PINBALL MACHINE Collecting - What you need to know to get started

[Metal Jesus]

Chuck Van Pelt of the Portland Retro Gaming Expo shows us what a new Pinball machine collector needs to know to get started collecting! Plus he talks about some of the more fun or collectable games, where to look for problems with machines and websites and books for reference.

 

 

Web Resources:

www.Pinside.com - online pinball-specific community

www.arcade-museum.com - arcade & pinball games

www.ipdb.org - Catalog and ratings of all pinball machines

BOOKS:

Pinball Machine Care and Maintenance - Bernard Kamoroff

The Pinball Compendium - Michael Shalhoub

What are some of the pinball hidden gems out there? Also, does anybody else play pinball on a tablet or mobile device? Zen Pinball has some great Star Wars & Marvel tables to download.

[mckafka99]

Enjoyed the video!

 

For Tablet/Mobile devices, an absolute must is Pinball Arcade - digital implementations of actual machines:

 

http://www.pinballarcade.com

 

Although an older article, the following still lists some of the best mobile digital implementations available:

 

http://arcadesushi.com/best-pinball-games/