A whole new kind of crazy...

[WX7P]

Yep, and if you didn't quite make it on score, you were always praying for a match.

I completely forgot about that!

I got pretty good at some of those games. There was one called Strike!, it was a bowling themed pinball machine that I could play for hours. I'd often leave with games left on the machine.

I think that's the reason I didn't like Space Invaders or any of the new video games. No chance for a free game.

[KB3LAZ]

I completely forgot about that!

I got pretty good at some of those games. There was one called Strike!, it was a bowling themed pinball machine that I could play for hours. I'd often leave with games left on the machine.

I think that's the reason I didn't like Space Invaders or any of the new video games. No chance for a free game.

I haven't played pinball in years. I used to play while waiting for league at the bowling alley. They also used to have some sort of table bowling game. There was a metal disk and metal pins. You'd have to slide it to knock the pins over. For the life of me, I can't remember the name.

[K7SGJ]

I completely forgot about that!

I got pretty good at some of those games. There was one called Strike!, it was a bowling themed pinball machine that I could play for hours. I'd often leave with games left on the machine.

I think that's the reason I didn't like Space Invaders or any of the new video games. No chance for a free game.

I never did get into "modern" gaming, although I've always liked Flight Simulator, but it's been ages since I've played that one, too.

One of the old pinball machines I played for hours was one of the baseball type. The joystick was shaped like a Louisville Slugger, and when the pinball was pitched to you, (you had buttons to press for fastball, curve, etc.) it either went down holes at 1st, 2nd, to the outfield and so on, or if you hit one of a couple of small ramps just right, it would go into the stands and be a homer. If you got a grand slam, the free game counter would go off like crazy. I always loved that rather "hollow" sound when it went off.