When I was growing up, I remember going camping and finding a pinball machine in the game room. I've been hooked ever since.
When I got home, I found a local candy/soda shop that had 1 machine in the back hidden from the store front. It was KISS. I was a huge KISS fan. This was my new hang out for the summer.
I then found that the corner restaurant had one, the pizza parlor and finally the mall. Aladdin's Castle and Gold Mine had it all! I miss those shops and those days.
Now, I have my own. I've had one or two here and there. I wish I could find them out and about more, but that just doesn't happen like before. One local bar has a Creature From the Black Lagoon, but it's beat to hell and not worth playing. When I travel, I sometimes come across one. It's a great felling.
Looking forward to a larger house someday and more money to get more. I can only fit one at a time now. I've had a few, but on my second Flash Gordon. I'm trying to save this one. It's been a challenge, but looking forward to the day when it's finished and I can play it again. So is my son how has been around them all his life. It's funny how no one else under 25 even knows what they are.
The_Dude_Abides
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Flash was such a memorable film when I was a kid it seem so advanced at the time. Welcome to Pinside.