The Aussie Pinball Arcade
Aussie Pinball Forums => General Discussion => General Pinball Discussion => Topic started by: dealers choice on April 18, 2014, 01:02:13 AM
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I,m just curious as to where everyone went to play pinball in their younger days. I grew up in the western subs of Melbourn and can remember riding my pushy to a roller skating rink about 5 ks away just to play pinball. The rink was in Maribyrnong across the paddock from highpoint city shopping centre. I think it was called Sasha's. that was in the late 70,s to early 80,s. I. also played at timezone and jupiters in melbourn cbd. it would be interesting to know if anyone played pinball at the same places at roughly the same time.
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Across the road at the fish and chip shop
Local bowling alley
Arcade down the road (also where I bought my first machine)
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I played pretty much where ever I found a pin , IF I had the $$ LOL
Takeway shop across the park from High School was a hangout
George St Cinema's , the George St Arcade strip , the Big Top etc
Was only saying the other night at a Pinball league night its such a shame that most of us never took any pics, but how many of us actually had access to a camera or could afford to get the film developed LOL
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Was only saying the other night at a Pinball league night its such a shame that most of us never took any pics, but how many of us actually had access to a camera or could afford to get the film developed LOL
Yep, looking back, the games we played were practically out of the box
Centigrade, Mustang, Sinbad, 6M$M, Playboy, KISS, BK, Catacomb, Medusa, 8Ball Deluxe, Space Shuttle
Played them all when they were new and minty
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Any joint that had pinball or bingo north of wollongong *)*
And there were a few sleazy joints !@)
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The barber shop at Riverwood (Sydney suburb) always had about 4 machines. My first memory was playing Gottliebs from 1967. Roselands shopping centre had a huge Grace Brothers store which had a large pet department upstairs in the early 70s. Outside the pet store was a kids courtyard play area which had about 8 machines. I remember playing mainly Williams EMs there. Gulfstream, Superstar, Rancho come to mind.
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King St in Newcastle had Orbit arcade (like todays Timezone) which I am sure was owned by Mr Hankin as I think he still owns the building, also local fish and chip shops and then every year my family had a week holiday in Katoomba doing the bush walking thing and in the main street of Katoomba had a arcade as well as at the Skyway at the top of the cliff. Then at the local roller skating ring in the eighties, but no pins there about 5 hankin cocktail games - loved the donkey kong, galaxian, galaga. Blacksmiths Beach takeaway always had a couple of pins in the eighties - played surf champ and black hole alot there.
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Anywhere in the Sydney Hills district to Parra, Stratified and the City. Special mention for The Entrance in mid 70's, it musta had a dozen arcades.
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Mostly in what was called Funarama in the middle of town. Big tin shed full of pins. Now a vacant block of land.
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Introduction to pinball, local fish and chip shop aged about 8. When could travel further distances i spent many hours at Georges upstairs, or Charlies both in Sunshine and both sleazy gambling houses etc etc.
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Fremantle, White Ensign Club & Stella Maris in Queen Victoria st and about 5 Arcades all in Freo in the late 70's
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Downtown Hindley St Adelaide. Ground floor had the arcades/pinnies. Upper levels was the skating rink (later dodgem cars) and the shooting gallery plus remote controlled boats/cars.
Hindley St also had 2 Tilt Amusement Centres.
Being located in the seedier part of town, one of them was conveniently located next door to the Crazy Horse Strip club.
The illuminated arrow sign is still there and the building is now a nightclub on the upper floor, with a 24 hour convenience store on the ground floor.
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I remember them well,loved the giant hurculeas in the foyer.used to go to the all night skating lockin's.but grew up in glenelg,mainly played there.
