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#1 4 years ago

TAK

At league night a couple weeks ago, my group was brainstorming a bucket list of top (10) pinball venues to visit.
Top criteria included breadth of collection, quality of machines, and fun vibe (which is a little hard to qualify).

Any favorites from this list that I might have missed?
And any standouts that rise to the top for you?

Thanks for any feedback you care to contribute

Sunshine Laundromat, Brooklyn NY
Silverball Museum Arcade, Asbury Park NJ
Roanoke pinball museum, Roanoke, VA
Asheville Pinball Museum, Asheville NC
Pennsylvania Coin-Op Gaming Hall of Fame, Hopewell PA
PAPA World Headquarters, Pittsburgh PA
Pinball Replay FX, Pittsburgh PA
Pinball Gallery, Malvern PA
Ann Arbor Pinball Show & Musem (VFW), Ann Arbor, MI
Pyramid Scheme, Grand Rapids MI
Logan Arcade, Chicago IL
1-Up, Denver, CO
Pinballz Arcade, Austin TX
Pinball Hall of Fame, Las Vegas NV
Seattle Pinball Museum, Seattle WA
Add A Ball, Seattle, WA
Pacific Pinball Museum, Alameda CA
Museum of Pinball, Banning CA

#2 4 years ago

HRG

poppapin

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Replay Museum, Tarpon Springs, Florida

#3 4 years ago

CJM

cjmjmm2006

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All great choices!!

#4 4 years ago

LTG

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I'm sad. SS Billiards didn't make the bucket list.

What could be a more fun vibe then me telling jokes about your mother ?

LTG : (

Edited to include currently 22 pinball machines. I've been running it 46 3/4 years.

#5 4 years ago

DAV

InfiniteLives

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Lyons Classic Pinball, Lyons, Colorado

and there are actually three 1-UP Locations in Denver now. For Pinball I would rank them:
1UP Colfax
1UP Greenwood Village
1UP Lodo

#6 4 years ago

LUK

tlukka

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I was not aware of Replay Museum here in my own state. Thanks, I will have to check it out. But by far the best place I have ever been to play pinball on the whole planet is The Pinball Palace in Brunswick, GA.

#7 4 years ago

/M\

starfighter

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CP Pinball, Roxanna IL

Added over 5 years ago:

100 pins on site

#8 4 years ago

REW

woody76

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Music City Pinball is in the process of building something special. Should be ready in August or September.

#9 4 years ago

???

Panic_flip

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Silverball Museum in Delray Beach, FL

#10 4 years ago

RDS

RustyLizard

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Titletown, Depere Wi. 60 games in good working order and expanding soon.

#11 4 years ago

MDA

N101AA

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Next Level in Hillsboro, Oregon. I've got my eye on airfares into PDX and when the price is right I'm heading out there to play for the weekend.

I'm not sure the 1Ups in Denver are "bucket list" worthy. While many people enjoy visiting them, they are a bar first, an arcade second, and pinballs are third.

#12 4 years ago

DRS

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#13 4 years ago

TechnicalSteam

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CP Pinball in Roxanna, IL is pretty darn amazing.
1up in Colorado
The Silver Ballroom in St. Louis is how you do it.

#14 4 years ago

???

romulusx

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Quoted from starfighter:
CP Pinball, Roxanna IL

Hell yes,CP Pinball is the best!
Hi Chuck

-1

#15 4 years ago

Blackbeard

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Quoted from poppapin:
Replay Museum, Tarpon Springs, Florida

Had high hopes going there. NOTHING was leveled. And it wasn’t a tiny bit. It made games unplayable.

The flooors in this place were messed up making leveling a nightmare. And a lot of games were a mess. Flippers not working. Things not right.

Def not worthy of top ten

#16 4 years ago

Blackbeard

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There’s a place in Grandy NC called Flippers which is killer. Even a BBB!

#17 4 years ago

N_W

Neal_W

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Quoted from tlukka:
But by far the best place I have ever been to play pinball on the whole planet is The Pinball Palace in Brunswick, GA.

Pinball Palace (freeplay museum) has a world class collection, specializing in newer "LE" titles from Stern, CGC, JJP, Spooky, but pins from every era as well. Always friendly and never a wait there.

https://pinside.com/pinball/map/where-to-play/10725-the-pinball-palace-brunswick-ga

#18 4 years ago

Blackbeard

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Also

Pocketeer Pinball in buffalo.

Amazing collection. All pins play great too.

