went to a pinball museum that was also unlimited play, & it was soooo coool!!!!!!!! - ThreadSky

liliuhms.com • 72 days ago

went to a pinball museum that was also unlimited play, & it was soooo coool!!!!!!!!

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roadreclaimed.bsky.social•72 days ago

Is this the one in Asheville NC?

bobertism.bsky.social•72 days ago

There’s a pinball museum?

jadedmoonflower.bsky.social•72 days ago

https://pinballcorbin.com/

jadedmoonflower.bsky.social•72 days ago

Pinball Museum in Corbin, KY. Pay one price ($15, I believe) to play all day. It's also near Cumberland Falls State Park and it's free to see the falls, so it's a win win.

jadedmoonflower.bsky.social•72 days ago

https://www.facebook.com/gamegalaxyarcade?mibextid=ZbWKwL

jadedmoonflower.bsky.social•72 days ago

Game Galaxy arcade in Smyrna, TN. They have TONS of pinball machines and are pay one price to play all day.

awatayama.bsky.social•72 days ago

Was it in Seattle?

bdstone.bsky.social•71 days ago

Do they have vacation packages ?

thefourthrider.bsky.social•72 days ago

These exist? Why am I only finding out now? Thanks lily and thanks Bluesky definitely going to a pinball museum soon

newmexicanextexan.bsky.social•72 days ago

There is a great one, the Pinball Hall of Fame, in Las Vegas NV.

thefourthrider.bsky.social•72 days ago

Just another reason to go to Las Vegas in the near future

alisonscott.bsky.social•72 days ago

How cool 😎

therealbetazed.bsky.social•72 days ago

That's so cool! There's a place like that in Gainesville, Florida called Bragging Rights. It has a mixture of arcade staples including a good number of pinball games ranging from antique to modern. They also have arcade cabinets and carnival-type games like skee ball, etc.

therealbetazed.bsky.social•72 days ago

There's also a pinball museum in St. Petersburg, Florida called "The Pinball Arcade Museum" with a similar concept to the above. I haven't been yet but that'll change soon enough...

not-meowth.bsky.social•72 days ago

There's a pinball museum like that near me too and I love it! I've not been in too long.

literallyartemis.bsky.social•72 days ago

WHERE

wraithstrike.bsky.social•72 days ago

This looks familiar. Is it the Electromagnetic Pinball Museum in Pawtucket, RI?

yesnodetroit.bsky.social•72 days ago

Have you been to the pinball museum in Vegas? Not unlimited play, unfortunately.

greendad.bsky.social•72 days ago

Aaaah this looks so cool!! I almost had the chance to go to a pinball museum recently but turned out it was in a basement and I use a wheelchair so, alas 😭 Fortunately we do have an amazing antique arcade in the area so that can scratch a bit of an inch whenever I can go next (hopefully soon lol)

lovelexi.bsky.social•72 days ago

Where is this?!?

thecactusman17.bsky.social•72 days ago

Based on the wall art, this is the Pacific Pinball Museum in Alameda, CA. It's a great location with tons of rare boards to check out and surrounded by tons of bars and restaurants for people who want to party.

penowski.bsky.social•72 days ago

Where is this beautiful place.

badexample.bsky.social•72 days ago

Alameda

inesvisual.bsky.social•72 days ago

omg!! what a dream!!

soloudev.bsky.social•72 days ago

Placing my bet on: Alameda, CA

shenbotmakes.bsky.social•72 days ago

Gotta stay 25 MPH

soloudev.bsky.social•72 days ago

“Slow pokes and old folks”

ceronomus.bsky.social•72 days ago

The one in Alameda is great fun!

v-sjostrom.bsky.social•72 days ago

Going to these you can get an idea about how lazy game design became I. The 2000s. Every game is basically the same with the little mini game in the corner

2frogline69.bsky.social•72 days ago

It's one of the few genres of games that probably should've stayed frozen in the 90s. There's some obvious exemptions too but every big franchise had their own goofy machine. Shaq got his own machine!

liliuhms.com•71 days ago

our absolute favorites were from 1973!!!! felt like the sweet spot!

glynelyn.bsky.social•72 days ago

If you are around the western suburbs of Chicago, our community college has an amazing exhibition called “Insert Coin” at the Cleve Carney Museum of Art through end of February

https://www.theccma.org/insert-coin

susiekew.swifties.social•72 days ago

We’ve been to one like that in Asbury Park, it’s so fun!!