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Gee all this brings back so many memories. i had a brownie camera back then and like so many others never thaught to take pics. I could always be found at the fish and chip shop in. Avondale Heights playing the kiss or playboy pin. I think there was another place in the city called saturn. And a place near Moorabbin tech called Sams Amusements. I hope you all have fond memories of your childhood years playing pinball ^^^
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Anywhere in the Sydney Hills district to Parra, Stratified and the City. Special mention for The Entrance in mid 70's, it musta had a dozen arcades. The Entrance was great,Parents had a holiday house there."Fulofun""The Esquire""Humpreys"(I think,Next to the trampolines)Travelling carnivals at xmas time.Mini-golf,pinballs.pooltables,shooters,baseball games,bowlers etc,etc
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My very first game was an EM somewhere in Spain when I was very young. I can remember putting the coin in and pushing the button and when the scores started turning over to reset from zero I thought I was playing and it was fantastic....then my dad showed me how the ball and flippers worked.
After that it was Christmas holidays at the take away shops at Paynsville and then at Anchor Bell caravan park at Phillip island on holidays. From there I moved to the SS era with Kiss and Playboy ect ect at Brandon Park shopping center in Glen Waverley.
Come to think about it I've been an addict most of my life.
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The one & only Golden Cue - Upstairs, Market Square Mall, Geebung
I imagine anyone my age & older from Geelong know it well.
THE place for pinball, pool, heroin, fist fights & firearms.
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Lmao %.% what more could u ask for? Oh hang on STRIPPERS
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Pretty much spent my holidays playing games down at Rosebud. There was a huge arcade / mini golf joint (actually there were heaps down the peninsula) and lots and lots of 20c coins went into the machines.
What really grinds my gears is years later (before I got back into pinball) the place had been sold and there was a spray painted tarp across the front with come in / make an offer on machines....Doh. &^&
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I can feel your pain. what a shame you didnt grab some.
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Pretty much spent my holidays playing games down at Rosebud. There was a huge arcade / mini golf joint (actually there were heaps down the peninsula) and lots and lots of 20c coins went into the machines.
What really grinds my gears is years later (before I got back into pinball) the place had been sold and there was a spray painted tarp across the front with come in / make an offer on machines....Doh. &^&
I remember that place
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I used to play at Timezone in the city. Had a mate whose cousin worked there so he would give us free credits on any games we wanted. I remember when they had that Sega R360 game (a bit like Afterburner)where you get strapped in and could do 360's in the machine, was $5.00 or $10 a game back then - well if you were paying ;)
I distinctly remember playing Haunted House on location there back in the late 80's. I think that's why I want to own that game one day. In fact most of the pins I want to own are as a consequence of playing them in my younger days.
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timezone on george st
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In the workshop !
The only time I went "out of my way" was into the city, where there was a location that had a Haunted house, Spirit and Black Hole. I would actually catch a train and purposely play whichever of these three actually worked. The Haunted house worked better than the other two. They were there for many years, as I remember a Fire and Big Guns were NIB games on location.
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Pretty much spent my holidays playing games down at Rosebud. There was a huge arcade / mini golf joint (actually there were heaps down the peninsula) and lots and lots of 20c coins went into the machines.
What really grinds my gears is years later (before I got back into pinball) the place had been sold and there was a spray painted tarp across the front with come in / make an offer on machines....Doh. &^&
I remember those places at Rosebud well, one year we stuck 20c to the step at the front and spent the day across the road watching people trying to pick it up about 3 or 4 hours later the owner came out with a shovel and removed it.
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Just looked through the thread and remembered how much i loved Downtown and Tilt in Hindley Street in Adelaide
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Lol Nino, you actually paid to play games. sure you wernt flicking the switch off and on really quickly to get max creddits for free like the rest of us %.% %.% %.%
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End of Brighton Pier but I would gravitate to the gun games and push penny machines more. When 13 my mates mum worked in EATS CAFE frying stuff and they had a Williams TRAVEL TIME in the window.. we would open it up and rack up free credits. Oddly enough, the Segasa version was the first pinball I owned. After those young days I found myself in many pubs in South London and remember LETHAL WEAPON coming out.. it was a cracking game back then. from there, the pins would change regularly but my favourite pub had ADDAMS FAMILY and TWILIGHT ZONE side by side.. both games then were like nothing else as what had preceeded them was PARTY ZONE...HOOK etc.
