Does anyone even know what a pinball machine is?

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#1 Joystick_n_hand
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Uhhh....a true legacy platform would be pinball games. Have any of you younger gamers even played one?

 

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#2 PreLuDe_DuDe
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Ummm....yeahh.. Pinball machines arent really that old. They were still popular during the peak of video arcades. You think they are that old?
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#3 Joystick_n_hand
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Do ya play 'em? Or see then around anymore? They started to disappear in the 90's. I speculate many on this site could be born during that time, and they may have missed the pinball era.
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#4 BobbyTurkalino
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Of course. I would always play a Super Mario Bros one at the mall. Eventually my mom told me to stop wasting money on it.
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#5 N8A
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I played pinball for several hours on saturday...good times.
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#6 Talldude80
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yeah i'm old enough to remember going to the arcades and playing some pinball.  in the 90s they had some really good pinball games too, like Terminator 2, The Adams Family, and stuff like that.  but honestly I never liked pinball games THAT much.  Id rather play the Terminator2 shooting game, a racing game, or a flying game.  Pinball is ok in short spurts, but I get sick of them pretty easily.

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#7 lazyhoboguy
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I was born in 1989 and remember playing at the arcades and pinball every so often. It was fun but arcades really ate up money.
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#8 eskytt
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i was born 1986, and i have had my share of pinball machines, although i never really enjoyed them as much as the shooter/fighting etc. arcade games.. i played more pinball on my C64 and Amiga 500 than in real life. was cheaper. hehe last arcade machine game i played was probably tekken.
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#10 klidron02
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I have, I play 'em all the time, and I was born in '93. And no, I'm not talking about no game, I mean an actual pinball machine. My friend has one.
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#11 _Pinbot_
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I am a huge fan of pinball and I know exactly where you are coming from. Whilst, I don't own a table yet I am planning on picking up either a Pinbot, TZ, or maybe even a nice High Speed if I can find one. Nothing beats a good old Williams System 11 table.
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#12 xXDrPainXx
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I used to have a 70's era pinball machine my Dad bought in Chicago when we used to live there, played the crap out of that thing and learned how to fix those things whenever they would break. Born in 87
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#13 Black_Knight_00
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Of course I remember Pinball machines (or 'Flippers' as we call them here). I've chucked countless coins in those technological wonders. My fondest memories relate to the Star Wars, Indiana Jones and Super Mario pinball machines. Good times.
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#14 drgoth2006
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Well im 17 and I own a Guns n Roses pinball table.... so yes I have played one
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#15 ThePostMaster
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I am trying to find one to buy and keep in my house as I love Pinball and does my Family
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#16 ebbderelict
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My brother got a full size pinball machine once for Christmas. I was too young to remember the actual Christmas he got it, but I remember playing it. It was a "Grease" pinball machine.
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#17 ZeppelinMk2
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I like pinball machines. I've mostly played them on consoles and PC's but I also like to play them at arcades and anywhere else they have them. They're fun. :) I was born in 1988 but never played a proper pinball table until just a few years ago.
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#18 phoenyx9
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I grew up in the 70's, I had a pinball machine before I got my atari 2600 and C64.

I played the heck out of that thing, good times :D

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#19 DaBrainz
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They have a pretty good Simpsons Pinball machine that I play when I take my kids to Chuckie Cheese. But your sig reminded me of the twilight zone pinball machine that my friends and I used to spend hours playing at K-mart when I was a teenager.
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#20 Joystick_n_hand
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That's right! Twilight Zone pinball kicks all kinds of ***! I dream of the day when my game room is dominated by a T2 and Twilight Zone , side by side. Their lights would flash in unison and they would talk to one another with blings, beeps and ...sorry....I digress.
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#21 MikeLirette
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:) I am one proud owner of a pinball machine. It's a circus one :)
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#22 ebbderelict
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That's right! Twilight Zone pinball kicks all kinds of ***! I dream of the day when my game room is dominated by a T2 and Twilight Zone , side by side. Their lights would flash in unison and they would talk to one another with blings, beeps and ...sorry....I digress.Joystick_n_hand
The Twilight Zone in itself kicks all kinds of ***.
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#23 Yodas_Boy
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You're in a gaming forum, everyone here knows what a pinball machine is!
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#24 Wozmcfc
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I own a Sonic pinball machine.
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#25 trick6952
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I was born in 1989 so I played a few they still have some in dave n busters where I live
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#26 Videogamefan123
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We actually own one called the pinball wizard. I used to play it alot but then we moved so it ended up in the basement behind a pile of boxes. when I tried playing it then I found out it was broken because it wouldn't dispense the balls. Now it sits in our garage with all the cardboard and tape from the time we moved again. We still don't know where to get it repaired. If anyone knows we live in Atlanta in Fulton county
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#27 GAMECAMILLER
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I used to play pinball machines in arcades all the time. I wasn't (and still isn't) as good as my dad though. Some of the best pinball machines were from the 80's though.
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#28 StrawberryHill
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Uhhh....a true legacy platform would be pinball games. Have any of you younger gamers even played one?

 

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Yeah, there's a couple of bars in Seattle that have tons of pinball games. Shorty's and Hooverville. I go to Shorty's every once in a while.  

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#29 BuryMe
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Sure. I used to play pinball all the time
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#30 coconutkokal
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oh ya!!!! pinball games rock!!! the so freakin awesome!!!
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#31 dr_jashugan
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The Terminator 2 pinball was AWESOME but hard. 8)
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#32 DeafNYCPlayer
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I played some pinball machines when I was young- Pinbot, Space Shuttle, Funhouse?, Baby Pac-Man (video game and pinball into one ), and others. I played pinball games on either consoles and home computers- Pinball Construction Set (it was my favorite ), NES's Pinball
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#33 King9999
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I was a big fan of the Street Fighter 2 pinball machine. It even had the bonus round with the car!
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#34 Darkman2007
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i played one when i was young but they are mostly gone
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#35 bigM10231
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yes i just have to go to start all programs games pinball to play it
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#36 daveyf03
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If I am not mistaken there is a company producing new pinball machines. Just recently I have seen a Pirates of the Carribean machine and a Lord of the Rings one. Pinball machines are everywhere still, at least where I live.
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#37 daveyf03
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Your question got me thinking so I typed new pinball machines into the search engine, a site came up that sells them, they go for a about 5000 new. A Dark Knight machine was produced this year, looks pretty sweet.