The museum will close March 3, 2013. I hope it will end up being just another relocation. Read their Public Closing Notice here.
National Pinball Museum to close March 3, 2013 (relocate?)
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Bring Back the Arcade! Kickstarter
Their goal is to build “an entirely custom classic pinball arcade. All analog everything. Hand painted, hand built, hands on.”
The arcade ain’t what it used to be.
This video is PG-13+. By the way, you are welcome for this introduction to what will be your new favorite YouTube channel.
John’s Arcade reviews STERN’s 24
This game basically asks you one simple question. Can you can make the right ramp shot with regularity? Are you accurate enough to repeatedly hit a shot that is about 1.5 times the diameter of the pinball with force and speed? Everything else is incidental on the way to making more right ramp shots to lock the balls for Multiball.
Pocket Full of Quarters
Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do to feed your addiction. Apparently, you must also rap about it.
The Life and Death of the American Arcade
I’ve been to Bill Disney’s place many times to play in his monthly tournaments so I was pleasantly surprised to see his place featured in the video.
“Pinball Love” presented by Distractotron
I love the editing on this piece. The pinball machines are cool too. Shot by Micah Moore, Rick Burnett and Blake Faucette. Edited by Blake Faucette. Filmed at Lost Ark Video Games in Greensboro, NC.
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark, Friend of Pinball
With the recent success of the Star Trek: The Next Generation Kickstarter campaign, The Pinball Arcade has announced that they will also bring Scared Stiff and Elivra and the Party Monsters to the Pinball Arcade platform.
Star Trek: The Next Generation Kickstarter
Those of us who noticed or participated in the Kickstarter for Twilight Zone are not surprised at this. However, it is official that FarSight Studios is doing a Kickstarter for Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Timeline Arcade – Free Play Day for Charity – August 25th
Sure, they may be crazy enough to do this. Crazy like a fox. This place is about three hours away from me and I am still thinking about going to it.
Quarter On A Ledge – Eight On The Break
My local arcade, getting some pub. We need to promote pinball more here so that a video like this might be made about the pinball side of the arcade.
Dude, do you have fifty cents I can borrow?
It’s time for me to get all bloggy-ranty now, so here I go. Hey this is a blog after all. Some time ago I visited my sort-of local arcade to practice up on some pinball games…