Place up the road had quite a few pins out the back and that's where I found the allure of BOP.. I still want that woman, its a great machine and really do need to add one to the collection
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those young days I found myself in many pubs in South London and remember LETHAL WEAPON coming out.. it was a cracking game back then
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I understand Retro
I just bought a LW3 for the same reason. My mate and I smashed the crap out of it! Many fond memories of better times!
Scored a great clean up project from Joe and Gibo at KJWHF just recently and took a trip back in time.
I always said I would NEVER buy on nostalgia, oops. ^^^
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Lol Nino, you actually paid to play games. sure you wernt flicking the switch off and on really quickly to get max creddits for free like the rest of us %.% %.% %.%
In the old days, we used to use 20c that had a black texta "X" on it. That way the money went back into the till. That was for locations that Dad had HIS games. He never operated SYS80 games, so I had to go into the city to play them. This was around 1981-83 ish. It might have been "Flashbacks" at the time. There was a stairwell wont to a basement level, and on the left was a MacDonalds and on the right was the arcade. Pinball was slowly be removed for the video games. I remember the 1942 games were against the wall as new arrivals. I never went near the videos. In the end, there were not many pinballs there, but I remember the SYS80s and the last time I went there, there was a new Big Guns and Fire. Some of my personal collection reflects those visits - Black Hole, Spirit and Haunted House. Then Fire and Big Guns.
As a younger child, we used to go to church on Sundays and then head across to a location Dad owned called "Delfino's" in Edwards St Reservoir. We used to get $1 each, and that bought a Mars Bar and a Polly Waffle. Then we could play pinballs until lunch time. I spent most of my youth there, as it was just up the road, and it was owned and operated by Dad. This was the location that got all the NEW games - Imagine NIB KISS, Paragon, Space Invaders, Star Trek, Mata Hari, Eight Ball etc etc - all new - were located here first. The KISS had it's first callout after 2 days. The cashbox was so full, it had blocked the coin acceptor. Great memories.
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In the old days, we used to use 20c that had a black texta "X" on it. That way the money went back into the till. That was for locations that Dad had HIS games. He never operated SYS80 games, so I had to go into the city to play them. This was around 1981-83 ish. It might have been "Flashbacks" at the time. There was a stairwell wont to a basement level, and on the left was a MacDonalds and on the right was the arcade. Pinball was slowly be removed for the video games. I remember the 1942 games were against the wall as new arrivals. I never went near the videos. In the end, there were not many pinballs there, but I remember the SYS80s and the last time I went there, there was a new Big Guns and Fire. Some of my personal collection reflects those visits - Black Hole, Spirit and Haunted House. Then Fire and Big Guns.
went there a little later
Strange Science, Raven (I think), Rock or heavy metal, Spy Hunter
they also had a sit in Out Run that span around
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Nino, i love reading all the posts where you tell of your younger days growing up around pinballs... must've been just awesome! stuff most of us here including myself would've died for to be a part of when growing up *%*
As for my own early pinball days, i never played them at all as a kid, never really got the chance as i lived out of town and anytime i DID go anywhere with my parents they wouldn't let us put money in any games that might happen to be in any shop we were in @.@ As a result my early pinball playing experiences didn't happen until i had a drivers licence and my own car!!
AS i have said in other posts in the past, KISS was the first pin i ever played, which was at the Star Hotel in Macksville (NSW midnorth coast) where i used to do regular band gigs.. indeed every venue i came across while doing gigs that had a pin i'd put all my spare change thru it, even to this day *%*
Other regular places i'd visit to play were the old Pinball Parlor that used to be next to the museum in Clarence St Port Macquarie, several of my own games came from that place.. Stingray, Solar Ride, Hot Hand, Buck Rogers and i think my Cosmic Princess came from there originally too, even though i bought it from someone else. Stingray, (my first ever pin purchase) i bought directly from there in 1988, the others came from other people who bought from the Pin Parlor.
