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Message: <blockquote data-quote="noneed4me2" data-source="post: 53825" data-attributes="member: 2045">My earliest memories of a pin was around the early eighties and  my step dads friend had a fully restored old ass-em table that was reminiscent of taxi and big shot with just some rollovers a few drop targets and 2 or 3 bumpers. My mom and steppy were kinda alcholies around this time so whilst they did their thing I would play this table for hours with my stepdad's friend's daughter who was I think my age. It was my first time I could take the time to master the game without all the frenetics of an arcade environment and while the table was really simple for someone at my age it was perfect.Years later and with a couple of divorces under my parents belt I was visiting with my old stepdad and we went to visit his friend who I remember had that table but I was in my late twenties now and married with a kid. Never thought I would see it again but sure enough he still had it, (the little girl I used to play with grew up to, really grew fine to boot. where the hell was I when she was developing? but that's a whole another tale). It was still in pristine condition and other than his daughter and him I doubt anyone touched it much.  God that girl was so pretty and sexy and well I should stop now before I say something incriminating.Thinking about it now I will have to try and track said parties down to find out what the table was. All I remember now is it had no back glass and was setup much like a tabletop pacman you find in bars. I did a lot of playing in the 90's when I was working a lot and still in the military. Posts would often have a few pins spread around and while I liked good ole video games a good pin can drain my change purse like nothing else yet leave me without that "I could've used that money on a burger or movie rental, or ect.." feeling. I am not a terribly social person and while pinball can be shared experience when I play it tends to appeal to my solitary side and the hyper focus mode I drop into when every ball moves and hits exactly where I want it to go. The top one hundred pins I am lucky to say I have played a lot in the wild and I wasn't even going about trying to do it. Thanx for the memories pinball and thanx to all those who bring such an entertaining, engineering marvel to life.</blockquote>

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