TRON: Legacy (LE)
Stern, 2011Okay, I did a quick search to see if this was posted before and all I found was "do you own the first pinball machine you played" or something similar. No, I don't, but I plan to someday. So I figured I'd throw the question out there - what was the first pinball machine you ever played? For me, it was Haunted House.
First one I can remember well was FUNHOUSE. I must have been 8 years old then. I likely played before then, but I cant really remember before that in regards to pinball machines.
Sharkys shootout. They had it in the lobby of a hotel we stayed at when i was younger. I spent our whole vacation in the hotel lobby and spent my entire vacation allowance on that pin!
Bally Knock Out. My dad brought it home for Christmas when I was 8 or 9. 35 years later my parents still have it.
for me Addams family when it came out in 1992 I was 11 years old pumping all the quarters from a paper route I had into it. I was pissed then they switched it out for a dumb Twilight Zone.lol and I own Addams family today
First pin I remember was I think a Sinbad at the Polish home in Rome, NY back in the late 70's/early 80's. After that I played lots and lots of video arcade games, only encountering a pin here or there at a bowling alley or something. It wasn't until I built a home MAME machine a few years ago that the wife posed the "Could we get a pinball?" question and I was hooked.
Skateball. Played it at a youth center near my home 1985-1988. Got to play a beautiful example of it last year at Expo. Still want one.
I don't know the first one, as it was in my grandparents basement was I was VERY young (maybe 3-4) and it barely worked. None of my family remember the name or what it looked like.
First arcade style game (besides the pinball above) that I DO remember would be the Williams Double Play pitch and bat that is still down in that basement. Been in their home since Dec 65. Grandma still has the receipt for it.
Something from the mid-80's. But at that age, I don't remember what it would be. I remember my dad teaching me how to catch balls, and aim my shot. as I stood on the chrome step-stool, with rubber top.
First pin I played was at my local movie theater. It was an AFM and it was located right next to the area51 game.
no, no, no, I think I do remember my first Pinball machine.
Mini Cycle http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=1604
A friend of the family had this in their basement. They used to babysit me when I was 2-3. Last year I searching for this machine on Google. I knew what the backglass looked like, but at that age, there'd be no way I would know what it was called. All I remembered was that it had people riding stuff in the sand. And that's how I started my Google Search.
No idea. I was big on arcades, but it was the vids I was playing. And honestly most of them (this is early 80s) didn't even have pins. The ones that did I would feed in a quarter, bounce the ball around a bit, and then drain and walk away. I had no clue what I was doing, and lost interest to go back and play Gauntlet or Rampage or Xenophobe or something else.
It wasn't until Tron came out that I "got it". Played Tron LE at a local bowling alley and was hooked. I'd already had a renewed interest in pins, but that's the game that helped cement it.
I don't have an LE, but I have a modded Tron Pro that I'm perfectly happy with now.
I believe it was Black Hole at Show Biz pizza, but Fish Tales is the one that got me hooked(no pun intended)
Quoted from scooter:The first one I remember the name of was Traildrive
Time to relive those glory years.
Quoted from DaveH:I WISH I knew what machine it was. It was an EM about 45 years ago, and I only vaguely remember it.
How can you forget your first time? ... it supposed to be magical
Quoted from o-din:Time to relive those glory years.
spokane.craigslist.org link
Would love to have one!That one is across the country though
First game I remember playing was a data east Simpsons at a local skate rink/arcade. I thought the game and the show was so cutting edge at the time - well from an 11 year olds perspective.
But a few years later the game I remember spending lots of time with was an IJ at aladdins castle
Probably Joker Poker EM as it was in my uncle's basement. There may have been earlier ones but that is the one I can remember for certain.
High Speed. I feel like that game was everywhere, and at a lot of places for a long time. Well into the 90s.
It may have been Bad Cats, and I associate that machine as THE sound of the late 80s/early 90s arcade for me. Even though I wasn't able to play many games at that age (time/funds as a ~5 year old), I still predominantly heard sounds from that machine over others whether I was playing it or not. I'd like to own a nice one at some point. If it wasn't Bad Cats that I first played, it may have been Comet or Cyclone.
Otherwise, I likely played more on a Jokerz when I was around 10 or so.
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