Other places i went to frequently, Lake Cathie and Laurieton i could always find a good selection of games to play. In Lake Cathie (pronounced 'cat eye' for anyone who cares) :lol one little shop the by the beach had several different games there over the years, Gtb King pin, Jungle Princess, Star Trek (bally), Globe trotters and Mata Hari (the Mata hari didnt have chimes, but what sounded like a Gtb sys 1 'beep beep' board and a speaker in it) *!@ and Gorgar.
In Laurieton at the amusement center that used to be there, games like Stellar Wars, Kiss (both of which i own from this place) Haunted house, Flash, Hankin ESB and some REALLY nice nick EMs.. Super Spin, Buccaneer and a Chicago Coin Casino.. Super spin in particular was in PRISTINE condition! looked almost new!! (this was about early 90s @ that time). Plus several others that didn't make a huge impact on me at the time. In a little takeaway shop in North Haven (on the way to Laurieton) used to have Playboy (bally) and Jacks Open that i would go in and play on my way home from Laurieton.
On any weekend that i had nothing else on i would do a Saturday or Sunday arvo drive to all of the above places :D and most places that either dont have pins anymore or no longer exist !!!
Sorry for the long winded post guys but just thought i would get in on the act and share.
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Growing up in Eltham Victoria I played at a pinnie parlour in Greensborough on main road just can't remember what it was called *.* also travelled into the city and played at all the pinball and arcade joints.
There was a guy in Eltham that operated games in the leisure centre and the roller skating rink does anyone know his name? Mum used to hire space invaders for us from him and we played it over the weekend oh the memories @@*
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Dont wory about long posts, this thread is all about your memories of playing pinball in your younger days, and the more tha merrier. ^^^
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Freddy Fongs Takeaway Shop with little side arcade for kids. (really just a lollie shop come newspapers n everything u can imagine in a corner shop in 1978 except chineese food, but had fish n chips n pies etc). It was the only shop for miles n was located in a residential area, an old house turned into a corner shop. That made it a little special.
I was there the day they delivered a brand new Phoenix - Williams 1978 model to add to the three cocktail tables. This machine was bright BRIGHT pink and yellow and it was a looker and so modern looking for 1978.
That was a special day.
That was 1978 and I didnt see another pinball machine for apx 30 yrs. (yes, I did buy a Phoenix and its going to be fully restored back to NEW for sentimental reasons).
Pinball - been a different thing for almost every member on here, which is why its such a FUN passion n hobby, way of life. ^^^
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There was a place on the corner of Middlebourgh Rd & Whitehorse Rd called Sams which had pool tables, foos ball tables and bingo machines, also at Box Hill bowl which had a lot of pinball machines in the mid to late 70's
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Around 1978 there was a small milk bar on Moreland Rd in Coburg which had a pinball can't remember if it was an EM or SS, we used to hang out there every day after school & on weekends playing pinball, then they got a spacies invaders but still preferred the pinball.
Across the road from the milk bar was a fish n chips shop which became the next hangout when they finally got pinballs, they had a playboy & an evil knievel, shop is still there but alas no pinballs
Another fish n chip shop in Brunswick had a Centaur, during the school holidays we would go there every day.
When I turned 16 I got a job at a supermarket in Brunswick, across the road was a cafe which had 4/5 pinballs & 3/4 Bingos, for my lunch break I would go there and play the pinballs and got addicted to Black Pyramid, unfortunately I don't remember the other games.
I finally brought my first pinball about 10 years ago and it had to be a Black Pyramid.
