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<blockquote data-quote="SydyneBall" data-source="post: 98954" data-attributes="member: 3142"><p>Every since I found and started playing TPA, I've been itching to get back to playing RL pinball. So here is my journey.</p><p></p><p>Last weekend took my teenage son to experience some RL pinball.</p><p></p><p>Started at Geneva-on-the-Lake, Ohio.</p><p>They had an arcade that had a few machines and $7 all day play last time we walked around with the family, but it was closed. Bummer. Saw a Monopoly and a couple other pins through the window.</p><p> </p><p>Two other arcades had machines, Woody's World(2) and The Arcade at Eddie's(5).</p><p>Out of the 7 machines, 6 were in good working order, the Simpson's machine had a broken garage... </p><p></p><p>We played:</p><p><strong>JunkYard </strong>- 3 times. I'm terrible at this game.. lost to my son twice!</p><p><strong>The Addams Family (TAF)</strong> - 2 different machines, one at each arcade</p><p><strong>Indiana Jones</strong> - I rocked this one after a few games, Collected some specials! Son got board while waiting.. (hehe..)</p><p><strong>Simpson Pinball Arcade</strong> - Garage broken - only played once.</p><p><strong>South Park</strong> - Rocked this game. Got a nice Kenny, right flipper backhand to Kenny Going. Son applied his video game lingo... I was told to stop "boosting" Kenny.. lol.</p><p><strong>Pirates of the Caribbean</strong>. Sunk some ships. had some fun.</p><p></p><p>Played for about three hours between the machines and arcades.</p><p></p><p>On the way home, stopped at Capps Pizza, they have two machines. It's about 9 miles from my house, so I've played there a couple of times before.</p><p></p><p><strong>Lord of the Rings (LOTR)</strong> - Balrog! Nice working order.</p><p><strong>Creature from the Black Lagoon (CFTBL) </strong>- Nice to show son RL pin that is on TPA. Collected a special. Hologram didn't work, but rest of pin was good working order. Right Flipper didn't seem to have enough down angle to me, but I adjusted.</p><p></p><p>They used to have a Harley Davidson machine here, but the motorcycle was broken, so it was replaced by CFTBL.</p><p></p><p>----------------------------</p><p>Two weeks ago, I found myself on the West side of Cleveland, Ohio, so I stopped into Kidforce Collectibles.</p><p>They have 12 nicely restored machines. Of these I played:</p><p></p><p><strong>Twlight Zone (TZ).</strong> This machine was always a bear in real life, this one no different, couldn't get ball control, outlanes vacuums..Played twice.</p><p><strong>Attack from Mars (AFM)</strong> - One of my favorites from back in the day. Nicely restored machine. Collected a special on score. Nice volume level, not too loud, but you could hear it.. 'Not you again...'. Nice. "I'll be back" to play this machine.</p><p><strong>Metallica</strong> - Played twice. Interesting to play new machine. </p><p><strong>Theater of Magic (TOM)</strong> - Another one of my favorites. Nice to play a well functioning machine. Played three time.</p><p><strong>X-men LE: Magneto</strong> - Played this twice. Magnetic kickouts/ spots make this a little too random for me.</p><p></p><p>Nice to see restored functioning older machines along with newer machines. They have a good mix here, didn't have time to play them all. Would have liked to play Dr. Who, Dracula, and the rest of their pin collection, just ran out of time.</p><p></p><p>Nice to play some RL pins that are on TPA. TZ was way harder then TPA, TOM Trunk entry shot much easily in RL, ATM is a very close digital version on TPA.</p><p></p><p>---------------------------</p><p></p><p>Two weeks before that I stopped in to a place by work called The Boneyard. They had two machines.</p><p><strong>World Series of Poker (WSOP)</strong> - Complete junk - Top half of playfield lights out. over half of drop targets broken. Playfield dirty. Barely playable.</p><p><strong>NASCAR</strong> - Another dirty, broken table. Left slingshot top broken, falling into habitrail from right ramp shot. Ball gets stuck! Unplayable.</p><p></p><p>So I won't be back there again..</p><p></p><p>----------------------------</p><p></p><p>Couple of other local places I'm planning on visiting around home/work.</p><p>I'm also thinking of making a trip out to New Hampshire or Las Vegas to have a couple days of pinball play. Mini Pinball Vacation.