Very impressive lineup on their website.

Woohoo, I live right across the street! I might be there Wednesday-- I'm the guy that drove up all the replays-- you're welcome!

I told my wife no way was I moving the Lafayette, IN when she said she wanted to get her DR. at Perdue. Might have to re think this now....

I go all the time on Fridays. They had a tournament during spring Purdue semester, so I bet they have one in the fall.

Great place, great owner!

Great place. Been there 5 or 6 times now. Hes got a fantastic lineup. I have a video tour I made a couple weeks ago. I'll see if i can Youtube it.

Finally got up there last night. Had a great time. Arcade is pure Pins, and very clean and well kept. The owner is very friendly and accessible. Recently got the Pinball bug. Was great to play from such a variety of decades. Tron was fun and looked great, but as a "LE" it seemed incomplete. Favorite of the night was Transformers. Now that's how you do a "LE"! Also loved Medieval Madness. I can see how that has become a fan favorite over the years. Looking forward to my next trip, as it's only an hour away. Will bring some other friends next time. This is an field and an owner I'm happy to support.

Will definitely have to pay the place a visit next time I head back to an alumni event at Purdue. Sounds like a great place to play pinball!

That's awesome, thanks for posting. I drive through Lafayette often and will stop by there sometime.

I'll be up Saturday night with a couple of friends. Anyone else heading up this weekend?

I was staying in Lafayette a few years ago while working at a near by plant. Unfortunately, I wasn’t in to pins back then. Sounds like a great place.

Bump!

Saturday (8/22) is a good day to visit Lafayette. There will be a beer festival in the afternoon and and a jazz/blues festival later on. I live in the area and would be down to play a few games.

Wow, I haven't been back to Lafayette since it was the Levee Laundromat that had all the pinball machines (something like 20).

I was in W. Laf/Laf, In in late May thru mid June, and played pinball there on several nights. Nice variety of pins w/ different prices to play (some $0.25, some 0.50, some 0.75, etc.). Owner/operator seems cool. Usually, his buddy (dog) was in the back maint area w/ him.

How long ago was that? Pretty sure there's nothing but tanning beds now.

In the 70's & early 80's I used to play pinball at 3 or 4 places around Purdue Univ campus in W. Laf., IN., ....and at an old laundromat close to Wabash River on State Street (hwy 26) by the Levee. That's how i got hooked on pinball as a teen.

Any nice photos?

I'll take some Saturday....

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This it it! Not ever Pin there, but most of them. Hope you enjoy!!

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Wow. And I thought I liked to take lots of pictures! Any word on that video acey?

I see one of the huge old drum heads from Purdue's Marching Band big bass drum w/ signatures hung up on the wall. That drum is so big that it gets wheeled around on a 2-wheel cart.
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WOW...How did I miss this post?! I pass by Laf in the evening every other week coming from Chicago. I will definitely stop by and play. Looks like a great place!

Stopped in last night... A GREAT arcade in a great location. Took me back to the memories of the 80's! The place is clean, with very clean, well kept machines . The owner is quite friendly also. I will become a regular there to get my fix.

Awesome! The more people that go the better! I want to help support this guy.

Did you see his dog?

Looks like I may have to go visit my nephew there in college this fall. ROADTRIP! Now where'e my paycheck

My brother lives in Indy, and I'm planning on meeting him at MSA in a couple weeks, then hitting some Purdue bars, which I haven't done in years! Looking forward to checking out this place.

Yea, his dog is cool! Every time I would knock on Bobby Orr's Power Play, he would start barking. LOL

Levee Laundromat was still there in the late 90s, but only with 2 or 3'pins

Sorry it took so long to get the video posted here. Recorded this a few months ago, and I haven't been back in awhile. The lineup is probably different now.
Pretty cool that my buddy got on the board of Transformers right as I was taping. I'm sure hes been bumped off, as that was shortly after it was added to the lineup.

http://www.youtube.com/embed/kKuU5Tm3ips

Main Street Amusements (MSA) is aewsome. I go every Friday. After CP Pinball (St. Louis, MO), it has the most pinball machines in the midwest as far as I know.

Giant Purdue drum head was donated to the owner by the Purdue band. MSA rents out the place for parties. The Purdue band had a party there and gave the owner the drum head as a thank you.

I stopped by this location last night during a visit with family in Lafayette. The location is fantastic with some of the cleanest machines I have played.

Awesome looking place, but.. BUT... how can they not have a GNR in there???? Hometown of Bill Bailey and Jeff Isabelle!

There is a tournament Saturday 12-1 at main street amusements!

He's up to 29 pins now. He recently fixed a Haunted House for a owner, and has permission to put it out on the floor for a couple of weeks! I haven't played that thing in almost 25 years I bet. I'll be there this Friday for sure!

I'm super pumped to play that haunted house too! Ive never played one, but have always wanted to. That game looks so cool.

I think the Tourney is before they open for their regular hours of 7-11 P.M.

I have some bad news for you. The laundromat you're thinking of is the Levee Laundromat, which moved to another location on the Levee when they built the new State Road 26 bridges. Unfortunately, a bunch of the really old pinball machines they had in there (electro-mech era) they simply abandoned in the building and let them be destroyed when the building was torn down.

(huge frowny face here)

A guy I knew back then climbed into the wreckage of the building and salvaged what he could. He got a backglass or two and that was about all he was able to get. Sure, the Levee Laundromat in its new location still had pinball machines (about 20 of them) through the early 1990s or so; I moved away in 1997 so I lost track of them; but I never forgave them for letting those old machines be destroyed.