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Post by MungO on May 5, 2024 18:25:50 GMT
As a child of the 80's I sort of missed out on Pinball Machines as they were more 70's and early 80's when I was a wee lad.
But I've really got into them of late and definitely can't walk past one without having a game.
Anyone have any experiences of pinball games or arcades? Trying to woo their other half with a high score maybe?
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Post by Thor on May 5, 2024 19:11:31 GMT
I was addicted to Space Invaders, Asteriods, Defender and so on. I used to get about £15 a week pocket money which was a lot, and I’d spend it all in the arcade, run home get some more money off my mum and go back and spend all that. Thankfully I was never into fruit machines.
Pinball was good, but defender was better in my opinion.
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Post by saintivo on May 5, 2024 20:06:20 GMT
If you like Pinball Machines this is the place to go linkWent there last year, me and the missus played loads of them. Had flipper fatigue by the end of the session, but it was great fun. They are set out in the era they were made, old ones were definitely the most fun. Pay for a time slot online then play away, it's in Delfshaven, the old part of Rotterdam |
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Post by mrb on May 5, 2024 20:49:03 GMT
Used to spend hours in the NAAFI playing on them..Also when deployed helped take your mind off things..Loved them
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Post by dohnut on May 5, 2024 21:33:43 GMT
Loved them as did the now Mrs doh, but we are of an age when that sort of thing was entertainment .and of course made famous by the Who and Pinball wizard. The clunk of the free game wonderful when you hit the score. But easy to tilt if you’re not careful. Got games on the ps4. Good fun but not like the real thing.
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Post by Fisch on May 5, 2024 22:16:17 GMT
The art of pinball was to know just how hard you could nudge the machine before the dreaded "TILT" lit up and brought proceedings to an end.
There was also the flipper shuffle where you'd flip them a split second apart in an attempt to deflect a "middle" ball with the first flipper and then dig it out with the second. The great players could do a triple flip.
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Post by orientsc on May 6, 2024 1:07:14 GMT
We have a nearby Arcade Museum where they play 1980’s music, and have vintage pinball machines, video games, and an ancient but still working bubble hockey table featuring the Miracle on Ice Game. It feels like Cold War 1984 in the Arcade and I love it. We go to a place next door and get sandwiches and then go to the museum and buy a cheap pass and play for as long as we want. The music really sets the stage.
I love the games Thor mentioned, but I would add Galaga, Frogger, and Donkey Kong.
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Post by MungO on May 6, 2024 5:58:29 GMT
A lotta love for the Pinball on here.
I remember Defender, Galaga, Frogger, etc. But the pinball at the moment seems to have really taken me.
I have a good emulator on my Laptop called Pinball Dreams or Pinball X (can't remember now) that has a lot of the tables available. And while it's fun, it ain't no real pinball.
Currently I like the Gone Fishin table and the Addams Family from 1992.
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Post by buffalobill on May 6, 2024 6:52:02 GMT
I loved pinball and bar billiards.
Used to have a couple of lunchtime pints at the Bread and Cheese whilst playing these games. Seemed to remember that the pinball was highly sensitive and it was much too easy to tilt. Might have been the Captain Fantastic machine.
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Post by dohnut on May 6, 2024 10:19:05 GMT
Lots of skullduggery at play with machines. The tilt was more sensitive on some tables and I’m convinced the slope at times was more pronounced. And the table dynamics were very clever making life so much harder. Liked the 5 ball games but some machines were 3 balls, avoided them.
Oh for the arcades with tables lined up in a row. Searching for that magic table that offered half a chance of a free game. And the noise, heaven. As said above, flippers skills were paramount. Losing a ball that you should not a real irritation. Memories of a mis-spent youth.
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Post by Thor on May 6, 2024 11:09:57 GMT
One of life's most infuriating events when that ball goes straight down the middle and the flippers can't do anything!!