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I remember the good ol days growing up in the outer suburbs of Perth ( late 70s early 80s). There where a few places locally like the hardware (jungle princess) fruit and veg shop (king pin and jack in the box). There was a place in Bassendean called Johnnys it was a rather large milk bar / hamburger place and I remember it having a bank of about 10 EMs along one wall and a couple of pool tables , we would go there after school or Saturday morning with a pocket full coins and play for hours. Then one day it suddenly closed down , the owner had won a couple of hundred grand on the lottery and retired. School holidays were always a treat as we would catch the train into the city to watch a movie and play pinball in one of the many arcades. The blue pumpernickel and Strombeckers are just two I remember. These places had Kiss ,Playboy and most of the popular Bally SS games and at the time and the places where packed. I still can hear the sound of 20 or so pinnies being played at once. Those were the days. *%*
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At Engadine their was 2 pinball Parlors and then on some weekends
i would go to George St Hoyt's Cinema's , the George St Arcade strip.
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Stombeckers was great and Kelly's was our second choice,i do remember strombeckers had another name splashed across wall ,just can't remember though. All my paper round money fill these haunts,gay gordens in Scarborough had a paragon that poor pin cop a smashing from us Great times. Looking forward to receive my paragon from a renowned restorer...
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There are so many places that had pins years ago,and so many good memories. It's a pitty it still isn't the same.
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Lol Nino, you actually paid to play games. sure you wernt flicking the switch off and on really quickly to get max creddits for free like the rest of us %.% %.% %.%
In the old days, we used to use 20c that had a black texta "X" on it. That way the money went back into the till. That was for locations that Dad had HIS games. He never operated SYS80 games, so I had to go into the city to play them. This was around 1981-83 ish. It might have been "Flashbacks" at the time. There was a stairwell wont to a basement level, and on the left was a MacDonalds and on the right was the arcade. Pinball was slowly be removed for the video games. I remember the 1942 games were against the wall as new arrivals. I never went near the videos. In the end, there were not many pinballs there, but I remember the SYS80s and the last time I went there, there was a new Big Guns and Fire. Some of my personal collection reflects those visits - Black Hole, Spirit and Haunted House. Then Fire and Big Guns.
As a younger child, we used to go to church on Sundays and then head across to a location Dad owned called "Delfino's" in Edwards St Reservoir. We used to get $1 each, and that bought a Mars Bar and a Polly Waffle. Then we could play pinballs until lunch time. I spent most of my youth there, as it was just up the road, and it was owned and operated by Dad. This was the location that got all the NEW games - Imagine NIB KISS, Paragon, Space Invaders, Star Trek, Mata Hari, Eight Ball etc etc - all new - were located here first. The KISS had it's first callout after 2 days. The cashbox was so full, it had blocked the coin acceptor. Great memories.
"Delfino's" was that also known as "top Room"?
" It might have been "Flashbacks" at the time "last time I went there, there was a new Big Guns and Fire" I know and played those exact machines also.
when the SYS80s were there they had them all lined up at the top of the stairs / back platform towards the Swanston St. side.
they also had that "Moon patrol" with the sphere around the monitor if you remember?
and an 'Orbitor 1' at one stage.
anyway the answer to the the question where did you play pinball as a kid? is
Keon Park Bowls, I played many classics over the years there like Fire Power 1 & 2, space invaders, Pharaoh, Black Knight, Playboy, Strikes & Spares, Cave Man, Six Million Dollar Man, Future Spa, Paragon, Lost World, Black Pyramid And Flash.
Top Room, I played Eight Ball Deluxe limited edition (I played many more titles there but can't remember most of them)
Flash Back, 10/4, and Invaders (they all became Time Zone) Rocky, Black Hole, Orbit, Haunted House, Orbit1, Raven, Strange Science, PinBot, Fire, Black Knight 2000, Swords or fury, Big Guns and Police Force.
