Pinball machines versus video games

[The Coon Dog]

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I can just imagine you whacking away at the pinnies back in the day, TCD.

In this age of Wii, Playstation (2 and 3 and PSP) and XBox, does The Coon Pup even know what a pinnie is!

No & its embarrassing to watch his generation attempt to try playing the pinnies. I hate it when people use both flippers at the same time!

[ledge]

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Having a pinball for about 12 years now, my children were lucky to grow up with one in the house, my daughter(13) is not bad, my son(18) has slow reflexes though.

Hey TCD the fish n chip shop I think had a couple near your place we used to play,sadly it burnt down and was never resurrected.

[LostDoggy]

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Ledge..great threat ....yep the fish n chip shop in Beachley Street had a couple, from memory one is a real collectors item...the FJ great machine that one...I am more a pinnie bloke but I did love Galaga though, oh i did love that gridiron game..TCD and I used to play it in the Railway Hotel in Bacchus Marsh all the time!!

[Hotdog60]

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I liked this one:



and of course this one:



Was never a pinball fan, kept on loosing my balls

[mighty_west]

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I liked this one:

One of the best shoot em-up's.

[Twodogs]

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I am more a pinnie bloke but I did love Galaga though!!

I had Galaga on my phone for a while. Geez I got sick of it pretty quickly.

, oh i did love that gridiron game..TCD and I used to play it in the Railway Hotel in Bacchus Marsh all the time!!

The tabletop gridiron game? You had to wait for the receiver to run to the correct position, step the quarterback to the left to avoid the tacklers, count to three and then release the ball. Funnily enough they had one in the old Railway Hotel (now Molly Blooms I think) in Yarraville as well.

[LostDoggy]

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Played Pinball as a kid at the arcades (good 10-12 years ago now)..

Still enjoy going to visit a family friend who has the T2 pinball machine upstairs..

[LostDoggy]

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I had Galaga on my phone for a while. Geez I got sick of it pretty quickly.





The tabletop gridiron game? You had to wait for the receiver to run to the correct position, step the quarterback to the left to avoid the tacklers, count to three and then release the ball. Funnily enough they had one in the old Railway Hotel (now Molly Blooms I think) in Yarraville as well.

Yep thats the game ....seem to remember the coon dog being a dab hand at that one!! and the pub in Yarraville is now the "Blarney Stone"

[Twodogs]

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Yep thats the game ....seem to remember the coon dog being a dab hand at that one!! and the pub in Yarraville is now the "Blarney Stone"

Blarney Stone, that the one!


I saw a bank robbery go badly wrong on that corner about 20 years ago when the bank was still there. Weird scenes.

[ledge]

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Took my kids to bumper in Sth Melb , kids loved the tabletop with 60 games , seriously thinking of buying one of those now, use it as the lounge coffee table and when I am bored pull off the table cloth and "WOOLAH" away I go.

[LostDoggy]

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Took my kids to bumper in Sth Melb , kids loved the tabletop with 60 games , seriously thinking of buying one of those now, use it as the lounge coffee table and when I am bored pull off the table cloth and "WOOLAH" away I go.

How much? Does it have Galaga on it?

[ledge]

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How much? Does it have Galaga on it?

Just under $2000 dont know but with 60 games would think that would be one of them.

[Flamethrower]

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Loved playing the pinnies and loved the video games too. I used to play a pinball machine at the old Strand Hotel called the Party Zone (it had the "Supersonic Robotic Comic", and the rocket) all the time after cricket and baseball training. Clocked it many times.

http://www.actionpinball.com/games/partyzone/index.htm#images

I also remember on a holiday in San Francisco in 1994 I spent a whole afternoon on a pinball machine at Pier 39, Star Trek, where it got stuck in multiball and I ran up so many free games I lost count.

Wasted many hours on the old video games too - Space Invaders, Pac Man, Galaga, Xevious, and my all time favourite, Gyruss - just love that soundtrack!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjYf94WPV80

[LostDoggy]

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Loved playing the pinnies and loved the video games too. I used to play a pinball machine at the old Strand Hotel called the Party Zone (it had the "Supersonic Robotic Comic", and the rocket) all the time after cricket and baseball training. Clocked it many times.

Used to go there at least once a month during my 7-13yr old childhood, absolute blast

[ledge]

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Just about every female that has ever played a pinball.

My daughter is 13 and having a pinball at the age of 6 has got her out of that habit, but I love the thought and remember it well