Pinball Hall of Fame - Vegas

Games
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Just got back from a long weekend in Vegas. While I was there I visited the Pinball Hall of Fame.

http://www.pinballmuseum.org/

Its in a non-descript strip-mall a couple of miles off the strip but I can’t recommend it enough.

They have 100+ pinball games (and a few old-skool video games) all in great shape. In addition to the pinball of my youth (Pinbot sits next to The Machine - A.K.A. The Bride of Pinbot) they have machines I’ve never heard of (Impacto!). Machines that never made it into production (Circus Pinball) and weird variations of pinball - bowling, hyperball ect. and a couple of old light gun shooters. Awesome stuff.

I’m wondering if our LV folks or anyone who has ever visitited has been there.

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I’m going to LV later in the year, and that will definitely be a stopping place for me.

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I read a long trip report of a visit there on a poker site I frequent. It sounds like a very fun place.

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Thanks for that link! That’s nearly worth a trip to Vegas by itself!

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Heh. 'sup bro.

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Wait, can you play the games?

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Yep. :)

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Sad to say, I’m more excited to go to Vegas to see this than see the rest of the city. Love me some pinball.

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Noooooooo!!!

We were just in Vegas, and I didn’t even know about this place. Guess I have to go back . . .

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It is a real change of pace from the MGM Borg that owns most of the strip these days.

Its in a big room but unless you knew it was there you wouldn’t spot it. Its in a very ordinary Strip Mall-y kind of place. About a $15 (with tip) cab ride from the MGM Grand. Bring a map cause cabbies won’t know where it is either.

All the games are playable, and in very good shape. I talked to one of the guys that runs it, super nice guy. I had to ask him how Orbital 1 worked. Believe me, play it and your mind will tilt. (the ball is actually on a convex piece of glass, but looks like its on a flat one, and acting crazy.)

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Not my bankroll–going through a serious period of cold, cold cards and bad beats atm :-).

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I’ve been there a couple times - it’s definitely an unassuming building, but lots of fun and quite nostalgic. There’s also a $2 movie theater right near there. They tend to show movies that have been out for awhile or near their end run in major theaters.

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Just found out this place exists and I’m so excited. The last time I wanted to go to Croydon I was seven.