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    Pinball Machines Were Sneakier Than You Think

    High-Def Digital Pinball Machine Doesn't Really "Get" Pinball

    Projectors Morph Boring Building Into Giant Pinball Machine

    Electronic Games of 1979: Addictive, Exciting, Primitive as Hell

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    Image of maven2k maven2k
    11/23/09

    In reply to Pinball Machines Were Sneakier Than You Think

    One more thing, we rent some space out to a friend of ours that rebuilds, repairs, and sells pinball machines, juke boxes and video games. Here's a pic of some of the machines he has. We have plenty of fun on breaks around here!
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    Image of maven2k maven2k
    11/23/09

    In reply to Pinball Machines Were Sneakier Than You Think
    I've always loved pinball. I still have the Gottlieb "wedge-head" Cowpoke machine that was the first one my dad ever bought. It takes dimes and it still is really fun to play. It's funny how people's tastes change and it just isn't popular any more.
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    11/22/09

    In reply to Pinball Machines Were Sneakier Than You Think
    When I was in college, some friends of mine discovered (I can only imagine how) that if you picked up one corner of one of the pinball machines at the student union and dropped it at just the right velocity, it'd give you a free replay. Of course, there was very little leeway between "free game" and "tilt," but after enough practicing they could play the machine for free all night.
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    11/21/09

    In reply to Pinball Machines Were Sneakier Than You Think
    How does the WGTTC problem exist? What benefit could a deaf dumb and blind kid get out of going to the cinema?
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    Image of madog madog
    11/21/09

    In reply to Pinball Machines Were Sneakier Than You Think
    Back when my family had money, we had 2 arcades and a pinball machine. Pong, The Blob, and Evil Knevil(sp?). I thought it was the greatest thing ever when I was a kid until a family built a house across the street and had an indoor baseball court and a basement with about a dozen arcades (Moonwalker!).

    We kept the pinball machine for decades, until my brother got married last year and had to make room. It wasn't until it it was gone that I really appreciated all those things in retrospect (though they weren't for me, I have 4 siblings).

    Ah, those were the days.
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    Image of KassiaHaoe KassiaHaoe
    11/21/09

    @madog: What the hell?
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    11/21/09

    @madog: Indoor baseball court?
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    Image of ipodrulz ipodrulz
    11/21/09

    @madog: Recession? I know how you feel :(
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    Image of Yuri Dambyotch: don't need no stinkin' star Yuri Dambyotch: don't need no stinkin' star
    11/21/09

    @KassiaHaoe: By 'arcades', I think he means 'video game consoles' such as Defender, Galaga, Pac-Man, Dragon's Lair, and Spy Hunter. I could be wrong though(I'm reeeal high right now), my friend Jim's parents owned an arcade around the corner from where we lived in Anaheim....we used to steal quarters all the time to buy ice cream and candy from Thrifty Drug store.
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    Image of RipRapRob RipRapRob
    11/22/09

    @madog: "Evel Knievel", an American motorcycle daredevil, had a lot of games (on different platforms - can we view 'pinball' a platform?) named after him, but I think most everybody pronounces his name "Evil" as you wrote it. I know we - me and my friends - did, when we were kids, and played a Evil/Evel Knievel gameon my C64.
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    11/22/09

    @BlueToast: "BASKETBALL"! Yeah I see how that could have been confusing.

    #tips
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    11/22/09

    @ipodrulz: Not really. More of a: Grandpa sells family business from underneath his son, my father, who had been running it for 20 years then my father starting up a similar business and doing the same thing to me and my brothers. We got fired through a text message from our dad! I suppose it was due to the recession though. Times were slowing down.

    You know, that old story.

    I hope My children aren't doomed to the same fate.

    #tips
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    11/22/09

    @KassiaHaoe: Just the ramblings of an old man about a past long encased deep down inside his subconscious. The kind that usually end in a friendly fire shooting spree in Modern Warfare.

    #tips
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    Edited by madog at 11/22/09 10:27 PM madog was starred madog was unstarred
    Image of madog madog
    11/22/09

    @RipRapRob: +1 for info.

    #tips
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    Image of madog madog
    11/22/09

    @Yuri Dambyotch: Yes. "standing game contraption" if you will. Not arcade in what some may think as a "business full of several standing game contraptions".

    #tips
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    Edited by madog at 11/22/09 10:24 PM madog was starred madog was unstarred
    Image of ipodrulz ipodrulz
    11/22/09

    @madog: Aww man. Sorry to hear. Things will look up!
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    Image of madog madog
    11/23/09

    @ipodrulz: Can't complain! Not like I'm on the street or anything. I have a computer with broadband access so I'm happy. Oh, and a healthy wife and daughter, but, you know.... broadband.

    #tips
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    Image of brobot - Beboptimus Prime brobot - Beboptimus Prime
    11/07/09

    In reply to High-Def Digital Pinball Machine Doesn't Really "Get" Pinball
    wait wait wait... this thing has been around for a while now. so what's up with the rumor shot for a picture? (pixelated, blurry, inconclusive.... I could go on). I guess it adds to the excitement!

    what's a CHRISTMAS gram?! I want one!! #digitalpinball
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    11/06/09

    In reply to High-Def Digital Pinball Machine Doesn't Really "Get" Pinball
    And to be quite frank, $6k isn't much more than a brand new real pin. Only, that pin will have both the real flawed physics but only play one game...