I love the pinball games from the 1950s.

nerdthecynical.bsky.social•72 days ago

Whoaaa this looks amazing!! I'm glad they set up this collection that people can visit and play with 🥹

mordeekaakh.bsky.social•72 days ago

@techconnectify.bsky.social sounds like a destination for you

smarkle.bsky.social•72 days ago

@benjicong.bsky.social

benjicong.bsky.social•72 days ago

Very nice indeed.

jambball224.bsky.social•72 days ago

omg i'm so jealous!!! that looks so much fun. i love pinball!

gojirorob.bsky.social•72 days ago

Where? Where?

cerrltus.bsky.social•72 days ago

Oh yeah I went here a while back! It was fun

cerrltus.bsky.social•72 days ago

Wait. Nope. I went to a different one. Still fun tho

liliuhms.com•71 days ago

for everyone asking - this is Pacific Pinball Museum in Alameda, California!! So well curated & fun!

awesomesprout.bsky.social•71 days ago

That place is so fun, I’m so glad you checked it out! 💖

ziyyigo-tipyigo.bsky.social•71 days ago

@ctrlaltrees.bsky.social

student-artivist.bsky.social•71 days ago

Thanks for the rec! I need to bring friends here :)

hyperbolictelly.bsky.social•71 days ago

i love that place!!

mcgriffin.bsky.social•72 days ago

Pawtucket, RI has the Electromagnetic Pinball Museum, which for $10 you can play as many machines you want for as long as you want. They have a ton of classic machines, including my favorite which I played all the time in college dorm lobby: The Cyclone.
https://www.electromagneticpinballmuseum.com/

s1ckh4nds.bsky.social•71 days ago

I absolutely loved this place when I visited it a couple of months ago! Mike and Emily were super friendly and knowledgeable as well. I recorded some video of Mike's guided tour of the facility.

https://youtu.be/Mnkc8iSHr28?si=1bhyscqIWIhpWfQ6

#pinball #arcade

sinisternails1.bsky.social•72 days ago

Reading the replies is making me very happy and excited to see there’s more than one open collection of pinball machines across the country!!

atheistsky.bsky.social•72 days ago

That's cool. I've visited the one in Asheville NC. The only place where I've played the "Creature from the Black Lagoon" My favorite!

not-meowth.bsky.social•72 days ago

Good stuff there!

marthsbars.bsky.social•72 days ago

I haven’t been to a pinball-specific museum, but there’s a place in my area that specializes in pinball and has plenty of retro pinball machines available to play!

hax.io•72 days ago

I really like it when people like things. Doesn't have to be anything I'm at all interested in. But to see the energy and excitement is uplifting!

geminigal307.bsky.social•72 days ago

Yes!

patkinney.bsky.social•72 days ago

Can-Can Wonderland in St. Paul, Minn. is loaded with retro pinball machines.
https://www.cancanwonderland.com/

justnalt.bsky.social•72 days ago

Where????

noneofyourbusyness.bsky.social•72 days ago

Looks like the one in Vegas but it would be really cool if I was wrong and there were others.

shootthisway.bsky.social•72 days ago

I will say this: there are a few and they all look the same more or less. We have one in NJ on the boardwalk in Asbury Park (they also sell giant fucking pizzas)

noneofyourbusyness.bsky.social•72 days ago

I have always wanted to make an app that would track which arcades and small businesses had arcade machines so you can plot some epic road trips.

randych.bsky.social•72 days ago

Check out @pinballmap.com. It pretty much does that (for pinball, not all arcade games)

noneofyourbusyness.bsky.social•72 days ago

I remember back in college people knew through word of mouth which places to go for DDR and Para Para Paradise. But it relied on word of mouth that not everyone has access to.

iamjfk.bsky.social•72 days ago

I lived a few blocks from Seattle's pinball museum, also unlimited play.

randych.bsky.social•72 days ago

The Seattle pinball museum is great. Wish I lived a little closer.

iamjfk.bsky.social•72 days ago

Ironically, I never went all the time I was there. Wasn't into pinball enough to pay the cover.

