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<blockquote data-quote="JefferyD" data-source="post: 128300" data-attributes="member: 2597"><p>Say Jeff, sorry I missed seeing this question earlier. No really good reason for not playing real pinball except I haven’t seen many pinball machines in my daily travels for a couple of decades. </p><p></p><p>In my youth, over the course of a few years, my local 7-11 had Superman, replaced by Kiss, replaced by Gorgar, and the owner/manager took pity on me and a buddy and usually set the table to free play as long as we bought a hot dog and a slurpee or whathaveyou. Gorgar was there the longest and I played a few times a week, basically for free. That routine lasted through most of high school. </p><p></p><p>So, when I went to the theater arcade, dropped 50 cents into Black Hole for a brutal, 20 second game, I gave up on pinball and most arcade games. I liked it but it was too hard and expensive to get the necessary practice. I’d been spoiled by free Gorgar. I didn’t hang out in arcades after high school except for a brief air-hockey addiction in the early 90s, but they didn’t have pinball there. </p><p></p><p>And like I said, I haven’t seen many machines out in the wild. I don’t get out much,tho. Work, home, grocery store; that’s about it. I do live about 30/35 minutes from the Pacific Pinball museum (although I’d never heard of it until I read about it in this forum last year), but I haven’t had the proper combination of time, spare change and energy to make the drive. I’d say it’s just laziness, but I seem to be pretty busy most of the time.</p><p></p><p>I’d LOVE to spend time in front of a real Firepower or Monster Bash, tho. Geez. Typing about it makes me want to go. I just googled the hours for the place. Hmm. I’m taking some time off of work in the near future. Maybe I just finally talked myself into it. I bet I’m a flailing newbie on a real Firepower.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JefferyD, post: 128300, member: 2597"] Say Jeff, sorry I missed seeing this question earlier. No really good reason for not playing real pinball except I haven’t seen many pinball machines in my daily travels for a couple of decades. In my youth, over the course of a few years, my local 7-11 had Superman, replaced by Kiss, replaced by Gorgar, and the owner/manager took pity on me and a buddy and usually set the table to free play as long as we bought a hot dog and a slurpee or whathaveyou. Gorgar was there the longest and I played a few times a week, basically for free. That routine lasted through most of high school. So, when I went to the theater arcade, dropped 50 cents into Black Hole for a brutal, 20 second game, I gave up on pinball and most arcade games. I liked it but it was too hard and expensive to get the necessary practice. I’d been spoiled by free Gorgar. I didn’t hang out in arcades after high school except for a brief air-hockey addiction in the early 90s, but they didn’t have pinball there. And like I said, I haven’t seen many machines out in the wild. I don’t get out much,tho. Work, home, grocery store; that’s about it. I do live about 30/35 minutes from the Pacific Pinball museum (although I’d never heard of it until I read about it in this forum last year), but I haven’t had the proper combination of time, spare change and energy to make the drive. I’d say it’s just laziness, but I seem to be pretty busy most of the time. I’d LOVE to spend time in front of a real Firepower or Monster Bash, tho. Geez. Typing about it makes me want to go. I just googled the hours for the place. Hmm. I’m taking some time off of work in the near future. Maybe I just finally talked myself into it. I bet I’m a flailing newbie on a real Firepower. [/QUOTE]
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