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A Journey of a Thousand Miles Begins with a Single Step
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I used to play pinball obsessively at my local bowling alley. I had so many toy level pinball machines when I was a kid and I'd keep getting an upgrade then my parents bought us a reconditioned professional machine for the house when we were in our teens and I played it constantly. Was at a bar (before Covid) in February and played a machine for about an hour. Man the new ones sure have a lot going on. I liked the old game systems and classic arcade games but pinball is still my favorite of all time. I even had many pinball video games for whatever system I owned at the time.My best friend & I went to our favorite pool room in a nearby bowling alley one night long ago. On the way in we came across a new video game console. I was used to playing pinball for a dime, 3 games for a quarter, so I wasn't crazy about trying the unknown at 25 cents a pop. I ended up dumping about 5 bucks in that Pong game before we moved on to the pool room. Over the years I've played a gajillion video games. I've owned Atari 2600,400 & 800, Sega Genesis, Mattel Intellivision, Nintendo, Xbox,Xbox 360, Xbox 1,Wii, and many hand held games. Playing with my son in law and grandchildren has been a ball. I only stopped when my sight got too bad to see everything any more. When you think of how it started, it's amazing where the technology is today. I've seen the same transition from the 1st hand held calculators to the personal computers we have today. Crazy. But I must say - there is nothing,(well, maybe 1 thing), that gave me the same pleasure of dropping a dime in a pinball machine, pushing that button and keeping that ball in play for as long as possible. The lights, sound, flippers......great stuff. Try one sometime.
Thanks for this one, Mike.
You know what I'm talking about, my friend. I also had every pinball video game and countless table top toy games. But nothing could satisfy the itch like the real thing. And, unlike the video games, you also burned some calories playing pinball. Sensory overload.I used to play pinball obsessively at my local bowling alley. I had so many toy level pinball machines when I was a kid and I'd keep getting an upgrade then my parents bought us a reconditioned professional machine for the house when we were in our teens and I played it constantly. Was at a bar (before Covid) in February and played a machine for about an hour. Man the new ones sure have a lot going on. I liked the old game systems and classic arcade games but pinball is still my favorite of all time. I even had many pinball video games for whatever system I owned at the time.