randych.bsky.social•72 days ago

Ha! That’s too bad. It’s really fun. (At least for pinheads like me)

liliuhms.com•71 days ago

it's in Alameda!! Bay Area! Pacific Pinball Museum!

ausratticus.bsky.social•72 days ago

One of the things I loved at PAX Aus this year was the pinball museum's display. All machines were playable which was insane when some were from the 1920s and 30s! Glad they were playable though as I have no idea when else I'd get to experience them!

lady-pangaea99.bsky.social•72 days ago

zeenatdagrant.etheirys.social•72 days ago

I need such a place in my own country, I would never leave!

httpweb.bsky.social•72 days ago

very cool

wisdombox.bsky.social•72 days ago

Whoa! Where!?!

fissionchipz27.bsky.social•72 days ago

Nothing better than a good pinball hall. I've been to Deezerland in Orlando, the one in Wildwood, NJ and one in Roanoke, VA.
Haven't been to the one in Vegas yet but it's definitely on the list for when I get out there since I don't really gamble.

s1ckh4nds.bsky.social•71 days ago

Unfortunately there aren't any pure pinball places left in Wildwood these days. Randy's Retro Arcade & Fascination probably has the best selection but it's only about eight or ten older machines. There's one newer Munsters machine up the boardwalk at Gateway 26 that's perpetually broken.

fissionchipz27.bsky.social•71 days ago

I haven't been up that in a minute but the guy who was on the lower floor of the boardwalk mall. Is he no longer there?

s1ckh4nds.bsky.social•71 days ago

That's the same guy, Randy. He got the bumrush out of there by mall management, they ended up turning it into their own objectively worse retro arcade for a few seasons, & as of this past year they gutted it & made it a honky tonk saloon. His new place is up closer to Surfside Pier but much smaller.

fissionchipz27.bsky.social•71 days ago

Damn that's tragic. He had some of the coolest stuff. Great story too turning hoarding into a business.

rich-slaney.bsky.social•72 days ago

I’m very jealous, looks great.

defpoet.bsky.social•72 days ago

I would never leave

tornado9797.bsky.social•72 days ago

Purely mechanical boards are always a joy to encounter in the wild and play!

rollforsandwich.com•72 days ago

@pirateprincessjess.bsky.social

pirateprincessjess.bsky.social•72 days ago

God I love pinball museums

6thface.bsky.social•72 days ago

Nice, there is one in Seattle's Chinatown that is fun as hell.

ceronomus.bsky.social•72 days ago

Been there, loved it!

subvertc.bsky.social•72 days ago

Wait what?!?!?

Where is this mystical magical place?

calioakwood.bsky.social•72 days ago

Did they have Varkon?

psychopsonic.bsky.social•72 days ago

Informed question

freeplaygaming.bsky.social•72 days ago

Hey, I know that museum and have been there! That's the excellent Pacific Pinball Museum in Alameda, CA. They have a rotating selection of over 100 games available at any time and they're active at events & festivals throughout Northern CA. Visit if you ever get the chance!
https://www.pacificpinball.org/

jayro68.bsky.social•72 days ago

Years ago in Portland, Oregon on Upper Hawthorne was The Baghdad Theatre and arcade. We paid $3.75 to get in the door where they had a nickel arcade. Stand alone video games no longerA+ listed cost $0.05/each to play. I finally triumphed in Golden Axe and spent hours at the Pinball Section.

syndahra.bsky.social•71 days ago

That looks like amazing fun!

a-filthy-weeaboo.bsky.social•72 days ago

Did they have The Creature from the Black Lagoon cabinet? That was my favorite as a kid!

blandishmentbob.bsky.social•72 days ago

whimsicalduck.bsky.social•72 days ago

Would love the ambient sound of that place.

chuckballaro.bsky.social•72 days ago

They have a computerized pinball machine out that plays thousands of different machines from the 1950s through today. Saw one a couple years ago. Cost about $3k.

vitling.bsky.social•72 days ago

Amazing! People in the thread are mostly suggesting other similar places in the US. Those in central Europe might want to know that there's a great unlimited play pinball museum in Budapest, Hungary.

kittyhanavt.bsky.social•72 days ago

Wow! I would spend hours there!

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