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Mine was a 1995 Gottlieb Strikes ‘n Spares
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I know we've had some new threads recently that have been done before a LOT (Why no Harry Potter?, If you could own just 1 machine...etc.), but this one has to take the cake for most repeated, right?
Quoted from Jenniebear:Space Shuttle, still own it. How many people still own their first game?
Mine was a DE Star Wars. Got it over 20 years ago & I still own it.
Quoted from Jenniebear:Space Shuttle, still own it. How many people still own their first game?
Me 
Bermuda Triangle
My first game was a broken Gottlieb "2001" from a yard sale 3 houses down the block from me that I bought for like $25. It was 2004, and I knew nothing about pinball. We carried the damn thing down the street with it's legs and backbox still attached and put it into my garage. After fumbling around, I figured out how to get the playfield glass out, lifted the playfield, looked inside, saw all the EM stuff, silently mouthed "what the f***," put it back together, and promptly forgot about it until the following summer.
I came across Clay's guides online, and fixed it. While other games have come and gone, It still remains a proud addition to my collection. It's honestly a fantastic game.
Quoted from Jenniebear:Space Shuttle, still own it. How many people still own their first game?
Same here! And I still have it. The playfield was so bad I put an overlay on and had it cleared. Not that I'd get rid of it anyway, but I'm sure that would turn enough people off where I wouldn't be able to sell it for what it's worth to me personally.
Pinbot, Genesis, and Xenon. I picked up all three in a trade for some guitar amplifiers because I wanted to be a “barter king”. Lol. I’ve been hooked ever since. I don’t own any of the three any longer though.
Pinbot, from local arcade that was only there, never moved. Bought it in 1990. That arcade was a test site for Williams!
BSD bought on eBay with a buy it now of $800. Ahh 1997 those were the days... sold it regretted it bought another for 1200 a few years later. Won’t be leaving anytime soon.
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Al
The year 1989, age 15.
Parents asked me what I wanted for Christmas.
From several years of spending all of my money in the bowling alley arcade while my parents played on their bowling league.
I asked them for a pinball machine.
So my dad responded to an ad in the Classified Section of the Dallas Times Herald "Pinball Machines for Sale, Call 214-XXX-XXXX".
We agreed to meet the guy at his house. In his backyard he had a 20 x 20 metal building where he rebuilt pinball machines & jukeboxes as a hobby.
From the games I had to choose from the seller had me and my Dad played Night Rider, Flash and Bally Playboy he had for sale.
I liked the game play and the girls on the Bally Playboy the best 
What do you except for a 15 year old boy?
After several plays and deliberation on which one to chose. My dad asked "so which one?" I told him "Playboy".
I expect to hear a firm "No! your mom won't like that". Surprised he said ok...and that was the game of our choosing.
The seller delivered it to our house a week or so later and from there I was hooked.
My first was Tri Zone and I had the seller crate it up and send it 800 miles. Played it for years and then sold it to a friend who routes it regularly. It is nice that I can go visit it and play again. Thanks Erik!
My first game was a 1974 Williams Dealer's Choice. I got it around 1988 or so. I was working at a flower auction during my holidays and noticed the game in the Technical Service area. Apparently some flower farmer had brought it in and had asked if they could fix it. They hadn't even looked at it. Since I was taking classes in electronics they were fine with me taking a look. I got the game working except for the ball trough coil firing. The coil was fine, but for some reason the game would not kick the ball in the plunger lane. At the end of the holiday I asked if the game was for sale. I was told I could buy it for $50. That was fine with me. A few weeks later I came to pick it up and the guy who told me I could buy it turned out to be on his honeymoon. His colleagues told me to just take the game and keep my money. They never paid for it either, so why should I? I kept the game for 5 years, but was never able to fix that ball trough coil. After I sold it it took me 9 years to get another game and that was the start of my current collection
Quoted from unigroove:My first game was a 1974 Williams Dealer's Choice. I got it around 1988 or so. I was working at a flower auction during my holidays and noticed the game in the Technical Service area. Apparently some flower farmer had brought it in and had asked if they could fix it. They hadn't even looked at it. Since I was taking classes in electronics they were fine with me taking a look. I got the game working except for the ball trough coil firing. The coil was fine, but for some reason the game would not kick the ball in the plunger lane. At the end of the holiday I asked if the game was for sale. I was told I could buy it for $50. That was fine with me. A few weeks later I came to pick it up and the guy who told me I could buy it turned out to be on his honeymoon. His colleagues told me to just take the game and keep my money. They never paid for it either, so why should I? I kept the game for 5 years, but was never able to fix that ball trough coil. After I sold it it took me 9 years to get another game and that was the start of my current collection
You had me at flower auction.
Time Warp,still own it and it brought friends. Crazy hobby but worse things I could be doing with my money.
-Mike
My first game was Jurassic Park. I wasn't targeting any specific game, but knew I wanted a late-80s early-90s machine with-in a certain budget. That just so happened to be the first game that turned up in my area. I sold it a few years later to fund a Fish Tales.
BSD for $1500 almost 6 years ago. Drove over 5 hours with a hangover one way to pick it up and 5 hours back. It was in great shape, great playfield, no fade. I did wind up having to replace a couple boards in it over time. Then it was rock solid. People on here said it wasn’t a great choice for first and only pin because Of its difficulty. I loved it! I eventually let it go to try out new pins. But I would take it back in a heartbeat. Unfortunately it would cost more than double what I paid for it back then to get another one that nice.
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