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<blockquote data-quote="Berq" data-source="post: 74282" data-attributes="member: 2243"><p><em>I posted the following in <a href="http://digitalpinballfans.com/showthread.php/4060-The-true-quot-Earn-a-Credit-quot-sound-(SHHHTACK!)" target="_blank"><u>another thread</u></a> a few days ago, but I guess it properly belongs here. So with a Ctrl+C, a Ctrl+V, and some editing, here it is:</em></p><p></p><hr /><p></p><p>Thanks! I <em><u>feel</u></em> welcome!</p><p></p><p></p><p>Yeah, my dad opened a golf practice range back in '77, but put ~10 arcade games, 5 pinball machines, and 8 pool tables in the pro shop. I was born a year later. Many a classic pin passed through our little shop over the next 15 years.</p><p></p><p>I got just 2 quarters a day for games (maybe 4 if my grandma was working the register), and my priority as a natural tight-wad was <em>quantity</em> over <em>quality</em>: what could I play <em>longest</em>? Though I'd occasionally indulge in a 45 second game of pinball, the default was video games, a few of which I could beat on a single credit. So I didn't actually <em>play</em> a lot of pinball back in the '80s & '90s. <em><strong>But I always loved it.</strong></em> After my daily allowance was gone, I'd spend HOURS gazing at playfield and translite artwork, the dances of the lights, soaking in the unique aura of each machine. They were <em>alive</em> and richly nuanced in a mysterious way that video games never would be. They spoke in the clicks and cracks of solenoids, and murmured as steel rolled across wood. Also, they had lots of well-drawn breasts.</p><p></p><p>Back around '94 we shut down the arcade. Two(ish) years later we built a separate <a href="http://www.golfnfun.com" target="_blank">family entertainment center</a> with a much larger arcade. In the transition, I came out ahead to the tune of a free, albeit neglected TMNT pinball with a broken display and worn playfield, which I've been VERY slowly restoring* over the last several years. Initially a mere "Cool! Free game!" moment, the process that's followed has revived and fueled my passion for a long dormant love I forgot I had.</p><p></p><p>Sadly, we haven't had a pinball table in our new arcade for the last 10 years (it ain't my call!). I believe that <em><strong>some day</strong></em> we will realize that interacting with taps on fancy glass screens is a soulless process; and just as there's now a trend in indie gaming for "retro" chip tunes a la NES & Atari 2600 music, on that day of realization I pray we see the return of the <em>sensuality</em> that is pinball.</p><p>(hang in there, Stern...)</p><p></p><p><strong>Top 5 Most Personally Memorable Tables:</strong></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><em>(not necessarily a favorites list)</em></span></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Xenon</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Haunted House</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Dr. Dude</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Taxi</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Addams Family</li> </ul><p></p><p>*<em>TMNT, like a lot of tables, is turning out to be darn hard to find table-specific parts for. Any "I know a guy..." type leads would be much appreciated.</em> : )</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Berq, post: 74282, member: 2243"] [I]I posted the following in [URL="http://digitalpinballfans.com/showthread.php/4060-The-true-quot-Earn-a-Credit-quot-sound-(SHHHTACK!)"][U]another thread[/U][/URL] a few days ago, but I guess it properly belongs here. So with a Ctrl+C, a Ctrl+V, and some editing, here it is:[/I] [HR][/HR] Thanks! I [I][U]feel[/U][/I] welcome! Yeah, my dad opened a golf practice range back in '77, but put ~10 arcade games, 5 pinball machines, and 8 pool tables in the pro shop. I was born a year later. Many a classic pin passed through our little shop over the next 15 years. I got just 2 quarters a day for games (maybe 4 if my grandma was working the register), and my priority as a natural tight-wad was [I]quantity[/I] over [I]quality[/I]: what could I play [I]longest[/I]? Though I'd occasionally indulge in a 45 second game of pinball, the default was video games, a few of which I could beat on a single credit. So I didn't actually [I]play[/I] a lot of pinball back in the '80s & '90s. [I][B]But I always loved it.[/B][/I] After my daily allowance was gone, I'd spend HOURS gazing at playfield and translite artwork, the dances of the lights, soaking in the unique aura of each machine. They were [I]alive[/I] and richly nuanced in a mysterious way that video games never would be. They spoke in the clicks and cracks of solenoids, and murmured as steel rolled across wood. Also, they had lots of well-drawn breasts. Back around '94 we shut down the arcade. Two(ish) years later we built a separate [URL="http://www.golfnfun.com"]family entertainment center[/URL] with a much larger arcade. In the transition, I came out ahead to the tune of a free, albeit neglected TMNT pinball with a broken display and worn playfield, which I've been VERY slowly restoring* over the last several years. Initially a mere "Cool! Free game!" moment, the process that's followed has revived and fueled my passion for a long dormant love I forgot I had. Sadly, we haven't had a pinball table in our new arcade for the last 10 years (it ain't my call!). I believe that [I][B]some day[/B][/I] we will realize that interacting with taps on fancy glass screens is a soulless process; and just as there's now a trend in indie gaming for "retro" chip tunes a la NES & Atari 2600 music, on that day of realization I pray we see the return of the [I]sensuality[/I] that is pinball. (hang in there, Stern...) [B]Top 5 Most Personally Memorable Tables:[/B] [SIZE=1][I](not necessarily a favorites list)[/I][/SIZE] [LIST] [*]Xenon [*]Haunted House [*]Dr. Dude [*]Taxi [*]Addams Family [/LIST] *[I]TMNT, like a lot of tables, is turning out to be darn hard to find table-specific parts for. Any "I know a guy..." type leads would be much appreciated.[/I] : ) [/QUOTE]
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