/vr/ - Retro Games

>>2409306
I don't think pinball gets enough love. There is a Lord of the Rings pinball at my local Godfather's and it's a pretty good time waster.

neato

>>2409467

while stern's busy making wwe, metallica, and kiss pins, jersey jack should secure a nintendo license

legend of zelda and pokemon tables would print money

>>2409467
Hey! That's the same board as the Lord of the Rings pinball!

>>2409467
Is that the machine in Entertainment Overload in Hamilton?

>>2409467
is that official?

>>2409818

Yepp, long ago Gottlieb got the license to make a couple of Mario Pinball tables. Haven't gotten a chance to play any, but if they're anything like Street Fighter II I'm not sure that I would want to.

I wish I could afford a pinball machine. The nice/rare ones are thousands of dollars. I just can't justify such a purchase on something I'd be bored to death with in a month. The appeal of pinball was always playing the different machines for me. Not just a couple.

>>2409837

Pick up a couple of seasons of Pinball Arcade for now and set some money aside for a real one.

>>2409843
I'd still get bored of the real thing pretty quick. If I had kids it would be a whole different matter. I'd snatch one up in a second.

>>2409847
I remember when you'd stumble across these things in every pizza joint and bodega. You can hardly find a decent one even if you go looking.

>>2409837
>>2409847
I buy, sell, and trade machines all the time. That's really the only way to do it. Some people do it with cars, I do it with pins.

They're not hard to find, and prices are only starting to go up. I bought a Whirlwind a few years ago for 1500 and I just got an offer on it for 2500. Haven't decided if I'm gonna sell it yet, but if I do, that money will go towards my next pin.

When I was a kid I had a roller rink down the street. They were somewhat rare even then. At least 10 different pinball machines, Air hockey, skeet ball, tons of old vidya cabinets. It shut down when I was in Middle School. They bulldozed the massive aluminum building and turned it into some crappy branch bank with a drive thru. So much wasted space. SMH...
>>2409869

>>2409875
I'd even be happy to have some of that highly finished wood flooring from the rink. One day I'm gonna have a retro vidya room with the wood reclaimed from the flooring in one of the old roller rinks.

Arcade near me has got Medieval Madness, Adams Family, and a ton of newer ones like Walking Dead and Iron Man. Been wanting to get an actual machine and get good at it but they're fucking expensive.

>>2409886
Adams Family was probably my favorite pinball from my childhood.

>>2409886
If you want to get into owning, my advice is to start with late 80s games like Earthshaker and Taxi. The bubble hasn't quite affected them as much as the 90s and newer titles, and they're still solid playing games.

I haven't even gotten to the best part. The place down the street from me used to have roller derby leagues on the weekend after midnight. Richmond, Va and the area surrounding it used to be magnificent. We had an old drive in off patterson I went to as a kid, a roller rink... and I was born in 83...

>>2409898
Nostalgia is bittersweet.

>>2409898
edit... a couple roller rinks.

>>2409896
I'll look into them but were still talking around a grand I bet.

>>2409896
Taxi looks really cool. I like space themed machines but cool classics like Taxi are are always fun to play.

>>2409912
taxi does look decent. Just googled it.

>>2409929
That has some of my fave music and sounds. It's just so oddly charming.

Pic of Addams Family pin at a pub in Hornsby.

What is the best pinball table and why is it The Addams Family?

>>2409968
That stone wall behind it makes it look even cooler. Adam's Family has got to be expensive as fuck right? Every time people talk about their favorite machines Adam's Family is always brought up.

>>2409973
Not my personal favorite, but it was designed by Pat Lawlor. The man is a wizard and he recently got back into the industry.

>>2409973
Those prices on that machine. O.o I swear it was 25-50 cents last time I played :)

>>2409973
Also this one.

>>2409989
I never played it but it looks epic. I wish there was a site where you could find retro machine locations to play.

>>2409430

>I don't think pinball gets enough love.

Oh it does, they're the classic cars of the video game world. A cult following filled with nostalgia who love to restore and collect them.

>>2409989
The machine directly to the left of it is one of my favorites of all time.

>>2409989
Damn that machine is groovy

>>2409997
ie this pub in this city has this machine...

>>2410001
Damn it looks nice.

Pic related is one that ate many of my coins when I was a kid.

>>2410030
Fish Tales is a great game. I almost bought one for 1600... wish I jumped on it because it's worth over 2k now.

>>2409997

http://pinballmap.com/
USA

http://findapinball.com/
Europe

>>2409997
>>2409989
I've played the TZ and it stands proudly next to other top tier games like Addams Family, Cirqus Voltaire and Getaway: High Speed 2.

Not a fan of the LED conversions for the general illumination - always preferred the soft glow of bulbs.

>>2409896
This anon is correct. Some fantastic pins made in the 80s...

Hey guys. So a few months ago I asked you guys about an old-style pirate-themed pinball machine I used to play when I was a kid, but none of you knew what it was. Turns out last week I came across that very same machine, and even though it was unfortunately out of order, I finally managed to know what it's called.
The name is Corsario, a Spanish pinball.
http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=4090

Thanks to everyone that tried to help. I also tried to find a WC theme pinball, it was also from the same company Inder.

Got one of these badboys (babes?) at home. It's from the 70s I think. Very basic pinball machine, no fancy sound effects or digital screens.

>Pick up Pinball Quest for my NES
>turn on quest mode
>it's a fucking RPG on a pinball table, grinding shops and everything

>>2410553
>http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=4090

thats cool man, european pins are hard to find in the usa

I guess I was born to late to get into pinballs, but I have a question about them for those who still play.

Is there any strategy to pinball? or is it truly just a crapshoop and some lucky use of the flipper buttons?

>>2409306
nah, you just wanted a pokemon thread

>>2409430
you are new to this board, huh?

>>2410835
umm... ok...

>>2410835
it's an NES game with the word quest in it, what the hell did you expect? also this seems like a really weird thing to post about in a

>>2411771
in a thread about physical pinball machines*

>>2411763

>tfw no real pokemon pinball machine
>knock down the drop targets to defeat the gym leader's underlings
>hit left loop to spell I-N-D-I-G-O to challenge the gym leader
>Every 10 popbumper or spinner hit adds 1 random pokemon to your pokedex
>hit the right loop to spell R-I-V-A-L for access to an upper playfield to challenge your rival
>defeat your rival 4 times and all gym leaders and for access to the lower playfield to challenge the elite 4
>defeating the elite 4 unlocks wizard mode

>>2410512
>http://pinballmap.com/
Thanks anon

>>2412312
Also try
https://pinside.com/pinball/map/where-to-play