The Aussie Pinball Arcade
Aussie Pinball Forums => Photo Gallery => Pinball nostalgia pics => Topic started by: ddstoys on December 14, 2010, 05:32:00 PM
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Sorry for the delay its been a while since our visit to the penny arcade.
The penny arcade is called sharps movie house and is situated in the Historic Port area of echuca many times id asked locals if they knew where it was and i alswas ot the same reply.. That closed down years ago so if you ask a local and they say that just keep looking.
All the games are setup in an old building that also has old fashioned black and white movies playing on a big screen not sure how many machines in total but there has to be atleast 50 machines to play and some real beauties.
Here are a few pics
First pic is the 1955 Us marshals similar to the one i have and i must say im very very happy with the condition of mine after seein this one again
Second Pic is an old Golf game was great fun and very challenging
Third pic is a motorised game you put you penny in and the wheels start to turn your ball drops into play and it stoped by a gate controlled by you. The idea is to release the ball at just the right time so it lands in the correct spot on the spinning wheel if your succesful your ball is carried up to the next gate if not your ball is eaten and you loose
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More pics !
So you were lucky enough to find another US Marshall's - ^^^
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So you were lucky enough to find another US Marshall's - ^^^
Sounds like they are as common as muck <.>
I like the look of that 'Converyor' game
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Yeah Pete the conveyer game was great fun my son could get it to the top a few times i dont think i even made it past the first wheel lol.
First Photo is of a game where you put in your penny to release a ball if you got the all into the win scoop you would get your penny back and another ball.
second photo is an old british Pokie type achine disguised as a clock to fool the plod to win you needed the clock hands to land on an hourso big hand on the 12
Third is a Love meter push in your coin and a random Globe would light to indicate your sex appeal
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Looks very kool daniel,thanks for sharing,So did the love meter light up for you %.%
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Thanks for posting Daniel, I love the look of that place. Have a client with a settlement in Echuca on Friday, wonder if she'll wear the cost of me doing it personally.. .. <.>
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Third is a Love meter push in your coin and a random Globe would light to indicate your sex appeal
How'd you score mate? *)*
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I very vaguely remember going in there on a family trip to Echuca when I was a kid, we had a blast. Must have been about 20 years ago. I remember a few of the games and a huge fortune teller near the entry/exit, but I'm sure it would have changed a bit since then.
One thing I do remember was a bunch of pennys cost a fortune and my parents only gave my brothers and I a few each.
Would love to get back up there one day to check it out and see how it looks now.
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The fortune teller is still near the entrance lol.
A few years ago when I went they were really tight with the pennies. This time the lady literally gave me a bowl full then when I went to buy more she gave me another bowl full they are new owners so hopefully they realized people need more pennies to enjoy it and hopefully come back
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First Photo is a Mutoscope for those who dont know you drop your penny in which turns on a light allowing you to see the movie which is all done with photos like a flick book you made in school of your teachers head getting cut off lol
Second is similar to the one in the other post Penny in releases the ball winning cup returns your penny losing cup loses he ball this one is good because if your ball keeps getting returned until you get it in (Some dont one shot only )
Third is the same as above but to collect your winning if yor lucky you twist the dial on the lower left this moves the slide to dispense the money these can be adjusted to give one or more pennies per win. Imagine how many more coins would have been played knowing they have the chance to win 2 (Suckers LOL)
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This first one is an absolute ripper it was from the 1920s im sure the sign said sadly the ball was stuck but you got the idea. You pushed your coin in to release the ball there are two teams of soccer players who swing there leg when you worked the control the floor was shaped so that the ball always rolled to the foot of a player each an facing toward there goal. Bloody brilliant ()
Second is another alwin machine (Main maker of these games back in the day. These were fairly well rigged in favour of the house the few winning cups had nails either side so if the ball went to go in it would bounce out. No nails in the losing holes.
