Pinball is loud, tacky and fun. Pinball is as authentic a slice of true Americana. When videogames became popular the pinball machine was relegated to the background.
Some fututrist would have predicted that pinball machines saw it's last days. Just like what people said television would kill the movies. But the stratopheric returns at the box office nowadays make the movies here to stay.
Pinball Games
Vintage pinball game like the coin operated pinball was born in 1931. Classic pinball games such as Whiffle Board, Baffleball, Dutch Pool, Jostle and El Bumpo were popular in the thirties.
Pinball mavens today may think The Simpsons, Dr. Dude and Funhouse are fine pinball games but they say they lack the feel of such classics as Slick Chick or Magic City
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Pinball Reborn
Pinball Reborn
Pinball Machines were banned during the late thirties up to the early forties especially in large cities. At the time,pinball were considered the way, candy store owners ripped off the kids out of their lunch money.
The movie Tommy was Hollywood's vehicle for the comeback of pinball machines. For a time pinball was enjoying a renaissance. Such classic games as Wizard, Eight Ball, Space Mission and Evel Knievel were also popular.
Pinball was pushed out of the limelight in the eighties when videogames like Space Invaders and Pac Man were such huge hits( I can very well remember that time). Pinball has a tendency to fall into the background when something new comes along.
Most Collectible Pinball Machine
The '72 Bally Pinball in good condition can rack up to almost five figures but a classic pinball machine is inexpensive to acquire for as little few hundred dollars.
Highly prized pinball paraphernalia like vintage pinball parts, catalogues and schematic drawings of pinball circuitry are also desirably collectible.
Why Pinball Games?
Today a pinball game seems like so much trouble when you have satellite dishes, dvd players and high speed internet. But what is it, that has sustained pinball's popularity over the years? Some people say it's an escape. Its exciting. Each ball plays differently from the last ball. It's not like videogames where you know what's going to happen.
As you may all know, pinball is wacky and spirited. A lot of fun to be around but a little embarassing to be seen with, for it has no sophistication yet it has no pretensions. It has no French terminology or obscene etiquette. Pinball is all about tactile and visceral pleasures.
Pinball designers purposely give players an average of forty eight seconds of play per ball. So people with short attention span , go play pinball !
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