Calling all Pinball Wizards!

[Barto]

Fish Tales. Owned by me.

Gone fishin'. Leave a message.

[mickey]

OK Adelaide we are bringing out some more pinball and arcade's tonight more than the week before and even more than last week 

You have asked for it so we are doing our best to bring it on.
So don't sit at home doing nothing come to the best Arcade in Adelaide.
Still $20.00 for Adults and only $10.00 for Kids 

where I can hear you ask YOU KNOW WHERE 
Amusement Worx 287 Torrens RD West Croydon ...

all games are set on free play all you pay is $20.00 for heaps of funSupport us to keep Adelaide Arcade aliveseeyou tonight I hope SO ARE YOU COMING ??????????

[RJM]

Had a great night last night despite it taking over an hour and a half for the "flipper fingers" to get up to speed.

Best scores on the night:

908 Million on Getaway
571 Thousand on Magic (1979 Stern machine)
281 Million on Creature from the Black Lagoon without scoring a single jackpot

Great to meet Mickey though once I get stuck into the games (pinball or video) I can be a bit antisocial. Plus Simon talked up my skills and as predicted I played like crap for half the night. I will be back sooner rather than later.

If anyone here is a Pinball or Video Game fan looking for something to do on a Friday night I'd suggest getting down to Amusement Worx.

Cheers

Rob

[mickey]

Was good to meet you RJM.. you made my 770million on the Getaway look like child's play!

Will be back again Friday, a great night out. Especially if you have kids.

[locky801]

Take it that the place is only open on Friday nights

[jackpot jim]

Take it that the place is only open on Friday nights

it's open Mon - Fri, Sat ? for sales and service.
Bought a machine off them last year. went there several times b4 picking one out and played em all a few times for nothing.

[mickey]

Take it that the place is only open on Friday nights

it's open Mon - Fri, Sat ? for sales and service.
Bought a machine off them last year. went there several times b4 picking one out and played em all a few times for nothing.

They host birthday parties, social clubs etc on weekends too.

[Rik E Boy]

Fish Tales. Owned by me.

Gone fishin'. Leave a message.

There has to be a twist.

regards,

REB

[nuggety goodness]

are these lock-ins still happening? would be huge come school holis yeah?

[mickey]

they sure are.. times have changed slightly...


AMUSEMENT WORX
287 TORRENS RD WEST CROYDON

START 6.30 PM TILL 10.30 PM
...
All games on free play inc Video games, Driving games and of course Pinball.

Adults $25.00 Kids 12.00 Family Deal 2 Adults and three Kids $60.00
Phone if you need more detail 8241 7370

Come along and show your Support to the company doing it's best to keep Pinball and Arcade alive in Adelaide.

[zipzap]

Great initiative! I hope to get there with a pinball buddy with whom I spent an enormous amount of coin esp in the early 90s on Addams Family, Start Trek TNG. My 2 all time favourites.

Probably sacrilegious to mention here but for a mid-week fix there's a great pinball simulator (Pinball Arcade - for consoles, tablets etc) on which you can relive many classic games, including Black Hole, Creature from the Black Lagoon, and the almighty ST:TNG which I've been flogging for a fortnight since I discovered it. Make it so!

[therisingblues]

Fish Tales. Owned by me.

Really? That one was awesome. And one for the real old school fans 'Cosmic Princess'.

I was more of a video game player

Galaxian
Galaga
Moon Cresta
1942
Time Pilot
Dig Dug
Jungler
Uni Wars
Burger Time
Rally X

all favourites of mine. Might have to check that place out when I come to Adelaide.

regards,

REB

2 of the games I gained any credibility at, the third being "Xevious".
I was still only about 9 years old when the deli replaced "Galaxian" with "Moon Cresta", so never got to develop much skill on that one.

[MatteeG]

Great initiative! I hope to get there with a pinball buddy with whom I spent an enormous amount of coin esp in the early 90s on Addams Family, Start Trek TNG. My 2 all time favourites.

Could I assume you attended Flinders Uni during this time Zipzap? Music listening centre and Tavern?

[mickey]

Great initiative! I hope to get there with a pinball buddy with whom I spent an enormous amount of coin esp in the early 90s on Addams Family, Start Trek TNG. My 2 all time favourites.

Probably sacrilegious to mention here but for a mid-week fix there's a great pinball simulator (Pinball Arcade - for consoles, tablets etc) on which you can relive many classic games, including Black Hole, Creature from the Black Lagoon, and the almighty ST:TNG which I've been flogging for a fortnight since I discovered it. Make it so!

Addams family and Star Trek TNG are usually both on the floor to play.. pinball arcade is great fun when you get a quiet moment at work. Not quite as good as strolling into the lounge room and playing your own pinball machine though

[gadj1976]

I dont "own" a machine, as in I dont have one at home.

But I do "own" it whenever I play it...

Ah gotcha....it's not the hardest pinny to beat though. The old school ones where you had to knock down the targets again and again with a couple of ramps they were pretty hard.

I used to hate 'Haunted House'. Confused the shit out of me LOL.


regards,

REB

I do actually own a cocktail cabinet which was a 1942, transferred into a 64 game cabinet, including 1942 and some of the other games mentioned.

Problem is, I hardly get to play it.

[zipzap]

Great initiative! I hope to get there with a pinball buddy with whom I spent an enormous amount of coin esp in the early 90s on Addams Family, Start Trek TNG. My 2 all time favourites.

Could I assume you attended Flinders Uni during this time Zipzap? Music listening centre and Tavern?

You assume right! Ah the music centre - how good was that? Followed by a pint and bowl of chips and gravy. Memories!
Must admit a lot of my pinballing was done downstairs at Proscenium, whilst seeking refuge from the Goths upstairs dancing to Sisters of Mercy. And later at Qld Uni which had an awesome pinball arcade lock-in on a Saturday morning.

[zipzap]

pinball arcade is great fun when you get a quiet moment at work. Not quite as good as strolling into the lounge room and playing your own pinball machine though

Oh of course, but it's a pretty decent alternative. Loved Black Hole as a kid and to play it again is a real treat.

Assuming you could find one, around how much would something like ST:TNG cost? I assume you'd have to have a fair bit of technical know-how?

[therisingblues]

I dont "own" a machine, as in I dont have one at home.

But I do "own" it whenever I play it...

Ah gotcha....it's not the hardest pinny to beat though. The old school ones where you had to knock down the targets again and again with a couple of ramps they were pretty hard.

I used to hate 'Haunted House'. Confused the shit out of me LOL.


regards,

REB

I do actually own a cocktail cabinet which was a 1942, transferred into a 64 game cabinet, including 1942 and some of the other games mentioned.

Problem is, I hardly get to play it.

Hello!
By cabinet does that mean it's a stand up machine or a table top?

[gadj1976]

table top.

Much like this

[therisingblues]

Brings back memories. I tended to play the stand up variety more. The Blue and White, where I spent my formative teens, only had stand ups. So I got used to them. 20c meant I could play for about 45 mins to an hour.