Thirds is similar again drop the coin gives a ball but this one each time the handle is pulled the arrow in the center moves the idea is to get the ball to fall to the right of the arrow sometimes theres a huge gap some times theres hardly any
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the first photo is of one of my sons favorites same basic idea drop coin shoot the ball but this one has a winning cup controlled by you. The ball bounces around the pin maze as you move the cup to try catch it. If you do it spits out a few pennys that are in full view and looks awsome watching them all roll.
Heath loved it because the first time he played it he caught the ball the machine got jammed and released all the pennys that were trapped
Second is machine that gives you an electric shock ran off 5c coins got a million of them when you dont need them but only had 1 put it in not realizing you need to twist the right handle for more juice so i got nothing and assumed it was broken (Dumb ass) I love the writting ELECTRICITY FOR HEALTH AND FUN Almost as funny as the old COke adds Healthful and deliciouse %.%
Third one is the same only diference is this one paid out a cigarette instead of a Penny
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This first one is thae same but you have the option af a penny or a smoke as a prize
Second the one on the left is a cricket theme you drop the coin in and try shoot it into the winning spots but has a nasty little feature that if you pull the shooter back to far you loose the coin without getting a shot the other one just randomly spins and tells you your fat a loser or some crap like that
Third is another old mutoscope some chick getting nude in her bedroom from memory
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First one is a fortune teller not much to tell
Second is another love tester again nothing to tell (Cold Fish)
Third is a picture viewer drop in your coin which allowys one full turn of the picture (Nude chicks naturally)
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These last two are my personal favorites
First one is an old skill tester. It has a crane that you can rotate then drop the claw to try pick up lollies and bags of pop corn. Bloody beautiful heaps of detail and in awsome condition wish i had one in my shed
Second photo is an awsome game drop your coin in then use the plunger to shoot the coin to hard it falls out of play and its lost. Drop it into a non full groove and its lost but if you get it into a full groove it falls into the back of the machine you turn the handle and it releases all the coins from that groove. If i knew someone who could mill me out a piece of aliminium that size id build myself one &&
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Thanks for posting the great pics Daniel. They have a lot of cool stuff. Will have to make sure I pop in when down that way. ^^^
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thanks for posting the pics daniel, this arcade is now on the list of MUST see places on the families next visit to Melbourne.
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Pics are great mate, I definately remember the crane skill tester, and vaguely remember a few of the others.
No I can't mill out a piece of aluminium for you *)* <.>
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Pics are great mate, I definately remember the crane skill tester, and vaguely remember a few of the others.
No I can't mill out a piece of aluminium for you *)* <.>
Didn't even think of you LOL.
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It goes to show
There is more imagination in these games
more than what has been put into pinball over the last 15 years
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Was away last week in Moama camping with the family went into Echuca and checked out the penny arcade again. It was exactly as I remembered it as a kid, must have been at least 20-25 years since I last went there.
All the same machines, it is a little of a shame they haven't tried to source a few more. Anyway still great fun, my fave is the soccer game from the 20s, (see Daniels pics), the ball rests in a depression infront of the metal player and you twist the handle to kick all the legs of your players, twisting the handle also moves your goalie to block the oppositions goal. Very cool, like a big fooseball game.
The skill tester is also one of my favorites and I can remember winning things on it when I was a kid, it is fairly easy to pick up the larger packets of popcorn (popcorn is in there because it is also a vintage movie house) You twist the handle to aim the arm then once positioned you move the dial very gently which moves a pointer gauge on the rear panel which tells the game how har you want the arm to move out towards the glass.
Heaps of cigarette games which are fairly easy, the conveyor game Daniel was talking about is also very cool, I hardly got past the first wheel too mate !@)
There was one machine that was possibly a new addition as Daniel doesn't have a photo of it, it had a blower and you had to aim a table tennis ball adjust the blowing pressure and angle and try to drop the ball on little arms where the ball would fall through and give you a score, unfortunately the score reels were not working (I could see them leaning on a angle behind where they should be) shame but it was still a fun game.
