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Remember when _____________ ( fill in the blank)

By joeyp1966

7 years ago

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#1 7 years ago

JOE

joeyp1966

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Thought it might be fun for us old pinball dudes that have been in it for a while to do a "remember when" thread, couldn't find one , so I'll start. Sorry if I'm duplication someone elses idea

Remember when no one mentioned the word "code" when talking about a game. it either sucked as is, or was great, not ever a word of needing new "code".

Remember when NIB was a really cool thing , and those games were as rare as a Haunted House that actually worked.

Remember when you had to fabricate your own replacement brackets / and make shift ramp protectors out of sheet aluminum from home depot.

Joey

#2 7 years ago

WIZ

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there used to be an Arcade in every mall.

#3 7 years ago

PBP

PopBumperPete

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When Gottlieb would bring out yet another card themed game, and nobody complained?

#4 7 years ago

SBS

o-din

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solid states started replacing EMs with no score reels, bells, or chimes?

#5 7 years ago

TMC

extraballingtmc

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'Member when pins weren't so expensive? 'Member?

'Member when games were only a quarter? 'Member?

#6 7 years ago

PBP

PopBumperPete

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Quoted from o-din:
solid states started replacing EMs with no score reels, bells, or chimes.

The First SS had chimes

The First SS I played was Hot Tip.

#7 7 years ago

TSH

Travish

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Greensboro, NC

11y 98,800 3,348 6

Code? What's this code stuff? The board either works or it doesn't.

Remember when there would be 15 people with quarters on the glass waiting for their turn?

#8 7 years ago

JRT

Tazmani

Inactive member

Cincinnati, OH

7y 17,650 9 9

Remember when you could buy a used machine for half of what it originally cost instead of twice what it originally cost?

#9 7 years ago

LTG

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Hopkins, MN

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Quoted from extraballingtmc:
'Member when games were only a quarter?

'Member when games were 10¢ a game and three games for a quarter. Five balls too !

LTG : )

#10 7 years ago

ART

OLDPINGUY

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#11 7 years ago

PBP

PopBumperPete

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You bought your first EM
Gee there is a lot of wires

#12 7 years ago

GFY

Otaku

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Quoted from extraballingtmc:
when games were only a quarter?

Now they're 8 grand!

Quoted from o-din:
solid states started replacing EMs with no score reels, bells, or chimes.

There was that middle section for a short time where some/most solid state producers put chimes in them. Identity crisis. Cool to play and listen to though.

#13 7 years ago

SBS

o-din

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Quoted from Otaku:
There was that middle section for a short time where some/most solid state producers put chimes in them.

Not the first ones I played. But I have played some since.

#14 7 years ago

SFV

Hammerhead

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Remember when McDonald's served Big Macs in those styrofoam boxes?

#15 7 years ago

BAY

Bay78

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Winnipeg, MB

12y 69,900 674 31 10

Remember when we were happy with an orange gas display?

#16 7 years ago

MLV

Pinball-is-great

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Remember years ago when you would go into an arcade or laundromat and check all the pinball machines for any free games left on them, and also check for quarters in the coin returns.

#17 7 years ago

MJH

TimeBandit

redshiftLED.com.au

Sydney, Oz

10y 159K 5,511 3 65

smoking was cool..

#18 7 years ago

GFY

Otaku

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Quoted from Pinball-is-great:
Remember years ago when you would go into an arcade or laundromat and check all the pinball machines for any free games left on them, and also check for quarters in the coin returns.

I still do this Well, at least credits...

#19 7 years ago

YOB

Mancave

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I remember when i was young........just

#20 7 years ago

STV

VDrums2112

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... When you didn't know about the next game to be released until it just magically appeared in the arcade one day?

-Steve

#21 7 years ago

FST

fastpinball

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Gig Harbor, WA

10y 91,550 1,699 3

"Remember when we used to just play pinball?"

Anyone building a pin will know what I'm talking about.

Aaron
FAST Pinball

#22 7 years ago

JOE

joeyp1966

Inactive member

Lawrenceville, GA

8y 54,900 322 6 9

Remember when you would gladly exchange your whole paycheck into tokens at the arcade. Well, except for the $1.85 for the 3 pack special for cigarettes (for the whole week) . The sound of the tokens dropping was music to my ears. Seems that $5 gave you extra tokens, what a deal!
JP

#23 7 years ago

CRS

SilverUnicorn

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Remember when.......Pinside was fun?

Please don't get me wrong, I still get great knowledge from some here, but it's nowhere near the fun it used to be
I know, I know, I will leave now.

Chris

#24 7 years ago

SJS

Stones

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Smithville, MO

10y 139K 3,065 31

When Centerflank was around.....

#25 7 years ago

ROB

RCA1

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Remember when Earthshaker scared the crap out of you the first time the shaker went off?
WTH was that!? Did this thing just blow up!?

#26 7 years ago

RWH

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Norwood, OH

13y 132K 9,921 2 10

When Black Hole came out and the price of a game went to .50 cents, what an outrage!

#27 7 years ago

RMS

dirtbag66

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9y 2,405

Remember when people came to Pinside to talk about pinball, not legal stuff (see: anything American Pinball lately) or argue about which fancy toy is better than the other?

