No where to play. No reasonably priced pins for sale. Fell out of the mainstream.
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Quoted from Hazoff:Nope. Never been mainstream. I'm born in 74 so my teens to early 20's were in the height of those golden years of 90 B/W and great System 11's still on route.
Loved it. Me and about 4 buddies in high school. Didn't know anyone else who played or gave a shit.
Too late. In 1972 there were 3 machines at Woolworths, 2 at every curb market, 3-5 at Department Stores, the local Arcade which became a Foosball Parlor had 20 machines, all of the fishing piers had 3-10 machines, the Bowling Alleys had 5-12 machines Campgrounds had 1-5, EVERY local greasy spoon burger joint had at least one, EVERY Bar had at least 1.
It was difficult to go anywhere in the 60's and 70's and not be enticed to play pinball.
Quoted from CrazyLevi:Somewhere there is a guy who likes to clip a car battery to his ball sack in the garage while the family is sleeping, and in between jolts he's wondering why everybody else isn’t into his favorite hobby either.
Different strokes dude.
I tried this once, with mixed results.
Bottom line Pinball People like electricity and all the novelty it brings. From the first bright light thats wasn't a candle (take that back, even candles in ancient novelty spinning mounts qualify) people have been mesmerized by flashing lights.
Add a Bell, Boom! Player Pianos, Nickelodeons, Pipe Organs, intricate mechanical devices of all types with outlandish sensory stimulation. Sight, Sound, and Feel.
Electricity coupled with mechanical devices, really the first instance of Robotics with a heap of Artificial Intelligence, now we are getting down to it.
Pinball People are advanced.
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