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In reply to the discussion: Pinball or Computer Games? [View all]

OriginalGeek

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8. when i first started going to the arcade
Mon Jun 27, 2016, 02:07 PM
Jun 2016

I couldn't play pinball as it was for 18 and up only. They had it roped off and some high-school kid was the bouncer. I could play all the Galaga and Asteroids and Defender I wanted but pinball was the forbidden fruit. Then one day they saw how dumb that was and let everybody play pinball.

I played a couple games but then went back to Robotron.

I was already video game hooked by then. My buddy loved the pinballs though. He was a damn wizard.

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Pinball or Computer Games? [View all] DinahMoeHum Jun 2016 OP
Well to some of us pinball was ruin't once they added the flippers. CBGLuthier Jun 2016 #1
Pinball! hibbing Jun 2016 #2
Yeah that THUMP sound of winning an extra game was exhilarating. progressoid Jun 2016 #4
Yep! Loved pinball... Phentex Jun 2016 #9
I still WANT this!!!! yuiyoshida Jun 2016 #3
I quit them all after that unfortunate episode... pinboy3niner Jun 2016 #5
Reading this thread sent me down Memory Lane pintobean Jun 2016 #6
foosball! Kali Jun 2016 #11
The tables I played pintobean Jun 2016 #12
If I ever had the money and the room for it, Baitball Blogger Jun 2016 #7
when i first started going to the arcade OriginalGeek Jun 2016 #8
... pinboy3niner Jun 2016 #10
The age restriction is because RedRocco Jun 2016 #13
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