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Anyone else miss pinball?

>> No.2438839

Not really. We have a ton of venues here that have classic and new pinball machines. Plus, I can get a little nostalgic fix by playing Pinball Arcade on Steam.

>> No.2438845

>>2438831
Its just not what it used to be.

>> No.2438858

I remember the good old days as a kid walking around the arcade but no change. Trying all the games to see if there was an extra credit left on it

>> No.2438868

I went to play a South Park pinball machine I used to play growing up at a casino and it's lights were kinda fucked up and it ate my quarters. 'Twas saddening.

>> No.2438873

yeah
I make trips to the vegas pinball hall sometimes though
>dat circus pinball

>> No.2438946

>>2438831

hells yeah, but there's still a small scene going

stern aint even the only game in town anymore, challengers are popping up all over the place

>> No.2438952

>>2438831
a bit

there's a bunch of pins at Arcade Odyssey which is like, 45 minutes away from me, though
so if I really really really wanted to play pinball, I could just drive down toward Miami

>> No.2438970
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2438970

ive got a small one in my apartment, found in a garage sale last weekend

>> No.2439498

>>2438831
Yes, I miss pinball. But this isn't /vrp/.
Anyway, my old teacher from 5 years ago has a Black Knight pinball machine... It's pretty damned awesome. I play it sometimes.

>> No.2439510

>>2438831
PinMAME is one of the greatest things ever produced by the internet. Use to love playing those as a kid. Now it's either video pinball, VPM simulation, or... well that's about it.

>>2439498
Read the sticky, faggot.

>> No.2439531

>>2439510
fuk u faggit

>> No.2439572

>>2439498
Pinball is considered /vr/ material.

But in any case, it hasn't gone anywhere. In fact, pinball is enjoying a MAJOR resurgence at the present.

However, this is also a bad thing. Prices on machines are going through the roof. People complain about retro console game prices, but they're nothing compared to the inflated prices on pinball machines. Now is a terrible time to be a collector.

>> No.2439582

>>2439572
Ever see the price of some of the tables like Indiana Jones. Christ man.

>> No.2439587

>>2439582
I will bet that in, say, 2018 the market will be flooded with people dumping off their old games that they bought out of nostalgia and/or fad following since they'll have become nothing more than large quantities of crap that they don't use. When that day inevitably comes I think prices will become a lot more favorable.

>> No.2439635

>>2439582
The expensive, sought after tables like Twilight Zone have always been that way. The market has stayed more or less the same and not affected by the current retro fad.

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2439732

Still waiting for the fucking PC version.

>> No.2439892
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2439892

Pinball Arcade is fin but it's nothing like the real tables.

Monster Mash is GOAT table.

>> No.2439989

>>2439635

nah man

it used to be you could buy most early solid state machines for $300-$500. exceptions made for games with radical themes

most electromechanical games could be had for $0-$300. people just werent into these older games that lacked the bells and whistles

now everybody goes online, sees twilight zone and addams family selling for $5000+, and thinks their random old pin from 1975 should sell for at least $1000

you'll see them put it out on ebay or craigslist and just relist over and over and over because nobody's biting at that price. but then other retards see it and the overall prices start to climb

>> No.2440005

Guys look up The pinball arcade on steam, it has very good replicas of major pinball machines

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2440015

>>2438970
looks nice, working?

>> No.2440023

>>2440015

not 100%, ive got a few parts i need to replace

but considering how cheap i got it, id say it was fair

>> No.2440042

I can't git gud at pinball. How well I do ultimately comes down to luck, but I know that good players can keep the ball in play indefinitely. I have half a second to calculate where the ball will go over the next 20 seconds, lest it falls down the middle and out of the paddle's reach.

>> No.2440048

>>2440042
>ultimately comes down to luck
wrong

sounds like you need to spend more time at the tables

>> No.2440053

>>2440048
Sounds like you need to spend more time reading the posts you reply to.

>> No.2440054

>>2440048
not him, but id say there is always a luck factor. it's just that if you're skilled enough, luck shouldnt fuck you up too bad

also it completely depends on how the operator set up the table. there's a The Walking Dead pin at Coney Island set up to drain down the middle constantly because it's a pinball machine in the middle of a carnival. it's really fucking hard to not drain it down the middle

but the same machine at an arcade i frequent run by a few guys who love pinball is way more fair

>> No.2440056

>>2440048

I didn't mean in general, I meant for me personally. I don't know the difference between a shot that will screw me over and one that won't.

>> No.2440303

>>2440042
Pinball is 80% skill, 20% luck. Learn to catch the ball with some degree of consistency and you should be fine.

>> No.2440579

My older brother is amazing at pinball. He even qualified for a top 10 spot at a tournament back in the nineties (I think the machine was Apollo 13). He doesn't give a shit about video games and would never buy his own machine. I'm pretty jelly.

Best pinball ever is Addam's Family. Other favorites are World Cup Soccer and Attack From Mars, plus a bunch that I can't remember.

>> No.2440598

>>2440579
>and would never buy his own machine

be a cool bro and buy him one

or a virtuapin

>> No.2440636

>>2440598
I would buy him any machine if I could afford it, preferably Addams Family, I love watching skilled players juggle a single credit on that one.

GRRREEEEEEEEEED.

>> No.2440680

>>2440636

it's too bad that's the one everybody wants in their collection

it still costs as much as getting a new machine delivered to your door from Stern would cost

>> No.2440690

>>2440680
It's absolutely ridiculous.

I wonder what the more limited version ("gold edition" or something?) would cost if I could even find one.

