![]() You can play one game or many – whatever your time and budget allow. It cost nothing to walk in and look around. The Pinball Hall of Fame is an inexpensive family activity. The change machines will take $1, $5, $10, or $20 bills. You'll need quarters to play the games, and you'll see change machines (dollar bills to quarters) and an ATM as soon as you walk in the door. Here are my tips for making the most of your visit to the Pinball Hall of Fame in Las Vegas. And we will probably go back – with or without our kids. We have visited the Pinball Hall of Fame three times. It was also fun to play older games from the 1960s and brand-new games. My two children (ages 11 and 14 on our first visit) loved trying Medieval Madness, Addams Family, and other games that he played when he was their age. My husband spent his teen years playing pinball games in arcades. ![]() It's unique to Las Vegas, it's not expensive, and it's fun for both kids and adults. It's a really different way to square off against someone, and rather than trying to beat their high score on the same machine, you're literally trying to score via their goal, which they have to defend.The Pinball Hall of Fame is one of my family's favorite Las Vegas activities. If you're "kicking off," the playfield tilts down towards your end, and vice-versa. This is a head-to-head pinball machine that has a tilting playfield and plays a bit like soccer. Check out a video of the gameplay here.Īnother rare game they have waiting for your quarters is Gottleib's Challenger, from 1971. Luckily, pinball wizards Larry Demar and Steve Kordek have loaned one of them to the Pinball Hall of Fame, where you can actually play it yourself. Williams later shut down its pinball division in 1999 to focus on producing slot machines, and for years the two prototype units were heard about, but never seen. Two full, working units were produced, but when German pinball importer/distributor Nova told Williams it wouldn't pay the extra $1000 to import this game, it killed the project. It's the most fun you can have without blowing your entire bankroll. ![]() The sheer amount of pinball games they have on display is staggering, including some extremely rare games like The Pinball Circus and Gottleib's two-player, head-to-head Challenger pinball machine.Ĭheck out the highlights of our visit after the break, and make it a point to stop by the place if you're ever in Sin City. ![]() Joystiq took some time off during this year's CES to visit to the place, and we only left because they wouldn't let us stay overnight. ![]() They aren't interested in razzle-dazzle showmanship or a high-priced entry fee - which is why you can enter for free anytime they're open and play one of their 141 pinball machines for a couple of quarters. That's because Tim Arnold and the Las Vegas Pinball Collectors Club have made this a non-profit labor of love. Although once you walk through these hallowed halls of gaming past, it's hard to figure out why a place like this isn't showcased in the middle of Mandalay Bay or in a sparkletronic gaming rotunda inside the Bellagio. Vegas isn't just a mecca for gambling, strip clubs and CES - it's also the home of the Pinball Hall of Fame, situated a couple of miles off the strip. Click for entire pinball-licious gallery! ![]()
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