The password is POOOWWWEEERRRBBAAALLLLLL. You have to say it like that or the doors wont open.

Congrats on getting the MM finished up, and out on location!

I'll be curious to see how it earns vs the other games you've had there.

Again nothing nearby for me either. I'll normally go and drop a few coins in London if I want to play any games in the wild. London has quite a few well looked after machines, otherwise as OrochiLeona says, there are just a few dozen poorly maintained ones dotted around the UK.

There is an operator in the area that I would love to buy out. His machines are in just terrible shape. All easy fixes too. There is an NBA fast break with duct tape acting as a ball diverter. And you're lucky if the things decide to take your quarters.

Yes, but only because of the private collections i have access to. In the wild... not so much but not as bad as some of y'all.

San Diego is a great place for pinball. Nickel City and Games On are great place to play pinball IMO.

http://pinballmap.com/sandiego

Atlanta has a decent network of collectors, but for pins on location it's pretty barren.

We do tend to pay a little less than average for pins on CL, but it would be really nice to have a few public location to play like Portland or NYC. At least we have the pinswap to look forward to in April.

http://www.atlantapinswap.com/

I won't argue with you on the condition of the machines, but I will say that there are quite of few machines in the area. I can think of about half a dozen places to play in a city of 200,000, which isn't horrible. But yes, condition is so-so...

Luke

If you tell me the name of the operator I will tell you if thats ever going to happen. I know almost all of those guys

Yah, you guys have it good. There were so many places to play in my city, I actually had to put out my own machines on location, just so I could go somewhere to play!

Greensboro & Winston-Salem in North Carolina where I live is a surprisingly active pinball town.

Wheel of furtune in a bowling alley. Thats all ive found

Duluth is meh. Postmaster has a handful at the comic book store, but there are random ones at bars around, but they are not kept up. At least there are some though.

WE have quite a few. The arcade is still rocking about 30 or so and you can find them around.

Although none of the bowling alleys have them...which uses to always be sure spot for them.

Omaha NE has a couple of places with good pins. BigJohn's has 6 of the top 10, Benes Pizza has some good pins from the 90's and today (plus they are is great shape) and there are a couple of local dealers where play is free (pinball past and Mid American). You can always find a local place with one or two pins (T2, BBH, FG, LOTR etc.).

I find myself eating at these places not for the food but the pinball experience with the family.

Hats off to the local dealers who set pins on free play and encourage people to come!!

Being a small town, pins are kind of hard to find in Lebanon. My dad routes them in places like bars, laundromats, etc. and I can tell you right now that we're the best operators in the county. I found a Ripley's at the local theater but it wasn't working the last two times I've been there, and that was probably over 2 years ago. I'm going to see The Lorax when it comes out and hope to find something playable that's not Rolling Stones/Elvis/AC/DC.

There are only a handful of pins in the state. Not good here.

$0.50 per play is great on that new Stern.

Austin is great for pinball! Even before Pinballz opened, there are about 8 places around the city with good pins.

So of course I'll get shot at for saying Seattle is definitely a great pinball city. Got our own 'zine dedicated to pinball, too!

http://www.skill-shot.com/

That'll also give you an idea of how many games we've got within a fairly small radius.

Portland seems to be the biggest Pinball City in the USA, though. They've got more than 200 pins in the same radius as Seattle's 120 or so.

With Lloyds place in Hopkins and Blainbrook in Blaine. Plus, pinball on a stick at the MN State Fair. We are sitting pretty good with just those alone in the Twin Cities area.

500 in the portland metro area, actually. Come on down pin lovers, we also have great beer!

100 pins? Wow. I would be spending serious time there, for sure! That is a buttload of pins!! One place like that in any city makes it a prime pin city.

I agree it's no pinball mecca, but at least we have Gameworks in Schaumburg that typically has the most recent 6-8 Stern 'pro' pins to play with. (plus they usually host a Stern pinball release party for their newest model)

lol i've stained million dollar 'cabins' in south park. great area south of breckenridge