Video Slashdot Visits the Seattle Pinball Museum (Video) 82
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People who hear about the Seattle Pinball Museum tend to say things like, "Seems like a must-visit destination in Seattle," and, "Why did no one tell me about this place!??!" Timothy Lord, Slashdot Editor and Video Host, agrees. Watch the video to see a huge grin on Timothy's face. And if you ever get to the Seattle Pinball Museum yourself, you'll probably have a smile on your face, too.
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Do they have The Addams Family?
One trick these pinball museums seem to miss is making them actual museums rather than just freeplay arcades, I'd love for them to have more informative exhibits, maybe a glass fronted workshop with someone restoring and repairing machines, details about have various features work (bumpers, dot matrix displays etc).
Got a tour of Bally, back when a friend worked there. Pretty neat to see these things being assembled - wires everywere! Must have been a blast to design them.
I actually discovered my love of pinball after years of playing video games. There's really something to be said for controlling and following a physical object on the board, rather than a load of pixels moving around.
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I would like to take the time to say that I was the camera man for this fine piece of movie footage. Timothy & I were on somewhat of a date when we took this and got beer and had a lot of fun togeter. We ddint get drunk but had great feelings and display of admiration for each other to the point we got `looked at` -kind of an awkward feeling but there is still no tolerance for gays. So we should instead re elect Obama & petition him on whitehouse.gov for laws to make treatments for gays more fair for all of us. LGBT:Lesbian, Gay, By Sexual, and Tri Sexual.
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The Pinball Hall Of Fame in Las Vegas.
250 to 300 machines from 1934 to Today.
All proceeds to charity. Donated over $500,000 Last year.
http://www.pinballmuseum.org/
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I'm curious if anyone knows how it compares to the National Pinball Museum, recently reopened in Baltimore, MD.
There seem to be a few places like this now. There is the one in las vegas: pinball hall of fame [pinballmuseum.org]
The one in Baltimore you mentioned: national pinball museum [nationalpi...museum.org]
One I just found in California [pacificpinball.org]
The one the article mentions in Seattle [facebook.com]
another I found in NJ [silverballmuseum.com]
An article about several of these [nytimes.com] opening up around the country.
And if you are interested in playing I found a place in St. Louis CP Pinball [cppinball.com].
Any other places people have found that are worth noting here?