Minneapolis, MN
Great selection. I did not see Superman, Amazing Spider-Man(They had a newer stern machine), or Close Encounters when I was there though.
Blainbrook Entertainment Center
Large assortment of both old and new pinballs. Audio volumes for the machines varied wildly. South Park and Monopoly were incredibly loud, while Metallica and Monster Bash were very quiet. The newest machines and popular oldies (Monster Bash, Attack from Mars, Adams Family) are set for $1 play but the vast majority are 50 cents; so pretty good value overall. However, no $2 for 3 play deals or anything similar on any machines. Many machines have Ball Save turned off, and VERY sensitive Tilt. The machines are well taken care of with many having new LEDs, etc. All outlanes are set to wide open. As stated above the tilt settings are set super sensitive making some games not even playable! Monster Bash, Cactus Canyon, and Attack From Mars! all tilt just by having multiball without any shaking or bumping! All games later than 1990 are $1.00, and pre-1990 are .50.
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12000 Central Ave NE, Minneapolis, MN 55434, USA
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There are are 45 games listed for this location.
SS Bally, 1995 - Added on 2017-01-22
Extremely sensitive tilt. This machine has tilted on me just by having multiball with no shaking or nudging.
SS Chicago Gaming Co., 2021 - Added on 2023-04-09
Extremely sensitive tilt. This machine has tilted on me with no shaking or nudging.
SS Williams, 1998
$1 per play. LED screen.Extremely sensitive tilt. This machine has tilted on me just by having multiball with no shaking or nudging. The setting was verified by one of the techs that work on the machines.
SS Williams, 1986
Extremely weak right flipper making it near impossible to make it up the solar value ramp on the left!
SS Stern, 2022 - Added on 2023-04-09
They have the center time machine ramp turned off in the options! This was confirmed by one of the techs that work on the machines. Not cool!
SS Jersey Jack, 2019 - Added on 2020-07-18
Extra ball is turned off in the settings!
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10 years ago
Their Fish Tales is by far one of the most beautifully kept pins I have ever played. Everything else that I played besides the newer Sterns were in good to mediocre shape. Was a bit frustrating to find out that I couldn't dead flipper pass on their Funhouse in the middle of a tournament qualifier...
9 years ago
Large collection and decent prices. It's fun, but condition and settings of the machines were inconsistent.
For example, some games had a generous ball save and others had none.
8 years ago
Updated the game list. My buddy and i visited here yesterday while we were in Minneapolis for work. Good location with a lot of pins to play, not museum quality, but everything played pretty good. Revenge from Mars wouldn't turn on, not sure if their timer was broke or what, but everything else played and turned on.
5 years ago
My wife, myself and my two week old baby weathered the blizzard to check out this pinball nirvana today! What a sight to behold! GREAT titles including the new The Beatles! We had a ton of fun, very well kept joint, we can’t wait to go again soon!
3 months ago
@DeputyDrain - there is a clipboard to report issues on… if you go up the stairs to the upper level and turn left, down at the end right outside the office door.
81 days ago
Revisited a month later and tons of machines off and with nonfunctional elements. A lot of these machines desperately need attention; playfield lights are out, a bunch of ramps not working, and smudgy nasty glass everywhere making half the machines in dark spots difficult to play. This is an excellent selection of pins squandered by a lack of maintenance. Stern insider not set up on anything.
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This is pinball Heaven. I go here every month for tournaments. Great selection of machines, and tables do get added from time to time. They serve Surly & have great food, so there's fun for everyone.