</p><p></p><p>-------------------------------</p><p>I mostly play TPA on a 8.9" Kindle Fire HD.</p><p></p><p>Thanks for reading! I'll try to keep this thread updated with my RL pin journey.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SydyneBall, post: 98954, member: 3142"] Every since I found and started playing TPA, I've been itching to get back to playing RL pinball. So here is my journey. Last weekend took my teenage son to experience some RL pinball. Started at Geneva-on-the-Lake, Ohio. They had an arcade that had a few machines and $7 all day play last time we walked around with the family, but it was closed. Bummer. Saw a Monopoly and a couple other pins through the window. Two other arcades had machines, Woody's World(2) and The Arcade at Eddie's(5). Out of the 7 machines, 6 were in good working order, the Simpson's machine had a broken garage... We played: [B]JunkYard [/B]- 3 times. I'm terrible at this game.. lost to my son twice! [B]The Addams Family (TAF)[/B] - 2 different machines, one at each arcade [B]Indiana Jones[/B] - I rocked this one after a few games, Collected some specials! Son got board while waiting.. (hehe..) [B]Simpson Pinball Arcade[/B] - Garage broken - only played once. [B]South Park[/B] - Rocked this game. Got a nice Kenny, right flipper backhand to Kenny Going. Son applied his video game lingo... I was told to stop "boosting" Kenny.. lol. [B]Pirates of the Caribbean[/B]. Sunk some ships. had some fun. Played for about three hours between the machines and arcades. On the way home, stopped at Capps Pizza, they have two machines. It's about 9 miles from my house, so I've played there a couple of times before. [B]Lord of the Rings (LOTR)[/B] - Balrog! Nice working order. [B]Creature from the Black Lagoon (CFTBL) [/B]- Nice to show son RL pin that is on TPA. Collected a special. Hologram didn't work, but rest of pin was good working order. Right Flipper didn't seem to have enough down angle to me, but I adjusted. They used to have a Harley Davidson machine here, but the motorcycle was broken, so it was replaced by CFTBL. ---------------------------- Two weeks ago, I found myself on the West side of Cleveland, Ohio, so I stopped into Kidforce Collectibles. They have 12 nicely restored machines. Of these I played: [B]Twlight Zone (TZ).[/B] This machine was always a bear in real life, this one no different, couldn't get ball control, outlanes vacuums..Played twice. [B]Attack from Mars (AFM)[/B] - One of my favorites from back in the day. Nicely restored machine. Collected a special on score. Nice volume level, not too loud, but you could hear it.. 'Not you again...'. Nice. "I'll be back" to play this machine. [B]Metallica[/B] - Played twice. Interesting to play new machine. [B]Theater of Magic (TOM)[/B] - Another one of my favorites. Nice to play a well functioning machine. Played three time. [B]X-men LE: Magneto[/B] - Played this twice. Magnetic kickouts/ spots make this a little too random for me. Nice to see restored functioning older machines along with newer machines. They have a good mix here, didn't have time to play them all. Would have liked to play Dr. Who, Dracula, and the rest of their pin collection, just ran out of time. Nice to play some RL pins that are on TPA. TZ was way harder then TPA, TOM Trunk entry shot much easily in RL, ATM is a very close digital version on TPA. --------------------------- Two weeks before that I stopped in to a place by work called The Boneyard. They had two machines. [B]World Series of Poker (WSOP)[/B] - Complete junk - Top half of playfield lights out. over half of drop targets broken. Playfield dirty. Barely playable. [B]NASCAR[/B] - Another dirty, broken table. Left slingshot top broken, falling into habitrail from right ramp shot. Ball gets stuck! Unplayable. So I won't be back there again.. ---------------------------- Couple of other local places I'm planning on visiting around home/work. I'm also thinking of making a trip out to New Hampshire or Las Vegas to have a couple days of pinball play. Mini Pinball Vacation. ------------------------------- I mostly play TPA on a 8.9" Kindle Fire HD. Thanks for reading! I'll try to keep this thread updated with my RL pin journey. [/QUOTE]
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