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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ark Malmeida" data-source="post: 17582" data-attributes="member: 285">Finally got a chance to take a trip up to The Pinball Wizard Arcade in Pelham, NH yesterday.  I was quite impressed with the arcade overall.  It was very clean and no nonsense and really felt just like the non-chain arcades I used to go to when I was a kid.  All of the pinball machines I played were in great shape and seem very well maintained (they even worked on a few different ones while I was there).  They work off tokens that cost a quarter just like you would expect, although you can get 100 for $20 which is definitely the best deal.  All older pins are 2 tokens per play with the newer ones being 3 tokens.  Medieval Madness was unique in that it was actually 4 tokens a play (I loved it though and really can't wait to finally see the 360 DLC so I can play it at home!).  When you want to slow down the rate at which you go through tokens, they have a nice selection of arcade games from all different eras.  The high scores were actually pretty reachable on some of them too (got the top score on Q*Bert for instance).The only bummer was that my playtime on most of the machines was pretty short because the ball just loved to go SDTM or to the outlanes.  Not sure if my real world table skills have just gotten THAT bad or what, but I didn't have many decent games on any of the machines.  Managed to play well enough to earn a free game on TOTAN, CV and the DW machines that were there but most games were pretty short affairs.  These are the Machines I remember taking a shot at:Adams Family (fun but I barely even got a shot to flip the ball)Baby Pac Man (interesting to have the video game portion along with pinball)Banzai Run (really tough to do much with the ball on the 'backglass' playfield, but I did manage to get it up there several times and actually had a decent game)BlackWater 100 (has a really cool dynamic where you launch three balls and then they 'start racing' all at once so you essentially get multiball at the start of each ball)Cirqus Voltaire (Really enjoyed this one - can't wait for the 360 DLC!)Creature From the Black Lagoon (didn't even manage to play long enough to get an impression)Cyclone (One of my favorites from when I was a kid - didn't disappoint)Diner (Very fun - definitely got a strong Taxi vibe from it)Doctor Who (love the subject matter so I was going to like it anyways but the rising element in the middle back is a lot of fun)Dr. Dude (Remember liking this one as a kid but the game went by too fast to get much of a feel for it again)Earthshaker (Liked what I got to play of it)Eight Ball Deluxe (Was pretty fun for an older table)Family Guy (Looked cool but once again had too short of a game)Fish Tales (Had lot of fun with that one so I played it multiple times.  Captive ball shot is a brutal SDTM shot most of the time)Fun House (Always liked this one so playing it again was great)High Speed (Game lasted probably less than a minute - very frustrating)Indiana Jones - Williams (Another one of my favorites.  Would love to see Farsight somehow get the licensing for this one)Medieval Madness (Loved the quotes and humor.  Definitely one of the most fun machines I played)Pool Sharks (fun older machine.  Got a match so I got to try it a few times)Revenge From Mars (Pinball 2000 - I liked the setup on this one where you have several stories to beat.  Made great use of the screen for neat little videos)Roller Coaster Tycoon (Not one of my favorites.  The toys looked kind of cheap.  A troll doll?  Really?)Simpsons - Data East (Liked the feel of this one.  One of the few machines that felt a little worn out. The kicker was weak and the ball didn't drain correctly without a nudge or two)Star Trek - The Next Generation (Can see why this is one of the all time favorites for most.  Sound effects and flow are great.  Good modes from what I could see)Star Wars Episode I (Another Pinball 2000.  Didn't like this one as much as Revenge From Mars.  Seems like they could have done most of the mode video on a DMD and it would have had the same feel)Super Mario Brothers (First one I played on the day - had fun with it.  Did a nice job of capturing the feel of the video game)Super Mario Bros Mushroom World (dispensed tickets which I thought was amusing.  Kind of a basic pinball game)Superman (older and not particularly fun.  Didn't seem like there was a ton to do on the playfield)Tales of the Arabian Nights (Felt just like the TPA version.  Actually had a decent game on this one)Theatre of Magic (Tough!  Could make all the same shots as on the TPA version, but had a heck of time controlling the ball and keeping it from going down the middle)Tron (Game was quite short so I didn't get a strong impression either way.Twilight Zone (Can't wait to spend more time with this on in TPA - the ceramic ball is cool in real life)Whirlwind (The fan is a neat gimmick - really liked the theme and the overall look and feel of the table)There are quite a few I wanted to try but forgot until after I left (Lord of the Rings, Black Knight & Black Knight 2000, Monopoly, Big Guns, Gorgar, Road Show, Bugs Bunny's Birthday Ball, Cactus Jack, Xenon) or didn't get a chance to (Star Wars - Data East -  One of my all time favorites, but it was out of order, Taxi - not on the floor because they have to replace the playfield, Black Hole - the upkicker to move the ball back to the top level is burned out).Had a great time overall and I highly recommend it to anyone that is close enough to make a day trip.  Pretty cool to be able to say that I had the opportunity to play 9 out of the top 10 ranked tables from ipdb (No Monster Bash - one of the employees said they haven't been able to find one, and when they did, it was from a bar and beat to crap).</blockquote>

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