Remember when people were smart with their money, and didn't just blindly jump in line for the next newest machine just to say they had one first?

#28 7 years ago

BLY

MrBally

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Quoted from Pinball-is-great:
Remember years ago when you would go into an arcade or laundromat and check all the pinball machines for any free games left on them, and also check for quarters in the coin returns.

Still check for coins. PHoF paid me to play there a month ago. Thanks Tim!

#29 7 years ago

BLY

MrBally

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Paradise, NV

12y 141K 13,923 22 1

Quoted from LTG:
'Member when games were 10¢ a game and three games for a quarter. Five balls too !
LTG : )

I remember the first "2 plays, Quarter" yellow Coin entry plate I enCOuNtered; It was on a Williams Honey at Pine Tree Bowl in Dearborn, Michigan.

#30 7 years ago

COS

cosmokramer

Pinside member

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Remember when a red bump on your skin just meant you had to pop it....now you have to keep an eye on it and report to your dermatologist....getting old sucks

#31 7 years ago

CAC

TiltDis

Pinside member

Bedford, TX

9y 52,050 223 5

... JD was a $1400 game, folks!

#32 7 years ago

DJT

Taxman

In Memoriam

11y 90,950 6,228 34 30

Dropping a light bulb didn't evacuate a school.

Playing with mercury in your hand was fun.

The smell of a lead gasoline engine.

Going into your local arcade and seeing your first Haunted House with all those flippers and levels.

#33 7 years ago

SMS

ViolinSteve

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10y 86,550 817 8

you were young? You shone like the sun. Shine on you crazy diamond!

Sorry, had to.

#34 7 years ago

LTG

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Hopkins, MN

12y 191K 56,926 24 7

Quoted from RWH:
When Black Hole came out and the price of a game went to .50 cents, what an outrage!

Remember when Black Knight came out before it at 50¢ ?

LTG : )

#35 7 years ago

LTG

Pinside member

Hopkins, MN

12y 191K 56,926 24 7

Remember when distributors were hyping solid state pins because they would eliminate service ?

LTG : )

#36 7 years ago

TOM

freddy

Pinside member

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You had a hard time seeing over the lock bar !

#37 7 years ago

MJH

TimeBandit

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Sydney, Oz

10y 159K 5,511 3 65

you said, "Space Invaders? Why the hell would I play that? It's the same every time."?

#38 7 years ago

WAX

Fresh_Wax

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Boston, NY

9y 40,550 516 4

A dime bag cost a dime...

#39 7 years ago

CAD

cottonm4

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I remember when you had to tell the girl that you loved her. I wish I was young in today's hookup world.

#40 7 years ago

???

pinnaf

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Unknown

11y 40,650 531 1

I remember when: TO FIND OUT THE HIGH SCORE YOU HAD TO LOOK ON THE SIDE OF THE CABINET FOR NUMBERS ENGRAVED!!

#41 7 years ago

???

pinnaf

Inactive member

Unknown

11y 40,650 531 1

here's another one.....

I remember when: ONLY THE RICHEST KIDS (in the neighborhood) HAD A PINBALL MACHINE AT THEIR HOUSE!

#42 7 years ago

BOB

beatmaster

Mods for your pinballs

Beauharnois

12y 102K 7,387 7 17

remember when, every night, your girlfriend used to give you a nice b... oh wait....

#43 7 years ago

MJH

TimeBandit

redshiftLED.com.au

Sydney, Oz

10y 159K 5,511 3 65

Quoted from beatmaster:
remember when, every night, your girlfriend used to give you a nice b... oh wait....

ahh, back rubs, I remember well.

#44 7 years ago

BOB

beatmaster

Mods for your pinballs

Beauharnois

12y 102K 7,387 7 17

Quoted from TimeBandit:
ahh, back rubs, I remember well.

yep, good old days.

#45 7 years ago

ARF

AlexF

Pinside member

Edgerton, WI

11y 116K 5,763 8 8

Pinball was the babysitter for my sister and I when we stopped at the bar on snowmobile trips. Dad always had pockets full of change. The goal was just to keep the ball in play as long as possible, no idea what the rules were...

#46 7 years ago

KID

pinkid

Pinside member

10y 48,650 1,479

Remember when cars had glass headlights and not this plastic shit you have to polish????

#47 7 years ago

RWH

Pinside member

Norwood, OH

13y 132K 9,921 2 10

Quoted from LTG:
Remember when Black Knight came out before it at 50¢ ?
LTG : )

Yes I do. Six card Bingo machines were the rage in every tavern across the country and Elvis was King.

#48 7 years ago

DJT

Taxman

In Memoriam

11y 90,950 6,228 34 30

And you used a condom because you worried about pregnancy.

#49 7 years ago

JJK

hawkmoon

Pinside+ Addict

9y 84,650 3,106 13 8 1 1

Remember when,Pinball was 5 Balls for a Dime,and NO internet to tell you how!!!

#50 7 years ago

SKB

Eskaybee

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12y 155K 12,952 40

Remember when pinside had no forum.

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