#19 4 years ago

FEZ

Fezmid

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SS Billiards in Hopkins, MN: http://www.ssbilliards.com
Tilt Pinball Bar in Minneapolis, MN: http://www.tiltpinballbar.com

#20 4 years ago

DOG

Whysnow

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My 5 tops are

lyons classic pinball in Lyons CO
Tilt in Minneapolis Minnesota
Logan arcade in Chicago
IO Arcade in Madison
Add a ball in Seattle

#21 4 years ago

PWN

jahbarron

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Gameseum - Eprhata, PA

#22 4 years ago

DAV

InfiniteLives

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Quoted from jahbarron:
Gameseum - Eprhata, PA

bout spit my coffee out haha

#23 4 years ago

ACE

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Cidercade in Dallas. 24 pins; a lot of them are LE titles

#24 4 years ago

JTF

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Tappers Bar; Indianapolis, Indiana
Silver Ballroom; St. Louis, Mo
The Sinking Ship; Indianapolis, Indiana

#25 4 years ago

MWM

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Next level, in hillsboro ore, is great!! Over 125 pins, at least that many vid games and always adding. Super clean and great people. Highly recommend!!!!

#26 4 years ago

POK

smokedog

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My choices are mostly for the vibe as opposed to the number of machines.

Pokey's Pinball Cafe - Saskatoon, SK
North Star - Montreal, QC
House of Targ - Ottawa, ON
Shorty's - Seattle, WA
PinBar - Calgary, AB

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#27 4 years ago

JJB

jbovenzi

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Yes to Pacific Pinball Museum.

Also Free Gold Watch, San Francisco

#28 4 years ago

JPB

WolfManCat

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8bit arcade in Renton, WA
The Triple knock, Tacoma, WA

Around 25 machines at both these places kept in decent condition.

#29 4 years ago

RAZ

raz0red

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Next Level in Hillsboro. Lots of great games, excellent condition, clean, and lots of room to move around.

#30 4 years ago

MKY

Pdxmonkey

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Next Level is incredible.

Also Dutch Pinball Museum if your open to traveling outside the US.

#31 4 years ago

DBLM

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Haven’t seen Fort Wayne Pinball. About 70 machines in awesome condition.

#32 4 years ago

JBD

jaybeedee

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Silver ball Osaka

#33 4 years ago

JLV

MusicUnderground

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Helicon Brewery is probably the best public pinball location in Pennsylvania.

#34 4 years ago

MDP

life_boy

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I was amazed at Cactus Jack’s in Oklahoma City. 50+ pins in immaculate condition. It felt like I was playing brand new Twilight Zone, Addams, Congo, Bride of Pinbot, Demolition man, etc. Even Eight Ball Deluxe looked pretty great. Good mix of old and new games.

Stopped by on a business trip and can’t wait to wind up in OKC again someday.

#35 4 years ago

GTV

Mizzou0103

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Here’s my rankings of the places I’ve been:

1. Sunshine Laundry - Great atmosphere and the games are always in great shape. They also keep a high percentage of rare or LE games on site.
2. Pinball Gallery - Malvern, PA - Very large selection of games from all eras. 95% of the games are always working.
3. MOMs Organic Market - College Park, MD - Nice selection of games. Cool atmosphere since it’s hidden away in the back of a super market. Free coffee and tea at the customer service desk of the store.
4. Cidercade - Dallas, TX - Great barcade with interesting alcoholic cider choices. Nice selection of games with most in great shape. There’s usually one or two that have problems. Wide variety of other games.
5. Free Gold Watch - San Francisco, CA - Good selection with games in great shape.
6. Railroad Bar and Grill - Linfield, PA - Not a great game selection, but they’re always in great shape. The beer selection is great. Just a real comfortable place to hangout and have a beer or two.
7. Rock Fantasy - Middletown, NY - Good selection of games. Cool atmosphere.
8. Padavan’s - St. Charles, MO - Smallish game selection, but they have beer which makes up for a limited amount of games.
9. What’s Brewing - San Antonio - Good range of games from different eras. Good atmosphere with coffee shop feel makes it a comfortable place to hangout.
10. Morristown Game Vault - Morristown, NJ - Not great, but it’s close to work if I want to play after I finish up for the day.

