I did notice yesterday at the Bushfire Meet, that kids were playing together and enjoying each other's company (as kids do), but they were playing Daytona mostly rather than pins. I think that was because the adults were playing it and they like the "simulation" of sitting in the driver's seat. Maybe they were a little young to play the pins. My son loved the pinballs, but he was on the hunt for a Scared Stiff, or a CV. Neither was there unfortunately, but he still played some of the pins - especially the Addams, and he had a go at Safecracker. I think Access to Pins will be the big problem in the future. There are no more arcades, so the kids have to depend on home collections to start their interest. I'm lucky, my son is always around them. If I didn't have pins, he would be stuck playing Wii and playstation instead.
Part of the future will depend on how much access to pinball the kids have. Where can they play them ?
My kids did give the vids a good going over, but they also had a bash at more than a few pins.
Youngest daughter's favourites: Junkyard and NBA Fastbreak, special mention to Safecracker and Roadshow
Eldest son's favourites: TSPP, NBA Fastbreak and Bugs Bunny (also got the same list from youngest son)
Unfortunately I didn't get around to playing the Fastbreak so will have to play it another time to see if I concur with their rating of it.