In early 1990 I moved to Queensland and found it nearly impossible to find any pinball machines on site.
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In early 1990 I moved to Queensland and found it nearly impossible to find any pinball machines on site.
You must have been looking for love in all the wrong places mate.
In the early 90's in south east qld you couldn't walk into a pub without bumping into a pinball machine.
They were everywhere.
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Lol Nino, you actually paid to play games. sure you wernt flicking the switch off and on really quickly to get max creddits for free like the rest of us %.% %.% %.%
In the old days, we used to use 20c that had a black texta "X" on it. That way the money went back into the till. That was for locations that Dad had HIS games. He never operated SYS80 games, so I had to go into the city to play them. This was around 1981-83 ish. It might have been "Flashbacks" at the time. There was a stairwell wont to a basement level, and on the left was a MacDonalds and on the right was the arcade. Pinball was slowly be removed for the video games. I remember the 1942 games were against the wall as new arrivals. I never went near the videos. In the end, there were not many pinballs there, but I remember the SYS80s and the last time I went there, there was a new Big Guns and Fire. Some of my personal collection reflects those visits - Black Hole, Spirit and Haunted House. Then Fire and Big Guns.
As a younger child, we used to go to church on Sundays and then head across to a location Dad owned called "Delfino's" in Edwards St Reservoir. We used to get $1 each, and that bought a Mars Bar and a Polly Waffle. Then we could play pinballs until lunch time. I spent most of my youth there, as it was just up the road, and it was owned and operated by Dad. This was the location that got all the NEW games - Imagine NIB KISS, Paragon, Space Invaders, Star Trek, Mata Hari, Eight Ball etc etc - all new - were located here first. The KISS had it's first callout after 2 days. The cashbox was so full, it had blocked the coin acceptor. Great memories.
"Delfino's" was that also known as "top Room"?
" It might have been "Flashbacks" at the time "last time I went there, there was a new Big Guns and Fire" I know and played those exact machines also.
when the SYS80s were there they had them all lined up at the top of the stairs / back platform towards the Swanston St. side.
they also had that "Moon patrol" with the sphere around the monitor if you remember?
and an 'Orbitor 1' at one stage.
anyway the answer to the the question where did you play pinball as a kid? is
Keon Park Bowls, I played many classics over the years there like Fire Power 1 & 2, space invaders, Pharaoh, Black Knight, Playboy, Strikes & Spares, Cave Man, Six Million Dollar Man, Future Spa, Paragon, Lost World, Black Pyramid And Flash.
Top Room, I played Eight Ball Deluxe limited edition (I played many more titles there but can't remember most of them)
Flash Back, 10/4, and Invaders (they all became Time Zone) Rocky, Black Hole, Orbit, Haunted House, Orbit1, Raven, Strange Science, PinBot, Fire, Black Knight 2000, Swords or fury, Big Guns and Police Force.
In early 1990 I moved to Queensland and found it nearly impossible to find any pinball machines on site.
"Delfino's" was an Italian Cafe that Dad part owned at the time, and this was the "hang out" for all the locals. "Top Room" was down the road. It was an upstairs billiard room with some arcade machines. Dad sited Bingos at both locations.
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Only just caught up on this thread, and it brought back a lot of memories. For me, "when I was a kid" pretty much equates to late 70s and through the 80s. I was fortunate enough that my parents decided to relocate to sunny QLD from Victoria when I was about 8 years old. In the following years, we spent many holiday periods (mostly around Christmas) doing the long drive to Victoria and stopping at many caravan parks and motels on the way there and back. In those days, lots of parks and motels had a games room with at least a couple of pinnies. After a long day in the car, Dad would grab a couple of beers and take us to the games room to play pins .... such a great time.