#36 4 years ago

CJM

cjmjmm2006

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Quoted from Mizzou0103:
Here’s my rankings of the places I’ve been:
1. Sunshine Laundry - Great atmosphere and the games are always in great shape. They also keep a high percentage of rare or LE games on site.
2. Pinball Gallery - Malvern, PA - Very large selection of games from all eras. The 95% of the games are always working.
3. MOMs Organic Market - College Park, MD - Nice selection of games. Cool atmosphere since it’s hidden away in the back of a super market. Free coffee and tea at the customer service desk of the store.
4. Cidercade - Dallas, TX - Great barcade with interesting alcoholic cider choices. Nice selection of games with most in great shape. There’s usually one or two that have problems. Wide variety of other games.
5. Free Gold Watch - San Francisco, CA - Good selection with games in great shape.
6. Railroad Bar and Grill - Linfield, PA - Not a great game selection, but they’re always in great shape. The beer selection is great. Just a real comfortable place to hangout and have a beer or two.
7. Rock Fantasy - Middletown, NY - Good selection of games. Cool atmosphere.
8. Padavan’s - St. Charles, MO - Smallish game selection, but they have beer which makes up for a limited amount of games.
9. What’s Brewing - San Antonio - Good range of games from different eras. Good atmosphere with coffee shop feel makes it a comfortable place to hangout.
10. Morristown Game Vault - Morristown, NJ - Not great, but it’s close to work if I want to play after I finish up for the day.

Gotta get you to Helicon Brewing. Great beer and game selection.

#37 4 years ago

CME

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Quoted from Blackbeard:
There’s a place in Grandy NC called Flippers which is killer. Even a BBB!

I go every year, just spent a few hours playing at flippers a couple of days ago! Pics of the current line up! The games that aren’t turned on are in the back room, you just have to run them on yourself. Lots of arcade games too and laser tag. The arcade is inside of a gas station.

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#38 4 years ago

BTF

PinballManiac40

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How about editing your posts to include the number of pins currently at each location?

Post last edited 4 years ago: “to include "editing your posts to include"”

#39 4 years ago

CJM

cjmjmm2006

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Quoted from PinballManiac40:
How about posting the number of pins currently at each location?

Think Helicon has 45 games at the moment.

#40 4 years ago

DAD

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Quoted from athenspin:
I go every year, just spent a few hours playing at flippers a couple of days ago! Pics of the current line up! The games that aren’t turned on are in the back room, you just have to run them on yourself. Lots of arcade games too and laser tag. The arcade is inside of a gas station.[quoted image][quoted image][quoted image][quoted image][quoted image][quoted image][quoted image][quoted image][quoted image][quoted image][quoted image][quoted image][quoted image][quoted image][quoted image][quoted image]

Flippers is the BEST!!!

#41 4 years ago

GTV

Mizzou0103

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Quoted from cjmjmm2006:
Gotta get you to Helicon Brewing. Great beer and game selection.

I’m considering a trip to Replay FX and would definitely add Helicon on to that trip.

#42 4 years ago

CME

athenspin

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Quoted from PinballT:
Flippers is the BEST!!!

Always such a great line up!

#43 4 years ago

CME

athenspin

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Pins mechanical brewery in Dublin and Columbus! Great selection of pins at both locations, arcade games, duck bowling, table pong, pool, full bars, like an adult Disney land!!

#44 4 years ago

FLA

FlashDaddy

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I didn't feel like Pinballz in Austin was in any way special outside of the sheer number of games. More than half were broken or unleveled, and the atmosphere was pretty dull. I'm in Seattle though, so we're a bit spoiled.

#45 4 years ago

PVW

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Rotterdam, The Netherlands: http://www.dutchpinballmuseum.com/
Budapest, Hungary: http://www.flippermuzeum.hu/en/

#46 4 years ago

JNK

Looking4FirstPin

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The Retro Arcade in Sharon, PA is my favorite Western PA location. They keep their games pristine, and I have never been in there wishing that a flipper be replaced, a scoop fixed or a playfield cleaned. They have the most pristine set of pins that I have played.

There are between 45 and 50 pins there, including recent games from JJP, Stern, American Pinball, Spooky and CGC. Their collection is System 11 pins and newer. They are also the only location I am aware of in the area to have all JJP pins on location.

#47 4 years ago

AXE

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Pinballz has three locations.
Original
Lake Creek
Pinballz Kingdom- (Buda, far south edge of Austin).
If your list is 'places you should make a special trip to go play' then none of them qualify. If you're in Austin anyway the original is worth a visit.
Pinballmap.com has current data for many Austin locations.

#48 4 years ago

904

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Quoted from athenspin:
I go every year, just spent a few hours playing at flippers a couple of days ago! Pics of the current line up! The games that aren’t turned on are in the back room, you just have to run them on yourself. Lots of arcade games too and laser tag. The arcade is inside of a gas station.[quoted image][quoted image][quoted image][quoted image][quoted image][quoted image][quoted image][quoted image][quoted image][quoted image][quoted image][quoted image][quoted image][quoted image][quoted image][quoted image]

God I miss that place!
I did an interview with David looong ago!

#49 4 years ago

904

HighProtein

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Must add Pinball Palace in Brunswick GA

#50 4 years ago

REW

woody76

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I have heard great things about Flippers.

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