How many TPA tables have you played in real life?

Rudy Yagov · Jul 10, 2015

I'm sure this has been done before, but let's get a fresh poll going. Now that we've reached 60 tables in the game, how many of actual machines have you played (as of the Road Show update)?

invitro · Jul 10, 2015

There are actually 61 tables, if you include TAFG as a separate table. And you should, as it is.

pedersonsx · Jul 10, 2015

Most memorable for me in chronological order: Xenon, Black Hole, Whirlwind, Funhouse, Terminator 2, Star Trek Next Generation, Cirqus Voltaire, Monster Bash. That is my Pinball Arcade

Nightwing · Jul 10, 2015

It's funny,I was/am planning to resurrect my thread about what TPA tables that I've played in real life because of the Pintastic show that I'm attending today - because that number is going up!

As of now I'm sitting at 47 total. Hopefully over 50 (including an Addams Gold) when this weekend is done.

Captain B. Zarre · Jul 10, 2015

I've played around 30 to 40 Pinball Arcade tables on location thanks to pinball excursions outside of my home state and the Pinball Wizard Arcade.

Kolchak357 · Jul 10, 2015

I think I've played all of them at least once, other than Goin' Nuts. Many I've only played a time or two at a pin show though.

Kratos3 · Jul 10, 2015

16 of the tables in TPA is what I counted.

The Digital Man · Jul 10, 2015

Alot... As the saying goes, I wish that I had all those quarters back again.

dave950lam · Jul 10, 2015

I've played a little more than half the tables in TPA irl, including Goin' Nuts which was in a local arcade.

Gus · Jul 10, 2015

46 and also Addam's Gold

Out of the ones I haven't played I'd most want to try Genie, Jack*Bot and Flight2k.

EldarOfSuburbia · Jul 10, 2015

Counted 'em up and I got 44. Although I'm not sure about Jack*Bot. Pretty sure I've seen one, but can't remember if I played it or not.

The missing ones are:
RBION - never seen one, anywhere (maybe should've look in the Ripley's Believe It Or Not attraction in San Francisco when we were there?!)
CV - seen a few at shows, but they've either been switched off or not set to free play
HD3 - not even a glimpse, anywhere
Big Shot - has eluded me thus far
Central Park - I heard there was one at Allentown last year, but not the day I was there
Space Shuttle - I've seen a couple at shows, but there were packed up ready to leave
Centaur - saw a Centaur II at Free Gold Watch (identical to Centaur apart from the cabinet), didn't play it
Goin' Nuts - one day I'll get to Vegas
Haunted House - there was one in Allentown, but it was busy (I did get to play BH for the first time though - it kicked my butt)
C1812 - never seen one
El Dorado - never seen one
WHO Dunnit - there was one in FGW but it was out of order
LCA - never seen one
POTO - never seen one
TAFG - never seen one (and they're not as rare as CC, which I have played!)
Jack*Bot - I think I saw one, once, a long time ago
Safe Cracker - never seen one

karl · Jul 10, 2015

Ahh. Voted too fast. Thought it was how many pinballs in total, not TPA tables. I voted over 50 but the truth is more like 30 + (33 I believe)

Teach me to read the thread more carefully in the future

Kratos3 · Jul 10, 2015

EldarOfSuburbia said:
Counted 'em up and I got 44. Although I'm not sure about Jack*Bot. Pretty sure I've seen one, but can't remember if I played it or not.

The missing ones are:
RBION - never seen one, anywhere (maybe should've look in the Ripley's Believe It Or Not attraction in San Francisco when we were there?!)
CV - seen a few at shows, but they've either been switched off or not set to free play
HD3 - not even a glimpse, anywhere
Big Shot - has eluded me thus far
Central Park - I heard there was one at Allentown last year, but not the day I was there
Space Shuttle - I've seen a couple at shows, but there were packed up ready to leave
Centaur - saw a Centaur II at Free Gold Watch (identical to Centaur apart from the cabinet), didn't play it
Goin' Nuts - one day I'll get to Vegas
Haunted House - there was one in Allentown, but it was busy (I did get to play BH for the first time though - it kicked my butt)
C1812 - never seen one
El Dorado - never seen one
WHO Dunnit - there was one in FGW but it was out of order
LCA - never seen one
POTO - never seen one
TAFG - never seen one (and they're not as rare as CC, which I have played!)
Jack*Bot - I think I saw one, once, a long time ago
Safe Cracker - never seen one

I have a RBION attraction close to where I live. I just haven't made it over there to see if they have one.

suffocater · Jul 10, 2015

Here in Germany, my options on regularly getting to play a real table are rare. Out of the tables in TPA I only played MM, HD3, TOTAN, T2 and Revenge from Mars. I've seen a TZ and RS.
For the rest of my experience with real machines, I hope Indiana Jones will somehow make it someday into TPA (hope dies last). Looking at my broken down F-14 behind me, I need this machine in TPA.

Dedpop · Jul 10, 2015

The Digital Man said:
Alot... As the saying goes, I wish that I had all those quarters back again.

Same here.

PunkTiger · Jul 10, 2015

My count is 31 for certain, and four others I can't recall for sure if I've played them IRL (The Machine, Monster Bash, Harley-Davidson, and Black Rose). Regardless, my answer is at least 30, but less than 40.

Espy · Jul 10, 2015

I think 21. Given that a year ago, the count was at 1, I think I've done well this year

Morg · Jul 10, 2015

Still just Creature for me as far as I remember. If I played another, it didn't leave enough of a memory to count it.

invitro · Jul 10, 2015

I have played (about?) 51 of the 62 TPA machines.

An estimate of the number of times I've played each table:
over 1000 times: TZ
hundreds of times: TAF, TotAN, STTNG, AFM, FH
about 100 times: ToM, BoP, MM, SS, CftBL, WWater, T2, FT, Pin*Bot, WWind
about 50 times: SpSh, RS, Taxi, CV, MB, ES, Victory, JY
about 25 times: TAFG, Cyclone, J*B, NGG, BK2K, CBW, TOff
about 10 times: RBIoN, WD, HS, BSD, CC
about 5 times: TCP, BK, SST, HD3E, SafeC, HRC, EatPM, DrDude
once or twice: BH, BRose, FirePwr, Centaur, Diner, PotO, PZone
do not remember ever seeing one: Genie, Fl2k, Co1812, ElDor, LCA, Gorgar, Xenon, HH, CentPk, GNuts, BigShot

I went to tons of tournaments, shows, and auctions in the 1990s and 2000s, and traveled far and wide to find pinball machines, but I still don't remember ever seeing eleven of the tables.

I have played Big Bang Bar, though, and it wasn't very much fun.

EldarOfSuburbia · Jul 10, 2015

invitro said:
do not remember ever seeing one: Genie, Fl2k, Co1812, ElDor, LCA, Gorgar, Xenon, HH, CentPk, GNuts, BigShot

I went to tons of tournaments, shows, and auctions in the 1990s and 2000s, and traveled far and wide to find pinball machines, but I still don't remember ever seeing eleven of the tables.

There was not one, but TWO Genies at the York PA show last October.
There was also an F2K but the flippers were so underpowered it wasn't possible to make shots up the lock lane.
Gorgar, Xenon, and HH were all present at Allentown this year, but I didn't get a chance to play HH. There was also a totally refurbished F2K but it wasn't playable. I mean it was beautiful, looked like new.

How many TPA tables have you played in real life?

How many TPA tables have you actually played?

All of them! Every single one! (this includes Goin' Nuts, people)

At least 50

At least 40

At least 30

At least 20

At least 10

Less than 10 (but at least one)

None of them! Zero!

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