Apart from that, I played a lot at a few locations around the Sunshine Coast where I grew up. An arcade in the basement at a place called Bayards Corner, as well as some arcades at Cotton Tree, Maroochydore and Mooloolaba. When I was at Uni in the late 80s, we used to smash Flash at the games room on campus, visit the takeaway on the main drag near the Story Bridge and pumps some coins in the arcades in Albert Street. I loved the SS machines of the time and they still hold a special/sentimental place, although a few of those caravan parks did have some good ol' EMs.
Good thread ....
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When I first discovered the joy of popping 10c in the slot and pushing the handle to make this shiny silver ball Appear was back in the late 60's. Don't even remember the titles but it was an upstairs Pool hall in Ringwood Vic. I used to leave Tech school on my Malvern star and peddle my way to the hall and played the half a dozen pins on site. Got to the stage that if my coins ran out to quick that sometimes the guys playing pool or even the owner would slip me a bob.
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When I first discovered the joy of popping 10c in the slot and pushing the handle to make this shiny silver ball Appear was back in the late 60's. Don't even remember the titles but it was an upstairs Pool hall in Ringwood Vic. I used to leave Tech school on my Malvern star and peddle my way to the hall and played the half a dozen pins on site. Got to the stage that if my coins ran out to quick that sometimes the guys playing pool or even the owner would slip me a bob.
I remembered those old EMs back in the 60s and were a zac (5c) for a game. I used to push up all 5 balls and play them like a multi-ball not realising I was ripping myself off with the score (no memory banks). The most EMs in one room that I remembered was at the 1967 Royal Easter Show where they had about 40 machines. I can not remember any titles but I was like a kid in a candy store.
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Its funny that I've been playing pins / vids since I was tall enough to see onto the screen / playfield. My whole life I can only remember ever seeing 20c games...Never a 10c machine anywhere.
When the DMD's came out, it was a $1.00 for a 3 ball game
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Its funny that I've been playing pins / vids since I was tall enough to see onto the screen / playfield. My whole life I can only remember ever seeing 20c games...Never a 10c machine anywhere.
When the DMD's came out, it was a $1.00 for a 3 ball game
Yes, definitely 20c a game in the mid to late 70s and then went to 40c a game in early 80s.
I definitely remember playing old EMs at Luna Park and Royal Easter Show from 1966 where they were sixpence a game. It took about 2 years to completely convert to decimal but I think 5c worked as it was same size as sixpence. One reason I remember is because my mates were always asking for a spare zac for the pinnies. Late 60s and early 70s also had 10c machines.
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My Hangout was a little known pinball parlour on the corner of Durham road and Sun Crescent Sunshine in Melbourne's west.
It was known as Charleys.
He had games like Bally's Lost World, Black Jack, Kiss. Williams FirePower, Stellar Wars, Flash and later Cyclone.
He had two bingo or as I called them "Money Machines" witch never worked the way it should.
In a back room he had a pool table and sum run down electro mechanical games that worked occasionally.
The usual video games, Space invaders, Taito Speed Race and a game I was mad about was Road Champions driving sim.
Only thing I still have from this place is an old Cassette recording of me playing Firepower and the sound of other arcade games in the background.
20c a game back then and $2.00 would go a long way.
Those where the days...
Pinpal.........
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This is a link to A road Champions arcade game I loved back in the 70s
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anywhere that had one
But early 80`s Toronto NSW had an amusement centre ( undercounter dope seller) , 2 cafes that had stuff( also good spot for dope)
wheni was about 12 moved to Teralba and the corner store always had pinnys and the latest video games. Centipede was hard to get onto if you got there late.
What about Forster. the colony, games people play and the one over at Tuncurry . these were huge in their day.
in Newcastle there was several places that came and went.
Sadly EVERYTHING ive listed is gone.
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someone mentioned 10cent games . the COLONY at forster had them along with some fantastic old amusements - as a small kid my favourite was the ten pin bowling game. wooden balls fist sized and a a lane 3-4 metres long long. the pins would fold down from roof of game. most of their games were old then, it would be interesting to find out what happened to them.