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Quoted from mrclean:I'm also into vintage video games.... Does that count ? ... (Several others not in the photo)
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Is that a private collection ?!?!?!
I grew up in Melville, BTW, and first got into playing pinball by riding my bike over to Adventureland. I ended up passing through a couple weeks ago and stopped at Adventureland for old time's sake, and they were closed (arcade included) because it had rained earlier in the day. 
Anyway, I saw that no pins are listed on the pinside map at Adventureland. Since you're local, would you happen to know if they have any?
Quoted from mrclean:Yes that's my private collection in my basement "video section", although I have added some more since that pic. I do have a small pin room next to that vid room in the basement, but looking expand my pin collection to upstairs as well. I have no clue as to what Adventure Land's arcade consists of, probably the last time I've seen it was in the late 80's early 90's. I do pass Adventure Land frequently so I could always pop in... I wouldn't expect much other than redemption crap.
Back in the 80s/90s there was a lot of redemption crap, but also a killer selection of arcade games and pins. They even had a Hercules pin, which had lousy gameplay but was truly a sight to behold. But with these kids nowadays, it wouldn't surprise me if all they had was Dance Dance Revolution and a crapload of ticket dispensers.
Earlier this month when I traveled there only to find out they were closed, I slinked away with my head hanging in shame and desperately sought elsewhere for my pinball fix. So I went to Dave and Busters nearby, over at the airport. They had an immense, cavernous arcade room...but not one stinking pinball machine. 
I was pretty pissed off at that point. And so I slinked away again, head hanging once again in shame, only this time I got to sit in traffic on the Southern State as I made my way home. So my big trip passing through Long Island didn't leave me longing for the good old days.
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