(Topic ID: 163037)

Bit Bar, Salem, MA

By dmarston

7 years ago



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    #1 7 years ago

    Someone needs to go to this place and post a scouting report, and possibly make a Pinball Map entry.
    https://www.facebook.com/notes/bit-bar-salem/bit-bar-salem-faq/834479776685846
    Apparently, they have just opened (as I post this on 27 June 2016).
    .................David Marston

    1 month later
    #2 7 years ago

    I finally got there today, August 13. Parking in Salem is a challenge, especially when you drive a pinball-hauler that's to tall for the parking garages. As an alternative, note that the place is located one very short block from the train station, so you can park in a different city and take the train in.

    Pinballs on site are Cyclone, Hook, and Cue Ball Wizard, in the back room. There are about 20 coin-op video games, too, split between the main room and the back room. Food offerings are essentially one each from the major bar food groups, while the drink offerings are widely varied. There are lots of acoustically-hard surfaces, and I could picture it being hard to hear the games when the place is crowded.

    There may be more info at http://www.bit.bar/

    Overall: a good representative of the barcade movement, where coin-op games are the principal entertainment, but more compelling for the video game fan than a pinballer at the moment.
    .................David Marston

    7 months later
    #3 7 years ago

    Went yesterday with family for dinner. Great space, lots of arcades -- but missing some classics like DK, Asteroids, Defender...

    As for pinball, four machines: TAF, Cyclone, Hooked (wasn't working) and CBW. Really wanted to play the TAF (looked decent) but the same guy hoarded it for the entire 90 minutes I was there... at one point I politely asked if he wanted to do a 2 player game, and he snidely said "no thanks" and popped in more tokens for himself. Loser.

    Great potential, though -- need more pins!

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