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| - I am a child of the 80's and 90's and when I was growing up in my formative years, I was never a fan of traditional Nintendo style home video games. I was always the type that wanted to see the action, physically. I liked seeing that I physically had some control of the game and it wasn't just staring at a TV screen. Pinball was always what I steered toward from my youth to my now old age of 37. When I first heard of this place years ago I had to visit and I dragged the wife (big mistake) and I left fairly early as the wife hated it.
Recently, I've started taking my twin 11 year olds there to experience what I believe is the way arcades SHOULD be. No stupid tickets to collect so you can get cheap toys or plush animals stuffed with those cheap styrofoam balls or horrid game cards that rape you slide after slide on games that cost $1.50 to $2 each to play (I'm referencing you, GameWorks). The Pinball Hall of Fame pays respectful tribute to games that have gone the way of the DoDo. It is a massive collection of pinball and some video and other live action games that date back to the 40's through today. You can play classic 1950's era wood rail pinball or 90's classics like South Park, Jurassic Park, and X Files. And even more modern games like CSI, Dark Knight and Avatar.
Personally, I pump quarters in X Files and Jurassic Park like it's going out of business.
The best part: they don't treat you like a tourist idiot charging $1 or $2 to play every game. Most games are $0.50 to play (some are $0.75 and a couple are $1). They take quarters only and there are tons of change machines that take from $1 bills to $20s.
The layout of the warehouse is purely functional. No bar or snack shack with overpriced nachos or $10 cocktails here. No alcohol is allowed and there are snack machines if you are so inclined. Also, popcorn can be had for a reasonable quarter.
The proprietor isn't the most approachable gent, but he has a passion for pinball and can often be seen in the open air workshop in the back fixing broken machines and tending to his Hall of Fame.
This is not a fancy place by any means. It is dark, rather dingy, cluttered with all things pinball and some machines even have handwritten index cards with game history information included for true pinball trivia nerds.
This place is simply a phenomenal value and hours of entertainment for those that want to experience a time capsule of good old American pinball.
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