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Pulling Pinball Into The Mainstream?

By Azmodeus

6 years ago



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    #7 6 years ago

    I think pinball is on the verge of a Renaissance. I have two boys 13 and 10, and all their friends marvel at our pinball machine. And it’s an ol EM. All these kids who grew up on xboxes, have no experience with anything arcade or pinball. They are used to interacting with a 2d television screen. Pinball is 3D, with bright flashy lights,mechanically moving spinners, bumpers and flippers. It’s as if they had grown up on b/w tv and are shown a color tv. (Ya I just dated myself) the younger generations are valuing experiences more and more, and introducing them to pinball IS an experience for them. I really think we are at the end of the dark ages now, and as more and more home brew companies pop up it will catch the attention of the Williams and Bally’s of the world again.

    #8 6 years ago

    And btw my avatar pic is from the Chicago arcade expo last year, they spent two whole days playing machines that predated them by 30 plus years and loved it. They still talk about it, and the people they met. So what’s old CAN be new again. Don’t sell the hobby short!

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