Playable Public Pinball in Melbourne & Sydney

[HOW]

 
Hi there All,

I just wanted to know the situation re. tables on location in both Sydney and Melbourne?

I'm an early-40's Pom currently residing in Christchurch - loved my pinball in the 80's and early 90's - but it died off a bit in the UK.
Was getting my fix via Visual Pinball/PinMAME (is this blasphemous?! ) until I arrived in Chch where they still have some REAL tables  . In fact I've found some new Sterns (FG - Coooool, New Batman, Spiderman, New IJ (yuk), etc). But also a TZ, old Bally Space Invaders, Flintstones and Dr Who tables that are publicly playable 

I'm off across the ditch visiting both Sydney and Mebourne in 2010 - and wondered what the situation is there? I understand you have Timezones? - Do they have new Sterns? Are there any classic 90's tables available to play on location? I'd love session on The Getaway :)

Look forward to any suggestions, advice, etc.

Many thanks in advance

Andy

[MartyJ]

Giday Andy, 

There are only a handful of the 'Timezone' type places now, unfortunately with very little or no pins.

BUT Melbourne is the Pinball capital of Australia.  We've got some of the best dealers with quite a large stock of pins on site, ready to play (free yay!).

MarkC (PinballSpareParts) is in Bayswater (about 50min) from CBD and Bumper Action in CBD (one of the best looking showrooms ever! - they also hold weekly Friday night pizza / drinks nights).  There is also Zax amusements (not far from Bumper) and BCW in Campbellfield (about 25min from CBD).  Between them all is a huge amount of new (MarkC should have NIB Sterns in the showroom) and used pins...

[Extra Ball]

Bumper amusements in melbourne have a pretty sweet set-up as well.

http://www.bumper.com.au/

[Strangeways]

Bumper have a very nice showroom. Drop into Child's Amusements in Bayswater - lots of pins to play.

BTW -  to Aussie Pinball !

[pinmadd]

Mate,......   I might be able to help you there    Yes i am in CHCH   

[v8racefan]

Hi Andy &  ,

I played a 1980's Space Invaders pinball in a burger bar in Manchester st (CBD) last month, they had a twilight zone & flinestones as well. There's a pinball shop at 634 Ferry Rd in Woolston as well.

For the best collection of late model pins in the south island, you must check out mike's (pinmadd) collection he has sweet collection of pins, top bloke as well.

 

[ktm450]

 

[felixthadog]

 

Matthew

[HOW]

Hi there ALL - and thanks for the great welcome.

So no CBD pinballs in Sydney or Melbourne????
That's a bit disappointing....

But to discover a Getaway right here in Chch.... - It looks MINT too Pinmadd/Mike 

On the Oz front I seem to remember an arcade in a shopping mall in Sydney....Galaxy (?)...Do they have any pins?
And I vaguely remember reading of a place in Melbourne with multiple tables that had an unfortunate fire (?)...di that ever reopen?

Pinmadd/Mike - any other people our side of the ditch on here?

Also - a general Australasian question - anyone managed to get a copy of the 'Pinball 101' DVD this side of the world? 
If so - who did you order through?

Thanks, Andy

[pinmadd]

Thanks Leon    Anytime you are back this way we will make a day of it 
Andy,there are a few kiwi's on this forum,Pintech/Iain who is in CHCH and sounds like you have found some of his pin's out in the wild,there are more,happy hunting 
Hamish1 & Clark are in Auckland,can't think of any others at mo,
There is a NZ meet in march up in Auckland if you want to meet some top guy's and play some pin's and classic arcade games 
Will pm you my phone number if you are keen for a game or 2 

[felixthadog]

Hi Andy,

Here is a list of pins in Melbourne CBD:

Kingpin (Melbourne Central) - Star Wars Episode 1
All Nations Backpackers (Laundry), Flinders Street (near corner of Spencer St) - Demolition Man
The Lounge - Swanston Street (upstairs) - Scared Stiff
Strike Bowling Bar (Swanston Street) - Star Trek: The Next Generation
Crown Casino Bar - Monster Bash
Las Vegas Poker Room - World Poker Tour
Crown Casino - Strike Bowling Bar - The Simpsons Pinball Party, Family Guy, Pirates Of The Caribbean

Cheers,
Matthew

[pinnies4me]

Hi Andy,

Here is a list of pins in Melbourne CBD:

Kingpin (Melbourne Central) - Star Wars Episode 1
All Nations Backpackers (Laundry), Flinders Street (near corner of Spencer St) - Demolition Man
The Lounge - Swanston Street (upstairs) - Scared Stiff
Strike Bowling Bar (Swanston Street) - Star Trek: The Next Generation
Crown Casino Bar - Monster Bash
Las Vegas Poker Room - World Poker Tour
Crown Casino - Strike Bowling Bar - The Simpsons Pinball Party, Family Guy, Pirates Of The Caribbean

Cheers,
Matthew

Kind of sad, ins't it?   

[Barren]

Not quite Sydney CBD but there are usually three pins at Bill and Tony's cafe on Stanley St East Sydney (near Kings Cross). Last time I was there they had a TOTAN and Scared Stiff don't remember the third.

[illawarra_steelers]

Not quite Sydney CBD but there are usually three pins at Bill and Tony's cafe on Stanley St East Sydney (near Kings Cross). Last time I was there they had a TOTAN and Scared Stiff don't remember the third.

That is good to hear,

When I worked in the Sydney CBD used to go down to Bill and Tony's every couple of weeks.....haven't worked up there for over 10 years but they had the pins there back then also....and one of them was Scared Stiff

[Barren]

Hey Tony, yeah it's a good way to kill time while you wait for lunch. Surprising how many suit wearers play the games in there.