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At what age did you discover pinball and how? (Poll added)

By Pinballlew

5 years ago


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    “How old were you when you discovered and became interested in the Silver Ball?”

    • Zero to 10 years old 116 votes
      47%
    • 10 to 20 years old 81 votes
      33%
    • 20 to 30 years old 18 votes
      7%
    • 30 to 40 years old 23 votes
      9%
    • 40 to 50 years old 6 votes
      2%
    • 50 to 60 years old 1 vote
    • 60+ 2 votes
      1%

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    #48 5 years ago
     
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    Growing up in late 70's and early 80's I was around for the arcade boom... mainly played arcades when young but I'm sure I played a few pinball machines too... just didn't know much about them nor care really.

    But that all changed in college. My dorm had a pinball machine in it (Hook) and for a poor college student it was cheap... and I quickly learned you could earn free games (something I really didn't know about). This game me a sense of accomplishment while I was having fun and made it even cheaper. It also helped that the score required for winning a replay wasn't too high...

    This essentially started my obsession as I searched out more pinball machines to play... learned more about rules... and since the web was brand new I started searching for resources that would help me get better... the pinball archive and rec.games.pinball came to the rescue and the rest is history.

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