    Unless you have Shrek or Family guy, as it's the same damn pinball machine rebranded... #digitalpinball
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    11/06/09

    In reply to High-Def Digital Pinball Machine Doesn't Really "Get" Pinball
    Pinball machines, especially classic ones, are harder and harder to find. SO I will occasionally bust out pinmame to play.

    But, I also have a full-size twilight-zone machine behind me.

    I can honestly say that I have considered building a pinmame cabinet out of a 32" or so display. #digitalpinball
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    Image of maven2k maven2k
    11/06/09

    In reply to High-Def Digital Pinball Machine Doesn't Really "Get" Pinball
    I LOVE pinball and probably always will. I've played digital pinball games just for the hell of it, but they just don't hold your attention or have the same feel as a "real" machine. Pretty much the same as a digital comic book (or the new ones with glossy paper for that matter). #digitalpinball
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    Image of HighOctaneX HighOctaneX
    11/06/09

    In reply to High-Def Digital Pinball Machine Doesn't Really "Get" Pinball
    Medieval Madness this is not. #digitalpinball
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    11/06/09

    @HighOctaneX: Medieval Madness actually kind of blows. The only reason the game is popular, is because it resonates with scifi geeks. Oh, and it had a low number of machines manufactured. #digitalpinball
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    Image of HighOctaneX HighOctaneX
    11/06/09

    @Lite: hates Illinois Nazis: I do believe that to be an opinion. Especially, in my opinion, it is the best damn pinball machine I have ever played.
    Also, it has nothing to do with SciFi, it has everything to do with medieval times...and barn yard madness. :p #digitalpinball
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    11/06/09

    @HighOctaneX: ScienceFiction/Fantasy are genres that tend to crossbreed. Thus why it fits.

    But, you go ahead and do that. If you go talk to well respected pinball fanatics, they'll disagree with you. However, a company in Australia is trying to reproduce the Medieval Madness pin to cash in on the popularity of what is basically a rare pin. #digitalpinball
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    Image of HighOctaneX HighOctaneX
    11/06/09

    @Lite: hates Illinois Nazis: Well, based off the fact that it rates 3rd with a score of 8.4/10...I would say that your "well respected pinball fanatics" would disagree with you.
    [www.ipdb.org] #digitalpinball
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    11/06/09

    @HighOctaneX: Yes, and I own Twilight Zone. Which if you look, is #1 ahead of Addams Family (#1 most produced Pin ever, w/ TZ just behind it.) #digitalpinball
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    Image of shooga shooga
    11/06/09

    In reply to High-Def Digital Pinball Machine Doesn't Really "Get" Pinball
    Ugh... There's no way this is any good. There's nothing like the feeling and sounds of a weighty iron ball smashing into things. There are some things you just can't reproduce digitally. #digitalpinball
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    11/06/09

    @shooga: Yeah, pinball is not like having sex. #digitalpinball
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    Image of met2art met2art
    11/06/09

    @SewerShark: Shooga: "...weighty iron ball smashing into things."
    @SewerShark: "pinball is not like having sex."

    Pinball: It's more like sex than you might think. TILT!! #digitalpinball
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    Image of garrysim garrysim
    11/06/09

    In reply to High-Def Digital Pinball Machine Doesn't Really "Get" Pinball
    I've got a Blackhole pinball machine and I'll tell you there is no substitute for the real thing, period.

    Gonna sound like one of those curmudgeons but some things were better in the old days ;)
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    Image of SewerShark: LOOK BEHIND YOU, A THREE HEADED MONKEY!!! SewerShark: LOOK BEHIND YOU, A THREE HEADED MONKEY!!!
    11/06/09

    In reply to High-Def Digital Pinball Machine Doesn't Really "Get" Pinball
    If you think about it, classic pinball is more HD than HD displays can be. #digitalpinball
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    Image of arj8138 arj8138
    11/06/09

    @SewerShark: LOOK BEHIND YOU, A THREE HEADED MONKEY!!!:

    Exactly what I thought.... #digitalpinball
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    Image of psychonaut2021:That's Mr Psychonaut to you! psychonaut2021:That's Mr Psychonaut to you!
    11/06/09

    In reply to High-Def Digital Pinball Machine Doesn't Really "Get" Pinball
    I used to own an actual coin fed pinball machine when I was a kid. It was my best friend for many years, until I saw the li'l bark scorpion come out of it once. After that, I was like "Well f**k that". Besides my father had it sold even before that happened.

    Bastard! #digitalpinball
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    Image of 2bad4u 2bad4u
    11/06/09

    In reply to High-Def Digital Pinball Machine Doesn't Really "Get" Pinball
    Addams Family FTW! #digitalpinball
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    Image of edison234 edison234
    11/06/09

    @2bad4u: That is the most bad ass pinball game ever. I need to find one for my house so I can go into my own little world and tell everyone else to get the eff out. #digitalpinball
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    11/06/09

    @edison234: Not the most bad-ass. But definitely most popular. There were several more advanced machines after it. Most notably Twilight Zone. #digitalpinball
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