinball and will glady challenge you on Frankenseizure, and you still need to check out Spidey. And bring your daughter if you think she'll play Gofers. I'm busy this weekend trying to sell off stock from job #2 that I just quit, then I'll have many more weekends open after that. We'll have to do a pin crawl around town one day if you're up for it.

I'm totally up for it, and now that I've finished up that big gig I had at the Dental office in Alabama, I can maybe get out and about for some leisure time.

Since Gofers is the only pin that my daughter actually has any sort of interest in, I might can get her to tag along. Although, if she does, she's likely to play it for five minutes and forever be done with it. *le sigh*

(And you guys still need to get some serious time on this AC/DC Premium I have before I trade it for a Raven.)

I build my gameroom for me and my buddies to hang out and take part in all the evils of the world!

... in reality my house just sort of became the drinking spot so friday and saturday nights people just show up here and get wasted.

I don't know, man...the pull of Raven is so strong. Surely you understand that.

Are they still available NIB?

Now now, surely you can hold off for a trade for something a little better like a Tee'd Off. Thats kinda like Gofers, right?

Ugh.

Hey Scooter...

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I don't really have a "Game Room" in this house because I just don't have the room. We are currently house hunting it is a prerequisite. My kids love my games though. My daughter just turned 6 and my son will be 5 in September. They don't seem to have a favorite between pinball or video games. I have a PS3 but my kids don't play it. My arcade restorations so far have been Mortal Kombat 1 and 2 which I don't let them play so for now I built them a bartop mame which they love. I have a full upright mame I am working on for a co-worker which will help fund my next pin but until I get into another house I am kinda on hold.

My biggest goal is to provide a place that my kids want to bring their friends to. If they are in my house, I know what they are doing. So far all the kids that have come over seem to like my STTNG pin the most so that is encouraging. My friend brought his twin 8 year olds over to play Mortal Kombat and they all ended up on STTNG never went back to the vids.

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I collect and have a gameroom primarily due to my passion for games and collecting.
Secondly it was to have friends and family over for food, drinks and entertainment.
I would rather be in the comfort of my home to relax and have fun with friends than to go out somewhere and not know what to expect.

Thats what Im hoping to have happen lol

My reason is that basements are for recrooms, and good recrooms have a bar and fun stuff. If you want to sit and chat, go upstairs. If you want to watch tv, go upstairs. If you want to drink beer, scotch, and play pinball, this is the place.

it does brighten it up!

Getting advice on what to shoot next on TSPP from my niece

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Poop, blonde, just the other day, you "only" had 5. Now it's six? I am at 5 so now I have to get another one. Maybe it'll be a JP just like your "first."

Since arcades are pretty much dead, I wanted a space I could relive the childhood that I loved and be immersed in that environment. I want my kids to experience it too and I fear that those opportunities will be few and far between by the time they are old enough. I don't even need to be playing games, I just like to be in the gameroom.

My son playing some pins

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