ER777
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Yesterday I took the hour plus drive over to Rochester to visit this place and it was well worth it. This hobby shop has 5 great machines all in very good condition (Diner was pristine), and insanely set at only 25 cents per play! All of the machines are set up for long games too, most on 5-ball play and with multiple replay extra balls available. I managed to reach LITZ on only my 3rd game of Twilight Zone - that's how favorable the setup is.
The owner is a really nice guy too. He brought out the operator's manual for Diner to let me read the gameplay instructions after I said I'd never played it before. Then later a bunch of kids came in right before his scheduled closing time to use the slotcar racetrack and he kept the place open for about an hour after it was supposed to close to let them play (which worked out well for me too of course).
All in all this was simply a great place to go play pinball and I'd recommend it to anyone and everyone.
http://pinside.com/pinball/map/where-to-play/fantasy-raceways-3842-rochester-ny-united-states
The shop's website also says that he's getting a Wizard of Oz from JJP sometime soon!
http://www.fantasyraceways.com/
Side note: I left too late to have a chance to also stop by the National Museum of Play like I had wanted. I'll have to go back in a couple weeks though because I hear they're adding some new pinball machines for their summer "Boardwalk Arcade" exhibit. They already have a few good machines in their regular arcade exhibit.
http://pinside.com/pinball/map/where-to-play/strong-museum-of-play-1-rochester-ny-united-states
The owner is a really nice guy too. He brought out the operator's manual for Diner to let me read the gameplay instructions after I said I'd never played it before. Then later a bunch of kids came in right before his scheduled closing time to use the slotcar racetrack and he kept the place open for about an hour after it was supposed to close to let them play (which worked out well for me too of course).
All in all this was simply a great place to go play pinball and I'd recommend it to anyone and everyone.
http://pinside.com/pinball/map/where-to-play/fantasy-raceways-3842-rochester-ny-united-states
The shop's website also says that he's getting a Wizard of Oz from JJP sometime soon!
http://www.fantasyraceways.com/
Side note: I left too late to have a chance to also stop by the National Museum of Play like I had wanted. I'll have to go back in a couple weeks though because I hear they're adding some new pinball machines for their summer "Boardwalk Arcade" exhibit. They already have a few good machines in their regular arcade exhibit.
http://pinside.com/pinball/map/where-to-play/strong-museum-of-play-1-rochester-ny-united-states
