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Walking down the aisles of seemingly countless machines, all I could say to myself over and over was, "Wow," as each machine either evoked a memory or impressed me with its history. The place reminded me of an arcade my dad used to take me to in Costa Mesa.
Each machine seemed to have a memory attached to it: Fireball (Eric Freedman's house), Pinbot (UCLA), Cyclone (PCC), Tommy (Santa Anita Lanes), the list goes on and on. Plus there is just about every old non-digital Gottlieb machine with the Vegas art and the scrolling numbers. They also have the old baseball machines.
On most machines, the owners have a write-up showing the year it was released, how many were made, how commercially succesful it was, who the designers were, where it was found, when it was refurbished...
Next time you're in Vegas, check it out!
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