>> No.2440691

>>2440680
You'd think it'd be cheaper considering it's literally the most common pinball machine, but no.

>> No.2440701

>>2440691

i wonder how many of the original machines are still out there in working order today

from what ive heard the game is a bitch and a half to properly maintain since its so intricate

>> No.2440705

>>2440701
It's a bit tough, what with things like thing and the bookcase.

Nowhere near the nightmare of something like TNG though. Holy fuck finding a working TNG is like a miracle.

>> No.2440712

>>2440705

ive only ever found 1 TNG out in the wild and it was in an arcade in michigan

>> No.2440719

>>2440712
I'm lucky to live around the twin cities area, and there's a few good pinball places around here, but TNGs break a lot. Which is a shame, it's one of my favorites.

They got cast members to do original lines and everything how rad is that

>> No.2440732

>>2440712
>>2440705
there is a working TNG machine at the chuck e cheese in winston salem, NC. I'll get pics the next time I'm there.

>> No.2440741

>>2440732
>chuck e cheese

seems like an odd place to put a pin based on a 25 year old tv show

>> No.2440752

>>2440741
It's weird to see a machine that old in a CEC to begin with.

There's an Elvis at the one near where I live, but that machine is only about 10 years old.

>> No.2440852

>>2440705

>Holy fuck finding a working TNG is like a miracle.

I'm assuming you're American, because if you were from where I'm from (Germany, but it really stretches to most of Europe from what I've seen), finding a working ANYTHING is a fucking miracle, and so is finding a particular machine that isn't Addams Family.

I don't know what it is with the operators around Germany, Spain, Portugal, Malta and Cyprus (the latter ones being places I've been to on vacation), but they all don't seem to give a single flying fuck about the state their machines are in. I must have played at least fifty, if not a hundred different physical tables around Europe, and I can count off the ones in decent working order on my hands - and that's counting the Mr. and Mrs. Pac-Man standing in my basement with some busted lights, an over-sensitive tilt that goes off randomly (even when I set the tilt sensitivity really god damn low) and a bumper that likes to trigger when the ball only gets near it. Those issues are nothing compared to the crap I've seen over the years. Good fucking lord, the horror stories I've seen in action.

The only time I've ever been to a place that had pinballs that were in proper working order was when I was on vacation in the States, and I'm grateful as hell every time I stumble across a place that actually takes care of its tables. One time, I managed to get to the PAPA headquarters right as the tournament was going on, and it was like being a kid in a candy store. Sooooo many tables, oh my god. And they all WORKED. And if they broke, you could call somebody, and they would FIX IT, like within half an hour. Fucking pinball nirvana, let me tell you.

>> No.2440862

>>2440852

what about the italians? the only european pins ive ever stumbled across stateside were from italy (zaccaria, mr. game) so i assumed they were the only other country to give a fuck

>> No.2440865

>>2440852

here ya go, buddy
http://findapinball.com/

>> No.2441165

>>2440042
Learn to bump at right times. You also need to be able to read where the ball might be going.

The more you practice the better you get.

>> No.2441170

>>2440636
ITS SHOWTIME

>> No.2441176

I don't why but is call myself pretty good at pinball. Most games last 15+ minutes but holy fuck I can't play TNG to save my life. The ball is always draining to the left and I can't stop it.

>> No.2441361

>>2440042
>lest it falls down the middle and out of the paddle's reach.

That's why you bump the table to knock the ball out of the drainage lane and over one of your flippers. Takes practice though, or you'll trigger a tilt by shaking the table too much.

>> No.2441379

There was a brief period over the course of a summer where my family had a fully working Comet (the roller coaster/amusement park one) machine in our garage. What a time that was...

Then in the fall my folks split and my dad sold the machine off because he didn't want to move it.

>> No.2441581

I hate The Funhouse table with a freaking passion... "how bout a hot dog?" Hate that stupid puppet head from hell soooo much.

>> No.2441591

>>2441581

ITS GETTING LATE

>> No.2441631

I live in the Philly area, but am often in Ocean City NJ on the weekends. In Philly, its a ways out there, but there was a dedicated pinball place called the Pinball Gallery in Downingtown, though its apparently going to move and reopen in Malvern, which is closer. There's also a place near the colleges that has a few pinball machines I believe. In Ocean City however, there's three arcades with pinball machines, one of which has 12 active machines and is open year round. So quite frankly, I don't really miss pinball.

>> No.2441658

>>2441591
THAT'S NOT FUNNY

>> No.2441664

Any pinball wizards out there that can tell me what I'm doing wrong? Whenever I play, it takes maybe ten minutes for my wrists to start hurting pretty bad, like carpal tunnel or something. I have to occasionally hold the ball with a flipper and lest my wrist rest. I don't think I'm placing my hands on the table in an awkward position or anything, and I don't get pain like that when I'm sitting on the computer all day at my desk job.

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>>2441176
TNG is the bane of my existence as well.

Anyone else find this table difficult?

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>>2441664
How do you stand when playing? How do you place your hands?

Try to stay relaxed, keep your hands loose, use your hands more and your wrists less.

>> No.2441962

>>2441379
did you call him a turkey for that

>> No.2442003

>>2441581
WAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

>> No.2442074

QUIT MESSING WITH THE CLOCK

>> No.2442078

>>2442074
YOU SAUSAGE

>> No.2442179

>>2440579
>Best pinball ever is Addam's Family. Other favorites are World Cup Soccer and Attack From Mars, plus a bunch that I can't remember.

That's the most atypical pleb list of games i've ever seen.