Visited today for a few hours, everyone had a good time. There is a nice selection of arcade games along with other stuff the kids like such as the prize machines and such. Plenty of pinball, including pretty much all the new machines up through Munsters. All the machines seemed in good shape, although a few of the older ones did seem to be leveled a bit oddly. There is a Firepower with drop targets installed, but it played kind of slow compared to the others I have played, plus all the cool sounds were off. But all the rest were good and I have nothing to complain about. Some that I played: EATPM (finally for the first time), TZ, AF, MM, WOZ, Tron LE, Star Wars, GOTG, Hobbit, Metallica AC/DC, Munsters, Batman, T2, and a bunch of EMs.

Staff seemed to be hard working and friendly, Tim Arnold was busy working on a machine the whole time I was there.

Sheesh not even an update from anyone since my last one. Hit it again this week, had a good pinball time once again. Went about 5 in the afternoon, it was not crowded at all, easy to play anything you want. Beat Scared Stiff and Attack From Mars. Had much better luck this trip at pinball compared to the #&#! gambling machines.

Don’t forget to stop by the massage parlor next door for a good back rub after playing hours of pinball....a happy ending to a great day!

Stoya visit the pinball hall of fame :

Great video!

Went to Pinball Hall Of Fame on my last trip to Vegas last year and had a radical time there!! Played Challenger (Gottlieb 1971 2P Head-To-Head Pinball) with my dad and it was pretty slow-to-medium-paced, but it was cool. Anybody else played Challenger when visiting Pinball Hall of Fame? What do you think of that game?

Played it with my son there years ago. Just like I played one with my dad at Holiday Bowl in Dearborn, Michigan almost fifty years ago. After playing it, you can understand why the operator that insisted and payed Gottlieb to build them went out of business.

Blast from the past.

I took these in January 2006 right after the PHoF first opened in its original location next to the dollar cinema a couple of miles east of where it is currently. It was almost unknown back then and didn't even have a sign yet. Fun to see it evolve over the years. Tim was cordial enough to take a pic. It was a great time back then too.
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I've never been to Vagus, but I have one of them and did some fine tuning and got it to
play decent, but not as snappy as some of the other Gottliebs from the same era, but playing
head to head makes it a pretty cool machine. When there's a party, I take a big sip just
before hitting the start button. There's no breaks during game play..

Seems like a year ago, but this was late February of this year...

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Porno at PHoF is a *FACT*, pictures from the shoot sit on my hard drive. Two adults, M/F, done after hours. At the time (and for about 6 years prior) Sal was contacted by some folks that wanted to do an after hours shoot (or so the story goes from inside the PHoF personnel, which in NO WAY claim to have authorized the use for a porno shoot) at PHoF. Not sure if Sal stayed inside, not sure if I care much if he did. However, a shoot did occur, and it was embarrassing to the PHoF's 'director of stuff and things', along with his wifey. They are stand up kinda people. So, it happened, no questions other than why was it allowed to happen... Sal left the volunteering position a bit after the shoot occured, but not likely due to the shoot alone. I miss Sal, funny guy and as we all did, usually got the job done, eventually [yeh sal, 'put that machine back together before you leave please']

As for Tim's memory banks, he alone will will forget more than you or I will ever know about pinball, maybe by at least 2 orders of magnitude. The dude literally used to eat, sleep and shit pinball, morning noon and night. Maybe even more now than ever that he is into a new station of this adventure at about 4-5 super large. He may even talk to himself about pinball while he's walking his dogs to unwind and disconnect, get some exercise and go the distance (hope for good health bud).

Yet, he's wrong on at least two accounts in that video interview and hack of a chop/edit job. Electricity was introduced to pinball/bagatelle back in the early 1900s, not the 1936 era that many folks believe to be the truth. It was used for shooting balls around the field (kickers) and bells and knockers. Bueschel and others have claimed much earlier use of electricity, than even in Pacific Amusement's Contact (Senior?). Such claims seems to be supported by the guys at IPDB (Dodel and his compatriot/s in the effort) with their writings, research and online database. RIP Bushy, the rest of your promised 10 volume book set will be missed by many. Steve Young and Gordon Hasse could fill those last 7 or so books, but maybe we'll never see that set complete by them either.

"Contrary to popular belief, 'Contact' was not the first game to use electricity. Dick Bueschel notes in Pinball 1 that there were pinball games and bagatelles of the early 1900’s with electricity that "rang bells, flashed lights and kicked balls around in all directions." -IPDB Contact Sr.

IPDB is a good source, so is the Net in general if you are able wade through the large amount of garbage in the dumpster. Also a good start of names, knowledge summary, and of course some contact information is on this list...

https://1930s.com/pinball/pww2/Hstorian.htm

So what's the latest with PHOF? Is the old location still open? Are all machines on?

Thinking about a trip to Vegas.

Check out this thread for the latest

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/worst-day-ever-at-pinball-hall-of-fame#post-5678302

An update.
YES, we are open. Every second game is off for social distancing. Most all the newer popular stuff has been moved to be the one that is ON and the less popular stuff is dark. Kind of like High School..... Let attendant know if there is a game you want turned on.
Gotta wear a mask. NO VIRUS DENIERS!
Open 11am till 9pm for now.
113 outside today, cool 79 inside.
No popcorn or candy machines because of mask removal. Soft drinks with straws under mask only.
No infants. No strollers.
New store cat loves to be petted, most popular thing in the place.
New games, ELVIRA, JURASSIC PARK, TNMT.
Those who show up in tattered or old t-shirts had better buy a new PHOF membership shirt, can't have low lifes hanging around.

Slightly off topic, Tim what happened to Hippie Mike.

Retired.

LTG : )

Thanks Lloyd. Talked with him several occasions at Pinball Expos past...