The US marshals was out of order I asked them about that as I thought Daniel would be interested as he owns one, they said a small part needed replacing they thought it would cost around $1000 so they probally will not bother fixing it. @.@ I didn't bother questioning the logic of that one I'm sure a local machine shop could easily make the part cheaply. !@#
Those strength testers need a warning label attached, pulled a arm muscle showing how tough I was :lol Might have to sue them *)*
Expensive to get in but I was talking the the lady before I went in about when I had been there previously and that I collected pinballs etc, I dont know if she made a mistake but it only cost $25 for the family and she gave us heaps of pennys no need to purchase more (which of course you could do) Good fun, just a pitty they haven't expanded the arcade over the years. Definately recommend popping in to anyone in the area *%*
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Popped in again today, cost $7 per person and you receive 7 penny's each, I bought an extra 25 penny's for $10. So $45 for the family of 5 and we were in there for nearly an hour.
A few machines were not working, and the kids were a bit upset when a few swallowed their penny's without starting, but well worth the money.
Won at least 15 penny's on the game with the aluminium slots that Daniel mentioned in his post so made up for the non starters ^^^
The 1920's soccer game (see Daniels pic) has the back unlocked so you can free a stuck ball, which is quite common under a retracted footballers leg, but definitely my favourite game there, such a beautiful piece of engineering. Could only imagine seeing this for the first time as a boy in the 20's *%*
The kids pumped about 5 penny's each into the old skill tester and came out with a few bags of popcorn each. I think the old grumpy lady at the desk was a bit upset at that as she would have to make up a few new bags *)*
Love all the old games in there, would probably be the only place in Australia the public can go to and experience such an amazing piece of history (until Daniel gets all his games in his shed up and running :lol )
Check it out if you get the chance.
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A couple of short vids of the place
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Popped in again today, cost $7 per person and you receive 7 penny's each, I bought an extra 25 penny's for $10. So $45 for the family of 5 and we were in there for nearly an hour.
A few machines were not working, and the kids were a bit upset when a few swallowed their penny's without starting, but well worth the money.
Won at least 15 penny's on the game with the aluminium slots that Daniel mentioned in his post so made up for the non starters ^^^
The 1920's soccer game (see Daniels pic) has the back unlocked so you can free a stuck ball, which is quite common under a retracted footballers leg, but definitely my favourite game there, such a beautiful piece of engineering. Could only imagine seeing this for the first time as a boy in the 20's *%*
The kids pumped about 5 penny's each into the old skill tester and came out with a few bags of popcorn each. I think the old grumpy lady at the desk was a bit upset at that as she would have to make up a few new bags *)*
Love all the old games in there, would probably be the only place in Australia the public can go to and experience such an amazing piece of history (until Daniel gets all his games in his shed up and running :lol )
Check it out if you get the chance.
need to get myself there. Good to see the family had a great time
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Great Matt. Havnt been in ages need to get back and repair a few machines by the sounds of it. I have one of them soccer games in my cue ;)
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Thought you did, was the skill tester you had in your shed that you have to turn the knobs keeping the penny inline whilst it shocks you harder from there? I asked the lady about it as it was out of order but she was a grumpy b. She said kids play around with the knobs and it breaks easily.
It looked exactly the same as the one you had.
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Good update Ktm450 and video links of the place ,
Was there about 3 years ago with a friend, The person then was a younger nicer lady though , and she gave us a cup full of pennies too! @@*
Great place for a visit , had a few wins too on the line up the pennies game.
I remember a few games not working but well worth a look ...
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Thought you did, was the skill tester you had in your shed that you have to turn the knobs keeping the penny inline whilst it shocks you harder from there? I asked the lady about it as it was out of order but she was a grumpy b. She said kids play around with the knobs and it breaks easily.
It looked exactly the same as the one you had.
Yeah that's the one mate. I was rebuilding it for them. I basically had to reverse engineer it from the few pieces that were left inside it. Stupid bloody kids
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Shame it has broken already, glad I had a chance to play it at your house. Gives a bloody good shock :lol
Maybe you should quiz them if they want to sell it seeing it plays up so much &&
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If I ever get back there maybe I will