I should share my story. Born in 1972 during the Arcade boom it seemed when I was old enough Pinball was everywhere and so were arcades. 7 eleven’s, laundrymats, arcades, and bowling alleys always had games around. I was hooked at 8. I was attracted to pinball because with skill I could stretch my money by winning free games. This value seemed great to me and occasionally I could earn enough credits to sell 2 or more credits for my quarter back. Essentially playing for free. I had two great arcades with a good line up of pins that were perfectly maintained by the owner/tech. The arcades were named Family Fun Fair and Time Warp, and both were within walking distance from my house in San Luis Obispo. Frontier was the game that I excelled at earning lots of credits Which living in a college town made it easier to sell the credits to college students. I am sure I spent more time living in these arcades then at home.
Well life happens, and I forgot about pinball from 19 to around age 29, until I discovered MAME online which led me to remember my true love of pinball again. The rest is history and I foresee pinball will be in my life forever now.