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Post by redshank on May 6, 2024 13:38:50 GMT
As a child of the 80's I sort of missed out on Pinball Machines as they were more 70's and early 80's when I was a wee lad. But I've really got into them of late and definitely can't walk past one without having a game. Anyone have any experiences of pinball games or arcades? Trying to woo their other half with a high score maybe? Always loved pin ball machines in the 60s and 70s.In a cafe in London Fields there was a pinball machine that was very old,it was akin to those bagatelle games you had as a child.Later we used to play on a bally Gotlieb machine that had 42 numbers 3,4and five numbers in a line across down and diagonal gave you so many replays that you could cash in for money.The number 16 was the ballyhole and the most difficult to get any one of 5 balls in.With replays gainedyou could chance getting extra balls or just the one to get said line of 3,4and 5 in a line.More money or replays in the same game would give hundreds of replays and of course more money if you cashed in.You always too k a gamble with money or replays as the machine would most times give nothing in return.The machine tilted very easily and you lost what you might have won. Spent many an hour or two before an O's game in Joans cafe near the drill hall at Whipps Cross.Good times with two of my brothers and friends. |
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Post by MungO on May 6, 2024 21:16:34 GMT
One of life's most infuriating events when that ball goes straight down the middle and the flippers can't do anything!! Yes! You can see it rolling down in slow motion. Not a thing you can do about it. |
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Post by MungO on May 6, 2024 21:18:03 GMT
As a child of the 80's I sort of missed out on Pinball Machines as they were more 70's and early 80's when I was a wee lad. But I've really got into them of late and definitely can't walk past one without having a game. Anyone have any experiences of pinball games or arcades? Trying to woo their other half with a high score maybe? Always loved pin ball machines in the 60s and 70s.In a cafe in London Fields there was a pinball machine that was very old,it was akin to those bagatelle games you had as a child.Later we used to play on a bally Gotlieb machine that had 42 numbers 3,4and five numbers in a line across down and diagonal gave you so many replays that you could cash in for money.The number 16 was the ballyhole and the most difficult to get any one of 5 balls in.With replays gainedyou could chance getting extra balls or just the one to get said line of 3,4and 5 in a line.More money or replays in the same game would give hundreds of replays and of course more money if you cashed in.You always too k a gamble with money or replays as the machine would most times give nothing in return.The machine tilted very easily and you lost what you might have won. Spent many an hour or two before an O's game in Joans cafe near the drill hall at Whipps Cross.Good times with two of my brothers and friends. You could win money from a Pinball? |
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Post by kbola on May 7, 2024 4:20:51 GMT
I used to always play this on the PC, very addictive I if you could get it in that purple bit on the left, that's the big scoring
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Post by redshank on May 7, 2024 14:40:04 GMT
Always loved pin ball machines in the 60s and 70s.In a cafe in London Fields there was a pinball machine that was very old,it was akin to those bagatelle games you had as a child.Later we used to play on a bally Gotlieb machine that had 42 numbers 3,4and five numbers in a line across down and diagonal gave you so many replays that you could cash in for money.The number 16 was the ballyhole and the most difficult to get any one of 5 balls in.With replays gainedyou could chance getting extra balls or just the one to get said line of 3,4and 5 in a line.More money or replays in the same game would give hundreds of replays and of course more money if you cashed in.You always too k a gamble with money or replays as the machine would most times give nothing in return.The machine tilted very easily and you lost what you might have won. Spent many an hour or two before an O's game in Joans cafe near the drill hall at Whipps Cross.Good times with two of my brothers and friends. You could win money from a Pinball? You could with the bally machine,not exactly legal but it also drew customers into the cafe.6d a game and £2 worth of tanners could disappear very quickly.Then the average wage was about £25. |
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Post by dohnut on May 8, 2024 8:32:43 GMT
Always loved pin ball machines in the 60s and 70s.In a cafe in London Fields there was a pinball machine that was very old,it was akin to those bagatelle games you had as a child.Later we used to play on a bally Gotlieb machine that had 42 numbers 3,4and five numbers in a line across down and diagonal gave you so many replays that you could cash in for money.The number 16 was the ballyhole and the most difficult to get any one of 5 balls in.With replays gainedyou could chance getting extra balls or just the one to get said line of 3,4and 5 in a line.More money or replays in the same game would give hundreds of replays and of course more money if you cashed in.You always too k a gamble with money or replays as the machine would most times give nothing in return.The machine tilted very easily and you lost what you might have won. Spent many an hour or two before an O's game in Joans cafe near the drill hall at Whipps Cross.Good times with two of my brothers and friends. You could win money from a Pinball? Seen machines that dole out tokens. You know the sort of thing, get 1 million for a free fish in the bag. |
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Post by dohnut on May 8, 2024 8:49:14 GMT
You could win money from a Pinball? You could with the bally machine,not exactly legal but it also drew customers into the cafe.6d a game and £2 worth of tanners could disappear very quickly.Then the average wage was about £25. Interesting you say that. Not familiar with that machine but always good to have a mates wager, highest score takes the pot. Young, stupid, optimistic and losing. Same with 3 card brag or pontoon. So many ways to lose what little money you had in the hope of winning the prize. Still, good lessons for life and I now only gamble what I expect to lose. Went to a casino in Melbourne with family, bought £50 worth of chips, couple of minutes gone, roulette. I kept one chip as a souvenir! Love Vegas, the fruit machines. Expect to lose overall but the enjoyment is in the playing and anticipation. And have had the odd big (by my standards) win of £200. But the machines no longer take/pay out coins, just bar-code tickets. Winning noises simulate coins dropping but it’s not the same. I still have my casino-specific $1 coins, one from each casino and a deck of used playing cards from each. I’m a collector of such junk. My appetite for a Vegas trip has been revived. Done 7 so far. Love the place. |
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