Finding local tables to play on

[etchie]

I got addicted to pinball when I went to college and they put one in the student center (Harley). I was hooked hard after that and I started going to the arcade near me. It had been there for years but I was never as arcade person. They always had someone on staff that could fix their tables immediately if something went wrong and always had 4 at a time, occasionally getting a new one in to replace one of them (the Simpson's table never got the axe, of course). That arcade shut down a few years ago and I can't even find a place that has a single broken down table.

My question here, is if there's an app or website that will tell you based on your zip code or current location, where you can find a pinball game to play.

 

[jaredmorgs]

http://pinside.com/pinball/map/where-to-play

 

[etchie]

You rule.

 

[jaredmorgs]

Prompted me to update the two locations near me with the latest titles.

 

[etchie]

Oh good, I made a difference.

 

[EldarOfSuburbia]

That map is incredibly depressing for my local area.

 

[etchie]

That map is incredibly depressing for my local area.

I would say mine was not great but I honestly expected there to be nothing at all!

 

[EldarOfSuburbia]

There are 7 (or 8 - one of them is not really a pinball but it's listed) tables in my area, of which only 3 (or 4) were not already known to me.

One of them isn't there any more, and two (or three) are in an arcade that is closed during fall/winter and anyway are in such poor condition, it's not worth it.

At least one of them is a TSPP, if it's still around, I may make a trip to check it out.

 

[etchie]

About the same for me.

 

[jaredmorgs]

This status for my area makes me want to open up a boutique pinball arcade. But the money...

 

[Pinballwiz45b]

This status for my area makes me want to open up a boutique pinball arcade. But the money... ��

I feel your pain. Literally, I have access to very few machines.